The One Show

I think what Danslink meant was that she should look a bit more relaxed and not look like she is worrying about the time. She can worry all she likes but one of the qualities of being a good TV presenter is staying calm and collected against all odds, so it should not look like she's worrying about anything at all and it's all fine and dandy.

For what it's worth though, I don't think she showed anything other than calm and collected. She coped very well with Jason's excessive joking about.

I thought they were quite good for their first show tbh.

Just out of interest I had a look for the Jake Humprey blog - God I didn't relise that there were that many things being shouted down a presnters ear! I wouldn't be able to concentrate! Here's the link in case others want to check it out - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2009/07/an_earpiece_of_the_action.html#more

It's probably worth pointing out that that talkback is actually pretty calm...

Yep, that's exactly what I meant.

I just feel Jason's overkill of jokes doesn't let Alex speak out more so there's a tendancy to rush. Whoopi was an ideal guest, very relaxed and willing to talk.

Yeah I suppose once you've learned how to do it It's pretty easy. But from an outsiders point of view it seems like it would be hard to concentrate, especially as Jake pointed on in his blog that he has Eddie & David's mic's alos going through his earpice even though ther right next to him most of the time.

But she will probably being told they need to move on to the next item, or being counted down in to the next item. It's much harder to do that when you don't know your co-presenter that well and whether you can trust them to shut up if you start trying to introduce the next bit, or move it along. Those things come with time, and it's much more about building up the trust between the presenters (and production team) than about not worrying about whether you're rushing and just taking however long you feel you need.

At the end of the programme, you will get cut off even if you've not finished what you're saying, and you don't want to end up with over a minute of wrapping up to do in 20 seconds because you've been to bláse (sp?) about your timings throughout the programme.

But that's down to their earpieces also being ear plugs due to the amount of noise around them in the pitlane - he wouldn't hear them at all if they weren't fed down there.

Too right. Timing is one of the key skills any live presenter has to be able to master, just like working with talkback is in this era. (The days of live shows with presenters without talkback are almost gone...)

The One Show upgraded to HD for its studio facilities during the World Cup break, though HD filming of inserts had started earlier than that so that there were HD films ready to transmit when the studio was upgraded.

Those viewers who watch the show closely will have also seen that most of the set, apart from the walls, also changed for HD. (New sofa, new floor, new table, new freestanding set pieces, particularly in the bit opposite the sofas where they do some items and where the audience stand) They were very similar to what they replaced, just as the titles and name captions were also very similar. I guess with two new presenters they wanted some familiar branding to remain, but the old set was 2-3 years old and too tired for HD.

So new set and new studio facilities arrived in July. No idea where the rumblings about a second new set for Alex's start today came from, but rumour and hearsay has been rife...

yeah I did read that on his blog also - wasn't disagreeing with you, just saying that IMO it would be difficult to concentrate, that it isn't as straightforward as people sat at home might think. Obvioulsy his had a substantial amount of experience, so his good at it.

And back to the orginal topic - do both Jason & Alex have full talkback or just part talkback (i.e Gallery presses a button to talk to them -forgot what it's called). For someone like Jason it could be quite difficult as he doesn't realy have that many prior TV presenting jobs.

"Keyed talkback"

It's pretty unusual for presenters to have full* talkback, as there is so much other stuff going on, as Jake says in his blog, it's something which he learned and is used to it, but I know other presenters who get upset if they hear stuff not aimed directly at them, especially while talking on air.

It's usually known at the BBC as "Switched Talkback" with the other version known as "Open Talkback" (rather than "full").

Sport and News presenters, as well as presenters on busy live kids shows are usually used to "Open", whereas presenters on pre-recorded shows, those with much longer-form interviews (Newsnight, The Andrew Marr Show etc.) and that are more rehearsed and less likely to change are on "Switched". "Switched" is common on entertainment shows, and in some cases presenters on these types of shows aren't on talkback at all, and are guided entirely by the floor manager. (Wogan famously worked this way on his BBC chatshow, and had idiot boards rather than on-camera prompt)

Which type of talkback the presenters on The One Show are on is a decision the presenters and director will take together, and may not be the same throughout the show, or may differ during rehearsal and transmission.

In some areas, it is common for presenters to move from Switched to Open, so that they can concentrate on interviews without hearing lots of other stuff, or if the interview is over the phone, concentrate on working out precisely what is said.