12-06-2023, 06:37 PM
(12-06-2023, 06:07 PM)m_in_m Wrote: I'm not sure that moving the One to Salford will mean the programme necessarily changes much.Though, of course, during the 90s and early 00s, the One often featured multiple short external contributor interviews, including MPs and the such, usually DtL, but sometimes in studio (typically recorded). Other bulletins occasionally did interviews too (e.g., Thatcher on the Six? on the day of the 1993 relaunch), but it was the norm on the One for quite a while. I presume that the phasing out was to do with some combination of the growing popularity of News 24 and the reforms to politics programming around 2003 giving MPs an earlier network outlet.
Of the three bulletins it probably relies the least on in studio contributions.
To be honest, my expectation since it was announced has been that an extended One would somewhat resemble (at least in part) an old News channel hour, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a return to external contributors in some form.