BBC News - more technical problems (21/11/18)

No Beyond 100 Days. A generic BBC News bulletin from E with Christian Fraser.

Is it being simulcast with World? Seems like studio C is unavailable as well as B?

Yes being simulcast with World and Christian said they'll be going over to Washington as usual soon.

Or maybe not!

There's no Beyond 100 Days on BBC News this evening due to technical problems.

— TV Live 💙 (@tvlive) November 21, 2018

What was World doing earlier? We're they still in B?

Why couldn't they just use the WNT stings in E

If this continues what will happen with Outside Source at 9?

Quite enjoying Beyond 100 Days being presented like this for a change.

The chances are they will present it from E and use the on-screen graphics, like they do when on location somewhere, if absolutely needed.

As for Beyond 100 Days, even though it's not being labelled as such, the presentation style is effectively just a minimialistic version of the programme schedule. It works well when there are technical issues like this.

I don’t understand what’s gone wrong here and why is World coming with BBC News graphics and ticker.

Ben Brown presenting what is most likely another World News simulcast in Studio E as a normal news bulletin. News Channel had no ticker along the bottom for a short period of time, and he appeared to have no paper backup notes (at least not that I was able to see on the wide studio shot at the start).


It appears that a technical issue earlier in the day has decommissioned Studio C almost entirely (that, or the studio is under maintenance for another reason) so World News and News Channel are sharing E for the rest of the evening as no other studios are available. That doesn't explain why World News would be directly taking the News Channel feed complete with ticker, unless they're taking that feed and then just adding their own strap over it.


I wonder what will happen if the issues are not fixed by the time Newsday is to be broadcast, will that present from E for what i think would be the first time?

Complete with bbc news ticker and uk time!

It’s now just gone to a bbc World News branded ticker.

In theory studio E should be able to handle OS as the gallery has access to the camera on the balcony. Whether they're able to program the screen is another matter.