BBC News Channel General Discussion

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Worzel 3 February 2014 3:54pm

Fanatics.

Maybe nothing EVER goes wrong in your house. Maybe it's all just fine and dandy in Fanaticland. But you know, sometimes, things don't work.

And i'm sure there are forums where you can discuss those matters.

This forum thread is here to discuss news presentation on the BBC News channel, which people are doing and includes situations where things don't go according to plan.

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thegeek Founding member 3 February 2014 10:49pm

I'm with Muckspreader, to an extent. Sometimes things go wrong - not every dodgy camera move needs to be mentioned here, we all know what an automation mistake looks like.

That said, I'm going to shoot myself in the foot and post a video of something minor going wrong, because it's not something I've seen before: skip forward to 1'18" to see a clip that, judging by some of the screens in the background, has been waiting to be used for quite some time...

(this went out on BBC One HD and the News Channel; there were live headlines with the correct presenter at the quarter past heads)

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dosxuk 3 February 2014 10:54pm

And someone's nicked one of the TVs too!

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VMPhil 3 February 2014 11:22pm

I wonder if you could date when that was recorded by finding exactly which speech David Cameron was making?

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Worzel 3 February 2014 11:40pm

VMPhil posted:

I wonder if you could date when that was recorded by finding exactly which speech David Cameron was making?

Looks like a press conference from the White House. The grey plasma was replaced with the black framed one a month or so into that Sports set going live, as it suffered badly from screen burn. If that logic is right, it would be between the 6th March - 6th April 2012.

Edit: Looks vaguely similar to this shot from a White House press briefing with Obama and Cameron on the 14th March 2012.

http://dalje.com/en/foto.php?id=19&rbr=25909&idrf=999048

So, I believe VMPhil that maybe your answer.

Last edited by Worzel on 3 February 2014 11:50pm - 2 times in total

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VMPhil 3 February 2014 11:57pm

Wow, nice work Worzel.

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thegeek Founding member 4 February 2014 12:35am

Worzel posted:

Edit: Looks vaguely similar to this shot from a White House press briefing with Obama and Cameron on the 14th March 2012.

That's some good sleuthing. And the week after the Sport Centre went live.

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DrewF 4 February 2014 7:44am

I've seen that clip one or two times before - I guess it's an emergency filler if there's something wrong at Salford.

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Steve in Pudsey 5 February 2014 8:44am

Could it be used when the headline sequence is complex with lots of lives? Playing the generic sport tease from "tape" saves an outside source into the gallery

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Worzel 5 February 2014 9:05pm

Bit of a strange opening to the news at 9. We had the silly long titles which don't feature the newsroom or the '9''crash into a static shot of Clive Myrie in the studio. It looked somewhat awkward.

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HarryB 5 February 2014 9:31pm

Annita McVeigh just starred in the NHS Winter: A day in A&E's promo on the channel. Wasn't it Branwen Jeffreys who normally faced these series of programs?

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AdamABC 5 February 2014 9:46pm

Worzel posted:

Bit of a strange opening to the news at 9. We had the silly long titles which don't feature the newsroom or the '9''crash into a static shot of Clive Myrie in the studio. It looked somewhat awkward.

Yesterday, at the 430 BOTH, instead of the panning of the newsroom, they played the long titles instead...a bit like to TOTH headlines.

(November 2013)