Was it?
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Yes, only by 2 minutes or so....I don't think the should've made a point of saying "an extended 10 o'clock News" because it really wasn't!
This has been probably the first time since News at Ten's return that I would put it above the BBC's offering. While the Evening News went a bit over the top with the entire bulletin devoted to this story, News At Ten seems perfect - first half an hour: comprehensive coverage of this "major" story, followed by 15-20 minutes of the rest of the day's news in the studio.
Ben posted:
The BBC was extended slightly and Newsnight is starting a little later than usual.
Yes, only by 2 minutes or so....I don't think the should've made a point of saying "an extended 10 o'clock News" because it really wasn't!
This has been probably the first time since News at Ten's return that I would put it above the BBC's offering. While the Evening News went a bit over the top with the entire bulletin devoted to this story, News At Ten seems perfect - first half an hour: comprehensive coverage of this "major" story, followed by 15-20 minutes of the rest of the day's news in the studio.
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Davidjb
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I would imagine the BBC didn't want to delay Question Time too much as they used to get a lot of complaint's a few years back when it didn't air until after 11pm and it would also cause a problem for Question Time Extra on BBC News 24 as it doesn't make sense to start that programme until the main programme has ended on BBC One.
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Yea, that's true.....I just don't think the BBC should have deliberately flagged up the fact that the bulletin would be "extended" in the 8pm summary and in between the programmes on BBC One. Just seems to be an attempt to get viewers away from ITV's (in this case) far superior bulletin - both presentationally and content-wise.
Davidjb posted:
I would imagine the BBC didn't want to delay Question Time too much as they used to get a lot of complaint's a few years back when it didn't air until after 11pm and it would also cause a problem for Question Time Extra on BBC News 24 as it doesn't make sense to start that programme until the main programme has ended on BBC One.
Yea, that's true.....I just don't think the BBC should have deliberately flagged up the fact that the bulletin would be "extended" in the 8pm summary and in between the programmes on BBC One. Just seems to be an attempt to get viewers away from ITV's (in this case) far superior bulletin - both presentationally and content-wise.
FA
Very good extended News At Ten.
It had enough about Prince Harry, and gave you the background into that that no other network seems to have done, and then continued with the rest of the days stories as brilliantly as ever.
Though was it just me who thought it was weird seeing Mark, Trevor and Julie all on one show? Especially Trevor handing back to Mark.
Though all in all a very well balenced programme, and good on ITV to give over the extra time, though with Mark being in Afghanistan I presume that it was the plan all along.
It had enough about Prince Harry, and gave you the background into that that no other network seems to have done, and then continued with the rest of the days stories as brilliantly as ever.
Though was it just me who thought it was weird seeing Mark, Trevor and Julie all on one show? Especially Trevor handing back to Mark.
Though all in all a very well balenced programme, and good on ITV to give over the extra time, though with Mark being in Afghanistan I presume that it was the plan all along.
DV
The BBC have bigger scheduling problems than that:
Variations in Northern Ireland and Wales would be messed about with. They also have Sign Zone programmes later which can't be shifted. They would have to drop one of them and reschedule it for another day, again with knock-on effects for the nations because they also differ in what they show.
ITV's a bit simpler to do but still causes problems:
Have ITV dropped the Echo Beach repeat so that regional programmes go out on time? Will STV nudge their programmes along and drop Echo Beach from 0:35? ITV1 Wales have three regional programmes back to back before Nightwatch, presumably one of them will be dropped.
Davidjb posted:
I would imagine the BBC didn't want to delay Question Time too much as they used to get a lot of complaint's a few years back when it didn't air until after 11pm and it would also cause a problem for Question Time Extra on BBC News 24 as it doesn't make sense to start that programme until the main programme has ended on BBC One.
The BBC have bigger scheduling problems than that:
Variations in Northern Ireland and Wales would be messed about with. They also have Sign Zone programmes later which can't be shifted. They would have to drop one of them and reschedule it for another day, again with knock-on effects for the nations because they also differ in what they show.
ITV's a bit simpler to do but still causes problems:
Have ITV dropped the Echo Beach repeat so that regional programmes go out on time? Will STV nudge their programmes along and drop Echo Beach from 0:35? ITV1 Wales have three regional programmes back to back before Nightwatch, presumably one of them will be dropped.