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Widescreen - Sat 1st Dec (December 2005)

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JO
Joe
Ooh, any captures? Sounds interesting.
JO
Joshua
That used to happen in the 2004-2006 era, I don't recall seeing it with the Atrium backdrop. Basically, Nina was stood at the newswall, she started to walk around the 'catwalk' and the newswall spun around, as if the graphic about the earthquake was were the camera's/jib are. I presume it was pre recorded in the virtual studio as Nina wasn't holding her scripts.
NI
Nicky
I'm sorry this is a bit off-topic, but I'm sick with ITV's inability to schedule the weekend news properly (as are many others, I'm sure). Surely it would be a better situation for the 3pm film to play uninterrupted until 5pm (well, depending on it's length of course), followed by some kind of 30 minute filler (You've Been Framed, something like that)? Something I'd like to see happening would be for the regional news to be shown at 5:30, with the (national) Weekend News at a fixed time of 5:40, every weekend, instead of slicing the 3pm film in two halves. The evening schedule could then start around 6pm with TV Burp or something similar. I also think the late news would benefit from starting at around 10:30pm.
BR
Brekkie
Discussed many times here over recent months - it's not so much the bulletins not being fixed that's the problem, it's the times they're being shown - especially as they pointlessly interrupt movies both in the afternoon and at night when both news and film viewers would benefit from the bulletin being on after the afternoon film and before the late-night film.


As I've probably said weekly for the last six months - who exactly is this strategy benefiting? I'd be very surprised if either the films or the news were getting higher ratings as a result.
PR
Primetime
I see Mary isn't their and Nina is in the studio again reading the 'other news' segement.

I'd prefer this week of special reports to be after the main news, rather than at the start of the programme. Some people will watch ITV News, for the news of the day. It will be a overkill considering News at Ten will probably be repeating what has been shown on the Evening News.
LO
Londoner
Very sorry to hear about Carol Barnes - I met her once or twice when I worked with her daughter Clare.

(Clare was killed in a skydiving accident in Australia a couple of years ago.)
AN
all new Phil
Hear what about Carol Barnes?
LO
Londoner
She's had a stroke and is seriously ill in hospital. It's in tomorrow's Daily Mirror - nothing online yet though.
PT
Put The Telly On
http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/blog/carol-barnes-ill-in-hospital/
CH
Chie
Full details in The Times Online.

Newsreader Carol Barnes ‘dying’ after stroke
RO
rob Founding member
Londoner posted:
She's had a stroke and is seriously ill in hospital. It's in tomorrow's Daily Mirror - nothing online yet though.


Really shocked to hear this news... I sincerely hope she pulls through.
BR
Brekkie
I see after dropping it last year ITV are covering the budget again this year with Alistair Stewart, Katie Derham and Julie Etchingham.

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