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It's strange there isn't any sort of PR announcment about the new schedule, presenters, who will do what and when. Even with such a low key merger, you would expect basics like these to be published in advance.

Considering we're now less than one week to the big change, the official radio silence is getting a bit odd - though, given insiders suggest some decisions haven't been finalised and, as you say, a desire for a 'soft' launch, maybe not that surprising.

That said, BBC News press releases are often not published that far in advance. Looking at some of the most recent releases - Context was officially announced the day it was aired and the new 'state of the art' studio was only announced after it had debuted on The One Show. Looking back on TVF, the 2010 World News schedule changes - which launched half-a-dozen new prorammes and altered large parts of the rest of the schedule - were only officially announced a matter of days ahead of launch.