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BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

(March 2013)

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SP
Spectacular1
Personally I think it is ridiculous the news is single headed now! Sick and tired of Joanna Gosling introducing herself twice in the headlines as well. Simon McCoy doesn't have the same charisma without a co-presenter either!
SP
Spectacular1
Personally I think it is ridiculous the news is single headed now! Sick and tired of Joanna Gosling introducing herself twice in the headlines as well. Simon McCoy doesn't have the same charisma without a co-presenter either!
DK
DanielK
Personally I think it is ridiculous the news is single headed now! Sick and tired of Joanna Gosling introducing herself twice in the headlines as well. Simon McCoy doesn't have the same charisma without a co-presenter either!

She should be checking her own scripts !!
MD
MDQ1
So…will there be no more double shifts ever from here on…?
DA
DAN09690
MDQ1 posted:
So…will there be no more double shifts ever from here on…?

No there will still be some double headed shifts (for now) but when one part of the duo is away relief presenters are no longer always brought in meaning that many shifts are single headed. Julian Worricker and Carole Walker are on this afternoon for example.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Personally I think it is ridiculous the news is single headed now! Sick and tired of Joanna Gosling introducing herself twice in the headlines as well. Simon McCoy doesn't have the same charisma without a co-presenter either!


Haha! Nice one! Subtle.
MI
m_in_m
MDQ1 posted:
So…will there be no more double shifts ever from here on…?

No there will still be some double headed shifts (for now) but when one part of the duo is away relief presenters are no longer always brought in meaning that many shifts are single headed. Julian Worricker and Carole Walker are on this afternoon for example.

This seems to be happening in the regions too. Look East don't seem to always cover if Stuart or Suzie are off.
GM
Gary McEwan
A strange faced presenter on BBC News at the mo, guessing he's been on since this evening. Although I've absolutely no idea who he is...

He's certainly a new face to me anyway...
DF
DrewF
A strange faced presenter on BBC News at the mo, guessing he's been on since this evening. Although I've absolutely no idea who he is...

He's certainly a new face to me anyway...


It's Shaun Ley. He stood in for Simon McCoy last week but that was the first time he's been on the NC in a very long while.
GM
Gary McEwan
Well he's certainly having trouble with reports not playing...that's 2/3 reports that have gone haywire and have had no sound or bits of sound...
DF
DrewF
Well he's certainly having trouble with reports not playing...that's 2/3 reports that have gone haywire and have had no sound or bits of sound...


He is, but he's a surprisingly polished presenter (not flustered by technical issues or breaking news for example) - considering TV news is not his usual stomping ground.
CR
Critique
Rotas aren't my bag, but where has Reeta Chakrabarti appeared from? I had previously never seen nor heard of her (although research has shown that she did exist previously), but now she is presenting the main network news bulletins? It seems a very quick progression through the ranks for someone relatively unknown?

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