Chris Evans to be a regular One show host

Yep - the costs involved in covering a cross-channel event would require a BBC One rather than a Press Red level of budget. You're talking about multiple satellite and RF camera links, mid point helicopters or gyro-stabilised uplinks, a full OB unit on one coast and LOTs of comms so that everyone knows what's going on, and you'd need some presentation elements otherwise you've just got multiple views of someone stood up behind a boat or falling in. I very much doubt Christine is going to want to "present" whilst doing something so physically demanding...

Much more cost-effective to cover it with multiple camcorders and edit a decent package together showing the interesting bits.

Is it in any way interesting enough to watch live?

I have no idea. It hasn't happened yet. If it was being shown live I would watch it and then let you know if it was interesting enough.

Let me paint the picture - grey skies, choppy water, grimacing Christine.

*buzz - splosh - buzz - splosh - buzz - cheer *

fin

Yep - I'll take a 6 minute package on the One Show instead.

News coming out today that Adrian Chiles is considering quitting the one show!

Hasn't that been rumoured for some time?

Do you have a source?

Well if you don't believe me here you go...




http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0315/chilesa.html

New of the World then? I wonder why you didn't mention the source in your first post.

He's been considering quitting for months because they want to give him some time off. I think he's been quite arrogant about it myself in how it's all been done publicly and it's not done him any favours at all. He says he has had offers at ITV, but unless the drop Steve Rider what football would he present - the dregs on ITV4 and second choice FA Cup games!

Well considering they are directly quoting him I think it is hard to dismiss this as speculation or false information.

To be fair, I have never seen or heard Adrian Chiles make any of the comments that have been attributed to him by the press.



How can you be so sure? We have no idea if they are correctly quoting him or not.

The only quotes on the New of the World site are...
"All I want to do is host the show Christine and I have worked so hard on from the start."
"Half of me does just want to. The other half is more cautious."

Let's assume he did say these things, we still don't know what he was responding to or even if he said them seriously. I'll wait until I hear him say something with my own ears or see him on ITV1, I think.