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Pope's Death

(February 2005)

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NickyS Founding member
Telefís posted:
Jon Sopel's flagship report of the morning's events used on the One News, and presumably again on Six, was one of the most beautifully composed reports I have ever seen. This is really what the BBC does best - slow, reflective reports, using images as much as the voiceover.
His editor used lots of long silences, periods of atmos sound, and the most emotive shots of the events, all magnificently assembled with care and dedication.

The audio was flawless, and the script informative yet dignified - Sopel's voice being just perfect.
A really wonderful piece of television - love to see it again Smile

Are you sure it was Jon Sopel? Jeremy Bowen did both the main BBC One News reports on the funeral ... he is a hugely experienced correspondent and knows exactly when and when not to speak. Only some correspondents have that skill.
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Telefis
Quite correct - for the life of me I don't know why I keep mixing up Jeremy and Jon's names Rolling Eyes
It was indeed Jeremy - and flippin fantastic he was too
He has a weird mid-Altantic slur which is most bizarre and jarring when it crops up: it goes completely against his otherwise English-to-the-core image.

A really magnificent report he delivered - the special amount of time allocated to it was more than justified
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Equidem
Mid-atlantic slur?

Never heard that before. I didn't think many people lived in the mid-atlantic! Confused
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Pete Founding member
I'm trying to find this report on the BBC AV Player but can't seem to find it. Is it on there or not?
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JamesWorldNews
Are we speaking here of Jeremy Thompson (Sky) or Bowen (BBC). If it is Thompson, I think there is a very slight midlantic slur from time to time.

Bowen, I have never detected at all.
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Telefis
No definitely Bowen.
Have you never heard it - suppose mid-Atlantic is suggestive of American which I don't mean, just where I live mid-Atlantic is often used to describe an accent that is somewhat groundless, and often features a slight slur at the end of some words.

Have you never heard it with Jeremy Bowen? I find it very strange, he speaks perfectly, pronouncing every word correctly and in full in a typical London fashion, and then suddenly this slur often crops up in the most unexpected way, often mid-sentence...

Annnyway - he's great Smile
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Magoo
Hymagumba posted:
I'm trying to find this report on the BBC AV Player but can't seem to find it. Is it on there or not?


I think that the report being referred to is the one dated 08/04/2005 on this page.
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Telefis
That was it - thanks Scottish, lovely to see it again.

Listen to his pronunciation of 'sympathetic' when referring to Tony Blair - a definite slur there Smile

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