Duke of Edinburgh: Funeral Build-Up

[eyeTV]

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

And that's what it boils down to really. That a tiny fraction of less than half of 1% of licence fee holders were bothered enough to complain that they didn't get their 43p worth on that particular day. Pathetic really.

[onetrickypony]

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

And that's what it boils down to really. That a tiny fraction of less than half of 1% of licence fee holders were bothered enough to complain that they didn't get their 43p worth on that particular day. Pathetic really.

If I buy a pack of 12 eggs but 1 is missing when I get home I guess I shouldn't bother complaining because I didn't get my 12p worth?

[TMD_24]

F1 have moved Qualifying this weekend from 2pm UK to 1pm time to avoid clashing with the funeral and moved all Friday practice up by half an hour.

[Brekkie]

Slightly disappointed that Mosey doesn't mention Martine Croxall in his praise of the coverage. She isn't one of the regular faces of BBC News on BBC One (the casual BBC One viewer probably wondered who the hell she was as she never introduced herself and wasn't astoned) but it speaks volumes that they didn't wheel in the in the more senior presenter who was surely available an hour before the One.

I suspect had it been embargoed the bigger names would have been put in position, but Martine was superb and who she was is irrelevant to viewer. The news was the Duke had died, not Martine was presenting the news flash.

Back to last Friday and ratings I've still not seen any ratings for the actual 6pm and 10pm news bulletins, or indeed the afternoon coverage. The primetime ratings tell one story (which really doesn't need repeating over and over again), but not the whole story.

[Rob]

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

And that's what it boils down to really. That a tiny fraction of less than half of 1% of licence fee holders were bothered enough to complain that they didn't get their 43p worth on that particular day. Pathetic really.

If I buy a pack of 12 eggs but 1 is missing when I get home I guess I shouldn't bother complaining because I didn't get my 12p worth?

Thank you for the maths lessons... let's get back to the topic in hand please.

[Strange]

Not sure if this has already been posted but Sky news has changed the starting time of it’s coverage. It now starts at half 12 as opposed to 2pm.

[Markymark]

100k complaints about the coverage. Have these people have nothing better to do? They have a right to complain if they feel it necessary but... Bizarre.

It cost £1.20 for a day.

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

Keep up at the back... . 8-)

[TMD_24]

Not sure if this has already been posted but Sky news has changed the starting time of it’s coverage. It now starts at half 12 as opposed to 2pm.

Adam Boulton announced during All Out Politics whilst promoting this that Dermot Murnaghan and Anna Jones will be presenting the coverage.

[Cassia Tuna]

MasterChef: Rescheduled final to air on Wednesday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56732411

[Markymark]

Slightly disappointed that Mosey doesn't mention Martine Croxall in his praise of the coverage. She isn't one of the regular faces of BBC News on BBC One (the casual BBC One viewer probably wondered who the hell she was as she never introduced herself and wasn't astoned) but it speaks volumes that they didn't wheel in the in the more senior presenter who was surely available an hour before the One.

I suspect had it been embargoed the bigger names would have been put in position, but Martine was superb and who she was is irrelevant to viewer. The news was the Duke had died, not Martine was presenting the news flash.

Yes, and as a consequence she will never be a pub quiz answer in years to come. (Except for a TVF/L pub quiz reunion of course )

However, that should be taken as a credit, an A Good Thing

[PATV Scunthorpe]

Not to sway too much from the build up intention of thread,
In today's episode of his podcast, Jordan North has briefly gone into what it was like being on air on Radio 1 at the time of the announcement, plus some general chat about the topic and the funeral.
https://play.acast.com/s/sextedmyboss/he...ngtolondon

[TVNewsViewer]

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

And that's what it boils down to really. That a tiny fraction of less than half of 1% of licence fee holders were bothered enough to complain that they didn't get their 43p worth on that particular day. Pathetic really.

If I buy a pack of 12 eggs but 1 is missing when I get home I guess I shouldn't bother complaining because I didn't get my 12p worth?

There wasn't one missing though, or indeed anything missing. If you are a BBC One viewer rather than someone who watches the News Channel, you didn't get a black screen on BBC One - you got full coverage of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, albeit that that coverage just happened to duplicate something that was on a channel you don't watch (the BBC News Channel) and indeed on BBC Two as well. BBC One has a role to cover really major news events as they occur. The News Channel has its own remit - they just happened to coincide on this occasion. If you are a News Channel viewer, you also got all the news coverage you like and, as a news junkie, also got BBC One yanked off air. The power of the news that is always there. It is viewers of BBC Two that might have justification to complain and should have been complaining for several years already, as their station has been effectively part-time in daytime for many years due to funding cuts.

[JK1985]

In terms of what the funeral will be like, I wonder if there will be a short funeral procession from the private Royal Chapel in the upper ward of the castle where the royal chapel and apartments are, down to St George's Chapel, possibly led by a small royal band playing a funeral march which would make it a scaled down ceremonial funeral procession.

The funeral service will probably last around 45 to 60 minutes, before the Duke's coffin taken to his final resting place within the castle.

I think this will be a very dignified scaled down ceremony, and it will be interesting to see how it will look on TV.

[Ash101]

Back to last Friday and ratings I've still not seen any ratings for the actual 6pm and 10pm news bulletins, or indeed the afternoon coverage. The primetime ratings tell one story (which really doesn't need repeating over and over again), but not the whole story.

According to this blog post on the media's response:

The BBC’s 6 O’Clock News was the highest rated programme of the night with 4.6m viewers (though it was simulcast on BBC One, Two and the News Channel). The second highest was Gogglebox on Channel 4 with 4.2m.

[onetrickypony]

The licence fee is ~43p a day.

And that's what it boils down to really. That a tiny fraction of less than half of 1% of licence fee holders were bothered enough to complain that they didn't get their 43p worth on that particular day. Pathetic really.

If I buy a pack of 12 eggs but 1 is missing when I get home I guess I shouldn't bother complaining because I didn't get my 12p worth?

There wasn't one missing though, or indeed anything missing. If you are a BBC One viewer rather than someone who watches the News Channel, you didn't get a black screen on BBC One - you got full coverage of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, albeit that that coverage just happened to duplicate something that was on a channel you don't watch (the BBC News Channel) and indeed on BBC Two as well. BBC One has a role to cover really major news events as they occur. The News Channel has its own remit - they just happened to coincide on this occasion. If you are a News Channel viewer, you also got all the news coverage you like and, as a news junkie, also got BBC One yanked off air. The power of the news that is always there. It is viewers of BBC Two that might have justification to complain and should have been complaining for several years already, as their station has been effectively part-time in daytime for many years due to funding cuts.

Everything was missing from Two, Scotland, Alba and Four. No matter the severity of the story, that should never have happened.