BBC News Channel General Discussion

Would it also have anything to do with World news decamping to Studio B for the afternoon?

I think something was being practiced in E. Reporters were oddly on the roof of Broadcasting House, not their usual spot on the newsroom balcony. And an interview on the balcony showed the newsroom blinds were down. Wonder what was going on?

Obit rehearsal in C perhaps?

This happened back on the 15th March; if this is what you are talking about?



An insider said that this occasion back in march was because of Obituary rehearsals.

Now put all of these things together;

1) routine
2) happened in March

and what do you get?

urrrrrm give up.!

It's obit rehearsals.

Is it rehearsing for anyone they think might go soon!!??

So do they just go over the package, script etc with all the graphics?

They have loads of stories ready to go out. Like Friday, when the announcement of the death of Leonard Nimoy and a report by David Sillito was broadcast within minutes of the announcement.


Which was a coincidence that each time they played that story on the News Channel, the report following was about #TheDress which too was reported by David again. "David Sillito reports, again"

Major Obit rehearsals involve rehearsing the process from first breaking news coming in, to running the approved obituary package and the correct graphics, in some cases also rehearsing joining all the BBC (or these days just some) of the networks together first.

It's a rehearsal for everyone - producers, presenters, reporters, crew etc.

And does this include people who dont know they are doing a major obit rehearsal, and are then called in to bh from whatever they were doing at home at the time?