Have you seen it!? Cancer is funnier. The BBC are only screening it to keep the Scottish working classes on board. Truly dire.
I wouldn't claim you were misinformed if I hadn't watched it. In any case, comparing it to cancer is hardly the best judgment in a thread about a person's death.
P.S. Anyone know much about how it's been reported around the world (and by around the world I mean the US and Australia!). I guess the Aussies would have been either at the end of their breakfast shows or beginning of their morning shows (if they're airing now it's "non-ratings"), while would have broke just before 5pm on the East Coast in the US, so I guess handles by the affiliates rather than the networks.
The three network evening newscasts in the U.S. were all 90 minutes long (instead of their usual 30).
The BBC One call wasn't made until Zuma had announced the death. It could have been just a health update. Once he confirmed the death they joined the news channel as soon as possible
Daybreak always confuses me at a time like this, as they handle big stories like these very well, but ordinarily create a much poorer programme. Silent intro at 7, with the key statements from President Zuma, Obama and Cameron, and then also a mention of the other top story, the flooding. They went straight in with Mandela's death for five minutes, before there was a news wrap-up, and then the local news and back to Mandela. So far they've spent about 20 minutes on the Mandela news, 10 on the flooding, and are now covering the Autumn statement - no celeb gossip is being mentioned in the line-up or a Rylan interview, so in general they're doing quite well.
Oh, wait, they've just made time for a competition. Nevermind.
A much different tone on Breakfast this morning, Mandela being covered extensively but all the rest of the news, travel, weather, business is still present as normal which is the right move in my opinion.
I've just been in contact with colleagues who are in Sun City with M-NET/SuperSport OBs covering
a week long golf tournament. The golf is continuing for the moment (which is slightly surprising), but (as per a long arranged joint plan) all of SuperSport's and SABC's OB fleets are on standby to cover the national events, and also provide unilateral OB facilities for international broadcasters