13-08-2023, 04:48 PM
(13-08-2023, 09:16 AM)Brekkie Wrote: Especially as the current trend elsewhere (not so much at the BBC) is solo presenters doing shorter solo shifts. At some point execs will see 2 presenters co-hosting a 3 hour shift as a cost saving on 3 presenters doing an hour each.Not-so-fondly remembering Sky's approach from 15 years ago of having Dermot Murnaghan and Kay Burley hosting 'solo' for 4 hours each... but then having the likes of Colin Brazier, Emma Crosby and other '2nd-tier' presenters popping up every so often with the news in brief. It was as if someone high up at Sky News wasn't keen on the idea of going fully single-headed, so used this awkward halfway house style.
Did BBC World ever have double headed presentation though - from what I've seen it's almost always been solo, but traditionally was more of a bulletin every hour rather than rolling news so that made sense.