The briefing is continuing on the news channel, I believe. Has Reeta moved to Studio C to continue hosting the briefing, or has the Six decamped somewhere?
If it’s like what normally happens, when the briefing finishes, it’ll just crash out into the Six
Yep, briefing just finished, followed by a sting, then the filler countdown,then crashed into the Six.
How about you think of it another way. BBC One, and it’s schedulers run that channel. They have an obligation to fulfil their channel remit the way they see fit.
They also have to balance a schedule - the National and Local news - in all nations and regions - and maintain a peak time entertainment schedule - and lord knows that is needed right now.
BBC News did what you would expect of the News Channel and carried it uninterrupted and in full.
It’s a case of dammed if you do - dammed if you don’t.
I’ve lost count of the number of people that have said to me - in and out the industry “Why is it on BBC One when you have a news channel”
How about you think of it another way. BBC One, and it’s schedulers run that channel. They have an obligation to fulfil their channel remit the way they see fit.
They also have to balance a schedule - the National and Local news - in all nations and regions - and maintain a peak time entertainment schedule - and lord knows that is needed right now.
BBC News did what you would expect of the News Channel and carried it uninterrupted and in full.
It’s a case of dammed if you do - dammed if you don’t.
I’ve lost count of the number of people that have said to me - in and out the industry “Why is it on BBC One when you have a news channel”
And now look....
They completely wrecked the Bank Holiday Monday prime time schedule, pulling the family film to show a news special and airing unbilled filler programming for another hour only two day ago.
Tonight the most they would have done would have been to disrupt The One Show
Sorry but it still doesn’t make sense and isn’t in any way consistent
The consistent thing is something I agree with.
Sometimes they actually have no option - despite what ‘fantasy schedulers’ sitting at home on their sofas sometimes think...
(I would NOT be a BBC Scheduler for any money)
I wouldn't say tonight's briefing is any more important than any others recently - the last few days they've clearly been about announcing things to distract from the Cummings debacle rather than matters of public health and it's right the media are not falling for it.
How about you think of it another way. BBC One, and it’s schedulers run that channel. They have an obligation to fulfil their channel remit the way they see fit.
They also have to balance a schedule - the National and Local news - in all nations and regions - and maintain a peak time entertainment schedule - and lord knows that is needed right now.
BBC News did what you would expect of the News Channel and carried it uninterrupted and in full.
It’s a case of dammed if you do - dammed if you don’t.
I’ve lost count of the number of people that have said to me - in and out the industry “Why is it on BBC One when you have a news channel”
And now look....
They completely wrecked the Bank Holiday Monday prime time schedule, pulling the family film to show a news special and airing unbilled filler programming for another hour only two day ago.
Tonight the most they would have done would have been to disrupt The One Show
Sorry but it still doesn’t make sense and isn’t in any way consistent
Indeed on a ratings standpoint don’t the daily briefings usually rate quite well on BBC One?
The options seemed to me to be:
A) Remove the one show for one day only and air the briefing, News (Not) At 6 and regional news as normal then as you were for the remaining programmes
B) Air the briefing and run a reduced News at 6/regional news after so the One Show and primetime runs as normal.
C) Not air the Briefing on BBC One and stick to the planned schedule.
The BBC did C but I can’t help thinking A or B were the better option especially since it was the One Show following the 6 O’Clock News so hardly Strictly or some other lynchpin programme.
BBC One should aim to bring people together with its coverage of major sporting, cultural, entertainment and other events.
Considering how today's select committee hearing was of national importance during a global pandemic, I can't see any issue with BBC One scheduling a hearing which would either be on BBC Parliament or on iPlayer instead.
Hmm, Yes, I concede she did overstep the regulations. But to take her off the show is appalling. What would have been better in my opinion is that she should have been on tonight and opened with a clarification.
Why do I get the feeling that this is one of those stories that will drag the BBC through the mud, and before long it’ll be the top headline on the Ten, with Amol Rajan reporting live from 2 feet outside the building.