26-05-2023, 02:13 PM
Very few will be tuning in at 1.30pm on the dot though, and if they are they still get the top story in full anyway. It's early start is to give it the 22 minute run time of a half hour slot but also squeeze in the regional news afterwards.
I thin the rule is shows can start up to 2 minutes earlier or 4 minutes later than bills (The One Show has almost always started at 6.58pm for example). Indeed thanks to the BBC News at One's extended run time the BBC and ITV lunchtime bulletins actually overlap for about 5 minutes.
I thin the rule is shows can start up to 2 minutes earlier or 4 minutes later than bills (The One Show has almost always started at 6.58pm for example). Indeed thanks to the BBC News at One's extended run time the BBC and ITV lunchtime bulletins actually overlap for about 5 minutes.