04-05-2023, 04:49 AM
Why they can't/don't/won't co-ordinate the timings of BBC Two such that the Ten and Newsnight meet cleanly (as seen on the NC) is beyond me.
Once the decision was made (presumably weeks/months in advance) that Newsnight would start being simulcast on the NC, whatever planning and preparation would be needed to achieve the above should've been a top consideration in the minds of those in charge.
The consistently messy junction circa 10:30pm on the NC is as if this is coming from something other than a major and professional broadcasting organisation.
EDIT: Was there *ever* an era (or even a single occasion!) when Newsnight actually started bang on the scheduled time?
For as long as I care to remember, BBC Two has seemingly run its weekday evening schedule deliberately late (presumably by having extra trailers between programmes?) so that e.g. the 9pm/9:30pm programme starts 30 seconds late, the 10pm programme starts 1 minute late etc (or whatever).
Much is made of how rare it is for ITV's News at Ten to actually start bang on 22:00, but the equivalent has been true of Newsnight for far longer I think.
Once the decision was made (presumably weeks/months in advance) that Newsnight would start being simulcast on the NC, whatever planning and preparation would be needed to achieve the above should've been a top consideration in the minds of those in charge.
The consistently messy junction circa 10:30pm on the NC is as if this is coming from something other than a major and professional broadcasting organisation.
EDIT: Was there *ever* an era (or even a single occasion!) when Newsnight actually started bang on the scheduled time?
For as long as I care to remember, BBC Two has seemingly run its weekday evening schedule deliberately late (presumably by having extra trailers between programmes?) so that e.g. the 9pm/9:30pm programme starts 30 seconds late, the 10pm programme starts 1 minute late etc (or whatever).
Much is made of how rare it is for ITV's News at Ten to actually start bang on 22:00, but the equivalent has been true of Newsnight for far longer I think.