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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - DavidWhitfield - 27-06-2023

They seem to be taking it in turns - Jon on duty today.




Splitting it 50/50 seems to be a sensible way to do it - fair for the presenters and offers a bit of variation for the viewer.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - 030293 - 27-06-2023

I've really enjoyed what I've seen from the set so far. Much improved on the previous set. Graphics are a bit uninspiring, but hey, welcome to BBC News!

Forgive me for sounding awful here, however, I've seen a lot of commentary around the build being "a tough challenge". To a viewer like myself (no TV experience, and just like pres as a hobby sort of thing), why was this a specific challenge?

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - m_in_m - 27-06-2023

(27-06-2023, 04:14 PM)DavidWhitfield Wrote:  They seem to be taking it in turns - Jon on duty today.




Splitting it 50/50 seems to be a sensible way to do it - fair for the presenters and offers a bit of variation for the viewer.

I realised that it is probably easier script wise to alternate by day rather than on the day as I assume much of the top of the hour script will be repeated a number of times and presumably is done in building blocks.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - Brekkie - 27-06-2023

And nice to see the presenters split up briefly rather than just sat on a sofa reading every other sentence.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - m_in_m - 27-06-2023

(27-06-2023, 04:48 PM)Brekkie Wrote:  And nice to see the presenters split up briefly rather than just sat on a sofa reading every other sentence.

A reduction in the Elstree triangle 😂

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - JexedBack - 27-06-2023

(27-06-2023, 04:22 PM)030293 Wrote:  I've really enjoyed what I've seen from the set so far. Much improved on the previous set. Graphics are a bit uninspiring, but hey, welcome to BBC News!

Forgive me for sounding awful here, however, I've seen a lot of commentary around the build being "a tough challenge". To a viewer like myself (no TV experience, and just like pres as a hobby sort of thing), why was this a specific challenge?

Connecting a gallery and studio that had never been linked before - and in a building not designed to link them. Space issues, it’s smaller than their old set although has height. Sport and news using different technology and making the sofa spin. Having to build a temporary studio for sport. Two gallery refurbs and building a temporary gallery. All while keeping Breakfast, sport and NWT on air.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - oscillon - 28-06-2023

It appears that swipes in the headlines sequence are not limited to orange colour - before the weather they are blue!

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - VMPhil - 28-06-2023

(28-06-2023, 12:40 AM)oscillon Wrote:  It appears that swipes in the headlines sequence are not limited to orange colour - before the weather they are blue!

I didn’t know they’d signed up Sting to be a reporter.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - mark - 28-06-2023

(26-06-2023, 01:07 PM)mouseboy33 Wrote:  Its a very dry programme. Feels like any bit of personality is drained out of the presenters and it just feels kinda generic. But at least they got a news set. Well done.

I agree. I switched on this morning midway through a lengthy discussion on - and this is just a guess as it was hard to tell exactly what the story was - the state of school buildings. It felt better suited to something like Newsnight that you can give your undivided attention to, rather than 'background' breakfast TV.

Compared to the warmth and bite-size segments of the US morning shows, it definitely feels dry to me and not my (morning) cup of tea. 

It's not just Breakfast - I do think length and tone of segments is an issue for UK breakfast TV in general. For example, the long and confrontational political interviews and debates on Good Morning Britain. 

I appreciate this is all just my personal preference though and there's clearly a market for this kind of content.

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RE: BBC Breakfast (June 2023 - Present) - Pete - 28-06-2023

(28-06-2023, 08:03 AM)mark Wrote:  I agree. I switched on this morning midway through a lengthy discussion on - and this is just a guess as it was hard to tell exactly what the story was - the state of school buildings. It felt better suited to something like Newsnight that you can give your undivided attention to, rather than 'background' breakfast TV.

the state of school buildings would appear somewhat to be the perfect fodder for a show aimed significantly at "mums"

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