One O'Clock News Christmas 1986 Part One

The man who appears at 0.51 was on another BBC News clip which was also here

A proven tactic: Yell until someone fixes it.

"...Oh, sh...hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." :D

I think people watching this clip were misinformed, like i was....the talkback deal, the newscaster cant hear everything thats going on behind the scenes.

From working in media myself, it looks like the newscaster is kinda ripping and reading, he has the stories and is just going with them...

its the people in the back that dont have their shit together. Im assuming there is someone else in his ear, because there is nobody alive that could read and listen to all that trash at once.

All newsreaders, whether they work for the BBC, ITN or any other UK broadcaster, hear everything that goes on in the gallery. They're on open talkback, not switched.

This is necessary so that they know what's going on without having to be spoken to directly. I've worked on BBC and ITV regional news and a rabble like that over talkback is very common.

In such situations, you have to take your own cues because the director is preoccupied with pulling the programme together.

Well then, i stand corrected.... "poor guy"

Lol!

Was the recording of this edition with talkback kept because it was such a shambles? lol. was there an enquiry into why there were so many problems? Having sat in the gallery during news i know its alway pretty manic but this is baaaad! lol

Poor Phil! Why are the animations called 'Quantel' and not 'Charisma' as in other BBC talkback clips on youtube from the same era?

Laugh or cry? I'll toss a coin.