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Strange, in Italy we saw BBC News Extra and now the new edition of WBR. By the way, new astons for News Extra would have been appreciated.
So who presented it? Was it Mishal Husain? Did it come from the normal news set or from the WBR/Sport Today/The World set? What titles were used?
Any more details, please.
Mishal Husain was in the newsroom but the first 7-8 mins were presented by Brian Hanrahan in Rome, who spoke with David Willy about the conclave's procedure. Then Mishal presented a recorded interview by Michael Peschardt to the Australian Foreign Minister about the Australian help efforts in the tsunami affected areas. The titles were the ones we are used to seeing and the words flying around the globe were "NEWS EXTRA" (awful). The earlier edition of News Extra was still presented by Mishal Husain in the newsroom, she discussed the reactions to the death of the pope with an Orthodox priest (or something like that) and a Muslim professor (or something like that).
A few years ago, a lot of effort would have been put into ensuring a proper branding for a new programme. Now, however, everything looks the same! It's awful.
I've just thought of another presenter who now very rarely appears -- Lindsey Brancher. I think Lindsey is a fantastic broadcaster. She proved this on the morning of the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqi authorities in June 2004. She anchored the coverage all morning, and I was very impressed by her style. Sadly, she is seen very rarely on BBC World now, despite being the channel's longest-serving presenter. The same few presenters seem to be used all the time.
By the way, does anyone know what Nisha Pillai is doing now? I saw her briefly on Sunday afternoon, but since Mishal has returned, I've hardly seen her. Why was she bumped off her shift?
itsrobert
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cortomaltese posted:
David Jonathan posted:
cortomaltese posted:
David Jonathan posted:
What exactly now is "BBC News Extra"?
We were supposed to get an edition of it right now, but they're showing "Dreamspaces" (at least here in Germany).
We were supposed to get an edition of it right now, but they're showing "Dreamspaces" (at least here in Germany).
Strange, in Italy we saw BBC News Extra and now the new edition of WBR. By the way, new astons for News Extra would have been appreciated.
So who presented it? Was it Mishal Husain? Did it come from the normal news set or from the WBR/Sport Today/The World set? What titles were used?
Any more details, please.
Mishal Husain was in the newsroom but the first 7-8 mins were presented by Brian Hanrahan in Rome, who spoke with David Willy about the conclave's procedure. Then Mishal presented a recorded interview by Michael Peschardt to the Australian Foreign Minister about the Australian help efforts in the tsunami affected areas. The titles were the ones we are used to seeing and the words flying around the globe were "NEWS EXTRA" (awful). The earlier edition of News Extra was still presented by Mishal Husain in the newsroom, she discussed the reactions to the death of the pope with an Orthodox priest (or something like that) and a Muslim professor (or something like that).
A few years ago, a lot of effort would have been put into ensuring a proper branding for a new programme. Now, however, everything looks the same! It's awful.
I've just thought of another presenter who now very rarely appears -- Lindsey Brancher. I think Lindsey is a fantastic broadcaster. She proved this on the morning of the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqi authorities in June 2004. She anchored the coverage all morning, and I was very impressed by her style. Sadly, she is seen very rarely on BBC World now, despite being the channel's longest-serving presenter. The same few presenters seem to be used all the time.
By the way, does anyone know what Nisha Pillai is doing now? I saw her briefly on Sunday afternoon, but since Mishal has returned, I've hardly seen her. Why was she bumped off her shift?
