The Newsroom

BBC News Channel General Discussion

(November 2013)

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MI
Mike516
BBC News in breaking news overdrive today with the Autumn Statement, Storm Surge. And the Autumn Statement Q&A session is interrupted with news of former President Mandela's death...
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SP
Steve in Pudsey
I have seen complaints from people tuning into the News Channel over night that they're not covering some big domestic story. ' Why are they talking about Africa when there's floods in Newcastle' etc.

You can imagine how much worse it would be in the morning.


Nothing that couldn't be mitigated by the newsreader doing a roundup of UK news while World is on a commercial break and flagging that Breakfast is on BBC One for more UK and regional news. The ticker on the domestic NC could mention that too.
SW
Sam Walker
BBC1 have broken into their regular programming, but ITV are staying with I'm a Celeb...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
And now to Huw in Studio E, no continuity announcement on BBC1.
CR
Critique
The BBC Newsroom really does look quite good in these moments, as sad as the news are - it really comes into its own as a hive of activity and it shows on air. No headlines with Huw, just straight into the news, without titles. World News did try to let the UK opt away smoothly (the words 'do keep watching the BBC' were being said as the audio from WN was faded away), although slightly too late.
SW
Sam Walker
No regular programming on BBC1 until further notice, according to the official Twitter.
SU
sunray
Seems World News is now broadcasting News at Ten, but I guess it's really a news special now
NE
Newsroom
Jon Sopel and Kasia Madera in World's studio made a brief appearance as Huw spoke to Mark Mardell on World.
IS
Inspector Sands
The BBC Newsroom really does look quite good in these moments, as sad as the news are - it really comes into its own as a hive of activity and it shows on air.

Quite a bit of rushing around in the background at the start of the 10, I don't know if I find it entertaining or distracting!
FL
flaziola
Strap failure on the News Channel, straps still showing on World News
WO
Worzel
Here's the moment the News channel broke the news, for anyone interested in this thread:

FL
flaziola
Not seen a split screen like this for some time.

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