ITV staff to strike

This may have already been covered in an existing topic, however I think it's probably worth a separate thread. It would appear that ITV production workers and other staff have voted to strike on 14 May over pay. Programmes likely to be affected include News bulletins and Good Morning Britain.
Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32609250

Meltdown on TVF when repeats of Batman rate higher than Breakfast.

Anything suggest what shows will be affected and what the alternate schedule may be?

Well based on the weekend schedules it'll be Jeremy Kyle for the entire day.

6am to 2pm is the most affected so I suspect it'll be the standard daytime shows churned out on bank holidays, then if there is no news in the evening I'd stick The Chase on from 6-7pm. The News at Ten slot is slightly more awkward at 40 minutes in length - probably have to run early or run late dependent on the filler.

Or an classic episode of ITV's Lily Savage's Blankety Blank which lasts for 40 minutes or an old episode of Odd One In which is also 40 minutes long.

I dont see how ITV News will be affected much. If its just on air presenters affected they can be replaced by non union presenter or freelance, if Local news is affected then perhaps shorter bulletins?



I agree, GMB, TM & maybe LW, although a recorded one the day before could air, are likely to be the major casualties.

Viewers will not be affected by proposed industrial action on May 14, a spokesman for ITV says http://t.co/DpqUGnxDde pic.twitter.com/0GF1FOAm8f

— ITV News (@itvnews) May 6, 2015

In that case, we'll probably get main bulletins presented by the likes of Lucrezia Millarini and Sangeeta Kandola with pre-packaged reports.

ITV News London will probably have the same presenter as network as on Saturday and bank holiday evenings.

This is a strike by BECTU, the union which technicians and engineers are in. Presenters are likely to be NUJ or Equity, so won't be striking. Even if they were out too, presenters would be the least of your worries.

STV and UTV won't be affected, in terms of their own output and local news, so for them, scheduling of local news programmes, especially in the 18:00 - 18:30 slot, could be interesting.

Im sure there can find a cheap filler at 18.30

These poor media workers. Annual inflation busting pay rises and special bonuses.