[ALANM]

Just tuned into to BBC Scotland (channel 862 on Virgin) and I'm looking at BBC London News.

Is this a BBC problem or a Virgin Media problem? Is anybody out there currently watching Reporting Scotland?

[BillyM]

just posted Alan i'm watching london News in Glasgow on Channel 101. Its also London News on terrestial on BBC Scotland. Dunno whats happening.

[superluke2]

For a big place London News is dull!

[Cent]

Fire Alarm at Pacific Quay according to BBC Radio Scotland. They were evacuated too.

[TUTV Viewer]

Sit back and enjoy a whole news bulletin without any football...

[ALANM]

Originally Posted by BillyM

just posted Alan i'm watching london News in Glasgow on Channel 101. Its also London News on terrestial on BBC Scotland. Dunno whats happening.

Thanks for this info. Reporting Scotland is now starting at 6:53!

[pedrok]

Jackie Bird looks ill!!!

[Kelly's Aye]

Originally Posted by ALANM

Thanks for this info. Reporting Scotland is now starting at 6:53!

Aye, and no David Robertson to enjoy for the remaining time.

[ggg6842]

Made me smile this when I saw BBC London coming on, especially after the item on Reporting Scotland recently about the national news being too London orientated

[cjgpers]

So why do the BBC think that everyone in Scotland would like to see the London news in lieu of local news?

Why not local news from somewhere a bit closer. Or why not just an announcement. It just goes to demonstrate the constant bias towards London by the BBC.

[superluke2]

Originally Posted by pedrok

Jackie Bird looks ill!!!

what no make up?

[RebelScum]

Originally Posted by pedrok

Jackie Bird looks ill!!!

She looks well rough

[ggg6842]

I guess the default would be BBC London for any area which is fair enough I guess, either that or BBC NEWS which is entertainment news at 18:30, probably why it wasn't that.

I can certainly live without all the football we usually get on it.

[Cent]

Originally Posted by superluke2

what no make up?

I think thats what it is lol.

[ALANM]

Originally Posted by cjgpers

So why do the BBC think that everyone in Scotland would like to see the London news in lieu of local news?

I suppose it must be because everything else you watch comes from London so they probably think you won't notice

[Spot]

Originally Posted by cjgpers

So why do the BBC think that everyone in Scotland would like to see the London news in lieu of local news?

Why not local news from somewhere a bit closer. Or why not just an announcement. It just goes to demonstrate the constant bias towards London by the BBC.

Or more likely it's the fact that networked programmes have to come from somewhere - that somewhere happens to be London, so if a region fails to opt out, it's the London output that will continue to be broadcast. More a practicality than a conspiracy.

[tv.mark]

Originally Posted by cjgpers

So why do the BBC think that everyone in Scotland would like to see the London news in lieu of local news?

Why not local news from somewhere a bit closer. Or why not just an announcement. It just goes to demonstrate the constant bias towards London by the BBC.

It demonstrates nothing of the sort.

If the presentation area in Glasgow has also been evacuated then there is no one to put anything other than the network feed to air, and this carries BBC London News as it also acts as the London satellite feed.

Unless of course you'd like the BBC to re-engineer things (in London) for the next time you're offended by seeing BBC London News during a fire alarm, which would obviously cost money. Then you'd complain about the BBC wasting money on a system that was used for 10 minutes every 5 years.

[ALANM]

Originally Posted by Spot

Or more likely it's the fact that networked programmes have to come from somewhere - that somewhere happens to be London, so if a region fails to opt out, it's the London output that will continue to be broadcast. More a practicality than a conspiracy.

Begs the question what would London viewers get if there was a problem at the studio producing BBC London News?

Edit: bet they wouldn't have to suffer Reporting Scotland!

[Duncan J]

I think Jackie Bird had contact lenses in, as she was wearing glasses last week. Looked well spooky

Maybe she'd lost her glasses and the bulletin had to go on hold while they found an emergency pair of contacts

[Spot]

Originally Posted by ALANM

Begs the question what would London viewers get if there was a problem at the studio producing BBC London News?

Edit: bet they wouldn't have to suffer Reporting Scotland!

That's an interesting one - my guess is that TV Centre would fill in with something - BBC London news comes from a different place.

[tv.mark]

Originally Posted by ALANM

Begs the question what would London viewers get if there was a problem at the studio producing BBC London News?

Edit: bet they wouldn't have to suffer Reporting Scotland!

The network director would not have been evacuated as he sits in a different building and he would have filled the hole with another region's output, probably BBC South, or a feed of the news channel.

[Duncan J]

Originally Posted by Spot

That's an interesting one - my guess is that TV Centre would fill in with something - BBC London news comes from a different place.

Probably show the BBC News Channel.

[AMacSteaphain]

Originally Posted by Duncan J

Probably show the BBC News Channel.

Why can't we get the BBC News channel. It would be more relevent than London News.

[cjgpers]

Originally Posted by AMacSteaphain

Why can't we get the BBC News channel. It would be more relevent than London News.

Exactly. And it wouldn't have stired up the ongoing debate about the BBC's London bias. Surely they must plan for this type of scenario.

[superluke2]

I still think London news made Reporting Scotland look really professional!