13-08-2023, 08:56 PM
They are filling-in freelancers and BBC staff from regions taking on the extra shifts because the BBC still, for some unknown reason, have not appointed any presenter-reporters other than Nancy K.
Eventually, we should see whoever gets those roles semi-regularly presenting on the channel and things should settle down into pretty predictable shifts.
If you take a look at the US operation, Carl and Helena are the presenter-reporters and they both present at weekends and also appear as reporters during the week. Presumably they both have weekend-equivalent days off midweek (but probably not the same days as each other). This way, on a typical day, you have Sumi and either Carl or Helena as an additional reporter (sometimes in the studio with analysis, other times on location).
I had a look at how the BBC One bulletin we were just discussing appeared on the NC via iPlayer’s rewind function, and interestingly Monika Plaha - who had presented the preceding half an hour of simulcast news - reappeared once the BBC One bulletin ended to provide 10 minutes of filler until the TOTH. Am I being too hopeful, or was this perhaps an experiment in allowing for a better UK feed using the same resources as the “main” feed during downtime from live news? Presumably the global feed was showing a recorded back half hour programme at the same time.
Eventually, we should see whoever gets those roles semi-regularly presenting on the channel and things should settle down into pretty predictable shifts.
If you take a look at the US operation, Carl and Helena are the presenter-reporters and they both present at weekends and also appear as reporters during the week. Presumably they both have weekend-equivalent days off midweek (but probably not the same days as each other). This way, on a typical day, you have Sumi and either Carl or Helena as an additional reporter (sometimes in the studio with analysis, other times on location).
I had a look at how the BBC One bulletin we were just discussing appeared on the NC via iPlayer’s rewind function, and interestingly Monika Plaha - who had presented the preceding half an hour of simulcast news - reappeared once the BBC One bulletin ended to provide 10 minutes of filler until the TOTH. Am I being too hopeful, or was this perhaps an experiment in allowing for a better UK feed using the same resources as the “main” feed during downtime from live news? Presumably the global feed was showing a recorded back half hour programme at the same time.