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Playout error impacts BBC Two weather bulletin

Posted on 6th September 2022
By The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 3rd July 2023
Filed under Bloopers

There was a minor playout error tonight on BBC Two, immediately after Newsnight.

As usual, we exited Newsnight and went straight to the Weather. However, one second into the weather bulletin, we moved on to the next event in the playout schedule: a slide for Newscast.

The announcer would normally have voiced the Newscast slide – but not here. A trail for Laura Kuenssberg’s Sunday morning political programme then played out in full, before the pre-recorded Weather was recued and played out in full.

The subsequent network junction played out normally.

VIDEO: BBC Two network playout error impacts late-night weather bulletin. Presenter: Darren Bett. TX DATE: 5th September 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

Playout operations in Northern Ireland and Wales would have had to make adjustments to their respective playout schedules as a result of the network error.

On BBC Two Wales, the playout director/announcer had already gone in circuit before the end of Newsnight and was utilising the clean feed of BBC Two.

The clean feed version of BBC One and BBC Two provides network programme content to the playout operations in Belfast, Glasgow and Cardiff – and excludes the bits between the programmes.

This allows the nations to join and exit networked programmes without catching bits of network junctions.

Between programmes, the clean feed displays a generic BBC-branded animation and soundtrack.

When network exited the Weather prematurely and moved on to junction content, the clean feed switched to the generic animation. And that’s what viewers in Wales saw.

The network director quickly repositioned the Weather bulletin in the playout schedule.

Programme content is available on the clean feed for approximately 5 seconds longer (at each end) than on the conventional network feed. That’s why Welsh viewers will have seen the second airing of the Weather bulletin held on its opening frame for 5 seconds, before playing.

The lack of live voiceover (by the Welsh announcer) on the Newscast slide following the Weather was presumably because the BBC Two Wales director/announcer was still adjusting the local playout schedule to compensate for the network error.

VIDEO: the impact of the BBC Two network playout error as seen on BBC Two Wales. Presenter: Darren Bett. Announcer: Mark James. TX DATE: 5th September 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

BBC Two Northern Ireland remained with the network feed after Newsnight and therefore relayed the network error in full, including the junction content prior to the replay of the Weather. The remainder of the junction was covered fully by the local playout director/announcer.

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Tags: BBC, BBC Two, BBC Two Wales, BBC Weather, Darren Bett, Mark James, On-Screen Presentation, Playout

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