The Newsroom

Northern Ireland news thread

(July 2006)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
CO
Colm
The last time I was in Broadcasting House, BBC Newsline and the short bulletin studio (which uses back projection, not a blue/green screen) were set up side-by-side in Studio B. No other sets were erected in the studio. AFAIK that's been the set-up for a long time.

BBC News NI, as with the other departments in Belfast, also make use of Studio 1 at Broadcasting House.

And sad news about Ali Fleming moving on from UTV Live. As I've had to say many times down the year, another loss to UTV's presenting talent.

59 days later

CO
Colm
Tonight was Alison Fleming's last UTV Live...

http://www.u.tv/entertainment/UTV-says-farewell-to-Alison-Fleming/3eab54e5-095f-41d8-be67-6da644744911

16 days later

GE
Gareth E


. . . and UTV have announced her replacement. And a fantastic decision it is too.

http://www.u.tv/News/Rose-Neill-joins-Paul-Clark-on-UTV-Live/4dc12d66-9adf-477d-b6be-43806d75dd15

Great to see a proper local news stalwart back where she belongs.
GE
Gareth E
Extended BBC Newsline on BBC One NI tonight, for fairly obvious reasons, 2215-2250.
DE
denton
Broadcasting House
Studio B: BBC Newsline, Final Score, Sunday Politics.

Studio C: prerecorded weather, and down the line interviews.

Studio 1 (uses Studio B gallery): Sunday Morning Live, The View

Blackstaff House
Studio A (uses an OB scanner): The Blame Game, Monumental.

Parliament Buildings
Stormont Studio: Stormont Today (uses Studio B gallery)
tightrope78, London Lite and Jon gave kudos
DE
denton
Just thought I'd correct some posts made in this thread earlier in the year.

116 days later

TI
tightrope78
Who is the really awful presenter who was presenting Newsline tonight and has been presenting it for much of the Summer? He is truly awful!
:-(
A former member
I just had a look on iPlayer, and it said the presenter's name was Andy West. I'm not entirely sure if it was him you were referring to.
TI
tightrope78
It's not Andy, he's very good. That was last nights late news.
GO
gordonthegopher
It's Enda McClafferty.
TI
tightrope78
Well he is awful! And to think they effectively sacked Noel Thompson and banished him to radio.
GE
Gareth E
Enda is a stalwart of the breakfast programme on BBC Radio Foyle, and he's much better now than he was in his earlier appearances.

I'm presuming he's part of the main presenting line-up now, along with Tara Mills and Donna Traynor. Haven't seen Stephen Watson acting as main anchor for quite a while now.

Its certainly a transitional period for BBC News NI with a number of relatively new faces, in contrast to down the street at UTV, who now have two of the most recognisable and established faces of local news heading their main bulletin.

Newer posts