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BBC World MAJOR Screw up

...caught it out of the corner of my eye- anyone else? (November 2003)

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RE
Re-it-er-ate
hmm..... at 8am GMT BBC World is replaying BBC News from BBC World with Nisha Pillai & Sarah Cohburn. Plus the RECORDED DOG.

Is this due to the power problems at Breakfast which disallow Carol with the weather, and joining with the BBC's News teams across the UK?

Martines in a blackout Confused Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
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harshy posted:
Certainly not as major set up, when Anita McNaight was caught off guard, that was a major cock up, as she swore on air!


That's a very funny bit of video. Haven't seen it online yet though
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DAS posted:
Yes Phil, don't be flippant. That is a MAJOR screw up.


Not that major, remember it is a break *FILLER* chances are that viewers in most parts of the world would have seen adverts instead
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Re-it-er-ate posted:
hmm..... at 8am GMT BBC World is replaying BBC News from BBC World with Nisha Pillai & Sarah Cohburn. Plus the RECORDED DOG.

Is this due to the power problems at Breakfast which disallow Carol with the weather, and joining with the BBC's News teams across the UK?

Martines in a blackout Confused Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad


I've just tuned in at 10am, and Martine apologised for the recorded bulletins, which were due to "a big power failure here at Television Centre".
DE
deejay
Yes, BBC World was affected by the power failure - see the monster BBC News Changes thread (!) from about page 145 onwards.

BBC World transmitted recorded bulletins at 0800 and 0900, but were back live again by 1000. It has to be said, that World recovered from the power failuire pretty quickly, as News24 was coming from the Breakfast studio intul 1030, then switched to the Westminster studios until something like 4pm...

Probably something to do with the fact that BBC World's studio is in a slightly different bit of the building to News24 and has a dedicated Presentation (transmission) suite which is powered independently. In all the recent TVC power failures, World has stayed on the air and even been simulcast on News24 while the problems were sorted out.
DE
deejay
Oh, and I disagree that rewinding a Breakfiller on air for a few seconds is a major screw-up - it's undoubtedly a mistake, but hardly the end of the world. And in any case, it's a filler - so as Larry says, the regions that are in peak-time probably will have been opted out showing ads...

Rewinding a programme on air ... now that would be more of a screw-up!
IT
itsrobert Founding member
deejay posted:
Rewinding a programme on air ... now that would be more of a screw-up!


Lol, now that has happened on North West Tonight before now! The headlines sequence is pre-recorded and on several occasions, it has started to rewind live on air! Oops!
MD
MarkDC
Another screw up on BBC World. This one was not that big. It was the 11 am GMT bulletin with Martine Dennis. When handing over to Jane Sinclair, every 2 mins, Jane would say "Youre watching BBC World" so BBCA could opt out. The 2nd time, she said it, and the sting was played, the breakfiller was being shown on screen but she was still reading the business news. Only after the sting was shown for a 3rd time did things get back to normal. Thats the beauty of PBS. They dont opt out since they pay for the entire program.
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deejay posted:

Rewinding a programme on air ... now that would be more of a screw-up!


Yeah, only an idiot would do that.......erm Embarassed

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