BBC Oneness - idents and presentation

It looks like the ident has different background for the nations compared to the network?

For those who missed it (this is from network):-

Can you get some photos? I know Network has very dark red vibes.

YES the Nations has a minor different versions, less black on the moving background. #


Check the iplayer for the time being

That's a bit of a weird background, is it supposed to look more sombre than the normal one?

BBC1 HD One love Manchester ident (via YouTube):

Most likely. I would've played Forest.

Was that Julie Hesmondhalgh doing the continuity announcement?

Not unless she's turned Scottish. But I am curious about who that announcer is. I believe she introduced the News Report last night too, and she sounds eerily similar to the announcer on duty on the morning of Diana's death.

There are of course many accents in Scotland, but this lady's accent certainly has features of Northern English as well as Scots. I can *see* where the Julie Hesmondhalgh comment came from, although it obviously isn't her, nor does it really sound like her.

As an amateur linguist, I'm rather interested in placing this accent - and of course identifying the lady herself!

No, Kate Walsh. (And it's Lancastrian, i.e. Lancashire)

Natalie Jaque, she's done BBC Network before.