30-01-2023, 05:25 PM
Something along those lines would be a sensible compromise, who knows why they aren't suggesting something like that even as an 'interim'.
Personally, I think you could probably have an even more streamlined set-up and still get away with a similar level of UK-only output.
09:00-11:00 - simulcast first half-hours with World (can be more UK-focussed as these are World's deadest hours), with UK-only back half-hours.
11:00-13:00 - BBC News from Westminster - more politics focussed hours, integrate Politics Live into back half of second hour (if you have to), better utilise Millbank team.
13:00-17:00 - From Studio B with One presenter and team - taking an edition of Sportsday at 13:30 would also allow you to move London into B and gain relative savings there.
That way you have no separate UK channel shifts or studio, while still retaining separate daytime output.
Personally, I think you could probably have an even more streamlined set-up and still get away with a similar level of UK-only output.
09:00-11:00 - simulcast first half-hours with World (can be more UK-focussed as these are World's deadest hours), with UK-only back half-hours.
11:00-13:00 - BBC News from Westminster - more politics focussed hours, integrate Politics Live into back half of second hour (if you have to), better utilise Millbank team.
13:00-17:00 - From Studio B with One presenter and team - taking an edition of Sportsday at 13:30 would also allow you to move London into B and gain relative savings there.
That way you have no separate UK channel shifts or studio, while still retaining separate daytime output.