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Favorite BBC World News Presenters.

(August 2003)

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A former member
Stephen Cole, Mike Embley, Lucy Hockings, Tania Becket, Aaron Heslehurst.
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karthikdinakar Founding member
Keshini Navarathnam is not bad either. Its sad that she's under-used most of the time.
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Tanya Beckett is my favourite - I always thought it was a shame when she left Breakfast. Professional, clear AND attractive!
IK
Ivan_Katsarov
Keshini Navaratnam is really good.I think she's a producer of Asia Today,along with Stephen Cole.
However she was THE ONE who broke the news of the bomb blast in the UN HQ in Baghdad,for the BBC WORLD viewers.She was sitting for Nisha Pillai.
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itsrobert Founding member
Undoubtedly Adrian Finighan is the best IMO. He's warm, authoritative, plus he has a personality, which quite a few presenters lack. Some presenters on TV today are just like robots. For example, Adrian's been doing TWT recently, and the presenters who have done it before him have rarely gone 'off-script' - perhaps with the exception of Martine Dennis on occasions. Adrian, however, has had chats with the sports presenters, which generally make a programme more watchable.

Other good presenters are Lyse Doucet, Lindsey Brancher (who are both under-used IMO), and Nisha Pillai.
IK
Ivan_Katsarov
I consider BBC WORLD to be the BBC's flagship TV channel,so it's pretty normal for such a wanderful presenter as Tanya Becket Very Happy to join the WORLD team

Turning my thoughts to Nisha Pillai now.She is good but i think she suites best for BBC international news(broadcasted both for BBC FOUR and BBC WORLD)or for chairing Dateline London.
She is too "calm" for the rest of the BBC WORLD's news,but i think she will be good for some sombre occasion.I remember her in the news just days after 9/11.There was a remembrance ceremony in st.Paul's cathedral in LDN and she was extremely good
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Re-it-er-ate
Turnbull & Williams posted:
Tanya Beckett is my favourite - I always thought it was a shame when she left Breakfast. Professional, clear AND attractive!


YES!! Couldn't have said it better myself!

Tanya is wonderful. She left Breakfast to front the World today, shes even underused on that these days for that Bundock woman the goggly eyes.

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Taken this very morning! Shes a perfect model modern businesswoman is Tanya.

EDIT: Looking at that last capture, did someone forget to turn on the monitors in the central pillar?
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Indeed she is - nice screen grabs!

Tanya for the Ten O'Clock News!
IK
Ivan_Katsarov
SHAME!!!!!!!!!!
Tanya have to stay on WORLD Very Happy
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A former member
Hello there nice photos and I saw on the last Photo my favorite Presenter Adrian Finghan of this morning on the World Today.
IK
Ivan_Katsarov
Talking the pillar.........it's been like this for three or four days now.
IK
Ivan_Katsarov
What about Sally Bundock? Very Happy

It takes her just half the show (WBR) just to welcome the viewers LOL Laughing
And what about her "pile of secialists "? Very Happy
"Hello I'm Sally Bundock ,this is the BBC's World businees report,your global guide to .............bla bla bla" Very Happy

But she also has his own quotation to end the programme" And that ends the show" that's nice isn't it? Very Happy

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