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The New Pope

Coverage of the Conclave and Announcement (April 2005)

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MA
Marcus Founding member
Noelfirl posted:
I'm just not sure about this man. Hasn't he described other religions as "defective"?



Good to have a man in charge who used to be a memeber of the Hitler Youth. He should knock the church into shape.
LO
Londoner
Marcus posted:
Good to have a man in charge who used to be a memeber of the Hitler Youth. He should knock the church into shape.

I think that's a bit unnecessary. He didn't join till after it was made compulsory.
MA
Magoo
tactical voter posted:
bbc.co.uk were streaming BBC WORLD coverage (as opposed to bbc news branded coverage that appears on world too) with Brian Hanrahan, until 8 (presumably from 7pm), leading into The World. Between the end of Brian Hanrahan and the start of The World, we got lovely shots of the host (can't recall name, same lady who interviewed Frank Gardener for Hardtalk) doing her makeup and checking it was ok. They eventually cut the audio, and moved to a still of the chimney (the stillness could have been my connection)...the lengths they go to stop us seeing adverts...


Watched 'The World' for the first time today and I don't know if it is usually in the same format but it struck me as a more intellectual programme, sort of like a global programme in the same vein as Newsnight. Is Zeinab Badawi (that's the name you were looking for tactical voter) a regular presenter?

Also, with the election of a 78 year old Pope, do you think that the news organisations will be planning the coverage for Benedict XVI's eventual death yet?
LO
Londoner
scottish posted:
Watched 'The World' for the first time today and I don't know if it is usually in the same format but it struck me as a more intellectual programme, sort of like a global programme in the same vein as Newsnight. Is Zeinab Badawi (that's the name you were looking for tactical voter) a regular presenter?

Regular-ish. Kirsty Lang (like Zeinab, ex-Channel 4 News) is the main presenter. Brian Hanrahan and others also pop up from time to time.
MA
Marcus Founding member
Londoner posted:
Marcus posted:
Good to have a man in charge who used to be a memeber of the Hitler Youth. He should knock the church into shape.

I think that's a bit unnecessary. He didn't join till after it was made compulsory.


OK he was just obaying orders
BR
Brekkie
The main thing that strikes me - apart from this process will probably be repeated sooner rather than later - is that the new Pope gets to choose a name - and he chooses Benedict!
MA
Matrix
Brekkie Boy posted:
The main thing that strikes me - apart from this process will probably be repeated sooner rather than later - is that the new Pope gets to choose a name - and he chooses Benedict!


Apparently Benedict is the Saint of Europe and Ratzinger is clearly committed to returning "traditional" values to Catholics. Shocked
And secondly I thought the College of Cardinals were keen to have the new Pope resign at 80, so thats a grand total of, oh, 2 years.

The World on BBC 4 has been outstanding tonight, far better than the usual programme.

Joel.
I'm not going to China for a cup of tea....
LO
Londoner
It's a poor reflection on ITV News that they don't have a single reporter in Rome today. Sky have at least three (JT plus two reporters), the BBC have goodness knows how many, but the main commercial analogue channel can't muster anyone at all.

Even C4 and Five both had people in Rome.
MA
mark Founding member
mromega posted:
"Brilliant graphics" from Fox News Channel!
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/fnc_pope_1.jpg

That's a bit high-brow for Fox News isn't it? I doubt that most of their viewers have a sound grasp of English, let alone Latin... Wink
MA
Marcus Founding member
tactical voter posted:
bbc.co.uk were streaming BBC WORLD coverage (as opposed to bbc news branded coverage that appears on world too) with Brian Hanrahan, until 8 (presumably from 7pm), leading into The World. Between the end of Brian Hanrahan and the start of The World, we got lovely shots of the host (can't recall name, same lady who interviewed Frank Gardener for Hardtalk) doing her makeup and checking it was ok. They eventually cut the audio, and moved to a still of the chimney (the stillness could have been my connection)...the lengths they go to stop us seeing adverts...


bbc.co.uk would have been taking a feed directly from the world studio. What you saw was the output of the studio while it wasn't on air. Presenter setting up, rehearsing headlines etc. The still of the chimney would have been the first shot in the headlines.
CO
cortomaltese
scottish posted:
tactical voter posted:
bbc.co.uk were streaming BBC WORLD coverage (as opposed to bbc news branded coverage that appears on world too) with Brian Hanrahan, until 8 (presumably from 7pm), leading into The World. Between the end of Brian Hanrahan and the start of The World, we got lovely shots of the host (can't recall name, same lady who interviewed Frank Gardener for Hardtalk) doing her makeup and checking it was ok. They eventually cut the audio, and moved to a still of the chimney (the stillness could have been my connection)...the lengths they go to stop us seeing adverts...


Watched 'The World' for the first time today and I don't know if it is usually in the same format but it struck me as a more intellectual programme, sort of like a global programme in the same vein as Newsnight. Is Zeinab Badawi (that's the name you were looking for tactical voter) a regular presenter?

Also, with the election of a 78 year old Pope, do you think that the news organisations will be planning the coverage for Benedict XVI's eventual death yet?


...I would pay millions for a picture of Zeinab Badawi doing her make-up...
HC
Hatton Cross
LONDON posted:
Huw Edwards now on BBC News 24


Did he start the report with the words...
"This one's for Wales?"

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