Equally Phil Lavelle was freelance until recently, appearing as a presenter and reporter on Five News and also filing reports for the BBC. He's now been taken on as a reporter for BBC Breakfast and as such isn't freelancing. However, I doubt Lavelle will get paid holiday or illness pay, a BBC pension or paternity leave. Contractors are only covered by so much employment law.
I wouldn't be so sure. His contract covers him for sickness, pensions etc in the same way it does for all other employees at the BBC.
Equally Phil Lavelle was freelance until recently, appearing as a presenter and reporter on Five News and also filing reports for the BBC. He's now been taken on as a reporter for BBC Breakfast and as such isn't freelancing. However, I doubt Lavelle will get paid holiday or illness pay, a BBC pension or paternity leave. Contractors are only covered by so much employment law.
I wouldn't be so sure. His contract covers him for sickness, pensions etc in the same way it does for all other employees at the BBC.
Equally Phil Lavelle was freelance until recently, appearing as a presenter and reporter on Five News and also filing reports for the BBC. He's now been taken on as a reporter for BBC Breakfast and as such isn't freelancing. However, I doubt Lavelle will get paid holiday or illness pay, a BBC pension or paternity leave. Contractors are only covered by so much employment law.
I wouldn't be so sure. His contract covers him for sickness, pensions etc in the same way it does for all other employees at the BBC.
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Yawn away. Just correcting a point. Have a nice day.
Natasha has taken five for a bit of a ride as far as im concerned and im not sure if she was dumped she would easily get a high profile role somewhere else . BBC Wouldant have her back , ITV News has enough presenters and if they were to take anyone else on it would likley be from GMTV . Sky News is scaling back and is also provider of five news so would not take her on a main presenter deal. Cant imagine her on C4 Either so shes not going to be in the bigtime .
Matt is a wounderful presenter however and in his last 3 years for five has produced well crafted reports , covered the election , attracted viewers , presented constantly when Natasha is away and deserves a Main Presenter job and I think a relaunched programme with him at the helm would do five news wounders and if it was to go double headed I think they should get either Isla Back as she was well liked and very good or Penny Smith or Emma Crosby .
Make Jason Farell UK Editor and sign someone else such as Adrian Brittan to become Crime reporter , Get a sport reporter/editor Mhir Bhose is avalible and get a Ecconomcis expert such as Mark Eddo do all that and Five will have a good chance of taking on ITV and BBC.
Got to agree that Matt Barbett should be credited as the main presenter now, and we can move on from the Kaplinksky era which hasn't been that memorable.
I can't help feeling frustrated at the discussion in this thread. Why on earth does ginofish and others believe they have a right to sit there discussing how Kaplinsky should never have gotten pregnant, how she has let down both herself and Five, doesn't deserve her pay, the BBC won't want her and other mindless nonsense that would actually be quite hurtful were the woman herself to read it. I'm not saying we should always post as if we were having a face-to-face discussion with someone (after all, I say things on here to other members that some might not like, but at least there is an opportunity for you to reply), but when it's gets as far this, based on nothing apart from watching news bulletins (after all, what arrangements Kaplinsky and Five/Sky have come to are private) it makes me wonder if I really want to be on here with people who appear to hide behind their keyboards and say Barry George*-esque things.
* I believe him to be innocent as it goes, but you see what I'm getting at.
I can't help feeling frustrated at the discussion in this thread. Why on earth does ginofish and others believe they have a right to sit there discussing how Kaplinsky should never have gotten pregnant, how she has let down both herself and Five, doesn't deserve her pay, the BBC won't want her and other mindless nonsense that would actually be quite hurtful were the woman herself to read it. I'm not saying we should always post as if we were having a face-to-face discussion with someone (after all, I say things on here to other members that some might not like, but at least there is an opportunity for you to reply), but when it's gets as far this, based on nothing apart from watching news bulletins (after all, what arrangements Kaplinsky and Five/Sky have come to are private) it makes me wonder if I really want to be on here with people who appear to hide behind their keyboards and say Barry George*-esque things.
* I believe him to be innocent as it goes, but you see what I'm getting at.
Ok for a start ive seen something very similar on the sky news rotas thread were Danslink I getting loads of earache for his views . Natasha im sure would not rellay care that were posting on here about her , the fact is she come to five to completley revamp and make it competition for itv and bbc and start it in 2008 however she has been on maternity leave twice , only presents four days a week and opted out of the 7pm show were more people would watch so she has not done what the purpose of her appoitment was and should move on and the reality is in TV that there are constant axings and changes just look at GMTV , And BBC have no reason to fork out a massive sum that would tempt her back after all it is publics license fee and they could not be justerfied to do that , ITV Don't need another presenter in fact they are overflowing and sky news are scaling back so that's why I Said that this is a forum and oftern people will say things some others disagree with and I Have said nothing what so ever about Barry George.
I know it happens in other threads, I don't like that either. However, it doesn't make it any more acceptable, or indeed less acceptable.
However, instead of taking on board what I'm saying, you've simply repeated more of the same crap. It's not about whether I disagree or agree with what you're saying, it's about how it looks: you seem obsessed with the woman, enough to have thought in depth about her contract, whether her pay is deserved and where she might go next. All this you've based on nothing more than a few news bulletins. Actually, I'm pretty sure Kaplinsky
would
care if she were to read some of the posts - would you say all of that to her face? I guess not.
And for goodness sake, I know you haven't said anything about Barry George, I did.
I know it happens in other threads, I don't like that either. However, it doesn't make it any more acceptable, or indeed less acceptable.
However, instead of taking on board what I'm saying, you've simply repeated more of the same crap. It's not about whether I disagree or agree with what you're saying, it's about how it looks: you seem obsessed with the woman, enough to have thought in depth about her contract, whether her pay is deserved and where she might go next. All this you've based on nothing more than a few news bulletins. Actually, I'm pretty sure Kaplinsky
would
care if she were to read some of the posts - would you say all of that to her face? I guess not.
And for goodness sake, I know you haven't said anything about Barry George, I did.
I think the chances of me meating her are slim and if i did the chances of the conversation about her contract coming up are rather slim I have nothing against her but have made my views very clear on what five needs to do to take the programme forward and if she wants a role she could maybe do a lunchtime update or even her own documentry series or weekend news .