BBC Lunch and Late regional news
bluesdiamond
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I got the impression post Election, the lunch news would return to 15 minutes, the late 5 minutes.
Not complaining, I do enjoy it as if is.
Is it due to change back?
Not complaining, I do enjoy it as if is.
Is it due to change back?
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in the 10.30 slot i mean
I haven't stuck around long enough. I guess so. I live in North Surrey and am served by BBC and ITV London. Unfortunately, the Home Counties get a raw deal.
I expect that was just spin to cover up cost cutting.
It's much cheaper to run a longer bulletin at 10:30 than at lunchtime
The 10.30 pm bulletin last night got 3.4 million viewers
But surely the 10:30pm bulletin gets many more times more viewers as most people are at home, so deserves the longer slot, the lunchtime bulletin has a limited audience as most are at work.
I just think that coupled with the national bulletin, 45 mins is too long. On Fridays, it's as was.
Just noting how successful the late news programmes have become which may be an incentive for the BBC to keep them.The original idea was they would provide election coverage for viewers who had not seen the 6.30 programmes. It is correct - in the original announcement - they were going to revert back after the election.
Rest of the week nights programmes start at 10:45 but last night I tuned into Norton 10 minutes into the show.
I know I should have double checked but I just assumed that it would be the same schedule.
I think the collective viewing figures, seem to suggest viewers are happy to watch the news at this time.
Guess it caters for shift workers and say 9 to 5 types who may be waking up at about 6.30 the next day.
Then there is going to be a period of consultation/studying the viewing figures and if it's felt the changes worked programmes will change back to being a short lunch and long 2225 sometime in the autumn.
Spot on methinks. In fact I'm surprised that the Lunchtime bulletin hasn't been scrapped totally with the ongoing squeeze at the BBC...and ITV's bulletin for that matter.
The viewing figures quoted here are obviously positive and any 'consultation' could have been undertaken while the experiment was ongoing. It seems unnecessarily messy to revert back and then (as seems likely) reinstate the current arrangements.
I also imagine the fact ITV have maintained their 10-minute bulletins at 10.30 (in spite of having won the right to cut them in half) will influence thinking at the BBC.