BBC One Continuity Now Pre-Recorded?

i heard the recorded lady annoucer this morning at 8:00am she sais "now on bbc two 2 and a half hours of fun with cbee" they cut her off then.

Another victory for automated transmission equipment !

Is there really any need for that?

Probably to cut costs.

Probably is - doesn't change the fact it's lame.

That anouncement you heard this morning could have been live. The automated playout system could have cut her off for any reason.

Well, as long as the announcement is the same if it was live, I don't see a problem.

i'm not really sure they need a live announcer for bbc 2 at all - surely the duty announcer on bbc 1 could pre-record all the links for bbc 2, 3, and 4 and do bbc 1 live?

You're assuming that nothing unexpected is going to happen though, which is unrealistic - especially on the evidence of the last few weeks.

I don't think any automation system used by the BBC has had the ability to cut off the announcer.

Just witnessed some more problems on BBC1. The announcement into the news went out early - with Tai Chi Straight (no subtitles version). Then, the ident jumped back to the start. Then it did again - at which point BBC1 SW Acrobats came in. They were 1 sec late cutting into the news.

Was BBC One East the only region to bodge up just before tonights six or was it a network problem? The Tai Chi ident played (network version not regional) for a good 10 seconds Then there was a VO "This is BBC One, now the six oclock news with George Allagiah & Sian Williams" the ident contimued to play for a few seconds before the Acrobats ident started (again it was a network ident, not regional) and a second VO "Now on BBC One the six o'clock news" Then the screen went black for a second, then the news started.