Just watched his clip off that and it's the first time I've heard the intro music from The World Today. It's amazing - warm and important at the same time.
Is there anywhere I could catch the whole opening sequence?
Just watched his clip off that and it's the first time I've heard the intro music from The World Today. It's amazing - warm and important at the same time.
Is there anywhere I could catch the whole opening sequence?
BBC1 0500 tomorrow morning.
Is it!!!? Never knew that. I'm afraid I'll be fast asleep at that time of the morning!
Of course, ITN, N24 and Sky's decision to lead with it in the UK is prefectly understandable. But World viewers, I would imagine, were a bit perplexed by this extended leading coverage.
Perplexed I was... Sometimes it seems, BBC World makes the wrong decisions on the amount of attention UK stories get on the channel. At these times, and you might get angry, it really becomes clear Britons are living on an island and do not understand that we, in mainland Europe and the rest of the world, are not very much interested in the death of a footballer.
It is the same with the massive remembrance of World War 1 in the UK. I personnaly cannot understand this as six million Jewish civilians died in the next World War while in WW1, most people who were killed, died on the battle field. And besides, few veterans of the First World War are alive these days. Here in 'Europe', peole are much more commemmorating the Second World War for all the horrific details and mass civilian murder that took place. Everyone on the planet is aware of that, yet, that is not reflected in BBC World's coverage.
And in sport: not the whole world has cricket as its number one national game (the UK neither, but cricket news plays a pretty big role in sports coverage on BBC World).
You must remember that BBC World is a BRITISH international broadcaster that does have to commit to international stories but also is there for Brits abroad!
Many people forget this but also due to its unique position of being based in London, it is bound to offer a UK slant on some issues. You find the same on, say, CNN when they go onto the streets of the US 'reporting'. It's not really US bias- more US based.
But then again, who are we to complain - we don't actually pay for the channel!
Of course, ITN, N24 and Sky's decision to lead with it in the UK is prefectly understandable. But World viewers, I would imagine, were a bit perplexed by this extended leading coverage.
Perplexed I was... Sometimes it seems, BBC World makes the wrong decisions on the amount of attention UK stories get on the channel. At these times, and you might get angry, it really becomes clear Britons are living on an island and do not understand that we, in mainland Europe and the rest of the world, are not very much interested in the death of a footballer.
It is the same with the massive remembrance of World War 1 in the UK. I personnaly cannot understand this as six million Jewish civilians died in the next World War while in WW1, most people who were killed, died on the battle field. And besides, few veterans of the First World War are alive these days. Here in 'Europe', peole are much more commemmorating the Second World War for all the horrific details and mass civilian murder that took place. Everyone on the planet is aware of that, yet, that is not reflected in BBC World's coverage.
And in sport: not the whole world has cricket as its number one national game (the UK neither, but cricket news plays a pretty big role in sports coverage on BBC World).
err did you miss the three hour special on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the four hour special on the commemorations on VE day which took services from France, Holland the UK and Germany.
And cricket is followed fanatically across South Asia, one of BBC World's most important audiences.
What do you think of Stephen Sackur on Hardtalk? I seldom watch the programme but I didn't like his interview to Jean-Marie Le Pen today... I had the impression he kept insisting on the wrong points and the interview never got actually interesting... Tim Sebastian's interviews were always worth watching, but I'm glad he has become the presenter of the Doha Debates, it's a great series of programmes.
Adrian is going to CNNI in London, as narrated over on the separate thread. He will be a loss to BBC World and BBC News in general. Shame.
On another subject, it was good to see Lindsey Brancher on in place of Nik Gowing last night. She is another underused presenter at BBC World.
HardTalk - to be honest, I stopped watching this a long time ago, just before Tim Sebastian left and Stephen took over. I found, for a while, that it became nothing more than the presenter's chnace to rant and rave. The last full episode that I can recall watching was with Terry Waite - I am not defending Mr. Waite for any reason whatsoever (let's face it, you accept an invite onto Hard Talk, then you get what you deserve!), but it was nothing more than Mr. Sackur persisting in talking over what was legitimate and logical responses from Mr. Waite. I quite like Zeinab Badawi and Lyse Doucet on the programme - incisive, gritty, yet level headed and balanced.
There is nothing better than when an anchor poses a question, then sits back in his or her chair, and still has the interviewee floundering, without the need to heckle and do a John Humphrys or a Paxo! That, in my opinion, shows true journalistic talent and professionalism.
Did anyone notice this change at the top of the hour: instead of letting the countdown music finish in full, they have cut the the last fade-out so there now is a short silence between the end of the countdown and the first bang. This doesn't sound quite nice.
Did anyone notice this change at the top of the hour: instead of letting the countdown music finish in full, they have cut the the last fade-out so there now is a short silence between the end of the countdown and the first bang. This doesn't sound quite nice.
When ever BBC World seems to fade things in together theres always been a short silence when the clip changes.
How dare he!