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I only watched the first few minutes but Fiona Phillips being Fiona Phillips, Eamonn Holmes using phrases such as "while you were sleeping..." and having entertainment correspondent Jackie Brambles reporting just means that it was difficult to take this seriously. Channel 4 had better coverage that day, The Big Breakfast was cancelled and Channel 4 News took up the slot with a serious news programme. GMTV needed to do the same, they should have phoned Holmes, Phillips and Brambles and told them to stay at home.
Wasn't the issue that GMTV didn't have a contract with ITN for this - unlike C4 who did. (It would have required ITV, GMTV and ITN to have worked together...)
I have to say that, given GMTV's limited resources for covering an international story on that scale, I think they did pretty well from what I can see there - and hit just the right tone. I think we have to remember that it's easy to watch something like that 10 years later and suggest that it could have been done better - but, at the time, it can't have been an easy programme to produce, and I doubt anyone would have been very critical.
Obviously things would be different with Daybreak. Am I right in thinking that, even though Daybreak is still effectively a separate franchise, ITV could replace it with news from ITN any time they needed to?
I've always thought that. If it's a massive story - for example big enough for say ITV News to send Mark Austin on location what would Daybreak do? Even GMTV had presenter anchoring on location in big stories, John Stapleton etc. But you wouldn't get Adrian or Christine on location surely. Would Daybreak still just come mainly from the studio or woud they do what they used to on GMTV, come from both locations.
Before anyone barks i know this is Daybreak, but i've just found this clip of GMTV from 12th Sept 2001 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcfyUBlrPt0&feature=related
A good example that GMTV could do good coverage when they put their heads together. I do wonder how Daybreak will be if something so big is to happen again.
A good example that GMTV could do good coverage when they put their heads together. I do wonder how Daybreak will be if something so big is to happen again.
I only watched the first few minutes but Fiona Phillips being Fiona Phillips, Eamonn Holmes using phrases such as "while you were sleeping..." and having entertainment correspondent Jackie Brambles reporting just means that it was difficult to take this seriously. Channel 4 had better coverage that day, The Big Breakfast was cancelled and Channel 4 News took up the slot with a serious news programme. GMTV needed to do the same, they should have phoned Holmes, Phillips and Brambles and told them to stay at home.
Wasn't the issue that GMTV didn't have a contract with ITN for this - unlike C4 who did. (It would have required ITV, GMTV and ITN to have worked together...)
I have to say that, given GMTV's limited resources for covering an international story on that scale, I think they did pretty well from what I can see there - and hit just the right tone. I think we have to remember that it's easy to watch something like that 10 years later and suggest that it could have been done better - but, at the time, it can't have been an easy programme to produce, and I doubt anyone would have been very critical.
Obviously things would be different with Daybreak. Am I right in thinking that, even though Daybreak is still effectively a separate franchise, ITV could replace it with news from ITN any time they needed to?
I've always thought that. If it's a massive story - for example big enough for say ITV News to send Mark Austin on location what would Daybreak do? Even GMTV had presenter anchoring on location in big stories, John Stapleton etc. But you wouldn't get Adrian or Christine on location surely. Would Daybreak still just come mainly from the studio or woud they do what they used to on GMTV, come from both locations.
