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Jez, you've hit the nail on the head there. That's what my problem is. Despite it being Christmas week, the BBC have maintained a consistent approach to the news throughout. There have been bulletins at roughly normal times (i.e. between 12.00-2.00pm, 5.00-7.00pm and 10.00-11.00pm) and they've all been pretty much the same length. Also, the regional bulletins have always been attached to the end of the national news - not hours apart. If the BBC can do it, there's really no excuse for ITV.
itsrobert
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Jez posted:
Well the reason there is so much inconsistency with the Saturday bulletins scheduling is clearly because the weekend schedules are never the same from one Saturday to the next. Programmes in both daytime and peak time on Saturday are always starting at different times, its not like a weekday where there is generally the same schedule running each night i.e. 6.00pm News hour, 7pm soaps, 8pm Tonight/The Bill, 9pm Drama.
Tonight the regional news was 5.30pm with the national at 5.45pm, but how often do we see that? The evening line up of entertainment shows started tonight at 6pm but in recent weeks it has started at different times each week from 5pm, 5.15pm, 5.30pm, 5.40pm which means the news moves its start time each week.
Sundays arent so bad as Saturdays as they have a more structured schedule from 7pm onwards with the soaps then the 8pm drama so the national news generally goes out at 6.45pm on Sundays. However im not sure why they are moving the regional bulletins around, one week its before the national news at 6.30pm the next its been moved as early as 4pm.
There didnt appear to be any consistency in the length regional bulletins this week either- on Thursdays the evening bulletin in my region was about 6 minutes long, but I was pleasantly surprised on Friday as we got almost the full 15 minutes. Not sure if that was the same in all regions or whether we just got more adverts either side of it on Thursday. And yes I know it was Christmas week so not to expect normal service but I just thought it was odd having such different timings for the bulletins 2 days in a row. Also the late bulletin was as late as 11.30pm on both days which is rather late, but not as bad as tonights late national bulletin going out at midnight!
Tonight the regional news was 5.30pm with the national at 5.45pm, but how often do we see that? The evening line up of entertainment shows started tonight at 6pm but in recent weeks it has started at different times each week from 5pm, 5.15pm, 5.30pm, 5.40pm which means the news moves its start time each week.
Sundays arent so bad as Saturdays as they have a more structured schedule from 7pm onwards with the soaps then the 8pm drama so the national news generally goes out at 6.45pm on Sundays. However im not sure why they are moving the regional bulletins around, one week its before the national news at 6.30pm the next its been moved as early as 4pm.
There didnt appear to be any consistency in the length regional bulletins this week either- on Thursdays the evening bulletin in my region was about 6 minutes long, but I was pleasantly surprised on Friday as we got almost the full 15 minutes. Not sure if that was the same in all regions or whether we just got more adverts either side of it on Thursday. And yes I know it was Christmas week so not to expect normal service but I just thought it was odd having such different timings for the bulletins 2 days in a row. Also the late bulletin was as late as 11.30pm on both days which is rather late, but not as bad as tonights late national bulletin going out at midnight!
Jez, you've hit the nail on the head there. That's what my problem is. Despite it being Christmas week, the BBC have maintained a consistent approach to the news throughout. There have been bulletins at roughly normal times (i.e. between 12.00-2.00pm, 5.00-7.00pm and 10.00-11.00pm) and they've all been pretty much the same length. Also, the regional bulletins have always been attached to the end of the national news - not hours apart. If the BBC can do it, there's really no excuse for ITV.
I myself am just astounded at the time its decided to be broadcast. It was hardly worth it aswell - two news stories and 1 sports report and then the scores of tonights games.