02-08-2022, 12:31 AM
(01-08-2022, 09:14 PM)MFTJA Wrote: My first post here.
Looking back, it’s quite shocking how dire the presentation of some of BBC World’s programmes was in the 2000s. I'm not exactly sure when the refurbished the second set in N9 with the semi-circle desk, but every programme I've seen presented from it just looks awkward. Below are some early examples of the different 'World News Today' programmes from the 'WNT-athon' era of the channel.
youtu.be - George Alagiah's 12PM edition which would later become 'GMT' before being replaced by 'LIVE'
youtu.be - Zeniab Badawi's 7PM edition seen in the UK on BBC4 of course. It never got rebranded, but hasn't aired since the pandemic
youtu.be - Another 12PM edition, this time with Jonathan Charles and a completely different headlines bed.
Does anybody know if these beds were made specifically for these programmes by David Lowe? Or did the BBC just work with existing themes they had. The one used for George's edition sounds like two different beds put together.
If I think rightly Lowe has done all main "core" BBC News beds at root since 1999 for all services and programme strands. Excluding the 2008 BBC Arabic ones, that was done by Dave "ITV News" Hewson.
That Alagiah one in particular sounds more like the standard headlines bed of BBC News 24 & BBC World - at that time - just with additional production in the form of added pips from the sound of it.