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Sophie , the new Queen of BBC News Goodbye Moira!

(November 2004)

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PE
Pete Founding member
southwales posted:
My worst nightmare Bill Turnball and Moira Stuart - Martyn lewis will be back next - this really is a poor show BBC.


Bill is fantastic. Don't say you hate him too, what dreaful taste you have.
SO
southwales
I dont hate Moira or Bill they are just not my thing if you know what im saying - they dont float my boat - that Bill turnball is worse than Moira - much worse - I realkly do not understand where he has come from ?
Who is doing breakfast instaed of Sian?
JA
jamesmd
southwales posted:
I dont hate Moira or Bill they are just not my thing if you know what im saying - they dont float my boat - that Bill turnball is worse than Moira - much worse - I realkly do not understand where he has come from ?
Who is doing breakfast instaed of Sian?


Friday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid or Jane Hill
Saturday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid
Sunday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid

Bring back Liz Pike with Bill Turnbull. They got on so well one Sunday ISTR....
TW
Turnbull and Williams
James Hall posted:
southwales posted:
I dont hate Moira or Bill they are just not my thing if you know what im saying - they dont float my boat - that Bill turnball is worse than Moira - much worse - I realkly do not understand where he has come from ?
Who is doing breakfast instaed of Sian?


Friday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid or Jane Hill
Saturday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid
Sunday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid

Bring back Liz Pike with Bill Turnbull. They got on so well one Sunday ISTR....


Tends to be Simon rather than Bill at the moment due to the excessive amout of 6 presenting Bill has been doing.

Bill & Liz were good, I remember watching that and thinking the same thing.

Bill is one of the best presenters on BBC News, warm and friendly with a personality but also a lot of authority. He turns his hand well to anything he does (News 24, Breakfast, the 6, Climate Change specials...) and seems to have excellent chemistry with every female he ever ends up presenting with.

As for the question of "where has he come from?", he was a news correspondent in the late 80s and 90s reporting from a number of locations including Moscow, and then Washington correspondent for several years. He joined News 24 as a presenter soon after the launch, presented on Radio 5 Live for a while and then joined Breakfast in 2001, and the Six O'Clock News in 2003. (Amazing what you can find out from the Breakfast website).

So he certainly has credentials, and I think he's one of the most natural, assured news presenters out there.

And Bill & Moira should be interesting if nothing else (if, of course, this rumour is true).
SP
Spencer
If Moira is doing the Six, it'll be very strange to hear her begin without the customary Morning To You™ .
JA
jamesmd
Turnbull & Williams posted:
James Hall posted:
southwales posted:
I dont hate Moira or Bill, they are just not my thing, if you know what I'm saying - they don't float my boat. Bill turnbull is worse than Moira - much worse! I really do not understand where he has come from, though.
Who is doing Breakfast instaed of Sian?


Friday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid or Jane Hill
Saturday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid
Sunday: Simon McCoy or Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid

Bring back Liz Pike with Bill Turnbull. They got on so well one Sunday ISTR....


Tends to be Simon rather than Bill at the moment due to the excessive amout of 6 presenting Bill has been doing.

Bill & Liz were good, I remember watching that and thinking the same thing.

Bill is one of the best presenters on BBC News, warm and friendly with a personality but also a lot of authority. He turns his hand well to anything he does (News 24, Breakfast, the 6, Climate Change specials...) and seems to have excellent chemistry with every female he ever ends up presenting with.

As for the question of "where has he come from?", he was a news correspondent in the late 80s and 90s reporting from a number of locations including Moscow, and then Washington correspondent for several years. He joined News 24 as a presenter soon after the launch, presented on Radio 5 Live for a while and then joined Breakfast in 2001, and the Six O'Clock News in 2003. (Amazing what you can find out from the Breakfast website).

So he certainly has credentials, and I think he's one of the most natural, assured news presenters out there.

And Bill & Moira should be interesting if nothing else (if, of course, this rumour is true).


Bill and Susanna this morning.

And true, he was in Washington, that's where he met Sian when she was his producer, and the "Bill and Sian TM " partnership has stayed with us until recently!
BB
bbcworld2003
David Jonathan posted:
Ben Brown presented the news on BBC World some weekends ago and I have to say that he was quite good IMO.


I agree. I also watched a few Ben Brown Bulletins on World and thought he done a great job. He is what I call experience If I may.
WI
winifred
[quote="Spencer For Hire"][quote="itsrobert"]
Too right. It's utter nonsense to say that Moira shouldn't be presenting main news bulletins just because she hasn't done a crappy eight-month postgrad course at a former Poly. [quote]

That's a really harsh attack on Sophie!!!! Remember see did French and German at the University of Manchester which is a very good RED - BRICK university.
SP
Spencer
winifred posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:
Too right. It's utter nonsense to say that Moira shouldn't be presenting main news bulletins just because she hasn't done a crappy eight-month postgrad course at a former Poly.


That's a really harsh attack on Sophie!!!! Remember see did French and German at the University of Manchester which is a very good RED - BRICK university.


What on earth are you on about? I was merely commenting on how some people on this forum seem to think that Moira shouldn't be doing a main news programme because she's not a trained journalist. I was pointing out that you can get letters after your name to say you're a journalist by attending some very poor postgrad courses which hardly compare to Moira's 30+ years in the business. I didn't make any references to Sophie at all, and what she did at undergraduate level is totally beside the point.
LE
Lester Founding member
Not liking Sophies overly bleached blonde hair - the colour was better before she went to have a baby and her skin looked better too actually! Miaw miaw!

8 days later

SO
southwales
Is Sophie doing the news on Christmas Day? I bet Fiona will scratch her eyes out when she gets the 10 job
NE
Neil__
southwales posted:
Is Sophie doing the news on Christmas Day? I bet Fiona will scratch her eyes out when she gets the 10 job


Oh FFS. Give it up. Go and get some Christmas cheer. And stop pretending the BBC newsroom is like a school playground.

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