General Election update -

COUNTDOWN ON THE NIGHT



START OF SHOW AND TOP OF THE HOUR SEQUENCE – A GENERAL UPDATE READ BY THE ANCHOR, FOLLOWED BY UPDATES ON HOW THE LABOUR, TORY, LIB DEM and OTHER RESULTS ARE GOING.




AFTER THIS WE GO BACK TO THE ANCHOR WHO WILL DISCUSS THE NEWS. ANCHOR WILL BRING THEM IN WITH BY THROWING A GENERAL OPEN QUESTION OF THE FORM: “WELL IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A BAD NIGHT FOR LABOUR” OR WHATEVER

DISCUSSION WITH GUESTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL END OF SEGMENT. BUT AN OB CAN CRASH IN AT ANY TIME. EDITOR and DIRECTAOR IN GALLERY WILL USE TALK BACK TO WARN THE ANCHOR WHEN AN OB CRASH IS COMING AND WILL GIVE “IN WORDS” SUCH AS “SORRY WE HAVE TO STOP DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE ARE GOING OVER TO OUR REPORTER GLENN HUTT IN EASTLEIGH WHERE THERE’S BEEN A BIT OF AN UPSET” OR WHATEVER.

THE ANCHOR WILL FOLLOW BBC STYLE AND THIS MEANS BRINGING IN THE OB REPORTER BY ASKING AN OPEN QUESTION, NAMCHECKING THE REPORTER SUCH AS “GLENN WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE?” TALKBACK WILL DIRECT THE ANCHOR RE: THE NAME OF THE REPORTER.

AFTER AN OB THE ANCHOR WILL TOSS IT TO THE MOST RELEVANT STUDIO GUEST… “WELL YOU HEARD THAT REPORT… WHAT DOES THIS MEAN.. (or whatever). AFTER A BIT OF THIS WE HAVE…

ANTHER STING TO INTRODUCE PRE-RECORDED CONSTITUENCY PROFILE and ‘ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL’ AUTHORED PIECES AND PACKAGES:



AFTER THIS STING WE WILL PLAY OUT ONE OF HE PACKAGES. GUEST WILL THEN DISCUSS UNTIL THE END OF THE SEGMENT. OBS CAN CRASH IN AT THE DECISION OF THE EDITOR IN GALLERY AT ANY TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS STING TO INTRODUCE PRE-RECORDED ‘ISSUES’ PACKAGES:



LIKEWISE AFTER THIS STING WE WILL PLAY OUT ONE OF HE PACKAGES. GUEST WILL THEN DISCUSS UNTIL THE END OF THE SEGMENT. OBS CAN CRASH IN AT THE DECISION OF THE EDITOR IN GALLERY AT ANY TIME.

OBs WILL BE INTRODUCED DIRECTLY BY A QUESTION TO THE SCREEN BY THE ANCHOR AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.