BBC News strike

BBC NEWS is now starting to bug me!
In that awful boring studio all day long! Anyway, news as usual tomorrow, thank god!

The Ten is going out on BBC ONE, BBC NEWS 24, and BBC WORLD now. There is a "BBC NEWS" tower on BBC ONE, but none on News 24... how wierd.

Is this the first time BBC ONE news has gone out on World? The Ten titles were used, but the newsreader said "Welcome to BBC News".

Stephen Cole presenting. According the NI announcer, we are getting a Newsline with Rose Neill later, so there will be some regional news here...

Keith Jones on S4C - don't recognise him!

The slimed down BBC News has provided a very good service today - I've probably watched more BBC News today than all year.

I find having regular 30-minute bulletins every hour far more appealing than the rolling service I can get via Sky and ITV.


One thing that does annoy me though (not just at times of strikes!) - why do they go to such great length to avoid "BBC News 24" branding on BBC World, but seem to actively encourage it on BBC 1.

If you want the swirling ribbons around the globe, and a little bit of a headline bed, visit the TV room's strike page.

That's the generic box they use on News Online news reports currently on One.

From what I've seen Reporting Scotland has been having bulletins and there have been one or two regional trails and anno's.

What a nightmare of a shift Steven Cole and the other one have been having.

Because it may confuse people throughout the world who won't have a clue what BBC News 24 is!

It's just programme promotion as BBC World viewers can't see News 24 legally. However it's encouraged on BBC domestic thanks to digital TV.

6 hours he will have done.... I'm expecting him to be replaced at 0000 by Karin or Debbie.

I think BBC World played a generic titles, not the 10, so really it is still BBC News, apart from the 10 titles.

Come off it, you think someone watching an international news channel - and therefore likely to be of above average intelligence anyway - can't work out that the BBC operate other channels?

I can't get CNN America, but it doesn't shock me when CNNI throw over to them.

No Matter what we think of the strike the three presenters, Aktar Khan, Susan Osman and Stephen Cole have to be congratulated on the efforts that they have done today.

Will the usual 11pm - 2am presenter take over at midnight?

What about Aktar Kahn (sp?) I know he worked through the night and Breakfast?