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Clean BBC One handover to BBC News Channel still the exception

Posted on 31st January 2021 by The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 26th March 2021 Filed under Opinion

Possibly the untidiest junction on UK TV – and it’s on BBC One: the nightly handover to the BBC News Channel.

More often than not, BBC One simply crashes into the BBC News Channel.

BBC One might just have shown its own Weather for the Week Ahead – but rather than playing some additional trails to pad out, they usually have no issue crashing into the middle of a weather forecast on the BBC News Channel only a minute or so later.

The late-night junction is generally treated with very little care by the schedulers and playout staff.

Joining on the hour or half hour are the two most viable options. Having short filler programmes available – of varying lengths – would help. Compilation versions of Click or The Travel Show perhaps?

In recent months, there have been some signs of improvement, such as last night, when network BBC One used 1 minute 22 seconds of the BBC News Channel countdown sequence to hit the start of the 2am news programme cleanly.

VIDEO: BBC One handover to the BBC News Channel. Announcer: Kate Walsh. Presenter: Lewis Vaughan Jones. TX DATE/TIME: 31st January 2021, 1.58am. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

BBC One Scotland handed across to the BBC News Channel later in the night, as it had its own programmes earlier in the evening. BBC One Wales was taking network continuity at this time.

BBC One Northern Ireland was still about, though they experienced a technical glitch when joining the countdown. They also inserted a sting prior to joining network BBC One for the countdown.

VIDEO: BBC One Northern Ireland handover to the BBC News Channel. Announcer: Jennie Browne. TX DATE/TIME: 31st January 2021, 1.58am. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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PICTURED: BBC News Channel countdown sequence. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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Dates for the Diary

30th January: BBC Reporting Scotland moves to a temporary set. The programme will move back to a refurbished Studio C in the summer.

30th/31st January: BBC One East HD and BBC One East Midlands HD launch on satellite.

6th/7th February: BBC One West Midlands HD, BBC One East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire HD and BBC Alba HD launch on satellite. BBC One/Two Wales SD services close on satellite.

13th/14th February: BBC One West HD, BBC One South West HD, BBC One Channel Islands HD, BBC One London HD and BBC RB1 HD launch on satellite.

20th/21st February: BBC One North East and Cumbria HD, BBC One North West HD, BBC One Yorkshire HD and BBC Parliament HD launch on satellite. BBC One Scotland SD and BBC Scotland SD services close on satellite.

22nd/23rd February: BBC One South East HD launches on satellite.

February 2023: new set for BBC Midlands Today goes live.

13th February 2023: Sky Kids launches.

Q1 2023: BBC Chameleon branding introduced on air for BBC Weather, CBBC and CBeebies.

April 2023: BBC News Channel and BBC World News merge.

November/December 2023: World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23).

Q1 2024: SD versions of BBC channels close on satellite.

2024: BBC Four and CBBC go online-only.

2024: BBC Radio 4 Extra goes online-only.

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