"BBC WORLD"

Sorry sweetheart, but no. You're not interesting enough to get me that worked up.



Did I miss the memo that said that humour doesn't have to be funny any more?


Anyway, moving on from that tedious diversion, if anyone can answer my question about the Heathrow Express bulletins, I'd be most grateful.

OK, nice after thought that edit - clearly calmed down now!

So thanks to those who explained the TOG thing BTW. Caught a look at the new Washington studio last night, the desk is much better than the News 24 desk as it looks more solid (as in you can't see people legs through the plastic front). I hope the World set takes on a similar look.

I hope the WORLD desk doesn't take on the same looks as N24. I find N24 to have a sort of "unfinished" look, with cables visible everywhere and stools being used as tables and screens untidily hanging from the ceiling by some tacky looking bracketry.

If you compare this with the set used by CNNI Atlanta, which is neat, tidy and, ok i concede, somewhat "battle-ship" like in proportions, however it does look far superior in many respects to the N24 new set.

I would prefer BBCW to project this type of image, as opposed to the messiness that the N24 studio portrays.

Good point, it really does look a mess and I hate that camera shot from the lighting rig it shows what a tiny, messy looking studio N24 really is.

Not sure why the old countdown is used before the Heathrow Express bulletin -- might be the case that whoever edits the countdown to the tape of the news might not have access to the new one? If anyone's interested, the Heathrow Express bulletin is recorded at 22.30 each night.

That would be a rather odd reason if it's true, but thanks for having a stab at it.

Incidentally, does anyone know if the Heathrow Express edition is the only example of a 'branded' or otherwise exclusively produced edition of BBC WORLD News?

Well there used to be a programme callled "BBC World NewsWeek" which followed the April 2000 news look. It was produced as a news review programme for some airlines. I haven't seen it for a few years, so it might have been cancelled. They used to pre-record that on Saturday afternoons from memory.

Doesn't BBC World News produce a programme for PBS in the US or do they just carry one of the main programmes, kind of like ITN when they used to do ITN World News for Public Television.

PBS carries the 23.00 and 00.00 BBC World bulletins (UK time), hence why they do the co-pres. If it wasn't shown in America, then the co-pres wouldn't exist. The only reason for it starting was to drum up support for BBC World in the USA. During those bulletins, while BBC World takes a break, N9 actually carries on with a business round-up for PBS viewers, hence why they use the unbranded network stings rather than the standard break stings.

I see, so kind of like when we take a break on The World Today, the UK sees some of their home news and business. Right?

Several airlines continue to show small wraps of BBC World news, but I have never seen it specially branded for any particular airline (such as the newscaster will mention the airline's name or the airlines logo will appear on the screen, as it does on HEX).

Most of the wraps that I have seen come from The World Today, given that it is the Channel's first output of the day, so can be quickly scrambles into a package for issue to the airline companies.

Believe me, David Eades at 39,000ft, being tossed around in turbulence, is not a nice experience!!!

However, Sally Bundock or Tanya Beckett..........................

Yes, I think that TWT internationally breaks away at T + 15 for commercial breaks, whereas in the UK, David or the Duty TWT Newscaster used to hand back to the Overnight Duty Simulcast Newsreader at the N24 studio for a 3 minute round up of UK domestic news.

I don't know if this still happens, or whether David does the UK segment himself now.