Powercut at Grays Inn Road: 4/4/22

[Inspector Sands]

Simon Vigar has put together his report with iMovie by the looks of it. Very amateur graphic for Simon Calder.

The words 'Power Drector' in the corner of the June Brown package would suggest that their facilities are a bit basic

[Steve in Pudsey]

Could the Evening News not gone to the GMB studios or is this technically not possible?

Cost? It's a third party studio, not 'in house'?

Technically so is ITV Leeds!

Simon Vigar has put together his report with iMovie by the looks of it. Very amateur graphic for Simon Calder.

The words 'Power Drector' in the corner of the June Brown package would suggest that their facilities are a bit basic

I think that was burned into a clip they nicked off YouTube rather than what the package was made in?

[This is UTV]

If feels very amateurish on 5News tonight, however thankfully not a whiff of the 5Phone nonsense which is a big positive!!!

Surprised 5 haven't just gone for a 30 minute bulletin tonight given all the technical problems. I'm sure ofcom would let them off with just doing a shorter programme with all things considered.

[London Lite]

There's some awful filler as I watch where they're padding around the death of June Brown. They can't even show clips of old EastEnders while they continue to chat.

[chris]

There's some awful filler as I watch where they're padding around the death of June Brown. They can't even show clips of old EastEnders while they continue to chat.

The fact they’re on air at all is quite remarkable. This has been a major, major power and systems problem.

[Steve in Pudsey]

I'll put my hands up to not regularly watching 5 News, but would I be right to assume that this a lot heavier on studio interviews with reporters than would normally be the case?

[BBI45]

Credit must be given to 5 News for getting on air. However, it does feel like there should have been more plans in place for a situation where normal facilities are out of action. The studio looks alright given the makeshift nature, but there seems to have been a lot of inconsistency in the approach to reports. I assume there will likely be some reassessment of plans for any kind of future situation.

[Tom]

Looks like Calendar are in the usual studio tonight.

[Andrew]

Do Yorkshire have a second make shift area Calendar could use if needs be.

Obviously though Leeds is the back up plan so I suspect they've run through the eventuality before so it's quite seamless tonight.

Up until a few years ago Leeds had two live programmes with dedicated studios and galleries going out simultaneously. An acquaintance used to work there and said that if something happened in a neighbouring region that rendered their studio out of action disaster recovery protocols were a Pan region bulletin for Yorkshire with the other studio being used by the region without a working studio.

I know a lot has changed since then but it is possible Leeds May have a second set with its own gallery for such a situation where another region needs to rock up to Leeds because they can’t broadcast from their own studios.

That was over 10 years ago, according to Wikipedia 2009. They subsequently moved buildings in 2013

[James]

Obviously it remains to be seen what studio will be used for the Evening News, but perhaps the GMB studio should be considered as a backup for ITV News and vice versa. I understand that it's probably not that simple, but just a thought.

EDIT: I see this was mentioned on previous page, along with reasons why it wasn't feasible - apologies for missing this

[Aaron]

Meridian has replaced ITV News London, this will make a change.

[Meridian MR]

Meridian has replaced ITV News London, this will make a change.

Yes, London is showing Meridian South, which is pre-recorded. (Meridian South East is the live edition this evening.)

[XIII]

I assume Meridian is the back up for ITV London in general and vice versa.

[Steve in Pudsey]

This was the C4 lunchtime news, a single locked off CSO shot - I'm guessing from Millbank?



(Matt is getting animated reading the weather in the absence of the usual forecast)

[Meridian MR]

I assume Meridian is the back up for ITV London in general and vice versa.

Yes, it is. (Meridian South Coast variant)