What do you think will happen if a major story breaks during the BBC strike - on the scale of a Royal Death or Terrorist attack.
On the one hand a strike is a strike, whatever the story - but it's pretty unimaginable the BBC not covering a major story (though I always watch ITV's coverage, but you know what I mean!).
tbh, I dont think there would be any real difference in the service. Sure, it might take a little longer to to break the news, but other than that it would be business as usual. I seriously doubt that if, say London was bombed, BBC staff and journalists would refuse point blank to go back to work and cover a story of such huge national importance. Thousands of people work in the news centre, Im sure they could find enough people to produce news reports etc in the time that they wait for other staff to arrive.
...and also, if anything horrific was to happen, members of BBC News are first and foremost journalists. It is these huge stories that all members of this profession thrive upon. I'm sure that the strike would just be rearranged and it would definitely create enough publicity for their cause.
What about the day if the Queen died or Tony Blair being killed in a car crash like Diana
I think it would be handled like any other major new story. It may take a little while longer for the news to broken and subisquently updated but I think most would return for this type of story.
I remember reading that there some sort of alarm system which is triggered at the Beeb for a major story, canceling Nations/Regions does anyone know any more on this?
Monday actually really looks like a dead cat day, slow and boring, apart from the strike, of course.
"I remember reading that there some sort of alarm system which is triggered at the Beeb for a major story, canceling Nations/Regions does anyone know any more on this?"
theres a network recall alarm which alerts regional teams that they would have to opt back but as most opt outs are for live news theres always some one listening to talkback who would pass on any alerts...
What about the day if the Queen died or Tony Blair being killed in a car crash like Diana
I remember reading that there some sort of alarm system which is triggered at the Beeb for a major story, canceling Nations/Regions does anyone know any more on this?
But if they are on strike, is there anyone there to react to it?
If in the event of a major breaking story - and the BBC weren't able to get BBC News, BBC News 24 or BBC World on BBC screens, do you think they may endevour to simulcast a non-BBC service such as Sky News?
