I do wonder how two BBC programmes with a similar agenda will live alongside each other on a Sunday morning. Marr and the New Daily Politics programme are potentially too similar. Any thoughts? Which one might survive, or both?
OK, Marr does aim for an arts angle in its portfolio although fundementally is a political programme. Not a big enough difference from the revamped midday programme I suspect.
How does that differ from the 90's when we had Breakfast with Frost and On The Record?
How does that differ from the 90's when we had Breakfast with Frost and On The Record?
Quite a bit. In those days, Frost was on at 0800 and OTR at 1300. 4 hours between transmissions, that is now down to 2 hours as OTR migrated to earlier slots and Frost to a slightly later slot. A different remit maintained a seperate brand, although it looks like the programmes after xmas may well be attracting similar guests.
How does that differ from the 90's when we had Breakfast with Frost and On The Record?
Quite a bit. In those days, Frost was on at 0800 and OTR at 1300. 4 hours between transmissions, that is now down to 2 hours as OTR migrated to earlier slots and Frost to a slightly later slot. A different remit maintained a seperate brand, although it looks like the programmes after xmas may well be attracting similar guests.
OTR had been running before a number of years and was seen more as a competitor to Weekend World on ITV, Frost's show was simply his TV-am programme on another channel.
That's the end of that then. The main show ended with quite a long montage of clips before Jon Sopel said goodbye, merry Christmas and a happy new year. I can't be the only one who thinks it would have been better if Jeremy Vine came in at the end and presented Sopel with a bouquet of flowers and gave him a quick kiss. This could then be followed by confetti falling from the studio ceiling while the credits played out at the bottom of the screen.
How did the regions handle the last programme? BBC South East actually said they would be back in January with a new look, so they obviously see Sunday Politics as a continuation of the same programme but with a new set. The only real difference will be having to say "back to Andrew in London" rather than "back to Jon in London".
Maybe I just haven't been paying attention but I wasn't sure if Sunday Politics would have regional opts so at least that is confirmed now. This probably explains why they didn't end this last programme with a Children in Need style regional sing song too.
I can't be the only one who thinks it would have been better if Jeremy Vine came in at the end and presented Sopel with a bouquet of flowers and gave him a quick kiss. This could then be followed by confetti falling from the studio ceiling while the credits played out at the bottom of the screen.
Oh... I'm sure you're the only one thinking that. Very sure.
:-(
A former member
Its not finshed in Scotland until next week, then it goes its Xmas break. I get the feeling there will not be getting rid of the show and will be kept.
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It will be a good thing if the Millbank studio gets a completely new set with this refresh. They have had basically the same set with a couple of set rearrangements and lighting changes for 7-8 years ever since The Daily Politics and This Week were launched, and it looks rather bad on-screen, especially with them squeezing in two projector screens.
