20-07-2023, 10:27 PM
(20-07-2023, 09:16 PM)Alessi Wrote: Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but do we know who is helming the by-election overnight special coverage? Assuming in different times it would have been Huw?I don't think Huw would ever have presented it. In the 80s, by-election specials were Newsnight's domain; then it became the standard election night team with Dimbleby during the 90s, moving towards Midnight Hour branding mid-decade; then responsibility was given over to News 24 a while after that launched, though typically with a more senior presenter than an overnight one; before settling on the Millbank team in the early/mid-2010s, initially under This Week branding. Maybe with the 90s set-up, they would have roped him in, but I suspect this would always have been Coburn.
Also, the fuss on here about the people in the background of a shot is laughable given the BBC's literal figurehead anchor has been suspended. There are clearly bigger things to be concerned about right now.