06-04-2023, 10:12 AM
(06-04-2023, 09:54 AM)Worzel Wrote:To be honest, I expect that the NC presenters who held the fort during March and haven't officially left their roles, or left the BBC altogether, are having some long overdue leave.(06-04-2023, 09:45 AM)Radio_man Wrote: I can't believe it's taken him so long to get onto daytime - he's undoubtedly one of BBC News' best young presenters.Pretty sure all the presenters we've seen on the channel since Monday morning have been 'World News staff/presenters/faces'. I know Ben Thompson did business updates on the News channel but he's primarily covered for World News as a presenter. So the term 'World News takeover of the News channel' doesn't seem too wide of the mark.
From the shifts this week, unless it's because of the Easter holidays, it looks like the 9am - 12pm shift will be a rotating presenter shift, with there being 4 of the 5 Chief presenters on between 12 midday - 10pm every weekday.
What's the situation on World between 5am - 9am? Is this still split into two separate shifts or is this now one 4 hour shift?
Makes you wonder what the former News channel presenters who haven't left are doing? Are they working behind the scenes doing other things? I half expected one of them to have popped up on the breaking news streams at least, but alas we haven't seen them yet.
Annita McVeigh for example must have been on 5 or 6 out of 7 mornings a week during March, including weekends - she definitely deserves some time off.