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rob Founding member
So they're dropping Isla Traquair, a superb newsreader and presenter, and replacing her 7pm show with three numpties...

All of a sudden, The One Show is looking much more appealing...
LL
London Lite Founding member
Deary me, that line-up makes The One Show newsy!

Isla should be a part of that show instead of a ex glamour model and a reality tv star. The jury's out on Wrighty.
:-(
A former member
Quite pleased that Melinda Messenger is involved, actually. She gets easily dismissed because she's a blonde former model, but she's pretty intelligent and a really good presenter.

I hope they haven't got their Wrights mixed up - I thought it was going to be Matthew Wright?
TV
TV Geek
rob posted:
I see on the news Isla Traquair's leaving 5 news in the autumn as they drop the 7pm news bulletin in favour of an hr long magazine programme.


Teletext reporting that the new show will be called "Live from Studio Five" and will be hosted by Kate Walsh (Apprentice reject), Melinda Messenger (ex-model) and Ian Wright (ex-Arsenal footballer)

What a waste... it could have been so much better.

http://www.teletext.co.uk/entertainment/news/e79d08d0ada7d0f5e4b818313be1950e/Apprentice+star+Kate+to+front+show.aspx


Kate might be good looking and intelligent but she has the personality of a bucket of wet concrete. If her bit of presenting she did on The Apprentice is anything to go by she is going to be abysmal. Melinda, OK choice. Ian, what were they thinking?!
MI
mizzb
rob posted:
I see on the news Isla Traquair's leaving 5 news in the autumn as they drop the 7pm news bulletin in favour of an hr long magazine programme.


Teletext reporting that the new show will be called "Live from Studio Five" and will be hosted by Kate Walsh (Apprentice reject), Melinda Messenger (ex-model) and Ian Wright (ex-Arsenal footballer)

What a waste... it could have been so much better.

http://www.teletext.co.uk/entertainment/news/e79d08d0ada7d0f5e4b818313be1950e/Apprentice+star+Kate+to+front+show.aspx


Anyone else suspect it will all be over and replaced with a news bulletin sometime late next year? There's no way this can compete with the likes of TOS.


They'll give it a go for maybe up to a year but when it fails it'll be replaced with zoo days or something similar. Sad
MI
mizzb
Isla's going? That's a shame..she was good - I can see her being an overnight/weekend presenter on Sky News maybe?


As bad as that ! I'd rather see her go back to reporting with ITV etc. She and Matt got the 5 news good ratings through the 08-09 autumn to spring seasons. This is how they repay her. Confused Mad

9 days later

CC
Cross Channel
FYI: Five News will be chromakeyed from next week before a studio re-fit apparently.
NE
newswatcher
how do u know this?
GR
gregmc
Because he's an insider, and he is spot on. Last night was the last bulletin from the current set so from now on it will be CSO or from the Greenscreen on the balcony inside the Sky News Centre.
ST
Stuart
FYI: Five News will be chromakeyed from next week before a studio re-fit apparently.

Is this just a refit of the technical gubbins, or are they also altering the set?
JO
Joshua
Will 'Live from Studio Five' be coming from the studio at the Sky News Centre? Since it's a kind of news/magazine programme?
FA
fanoftv
Will 'Live from Studio Five' be coming from the studio at the Sky News Centre? Since it's a kind of news/magazine programme?


And if they are using the studio will the five news bulletin at 5 also use the studio, or will it be green screen for the foreseeable future?

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