Vote 2013

BA

bilky asko 6 May 2013 1:56am

That'll be Mr. Jake Humphreys.

Jake Humphrey doing Question Time? That'd be like asking David Dimbleby to present Formula 1! Not something I'd wish to see. Cant see JH doing QT in a million years. I would have thought Jeremy Vine, Andrew Neil, Nick Robinson and Jon Sopel would all be more likely contenders.

My money's on Jeremy Vine. They can't just wheel him out during elections, he needs something more consistent. I've always thought he'd be excellent at the helm of QT.

Yeah, it's not as if he does anything else for the BBC...

SP

Steve in Pudsey 6 May 2013 8:23am

Paxman is an interesting shout - QT used to be Robin Day's gig and Paxo replaced him as interviewer on the Election programmes.

Although equally Peter Sissons used to do it so Huw, George, Sophie, etc are equally valid suggestions on that basis.

WE

Westy2 6 May 2013 10:06am

Paxman would be spoiling for a fight every week.

Id still watch though.

DT

DTV 6 May 2013 11:57am

Knowing the BBCs current scheme of things it'll probably end up on a rotation or with 'guest' presenters much like other BBC programmes which have stopped having a single presenter in recent years (HIGNFY, NMTB ...)

BA

bilky asko 6 May 2013 12:47pm

Steve in Pudsey posted:

Paxman is an interesting shout - QT used to be Robin Day's gig and Paxo replaced him as interviewer on the Election programmes.

Although equally Peter Sissons used to do it so Huw, George, Sophie, etc are equally valid suggestions on that basis.

I have to agree with that - Paxman is today's Robin Day, and he has a clear, gravitas-filled voice that all three of Question Time's presenters have or had.

Let's not forget that Sissons was the first replacement for Robin Day in 1992, and was in a similar role at ITN before that.

GH

George Hill 6 May 2013 3:06pm

DTV posted:

Knowing the BBCs current scheme of things it'll probably end up on a rotation or with 'guest' presenters much like other BBC programmes which have stopped having a single presenter in recent years (HIGNFY, NMTB ...)

QT is hardly in the same category as those programmes. I suspect it will be a Jeremy (my money would be on Paxman).

GE

thegeek Founding member 6 May 2013 11:57pm

WillPS posted:

So is this the only operation still active at TVC?

Pretty much. There are some network guys lurking about somewhere, and some offices being used for the closure project teams, but otherwise it's a bit of a ghost town around here.

(April 2013)