Delivering Quality First

Seems that Matthew Price is Tweeting useful smippets
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06-Oct-2011 @ 12:53

"The Politics Show" to be replaced with "The Sunday Politics" hosted by Andrew Neil from 15 January 2012.

I just get the feeling the Scottish version will not b changing

"The Record Europe" which is shown on the BBC News Channel, BBC Parliament and BBC World News is gone as well, to be replaced with "Politics Europe" to be hosted by... Andrew Neil again. "Politics Europe" will also be shown on BBC2. Andrew Neil seems to be taking over almost all of the BBC TV political programmes, unless he is going to leave "This Week" due to his new shows?

The 30 minute "Daily Politics" shows on Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri to be extended to 60 minutes from Jan 2012. Wise move, they were unable to do justice to all the segments in 30 minutes.

'The networked Politics Show on a Sunday will be relaunched as part of the Daily Politics strand including an in-depth head-to-head interview and continued opt-outs; the regional current affairs programme Inside Out will be shared across larger regions, though its investigations budget will be protected. News bulletins and flagship strands in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be protected but there will be a small reduction in other output. There will also be reductions in a smaller number of areas which do not contribute significantly to the BBC’s journalistic mission or where spend is disproportionate to the value currently delivered. These include stopping the mid-morning and 3pm BBC One summaries...'

They cost money? It's someone against a green screen reading out loud. Surely they could just use the weather studio for that to save even more cash.

Mentioned on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/10/delivering_quality_first_propo.html

Lots more on the news savings in here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/06/bbc-memo-newsroom-cuts

Some interesting points made there about the news channel. The overnights becoming World News funded makes sense given its current editorial agenda (Asia-based news), but I had no idea World News Today wasn't WN funded (I'd always assumed BBC Four just simulcast a programme produced and paid for by World News?).

Which back-half programmes are they referring to? Other than 'On the road with...', what UK-only programmes are there? Surely Newswatch will be saved, and surely Dateline London, Reporters, Click and Hard Talk are World News programming? Our World?

Business bulletins are being axed - I wonder if they're axing them on World News too? More single-headed bulletins - my guess would be weekday evenings, where there's often less developing news than at, say, lunchtimes?

I also wonder how long the Six and Ten will continue to be produced independent of the News Channel - I can imagine them moving to the current One/ Weekend News model sooner than later, yet there's no suggestion this will happen in today's announcement.


Finally, has anyone seen if Andrew Neil is to continue presenting The Daily Politics and This Week? I wonder if Jon Sopel will just focus on the BBC News Channel now or if he'll be given other responsibilities, such as to the politics team?

Inside Out is England only currently. Guess there will be a North, Midlands, South edition or something along those lines. Might as well go England wide though if they want to have larger regions


It does save a little bit. The 5.15pm 'duplication' will end. And also between 1pm and 3pm - indeed currently some days there are new editions of The Weakest Link going out at 2.15pm opposite Celebrity Masterchef


Fantastic news about The Daily Politics - best show on daytime TV. Politics Europe should increase understanding and debate about the EU's work too - which is a good thing whatever side of the debate you are on. This Week should go IMO. Spending money on new shows at 11.35pm really shouldn't be a priority IMO


Show me the money? I guess maybe the NC part funds Click etc?


Makes sense to go single headed in the evenings. Could probably go from 3 to 2 'presenting duos' in daytime as well, although if that saves anything depends if presenters are paid by the hour or not

I think it would make sense to combine the News at One shift with weekday afternoons: if Sophie (or whoever) now won't even present morning updates, I see nothing (non-contractual) to stop her also co-presenting the equivelent 2-5 slot. The behind-the-scenes teams are the same. Sophie/ Kate are the last network presenters not to also present elsewhere in the day - Huw on the five, George on GMT, Fiona on the Six and Ten, and the weekend presenters usually cover both evening bulletins. Of course, it's equally possible George and Huw will leave World News and the BBC News Channel respectively if they're highly compensated for it.

Alternatively, one could argue the current bank holiday setup should be deployed the rest of the year - an 11-1 co-presenter also presents the News at One, the 2-5 shift is extended to 6, and the same presenter covers both evening bulletins. Is there a need for the current setup (as good as the Five O'Clock News is...)?

The detailed proposals in pdf format ....

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WWW.BBC.CO.UK/ABOUTTHEBBC
06-Oct-2011 @ 16:08