RK
This is possibly the biggest issue I have with the VD programme, sometimes it is human interest other times it tries to be hardhitting. It is a programme without any raison d'etre. Sometimes they'll go all Newsnighty, sometime they'll do a Question Time episode and sometimes they'll try and emulate ITV daytime - why don't they pick a genre and stick to it. Sometimes they'll spend episodes devoted to politics - see Labour Leadership contest - other days they won't mention it all. The very fact that they can't make up their minds what kind of a show it is, is presumably why they need so many pieces of furniture - a sofa for the human interest, lounge chairs for the more serious interviews, bar furniture for when they're doing discussion pieces, a touchscreen for when they're doing analysis.
Why we need this programme is another question - all its 'areas of coverage' are adequately covered elsewhere. Serious interviews and analysis are covered well by Newsnight, even if nobody is watching (although nobody is still higher than the VD ratings); Question Time episodes are covered well by I forget, oh yeah Question Time; Human interest is covered exceptionally well by ITV and to a lesser extent The One Show; Political News is covered by the Daily Politics and Breaking News used to be well reported between 0915 and 1100 by the BBC News Channel - but unfortunately the head of BBC News seemingly believes that there exists something that covers the remit of a rolling news channel better than rolling news. This interview would be very well suited to Newsnight, but then I suppose BBC Manager logic dictates its better to sacrifice a fledgling 35 year old national institution to help prop up a fledgling and hard to justify 8 month old pile of sh*te than it is to axe a programme less than a year after its inception because there is no point in there being a Newsnight/Question Time/One Show/This Morning/Daily Politics/Rolling News hybrid.
Sounds like it's the British equivalent of Oprah but with much much much lower ratings.
Nice to see BBC News giving the VDP a very important 'exclusive' interview. The Shaker Aamer interview was done by Victoria Derbyshire and she now seems to be a 'senior anchor' at BBC.
Lots of promos or mentions of tomorrows programme, during the credits of The Hunt and also during tonights Ten, they both mentioned the full interview being shown tomorrow.
Lots of promos or mentions of tomorrows programme, during the credits of The Hunt and also during tonights Ten, they both mentioned the full interview being shown tomorrow.
This is possibly the biggest issue I have with the VD programme, sometimes it is human interest other times it tries to be hardhitting. It is a programme without any raison d'etre. Sometimes they'll go all Newsnighty, sometime they'll do a Question Time episode and sometimes they'll try and emulate ITV daytime - why don't they pick a genre and stick to it. Sometimes they'll spend episodes devoted to politics - see Labour Leadership contest - other days they won't mention it all. The very fact that they can't make up their minds what kind of a show it is, is presumably why they need so many pieces of furniture - a sofa for the human interest, lounge chairs for the more serious interviews, bar furniture for when they're doing discussion pieces, a touchscreen for when they're doing analysis.
Why we need this programme is another question - all its 'areas of coverage' are adequately covered elsewhere. Serious interviews and analysis are covered well by Newsnight, even if nobody is watching (although nobody is still higher than the VD ratings); Question Time episodes are covered well by I forget, oh yeah Question Time; Human interest is covered exceptionally well by ITV and to a lesser extent The One Show; Political News is covered by the Daily Politics and Breaking News used to be well reported between 0915 and 1100 by the BBC News Channel - but unfortunately the head of BBC News seemingly believes that there exists something that covers the remit of a rolling news channel better than rolling news. This interview would be very well suited to Newsnight, but then I suppose BBC Manager logic dictates its better to sacrifice a fledgling 35 year old national institution to help prop up a fledgling and hard to justify 8 month old pile of sh*te than it is to axe a programme less than a year after its inception because there is no point in there being a Newsnight/Question Time/One Show/This Morning/Daily Politics/Rolling News hybrid.
Sounds like it's the British equivalent of Oprah but with much much much lower ratings.
