[Radio_man]

As did Martine Croxall on Twitter!

There won’t be a separate UK channel at all. This is what people are not realising. You’ll get what the world audience gets. With Nicky Campbell’s phone in on the TV 9-11 weekdays. The BBC1 bulletins and Newsnight which you can see anyway. No bespoke UK content as standard apart from during advert breaks. And breaking news when an editor decides it’s worth cranking up a tiny studio. The unions are trying to stop the worst of it.

Well, from the UK schedule from 3rd April, it looks like the unions were not very successful, because what UK viewers have got is what Martine described. I'm sure it was mentioned by @bbctvtechop when they revealed the plans for the joint service this month, that the launch of Nicky Campbell's phone-in on the NC has been delayed until the autumn, but it won't be missed if this part of the plan for the UK NC is cancelled altogether.