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Line-ups, studio's, presentation etc.... (February 2005)

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CH
ch840201
winifred posted:
Breakfast News posted:
Wonder if Breakfast will come from the main set on Election results morning, or stay in their own set as in 2001?

I hope that they will go into the main set- as in 1997. No mention of presenters in the press pack - I take it Kaplinsky will co-host with Dermot? This will be a test for her - if she carries it off well I'll be amazed.




No, Election results morning is on 6th May 2005 which is a Friday, hence Bill and Sian will probably be presenting that day.


But last time in 2001, as i remembered, the special edition fo Breakfast was presented by Jeremy and Sophie. It is a rare chance and I'd like to see Dermot and Natasha to present on Friday!
JW
JamesWorldNews
Bill and Sian are perfectly capable of rolling out an elections results programme. No need to wheel in anyone else, IMO.
CA
cat
Dunedin posted:
I'm going to use this slot to ignore winifred (hard to be honest) and big-up Newsnight.

They had a lovely piece from Milton Keynes on how WORM-like technology works- I personally think it's quite an interesting concept for viewers as long as the panel size is reasonable enough to make it worthwhile.

But besides that- Newsnight has perhaps unsurprisingly delievered by far the best coverage of the election I've seen today (I know it's easy when you've got only got 50 minutes to fill).....Michael Crick in "Newsnight 1" (that's a helicopter) is going to make great viewing, and unlike almost all other coverage.

On his first day flying he's got the lib dem defector embarassed by his zero knowledge of the party he's just joined, got the labour leader in the area to admit that labour central office has parachuted in a new candidate without consultation, and showed Michael Howard hiding in a helicopter away from any questioning/person not vetted by Tory Central office.

Keep it up- the true news behind the election.

Also lovely use of the Newsnight Review studio (desk bizarrely uplight red)...quite a cosy zone for a review of the strategy of the main parties and the all important morning paper review (queue vomit at tomorrow's Mirror).

All in all top stuff...and as a bonus to all viewers, Peter Snow will be swinging every Saturday night.


OK, he's using his Swingometer to analyse the polls on Saturday Newsnight's for the rest of the campaign.

I think the presence of Newsnight in the BBC schedules makes it quite hard for News 24 to justify their own analysis slot unless it comes much earlier in the evening, probably without the opportunity for full analysis of the day's events anyway. But yes, with direct comparison to Sky News and the Boulton Factor, it is going to look a bit weak.


True, but it was funnier to see the Lib Dem defectee go and tell Crick that nobody really cares about what he's talking about... and it was hard to disagree. Much as I admire him, his focus is not really about issues, just the real geeky stuff.

Interestingly, on the other side, Alan Duncan on the Boulton Factor DID use the 'lower taxes' slogan when he was reading out the promises... so either they're very confused, or he's talking bollocks. I'm tempted to go with the Tories being confused.
PE
Pete Founding member
The BBC seem to be investing in FABNESS at the moment. Not only do we have a fab new countdown, nice election graphics and nice new daily politics stuff but...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/blog/4416413.stm posted:

Tony Christie, eat your heart out
By Mark Mardell
Chief political correspondent

I'm still reeling from my early (and distinctly strange) start to the day.

We're making new titles for the This Week programme ..(which will be on TV twice a week, Monday and Thursdays, during the election). I can't say too much but think Tony Christie, road to the election, Andrew Neil in a purple suit and me jogging. The editor has already said sorry for destroying my career.

On GMTV this morning, T Blair almost - nearly - confirms the chancellor will stay chancellor if Labour wins. They will be asked more at a news conference about 1.30 this afternoon.

Brownites meanwhile are wondering what a French "non" in its referendum on the EU constitution would mean for them. If the French kill the constitution, there will be no subsequent British referendum. And then there is no natural break point for TB to depart.

Font of all wisdom, Lizzi the producer, has just observed that Blair and Brown have only spoken to children so far in this campaign. What is it the Jesuits say?


I'm going to explode if Spare Tyres and Portillo are in these.


On the subject of graphics, another post from the "election blog".

Email of the day posted:

I'm intrigued by your election logo - the colours are not evenly spread between parties. A brief calculation shows they are distributed as follows:
Labour 41.7%
Tory 28.0%
Lib Dem 26.8%
Other 3.5%
Is this the status quo or will the colour distribution move with the latest opinion polls? Is it your desired outcome or is it a knowing prediction? I think we should be told.
Mike Laurie, Glasgow
AP
AdamP
cat posted:
True, but it was funnier to see the Lib Dem defectee go and tell Crick that nobody really cares about what he's talking about... and it was hard to disagree. Much as I admire him, his focus is not really about issues, just the real geeky stuff.

Interestingly, on the other side, Alan Duncan on the Boulton Factor DID use the 'lower taxes' slogan when he was reading out the promises... so either they're very confused, or he's talking ****. I'm tempted to go with the Tories being confused.


Shouldn't you tell us the affiliation of the MP you work for, so we can better judge your comments on politicians?
DU
Dunedin
cat posted:
Interestingly, on the other side, Alan Duncan on the Boulton Factor DID use the 'lower taxes' slogan when he was reading out the promises... so either they're very confused, or he's talking ****. I'm tempted to go with the Tories being confused.


So did the Tory (sorry- conservative) representative on Newsnight...in fact he quoted Howard's speech with the words "lower taxes" in it. I think this bit of Crick's argument that Howard's "10 words" have been altered is very weak...but seeing Howard hiding from any questions outside of scheduled press conferences was what I was impressed by.

I don't think anyone is seriously thinking that the Tories don't want to cut taxes.

Anyway- you're one of those "wooly Liberal Democrats" aren't you cat, so you would make those comments? Wink
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Dunedin posted:
Anyway- you're one of those "wooly Liberal Democrats" aren't you cat, so you would make those comments? Wink


I can assure you, he's not a "wooly" anything.
CA
cat
I work for two, actually, but I am mostly a student.

They're both Labour. One is in the Cabinet; the other absolutely isn't.

I am generally not so blighted in my political views that I will follow every word the Great Leader says. I am friends with a fair few Tories, but most of the time I do believe they talk nonsense.

Classic moment for Howard's press conference - which is being mostly given second best treatment by the news networks - when he had someone remove a microphone from an ITV News correspondent for asking about Howard Flight. He didn't look happy.
CA
cat
Gavin Scott posted:
Dunedin posted:
Anyway- you're one of those "wooly Liberal Democrats" aren't you cat, so you would make those comments? Wink


I can assure you, he's not a "wooly" anything.


I am as solid as a rock.

Amen to that.
DV
dvboy
The graphics in the corner on Sky News line up properly today.
BN
Breakfast News
Don't suppose anyone captured the sofa set on Newsnight last night?

Cheers in advance, if anyone could upload any pics.
JA
jamej
As expected, Jonathan Dimbleby doing ITV's election night coverage with Nick Robinson and Katie Derham and Mark Austin are doing something as well.

Back to the BBC, and how much coverage did they actually have last general election? According to the press release, BBC One seems to be carrying coverage from Thursday evening non stop to after the One O'clock News on the Friday lunchtime - did this happen last time?

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