03-04-2023, 05:21 PM
(03-04-2023, 05:13 PM)qwerty123 Wrote:(03-04-2023, 04:25 PM)ginnyfan Wrote: My guess is that Matthew's shift is from 16.00 to 18.00 CET and Yalda will do 18.00 CET to 21.00 CET. This way, all 4 main presenters will have 2 hour shifts on the UK feed, with Lucy and Yalda' losing an hour to national news.
My guess is that Yalda is in the mornings somewhere along the lines. Either 9-12 and not available today or something like 7-10 and therefore not on air due to the launch not having happened.
Ben Thompson getting something like 10-12 and the 14:30 WBR would be in line with what Sally Bundock has done in the early mornings the past couple of years and would be another way to reduce costs by removing the need for a business presenter.
I thought Lucy Hockings said Yalda was preparing for her programme today? Of course if the programmes are currently the same format and branding (aside from Context), it’s always possible the presenters and crew don’t have fixed shift patterns yet.
Equally I wonder if the use of two studios today isn’t coincidental - is the BBC News at One being crewed by the morning/afternoon shift of the combined channel? If there aren’t separate crews, I’m not sure why you’d switch back and forth between C and E, or why the One wouldn’t come from B if it’s an independent operation?