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London/UK Riots Coverage (Sky News/BBC News Channel)

News Teams/Satellite Trucks were attacked. (August 2011)

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HO
House
Really glad it was Deborah Mackenzie on tonight and not Rachael Hodges or Rebecca Pike. From what I've seen of the 3am hour, she handled all the breaking news very well.

And, from what I've seen, the teams on the ground have done very well given the difficult circumstances.
WO
Worzel
dvboy posted:
BBC News now showing a documentary about the 2001 Oldham riots.

Newer pictures on Sky News now.


These BBC pre-recorded programmes are intensely irritating. It's bad enough that coverage has to be fragmented due to World News simulcasts; breaking it up further with scheduled programming that 0% of viewers have tuned in to watch is inexcusable.

Interesting to hear that Sky's got new footage available; evidently, the estimates I heard on the BBC getting new footage up was a bit optimistic, but perhaps they'll have it ready from the TOTH. We'll see, I suppose.


I've been less than impressed with the showing of the pre-rec progs, also baring in mind the News channel is also going out on BBC One (although for its regular overnight simulcast), I would have thought they would have had a contingency plan in place. Mind you, at about 11pm it did seem to have quitened down a bit... maybe it caught them unawares?

Deborah Macenzie anchoring and the teams on the ground should be commended for their fantastic work in the last few hours.
DA
David
Might be some live pictures on this site at some point.

http://bambuser.com/channel/Richard+Rowland/broadcast/1877840

Whoever is broadcasting obviously has a much simpler setup to that used by Sky and the BBC. I think it's probably just someone with a mobile.
WO
Worzel
David posted:
Might be some live pictures on this site at some point.

http://bambuser.com/channel/Richard+Rowland/broadcast/1877840

Whoever is broadcasting obviously has a much simpler setup to that used by Sky and the BBC. I think it's probably just someone with a mobile.


That more recent footage was shown around 20 minutes ago on Sky News.
WO
Worzel
Simon Newton from Sky News saying what happened to him and the BBC News team earlier in the evening on Sky News now.
BB
BBC LDN
New footage has finally made it on air on BBC News Channel; I don't currently have access to Sky News, so I don't know if it's the same footage that was shown on Sky half an hour ago, but my understanding was that BBC crews had recorded their own footage.
WO
Worzel
New footage has finally made it on air on BBC News Channel; I don't currently have access to Sky News, so I don't know if it's the same footage that was shown on Sky half an hour ago, but my understanding was that BBC crews had recorded their own footage.


Sky News had some more recent footage of an Aldi store in flames.
BB
BBC LDN
Sweet sh!tballs. Riots, looting and burning in our nation's capital - so of course it's the perfect opportunity to cut away from rolling coverage to show Click, introduced by Spencer Kelly doing a spectacularly unfunny dance.
DV
dvboy
Its no different to Sky playing out the same 10 minute sports bulletin every hour, albeit for a longer duration. At least it's a different thing every hour on BBC News!
@skynewts has been tweeting pictures of Tottenham High Road now that its quietened down, and promised pictures from 6am.
WO
Worzel
Andy Moore back at Television Centre talking to Deborah Macenzie about the moment he, his cameraman and the BBC satellite truck were set upon.
BB
BBC LDN
Andy Moore back at Television Centre talking to Deborah Macenzie about the moment he, his cameraman and the BBC satellite truck were set upon.


That was actually a repeat of an interview that took place at 0410.
BB
BBC LDN
Oh God, not 'British Olympic Dreams' again. *screams*

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