Coronavirus - Impact on live/recorded shows

Well yeah, just leaving the news and only the news. If it comes to it I don't think 'This Morning' is going to be seen as essential PSB.

It's been doing some good PSB this morning, as it has done in the past. It reaches people that news programmes don't always reach and in an accessible way.

Victoria Derbyshire does the PSB for those who aren't reflected in mainstream bulletins, but it's TM who continually provide it in a much more accessible if tabloid manner.

When it's a one-off finished situation like a sports or election results, celebrity death, etc, that won't have an impact on stories, it's easy, but with a developing situation that's likely to go on for months it's probably safer to avoid mentioning it at all, otherwise you're just drawing attention to the fact that you're not including it in storylines.

That said, it would be a perfect explanation for the current fad of block storytelling that sees half the cast disappearing for weeks on end.

Loose Women is audience-less from today.

That one solitary woo made it feel ten times worse than it should've been.

I don't know if it's already been mentioned but here's Jimmy Fallon delivering his opening monologue sans audience. I have to echo a lot of the comments in that the show actually seems to benefit from being more laid back.

CORONANATION STREET:

Coronation Street is to start including references to public health advice in its shows,such as hand washing, in relation to the coronavirus epidemic, ITV sources are telling me. Emmerdale, too, will include similar references.

— David Collins (@DavidCollinsST) March 16, 2020

I'm confused.. they should just stop producing them, for the time being, it won't be the end of the world

introducing these "pieces of advice" , when the actors continue to meet, touch each other and do their regular things, will just put under risk these actors (and not just them)

In light of the spread of Covid-19, after much consideration, @worldprods are suspending filming of #LineofDuty S6 with the support of the BBC.

We will keep you updated with further developments in due course. Thank you.

— Line of Duty (@Line_of_duty) March 16, 2020

Peaky Blinders filming is being postponed too.

Well I'm guessing they won't be touching each other and doing their "regular things" whatever they are. Precautions will be taken as with any work place.

Corona-tion Street.

It’s the distant future. Everybody in the world has succumbed to COVID-19, except for Ken Barlow and his creation Robo-Deirdre 4000.

A combination of an old request by Alex Leam and a new request by Nick Crawford pic.twitter.com/iDXMou1IOf

— Jim'll Paint It (@Jimllpaintit) March 16, 2020