07-11-2023, 09:05 PM
(07-11-2023, 09:02 PM)Omnipresent Wrote: Jeremy Paxman was famously vocal about the regional Newsnight opt outs branding it a “damn fool idea”.
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It was a sign of the BBC reflecting the political culture of the time with the nations having their own editions of The Evening Session on Radio 1 on a Thursday night.
As yet, in many ways, it's been the direction of travel for many a year after Paxman's departure.
I don't think it's ever a bad thing for people to feel more connected to their BBC. That said, there are economies of scale and frankly, all bar Newsnight Scotland there just wasn't an appetite to create regional versions of the programme at the pace/scale.
Where that changes in the future is a different story but, unlike Paxman, I don't think it was a foolish idea.