15-03-2024, 06:16 PM
(15-03-2024, 06:04 PM)Milkshake Wrote: I take it only BBC and Sky will have overnight corvage of the local elections ln May? Still make me wonder where the BBC set will be based?Nobody else has really done proper locals coverage in years, so it'd be surprising for anybody other than the BBC and Sky to be doing overnight programmes.
I would presume BBC local election coverage will come from Studio B - other than the 2022 locals (when it was out of commission), it has been home of BBC election coverage since the 2019 locals and they'll want an extra on-air run-through ahead of the general election.
The interesting election question, for me, is whether the BBC do anything for the Euros. Obviously, it's the first since Brexit and I don't expect anything on network, but will it get a special on the NC? They're increasingly a big deal and it will almost certainly involve one of the UK media's favourite tropes of European elections (gains by populist right), but coverage of Europe's results was very much an afterthough on pre-Brexit programmes and Euro politics isn't really something the BBC are that into.