04-09-2023, 03:54 PM
Yes, I understand the idea of a panel to provide added context to what has just been said - but arguably the interviewer should just do that themselves, in a proper challenging discussion.
The panel usually seems to take the form of one politician from the government, one from the opposition, and a third person to provide light relief or make up the numbers. This quickly devolves into a shouting match every time so adds little.
You can also imagine that booking three different high-quality guests, week in and week out, quickly becomes difficult. I would drop the panel and return to the Marr format of guests for a newspaper review. The programme really sat better as a general news programme when it had headlines, weather and a long from interview which was often not political. At the moment, it’s probably too overly politics-heavy which will switch off the casual viewer.
The panel usually seems to take the form of one politician from the government, one from the opposition, and a third person to provide light relief or make up the numbers. This quickly devolves into a shouting match every time so adds little.
You can also imagine that booking three different high-quality guests, week in and week out, quickly becomes difficult. I would drop the panel and return to the Marr format of guests for a newspaper review. The programme really sat better as a general news programme when it had headlines, weather and a long from interview which was often not political. At the moment, it’s probably too overly politics-heavy which will switch off the casual viewer.