14-07-2023, 06:10 PM
(14-07-2023, 06:01 PM)Newsroom Wrote: I think before there is mass speculation about who will doing what on Network bulletins while there is a temporary opening (as of now), not one of us on this forum knows who is on what contract.
Fiona Bruce has other commitments with the BBC as does Clive Marie and I sure as hell wouldn't want to give up those gigs. Fiona for example has had her spot for many a year as presenter of the 'Six' on Monday. Speculation about Jane Hill is just that - speculation, a quick check on Socials indicates she's been on annual leave. Of late, we can consider Ben Brown to be a 'regular' presenter of the 'One'.
Also - who claimed those presenters named above were on 'Gardening Leave' - that's clap trap! How can someone be on Gardening Leave yet work a couple of floors up in Monitoring? I think an edit is in need.
The other thing to note is that even without the current situation the senior presenters typically take a decent chunk the summer off so people like Clive, Reeta and Jane typically appear more than at other times of year in any case and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that non-time-sensitive commitments away from News would be kept to a minimum at this time of year to allow that to happen.