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BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

(July 2006)

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EY
the eye
Great stuff! Zeinab is doing normal news! This must be her first time in a few years.
HA
harshy Founding member
BBC LDN posted:
Breakfast News posted:
ginnyfan posted:
I like him, he's got an energy not seen in other boring BBC World presenters (except Nisha Pillei). What would you say if Richard Quest was to present on BBC World. I think someone could get a heart attack.


Erm....didn't he used to prior to CNN?!


He did - on World Business Report at least. I seem to recall that his on-screen partnership with Paddy O'Connell worked extremely well on the WBR before Quest left for CNN.


That was I think the original partnership for WBR, Paddy and Richard, unless I am wrong.
DA
Davidjb Founding member
harshy posted:
BBC LDN posted:
Breakfast News posted:
ginnyfan posted:
I like him, he's got an energy not seen in other boring BBC World presenters (except Nisha Pillei). What would you say if Richard Quest was to present on BBC World. I think someone could get a heart attack.


Erm....didn't he used to prior to CNN?!


He did - on World Business Report at least. I seem to recall that his on-screen partnership with Paddy O'Connell worked extremely well on the WBR before Quest left for CNN.


That was I think the original partnership for WBR, Paddy and Richard, unless I am wrong.


You are correct. If you remember they always ended with something like "we're the business". After Quest left it was Mishal who stepped into the lime light.
EY
the eye
Opening, stings and close of World News Today with Zeinab... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ChQ5FzCO8 (give the link a chance to process)
NE
Noelfirl
the eye posted:
Opening, stings and close of World News Today with Zeinab... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ChQ5FzCO8 (give the link a chance to process)


Mmm... I'm loving that music, it's really a very nice evolution of the BBC News theme.

I'd just like it if the titles did a bit more, visually they're impressive, but just a bit staid, in that nothing much happens after the glass pops outwards apart from the globe rotating.
SE
seamus
Hmm. Howcome the music is different from the WNT from yesterday? I like it alot. Very subtle and classy.
EY
the eye
seamus21514 posted:
Hmm. Howcome the music is different from the WNT from yesterday? I like it alot. Very subtle and classy.


Different editions maybe?
SE
seamus
Well obviously, but wouldn't it make sense to have uniform sounds and looks for the Same programme's different editions methinks?
DJ
David Jonathan
Did they still use a different opening tune for the "lunchtime" edition of World News Today than for the "evening" edition today?
CO
cortomaltese
They did. And tonight's opening was different from last night's one, as it began with Zeinab Badawi welcoming us to the programme and introducing herself (kinda like the regular bulletins used to be before last January).
What I find totally absurd is that the new titles for WNT would match perfectly with the regular set and instead they keep on using that dark set whose colours are totally different.
I noticed the 2000GMT bulletin now includes both business and sport segments, presented by the business and sport presenters. Not sure about the sport one but the business segment is definitely something now at that hour.
EY
the eye
Why can't you be sure about the sport segment? I hate how BBC World stops doing sport and biz updates so early.
EY
the eye
BBC World have new promos, their website says so too... here is 2 of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMPMTnNzl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0F501Wk9CE

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