27-01-2024, 12:53 AM
(27-01-2024, 12:31 AM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: It's bizarre. Wales is a nation, has a primary law making parliament , stand alone NHS and education service so the news bulletins should be rich with content, and warm cultural and human stories. Instead it's every self interested charity/activist tales of woe filling the main 6pm show; apparent reluctance to challange the Labour government that's been in power 20 plus years.
Granada Reports fits into the ITV News format and I assume budget, yet is streets ahead in newsy content - it's very warm watchable compared to Wales at Six which as said can be a chore to watch; I saw Wednesdays on ITVX and was surprised how poor it was.
Such a waste, they do have some great talent there but its lost in a sea of badly produced dirge.
The best comparison would be UTV Live. Another ITV News Group production which feels like a national bulletin for Northern Ireland which features newsy stories rather than something along the lines of "South Wales + Wrexham and a token story from the North Wales Coast Tonight"