The Newsroom

The Sun claims News at Ten to return...

...with Trevor McDonald (April 2007)

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RM
Roger Mellie
Brekkie Boy posted:
lewsnews posted:
I am tired of people standing up to read the news like they do... looks odd when you've got a longer males beside a shorter female and they keep bouncing headlines of each other.


Shall we have Mark Austin kneeling instead then?


No-- because it's not that sort of programme! Wink
LE
lewsnews
In today's Express Richard Madeley expressed his joy at a return for 'News at Ten', especially the 'and finally' stories.
PT
Put The Telly On
Richard Madeley doesn't care what he's talking about. I can just hear him on his show going...

"Oh yes, definately, we'll back that won't we Jude? Yeah? Lets get Sir Trevor back on News at Ten, come on guys, we can do it."
MA
Matrix
nok32uk posted:
Richard Madeley doesn't care what he's talking about. I can just hear him on his show going...

"Oh yes, definately, we'll back that won't we Jude? Yeah? Lets get Sir Trevor back on News at Ten, come on guys, we can do it."


I could hear his voice there. It was truely scary... Wink
RM
Roger Mellie
Matrix posted:
nok32uk posted:
Richard Madeley doesn't care what he's talking about. I can just hear him on his show going...

"Oh yes, definately, we'll back that won't we Jude? Yeah? Lets get Sir Trevor back on News at Ten, come on guys, we can do it."


I could hear his voice there. It was truely scary... Wink


I second that! Laughing Richard Madeley usually has the Ratner's touch; most things he hypes usually flop or are crap anyway Wink . Then again many people argue that if it weren't for Richard Madeley, we wouldn't have Alan Partridge Surprised
LI
lilhelen
i dont believe thos boll0cks for onhe second lol poor trev has retired!......well other than the 10 minuites of tv he does a week introducing tonight.
SP
Spencer
lilhelen posted:
i dont believe thos boll0cks for onhe second lol poor trev has retired!......well other than the 10 minuites of tv he does a week introducing tonight.


When he does retire, all he needs to do is pre-record about three stock intros and outros for Tonight and they can keep him on the show indefinitely.

"Tooo-niiiight, something about [insert one of: 'credit card debt' / 'fat kids' / 'house prices']. Someone else reports."

"Join us next time for a report about ['credit card debt' / 'fat kids' / 'house prices']. Good byeeeeeeee and thank you for joining us."

Bish bosh. Job done.
JR
jrothwell97
Spencer For Hire posted:
When he does retire, all he needs to do is pre-record about three stock intros and outros for Tonight and they can keep him on the show indefinitely.

"Tooo-niiiight, something about [insert one of: 'credit card debt' / 'fat kids' / 'house prices']. Someone else reports."

"Join us next time for a report about ['credit card debt' / 'fat kids' / 'house prices']. Good byeeeeeeee and thank you for joining us."

Bish bosh. Job done.


What about a few weeks ago when he interviewed Faye Turney? And last year when he (I think it was him at least) interviewed the schoolgirl who'd been stabbed in the eye with scissors? Will they have to send out a Trevor McDonald robot?

"And tonight is my last episode of Tonight , but we will be continuing - with the help of my assistant. The iMcDonald Mark II."

"Thaank yoooou Treeevor. And till next weeeek, gooooodbyeeee, gooodniiiiight, and thaaaaaank youuu fooooor jooooiiining uuuuuuusssss."

I think the iMcDonald Mk II's programmers might have overdone the stress on the vowels.
ST
Stuart
I don't understand why they even started using Trevor McDonald's name in the title anyway. OK he might interview 2 people a year, but many of the other reporters do far more.

I could understand it if he was credited as the Editor or at least have some editorial input, but he appears to have no involvement other than the 30 second intro and farewell. He should be embarrassed about that fact that his name on on the title. We would balk at the name "Tonight with Joe Bloggs" (who happened to be the sound man, with rather more of an important role to play, surely?).

If I record the programme I fast-forward until the report starts anyway, and stop as soon as it ends.
RM
Roger Mellie
StuartPlymouth posted:
I don't understand why they even started using Trevor McDonald's name in the title anyway. OK he might interview 2 people a year, but many of the other reporters do far more.

I could understand it if he was credited as the Editor or at least have some editorial input, but he appears to have no involvement other than the 30 second intro and farewell. He should be embarrassed about that fact that his name on on the title. We would balk at the name "Tonight with Joe Bloggs" (who happened to be the sound man, with rather more of an important role to play, surely?).

If I record the programme I fast-forward until the report starts anyway, and stop as soon as it ends.


Presumably because Sir Trevor is held in high-esteem by viewers (so they say); so associating the progamme with him, is probably a ploy to attract viewers Confused

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