CR
I believe they normally do the same as BBC Oxford News and close their part of the programme and throw to a sting, where there's a variable wait until a suitable opt-in point occurs. If they're slick the moment the sting is done they can cut straight to Plymouth, but sometimes there's a good five second hold before they opt-in.
I assume BBC CI don't usually just crash back into Spotlight mid report?
I believe they normally do the same as BBC Oxford News and close their part of the programme and throw to a sting, where there's a variable wait until a suitable opt-in point occurs. If they're slick the moment the sting is done they can cut straight to Plymouth, but sometimes there's a good five second hold before they opt-in.
SP
I think they usually opt right from the beginning, so may have opted as soon as they were technically able to.
MA
I don't think so. Channel TV used to not show them back in the 'good old days' of ITV, but I think in this brave new world of 'National' ITV they do now ?
Does BBC CI ever opt out of PPBs, given that they have no relevance to the islands?
I don't think so. Channel TV used to not show them back in the 'good old days' of ITV, but I think in this brave new world of 'National' ITV they do now ?
MA
It's fair comment Tony. However, in this day of homogenised BBC news sets, remote working, and 'hot desking' it can't be as impossible as it used to be ? They seem to manage to present the Ten from a distant war torn capital at reasonably short notice these days ?
Everyone here seems to assume that all you need to put out a programme is a studio. That's the least of your worries. You need a set. You need stagehands to assemble it. You need to light it. You need a complement of cameras. You need to roster a crew. You need a director/vision mixer. And of course presenters. Sufficient ENPS terminals. An editor/producer. Journalists on site. Not to mention proper feeds to the multiplex. In an emergency, you can't just magic all these things out of thin air!!
It's fair comment Tony. However, in this day of homogenised BBC news sets, remote working, and 'hot desking' it can't be as impossible as it used to be ? They seem to manage to present the Ten from a distant war torn capital at reasonably short notice these days ?
SP
Well I have to say that as an example of putting a Disaster Recovery/Broadcast Continuity Plan into operation, that seemed pretty much textbook, and all concerned at BBC Plymouth and Bristol (and probably beyond) deserve big congratulations on pulling that off.
SP
I take your points, however all of those "human resources" you mention are likely to be available, they were already scheduled to be in Plymouth. It's not that difficult to hire a bus to take them to Bristol, I would suggest. ENPS is web accessible, so presumably laptops, iPads and the like could be used if there aren't sufficient desktops.
I know that each BBC Local Radio station has a "buddy station" arrangement to get on air from a nominated neighbouring station should their building be unable to continue, I suspect that the decamp to Bristol may have been a similar arrangement, so it wouldn't necessarily be a case of needing to "magic things out of thin air", there was already a plan to make such things available.
It was 24 hours or so after the failure that Spotlight went on air from Bristol, so plenty of time to get the ball rolling (on implementing an existing plan) once it became clear that it wouldn't be a quick fix to get the lights back on in Plymouth.
Everyone here seems to assume that all you need to put out a programme is a studio. That's the least of your worries. You need a set. You need stagehands to assemble it. You need to light it. You need a complement of cameras. You need to roster a crew. You need a director/vision mixer. And of course presenters. Sufficient ENPS terminals. An editor/producer. Journalists on site. Not to mention proper feeds to the multiplex. In an emergency, you can't just magic all these things out of thin air!!
I take your points, however all of those "human resources" you mention are likely to be available, they were already scheduled to be in Plymouth. It's not that difficult to hire a bus to take them to Bristol, I would suggest. ENPS is web accessible, so presumably laptops, iPads and the like could be used if there aren't sufficient desktops.
I know that each BBC Local Radio station has a "buddy station" arrangement to get on air from a nominated neighbouring station should their building be unable to continue, I suspect that the decamp to Bristol may have been a similar arrangement, so it wouldn't necessarily be a case of needing to "magic things out of thin air", there was already a plan to make such things available.
It was 24 hours or so after the failure that Spotlight went on air from Bristol, so plenty of time to get the ball rolling (on implementing an existing plan) once it became clear that it wouldn't be a quick fix to get the lights back on in Plymouth.
IS
Maybe they - remember it'll be more than just a presenter - did
Of course he could also have gone from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads on a train!
Maybe they - remember it'll be more than just a presenter - did