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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - DTV - 27-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Rolling News Wrote:  You’re right. Emily Maitlis was initially the evening presenter with Ben Brown when they both joined the channel in early 2006. Maitlis then took maternity leave later that year, which is when Joanna joined Ben in the evenings. Then when Maitlis returned about a year later, she started doing Monday afternoons with Jon Sopel, and focused on that along with her roles on Newsnight and BBC One bulletins.

That sounds about right. In the end, Maitlis on Mondays ended up being pretty much the only reliable presence in the afternoon shift - around mid-2010 it became a bit of a free-for-all - even when Sopel or Minchin did appear, it was rarely together.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - Kojak - 27-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Robinho02 Wrote:  Chris Lowe did weekend evenings for quite a while (for pretty much all of the noughties?) and was an old school presenter who took to rolling news rather better than some others. He had a nice friendly informality. Here was his final evening in 2009 with Annita McVeigh: https://youtu.be/wsLhqXvYscU 

And here with Joanna Gosling in 2003 (I loved this countdown with scenes from around the UK): https://youtu.be/czZ_sQCdt4o 

He presented with Anna Jones before that, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWCxLiXjD0 

I think she and Joanna Gosling must have swapped shifts at some point in 2003, as before that Joanna did the morning shift with Philip Hayton.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - Rolling News - 27-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:37 PM)Kojak Wrote:  

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Robinho02 Wrote:  Chris Lowe did weekend evenings for quite a while (for pretty much all of the noughties?) and was an old school presenter who took to rolling news rather better than some others. He had a nice friendly informality. Here was his final evening in 2009 with Annita McVeigh: https://youtu.be/wsLhqXvYscU 

And here with Joanna Gosling in 2003 (I loved this countdown with scenes from around the UK): https://youtu.be/czZ_sQCdt4o 

He presented with Anna Jones before that, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWCxLiXjD0 

I think she and Joanna Gosling must have swapped shifts at some point in 2003, as before that Joanna did the morning shift with Philip Hayton.

I think that's correct. Joanna did weekend evenings with Chris Lowe until 2006 when she moved up to doing weekday evenings with Ben Brown. Annita McVeigh then joined Chris in which is what I think was her first regular gig on the channel.

Joanna also did indeed do mornings with Philip Hayton until she swapped with Anna Jones. When Anna Jones left in 2005 Kate Silverton got mornings which led to the infamous Silverton/Hayton feud leading to Hayton's sudden departure. I only wish I started watching the channel a year or so earlier as I bet they were an interesting watch (!).

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - DTV - 28-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Robinho02 Wrote:  Chris Lowe did weekend evenings for quite a while (for pretty much all of the noughties?) and was an old school presenter who took to rolling news rather better than some others. He had a nice friendly informality. Here was his final evening in 2009 with Annita McVeigh: https://youtu.be/wsLhqXvYscU 

It's a very small thing, I know, but that clip has reminded me of how much better (relatively speaking) N6 looked when they lit the top lightbox in red rather than white - just looked a bit cold, bright and sterile in all white. Always amazing what a little bit of colour can do for a set.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - Rolling News - 28-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:05 PM)Kojak Wrote:  

(27-02-2023, 09:12 PM)DTV Wrote:  BBC World News has never really done double-headed presentation with two news presenters in the same studio (they have obviously done two presenters in different cities or the old morning news-business partnership), but there was a short-lived double-headed news hour at 10:00 from July 2008 to Feb 2010.

https://youtu.be/JdRISaJNfTM?t=176 

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(27-02-2023, 09:26 PM)Rolling News Wrote:  Definitely the strongest line up for me on the channel was when I first started watching around 2006. So many good double headed partnerships and even the single headed slots were fronted by anchors who felt like they were talking to the viewer (!).

Mornings: Simon McCoy & Kate Silverton (then Carrie Gracie)
Lunchtime: Jane Hill & Matthew Amroliwala
Afternoons: Jon Sopel & Louise Minchin/Emily Maitlis
Five Hour: Huw Edwards or Gavin Esler
Evenings: Ben Brown & Joanna Gosling
Late Nights: Chris Eakin
Weekends: Maxine Mawhinney, Tim Wilcox, Nicholas Owen, Chris Lowe, Annita McVeigh, Peter Sissons
Overnight: Alastair Yates, Deborah Mackenzie, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone

Couldn’t beat it.

It was a good era, I agree. Helped in no small part, I think, by Sky News' constant chopping and changing their schedule during that period, not to mention the Sky-Virgin dispute - making News 24 look much more stable in comparison. 

Not sure Peter Sissons ever quite suited rolling news, though, bless him. He should have stayed on the 10 for much longer than he did. Or moved to World, which was still largely fixed bulletins back then.

I think it was some of Peter’s little quirks and comments he’d make that made him so fun to watch. Also his strong sense of authority. I do agree he wasn’t the greatest at breaking news itself though with things changing all the time, and always seemed happier and more comfortable on straight bulletins with a fixed running order.

I think Julia Somerville was another old school presenter who was the same as Peter. Others though, such as Chris Lowe, Philip Hayton, Nicholas Owen and Fiona Armstrong, all seemed to take to it much better.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - Newsroom - 28-02-2023

(28-02-2023, 11:58 AM)Rolling News Wrote:  

(27-02-2023, 10:05 PM)Kojak Wrote:  https://youtu.be/JdRISaJNfTM?t=176 

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It was a good era, I agree. Helped in no small part, I think, by Sky News' constant chopping and changing their schedule during that period, not to mention the Sky-Virgin dispute - making News 24 look much more stable in comparison. 

Not sure Peter Sissons ever quite suited rolling news, though, bless him. He should have stayed on the 10 for much longer than he did. Or moved to World, which was still largely fixed bulletins back then.

I think it was some of Peter’s little quirks and comments he’d make that made him so fun to watch. Also his strong sense of authority. I do agree he wasn’t the greatest at breaking news itself though with things changing all the time, and always seemed happier and more comfortable on straight bulletins with a fixed running order.

I think Julia Somerville was another old school presenter who was the same as Peter. Others though, such as Chris Lowe, Philip Hayton, Nicholas Owen and Fiona Armstrong, all seemed to take to it much better.

This quirky comment springs to mind. 

https://youtu.be/C7PuKPiTT_4 

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - Worzel - 28-02-2023

(28-02-2023, 12:47 AM)DTV Wrote:  

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Robinho02 Wrote:  Chris Lowe did weekend evenings for quite a while (for pretty much all of the noughties?) and was an old school presenter who took to rolling news rather better than some others. He had a nice friendly informality. Here was his final evening in 2009 with Annita McVeigh: https://youtu.be/wsLhqXvYscU 

It's a very small thing, I know, but that clip has reminded me of how much better (relatively speaking) N6 looked when they lit the top lightbox in red rather than white - just looked a bit cold, bright and sterile in all white. Always amazing what a little bit of colour can do for a set.

The daytime backdrop was tweaked to add some blue at some point in 2009. Looked much better and less clinical.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - ginnyfan - 28-02-2023

Some more interesting pairings and rare presenters post 2008.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - itsrobert - 28-02-2023

(27-02-2023, 10:37 PM)Kojak Wrote:  

(27-02-2023, 10:12 PM)Robinho02 Wrote:  Chris Lowe did weekend evenings for quite a while (for pretty much all of the noughties?) and was an old school presenter who took to rolling news rather better than some others. He had a nice friendly informality. Here was his final evening in 2009 with Annita McVeigh: https://youtu.be/wsLhqXvYscU 

And here with Joanna Gosling in 2003 (I loved this countdown with scenes from around the UK): https://youtu.be/czZ_sQCdt4o 

He presented with Anna Jones before that, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWCxLiXjD0 

And Gwenan Edwards before that.

My favourite memory of Chris Lowe was on Saturday evenings in the very early 2000s when News 24 would regularly read out the National Lottery winning numbers. Without fail, every week, Chris would always tear up his lottery ticket and throw it up in the air!

(27-02-2023, 10:37 PM)Kojak Wrote:  I think she and Joanna Gosling must have swapped shifts at some point in 2003, as before that Joanna did the morning shift with Philip Hayton.

They did. Joanna Gosling was originally on the weekday morning shift with Philip Hayton. Phil only used to do Saturday afternoons on News 24 as he used to present weekday evenings on BBC World. In 2001, Mishal Husain became his replacement on World and Phil moved to weekday mornings on News 24.

Prior to Philip Hayton, Joanna worked with Ben Geoghegan on News 24 weekday mornings.

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RE: Remembering BBC News 24/BBC News Channel 1997-2023 - AaronLancs - 28-02-2023

(28-02-2023, 05:30 PM)ginnyfan Wrote:  Some more interesting pairings and rare presenters post 2008.

I didn't realise that Stuart Flinders of the BBC North West Parish popped up nationally.

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