Not sure about that.. pretty sure it was standardised as Vote 2001 throughout the campaign.
Can't quite understand what you're talking about with 'decision' and 'vote' being American terms - as far as I know, they are in the English dictionary. The BBC and ITN have used 'decision' and 'campaign' for decades... they just like to vary it.
Classic "never wrong for long" moment on Sky News just now ...
Prescott joked about the election being on 5 May - meaning the county council elections - and Sky flashed "General Election to be on 5 May" complete with swoosh...
When Prezza's joke became clear, it was swiftly removed.
Yes, and as the post following your clarifies, News 24 did exactly the same thing.
As an aside - looking at the Sky Press Office website, they released their 2001 election coverage details on 2nd of May, a week before the 8th May election announcement.
As such, if Blair announces on the 4th April (as expected) then we should expect, if things run like last time, details to be reveal on the 28th March, so on Monday. Total speculation, of course, but worth considering.
Personally I was watching the Daily Politics on BBC2 at the time...
But I can't believe the news channels were so naive to do that - Prescott has made that joke about the council elections at least twice in the last few weeks, so even if he did slip up *this* time they shouldn't have been daft enough to do astons.
(Today's PMQs was one of the most dull I've seen in ages, I must say..)
This week's Broadcast has a full-page interview with Alastair Stewart, which confirms that he will be part of ITV's election night coverage, providing "live analysis and commentary" and "quite a few surprises" that he wants to keep from the opposition.
This week's Broadcast has a full-page interview with Alastair Stewart, which confirms that he will be part of ITV's election night coverage, providing "live analysis and commentary" and "quite a few surprises" that he wants to keep from the opposition.
What is Broadcast? Is it a newspaper, magazine, website........???
As far as Radio Five Live goes, Jane Garvey and Peter Allen let slip yesterday that they would be presenting coverage of the election on BBC radio. Bit surprised - would have expected Julian Worricker and James Naughtie (who presented the US Election)
As far as Radio Five Live goes, Jane Garvey and Peter Allen let slip yesterday that they would be presenting coverage of the election on BBC radio. Bit surprised - would have expected Julian Worricker and James Naughtie (who presented the US Election)
I'm pretty sure I heard the bit you're referring to, and I believe you are mistaken. They were talking about the predicted day that Blair will call an election, and it being in the same week that Charles will marry Camilla- an event they WILL both be covering.
I expect Allen and Garvey to run Drive as usual on polling day with the full breakdown analysis of the new government on Friday afternoon in their usual slot. I'm certain BBC Radio will stick with a Radio Four/Five Live simulcast for election night.
Pretty sure they were talking about the election as they said that they would have to work all through the night, and joked to the travel reporter that she would have to as well.
I've enquired about the square like object that has been visible during some bulletins of late. It does indeed form part of the election set.
The usual desk is being removed for the Election programme and a square like desk put in its place. Viewers will think the desk is overlooking the atrium, with the other half being in the main news studio. I am told it looks very impressive and believable.
Well, now we know ITV, and I imagine Sky will do what they did in 97 and 01 and go for a fully VR set... so it looks like the Beeb will outdo the others yet again.
The Beeb's 2001 election night - from graphics to studio - really did look impressive. Coverage wasn't particularly exciting, but still. I hope they give Peter Snow a fully virtual world, rather than his pseudo-virtual thingy like last time... didn't much rate that.
Sky didn't have a VR set in 97, it was in a different studio with a little video wall and a question mark shaped desk..
I don't see why they shouldn't launch the new set on election night, it sounds like it'd be very impressive, and most technical problems should be ironed out before then. That is, if they've started rehearsals this month as has been reported earlier.
