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Presentation of the REF BUT NOT DEBATE OF THE REF (February 2016)

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BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
623058 posted:
I take it thats only if its a remain?


If it's a leave vote I imagine the presenters and locations would be the same (Downing Street would be an even more relevant place to be presenting from) but I'd expect the BBC Two portion (post-News at One) to move to BBC One and extend into the early evening.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Neil Jones posted:
I think all these EU debates have tended, given half a chance, to degrade into slanging matches and shouting each other down and there comes a point where you're not having a debate but an argument with each other not over the issue in question but in general.

Debate became so intense 4HD dog ran off and didn't come back at about 22:07. Must be all the shouting going on, poor thing. Wink

If only the C4's debate had borrowed The Last Leg's bullsh*t buzzer... Razz

I guess it shows how good and respected Dimbleby is that he managed to keep order during last night's show.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Wow, as soon as the C4 programme wrapped a smattering of applause and everybody stood up and walked out even before the programme was off the air.

Mind you the applause in and out of the breaks was a bit haphazard, suspect somebody forgot to brief or cue the audience.
WH
Whataday Founding member
UBox posted:
I'm surprised Channel 4 have continued commercial breaks throughout this program.


The commercial breaks were a welcome relief from what was a shockingly badly produced (and chaired) debate.
RD
RDJ
Whataday posted:
The commercial breaks were a welcome relief from what was a shockingly badly produced (and chaired) debate.


It was an awful debate. Not something C4 should be proud about. I would say that the two ITV debates were the best out of them all in my opinion.
GE
Gareth E
So this Sky overnight build-up programme tonight.

Do the broadcasting regulations not kick in after midnight?

Will they not be rather limited in what they can talk about?
BP
Bob Paisley
bbcsport posted:
So this Sky overnight build-up programme tonight.

Do the broadcasting regulations not kick in after midnight?

Will they not be rather limited in what they can talk about?


Don't the restrictions (other than the existing restrictions on everything being fair and balanced, already in place) come into force when the polls open? Which is 7am I think.
IS
Inspector Sands
They come into force at 00:30 tonight:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/appendix8/polling-day

I assume it's 00:30 because of the midnight news on Radio 4?
BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
They come into force at 00:30 tonight:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/appendix8/polling-day

I assume it's 00:30 because of the midnight news on Radio 4?


That is the BBC's guideline, the relevant Ofcom rules are:

Quote:
6.4 Discussion and analysis of election and referendum issues must finish when the poll opens. (This refers to the opening of actual polling stations. This rule does not apply to any poll conducted entirely by post.)

6.5 Broadcasters may not publish the results of any opinion poll on polling day itself until the election or referendum poll closes. (For European Parliamentary elections, this applies until all polls throughout the European Union have closed.)
VM
VMPhil
Posted this in the News at Ten thread but I'll post it in here as well. Preview of ITV's titles and set tomorrow:

IS
Inspector Sands
Blake Connolly posted:

That is the BBC's guideline, the relevant Ofcom rules are:

Yes, though the other broadcasters are also stopping at 00:30..... so doing more than the Ofcom rules
NI
Nicky
VMPhil posted:
Posted this in the News at Ten thread but I'll post it in here as well. Preview of ITV's titles and set tomorrow:


Not sold on the titles, but it's nice to see ITV keeping it relatively simple, clean and effective. Thank goodness they've got a larger screen this time round too...

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