BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

Just noticed something new...

on the few TOTH's I've seen today on World, the news presenter has begun immedately with the headlines and not introduced themselves.

Following the countdown both Nisha and Nic started the headlines (with the usual wide shot of the two presenters) and then after the titles, said "Hello and Welcome".

Do you think this is a new format?

The only silly thing is that the previous headline bed remains. So for the first 5 seconds while they are talking they have the recap bed and then suddenly it changes to the usual one without thunderclaps.

Rather strange!

No thats the way it always used to be so this change is merely a change back to the way it was a few years ago. Saying "hello, this is BBC News from BBC World" before the headlines is really unnecessary since the voice at the end of the countdown practically says it anyway!

Anybody have any idea why Martine decided to swap places and moved to the other side of the World desk during part of the simulcast today?

Which simulcast was that? The evening edition with Washington? Didn't know Martine (Dennis, one assumes) was now doing nights.

Edit by James: Or do you mean Martine Croxall on the overnight simulcast with News 24??

The latter

Is the so-called new opening format still being used? I have not tuned in for quite awhile.

It's been back to normal on all bulletins that I have watched today - i.e. the opening words are the two presenters introducing themselves. (And yes, Geeta G-M actually DID remember that Tanya Beckett was sitting alongside today).

Haha....

All the intros i've seen this week have been the ones they've used since late 2004.

Oops. Sarah Strik clearly didn expect a studio wide-shot there at the closure of Asia Today (it doesnt normally feature like this).

She was caught with her hand stuffed down the front of her jacket into her blouse, removing her mic no doubt.

Jonathan Charles is really getting into a chatty mode these days with all his co presenters. He is now the master of merriment at World.

Interesting, Lucy doing WBR as well as TWT

Yes, quite. The introduction was abit strange, it used the usual setup but abit more zoomed in and Lucy said:

"Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings and this is The World Today and the World Business Report from the BBC" - not BBC News

And I wonder where Sally is - she's not been in at all this week - maybe she's ill?

Smooth. Alistair Yates recaps his bulleting with the "main news again": Shane Warne has confirmed his retirement. Show vt of press conference and Shane Warne confirming.

Break.

Sport Today: "Reports that Shane Warne will confirm his retirement from international cricket later today".

Do they share resources?! Or are the news people more clued up on sport than the sport people?