I don’t think the Andrew Neil show really has a place anymore as other people have said it doesn’t make sense to be grilling a politician without any elections or anything coming up. Maybe it would be good to see a few episodes of it after coronavirus to hold politicians to account after it but other than that I don’t see much sense of it until an election is coming up and even then it only needs maybe 1 episode for each party.
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Surely politicians being held to account should be an ongoing occurrence, not restricted to election periods or national emergencies?
They still have Newsnight, question time and the Andrew marr show. Granted they’re not going to be tearing into them like Andrew Neil did but they’re still okay.
I'm confused. Wasn't Andrew Neil's recent 7pm BBC Two show only intended for the run-up to the election, anyway, rather than a long-term political show?
Or are they looking for a replacement Andrew Neil vehicle as a substitute for This Week on late Thursday nights (which itself has made way for Newscast / Brexitcast)?
Sounds like Andrew Neil has an inflated ego to me, in refusing a non prime-time slot.
Sounds like Andrew Neil has an inflated ego to me, in refusing a non prime-time slot.
Speculating a bit I suspect that in general a non prime-time slot is likely to a lower budget that a prime-time show would. If this is the case I imagine it's also reflected in the salaries of the on-screen talent. This can also be a factor as to whether someone wants to present a programme, as well as what time it's aired (particularly if it's live).
Not really sure if this belongs here or in the Sport thread (its sport related, but i get the feeling its related to these cuts): mods let me know if I should post this on the sports thread
So the World Snooker Championships are about to start soon and what does the BBC do? Make a tweet basically saying they're abandoning their BBCSnooker twitter account [which has 130k followers and a lot of active tour players following it] and pointing people to BBCSport when nothing about snooker gets posted there except occasional random stories when it matters, and certainly not a live feed of "actual sporting action" like BBCSnooker has done for a few years now.
We'll have live coverage of the World Snooker Championships – held in Sheffield from 31 July to 16 August – every day on BBC TV.
They still have Newsnight, question time and the Andrew marr show. Granted they’re not going to be tearing into them like Andrew Neil did but they’re still okay.
Emily Maitlis is as good if not better than Andrew Neil at tearing through politicians. It's just very unfortunate DTL interviews are just not effective enough. You get presenter and guests shouting over each other, and often makes watching unbearable.
I don't see why Marr can't move to Westminster. I think that studio is underused as it is. Seems versatile enough that the desk can be moved around (as seen when the 6 and 10) came from it. Would anyone know how much floor space there is at the Westminster?
That Daily Politics desk looks big enough to have two guests socially distanced at either end, with Andrew bang in the centre.
And if the desk could be removed completely, three distanced soft chairs.
But those are statements based on what I see on screen and without an iota of a clue of the actual geometry and other physical constraints which may exist upstream of the studio.
I don't see why Marr can't move to Westminster. I think that studio is underused as it is. Seems versatile enough that the desk can be moved around (as seen when the 6 and 10) came from it. Would anyone know how much floor space there is at the Westminster?
Other than it's not staffed on Sundays, you mean?
It's less space than Studio E at NBH, so unless you would wish to see a 'Peston' style interview format with Marr at one end of the desk and the guest at the other end . . . I don't see how that would improve on the current bad situation.