BBC News - behind the scenes of The Six
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2020
- So here’s what happens behind the scenes of a news programme. We were live from the studio and gallery as the BBC News At Six went on air, answering your questions. Ripped from Facebook, but this is better resolution (for whatever reason)
** This was recorded in 2016, long before the world of Social Distancing** - Zábava
I'm so sorry for the loss of George Alagiah. He was an exceptional talent. It's great to have this video to remember him in the future.
The energy of talkback is brilliant
"Hello Love"
"Hello Darling"
I still can't believe the intercom mic for the director is open to the presenter the entire time, and the presenter hears EVERYTHING in the control room/gallery.
I work at a broadcaster too...with us, different presenters have different "preferences", some don't mind an open intercom, others can't handle it and insist it's on just when they need to be spoken to, and otherwise shut off.
I think you'll find the directors turn of phrase could have been better. It's likely what he meant to say is George can hear everything IF HE WANTS TO. I never knew of any presenter who would want open comms in their ear. Normally the director can key the presenters ear piece (turn on their mic to talk to them) when they need too. Otherwise the presenter can't hear anything.
I feel like I’m on work experience. A great insight into how it all works.
I agree ☝️
Gone but not forgotten George. A true class act.
This is the 'essence' of reality; people at work performing the tasks that viewers, like us, find fascinating. I fail to appreciate the interest in most commonplace 'reality TV' when you watch programmes like this. I loved it, really intriguing.
Thank you George for everything! You will be missed!
It was around this time I was working as a Broadcast Assistant in BBC local radio. This is just on another level entirely!
I can only imagine the atmosphere in the newsroom earlier this year when the news broke about The Queen’s passing.
Yes! Just what I was thinking too!
During my A Levels 20 years ago I got to spend a week in TV Centre with the News department. One of the best and most interesting weeks of my life. I got to sit in the gallery for the 6 and this video brought back all the excitement and energy I felt back then. Huw Edwards and his producer hosted me that day and it was as exciting as this video, and more. Thanks BBC News.
Look for bbc one first handover to news 24. Look behind the news reporters. Is that person waving you?
I once got the pleasure of sitting in the gallery of BBC East Midlands Today. That was an experience I'll never forget. The amount of pressure is just crazy and it amazes me how they keep to such a tight schedule.
It's always been my dream to be part of the newsroom. The fast-pacing of time, the pressure, the focus on the job, and telling the story to millions of viewers. 🥺😊 So happy to watch this! I've learned a lot. Something similar flow to our national TV flagship news program here in the Philippines.
This had my fullest of attentions for the whole 52 minutes. Captivating stuff.
I love working in live production, when it goes bad its where a great ability to work under extreme pressure and make split second decisions is key. News is where i’d really love to work if the opportunity comes up.
The simple formula for success is a small team of people who work well together and are very good at what they do.
Excellent. Why can we not have more behind the scenes programmes like this. Very informative on what we normally take for granted.
Just watched every minute of this and LOVED IT!!!! Thank you.....
this is so exciting!...yougotthis thank you for sharing this and keep safe! keep our meeting...thank you
Thank you for this, what an eye opener. I knew as a person who had and still has a passing interest in journalism what goes on but didn't realise these days how big it is.
36 years ago my parents tries to encourage me to take a BBC apprenticeship. Unfortunately the shy 17 year old me didn't want to spend a number of weeks/months away from home. Having then gone on to exercise some of my skills in sound, light and scheduling as a mobile DJ for 13 years, in hindsight I regret the decision the 17 year old me made. Even as a behind-the-scenes technician I would have loved a career in this field.
Wow, came across this by accident. Was lucky to have been in studio for an edition of blue Peter 30 years ago. Such a buzz watching behind the scenes.
Amazing. I couldn’t do that job! I’d be scared shitless!
Def! Huge props to the whole team, so calm, got it down 100% 👏👏👏
This is really interesting. Live TV production seems intense.
Brilliant to see how it all works. Respect for such a professional team.
The BBC has always had a professional attitude; the cameras don't exist, the programmes are made by magic :) I first remember being aware of behind the scenes when the cameramen used to laugh on Swap Shop and have been ever since.
Programmes like this, that aren't just an incidental but take a serious look behind the scenes are interesting viewing to more people than the BBC probably realise. Especially with the advent of media courses (which were non-existent when I was at school) and the amount of job opportunities in television these days, there are so many people interested.
I think there is room for so much more of this on social media and CZcams. Don't worry, it won't shatter the 'magic' illusion for the vast majority, those of us who are so interested by it, won't tell anyone ;)
I'm a broadcast journalist, but have always worked on radio in front of a mic. If I had not chosen my path as a newsreader on radio, I would have gone down this path behind the camera on TV, in a control room. This was brilliant!
Would love another one of these behind the scenes now we have social distancing, masks and working from home, to compare before and after Covid
Loved watching every second of this
Really pleased to have found this. Thanks.
I love seeing behind the scenes this should be my future job ❤️❤️😍😍😍
yes i do to
This is so exciting to watch and it made me quite emotional!
BBC news My 70th birthday treat was a visit to Ulster television studios to see the news being set up and broadcast the exciting was fantastic, 7 years later this came back as I watched this programme great I remember one channel BBC times have changed
Thanks to all for for your time Syd mcC
I love that they have a great behind the scenes that even shows everything! I love it! Thank you so much, BBC
This is absolutely fascinating
Excellent behind the scenes view - Glad I found it
Fantastic, really enjoyed the video, and to watch true professional's at work behind the scenes, amazing.
Unbelievable, fascinating and thoroughly engaging! Thanks so much for sharing this.
Absolutely fascinating
Superb insight into how the news is made. Thank you.
Thank you so much for uploading this to CZcams Eggheads was shown on Wed 7 Dec 2016 at 18:00 on BBC TWO.
This is fantastic!
Very interesting, love films like this, please can we have more behind the scenes stuff BBC.
Wow amazing insight here, impressive professionalism
It would be great to see a behind the scenes video of the BBC News at One and Ten of how they put together their lunchtime and late bulletins.
Pfizer have been in the News a few times over the last 10 years. They closed the Sandwich site, had views on Brexit, and then the Sandwich site partly opened as a sort of business park. The Six News video was December 2016. Here's the Facebook link.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/10154176078842217/
this is so exciting!... thank you for sharing this and keep safe! keep our meeting...thank you
Interesting ang informative. Thanks
I noticed the date during the rehearsal part for George practising his lines and saying the onto our corresponded by like that part in this video and I realised this was on my birthday and I defo watched the news that day.
Fascinating
Beautiful interior ❤️
Brilliant
this is really helpful thnx BBc
I love this! Thank you for sharing! 😀 I didn't know the cameras weren't controlled by humans. I knew they were computer controlled, but didn't know humans weren't at the other end of that. :)
Amazing to see how much things have changed in the past 25 years. Haha, I worked in TV land in the lat 80's.
A panoramic view presented by Facebook group - the reporter is fantastic!
This video was a great idea please put up more of these I would love to see more behind-the-scenes of the BBC who ever thought of this you are to be congratulated I am very interested in broadcasting and I love to see behind-the-scenes yours gratefully Derek O’Brien
RIP George Alagiyah 😢
Great video 👍
i like the fact that sophie was the one who did the countdown lol
I felt the tension while they were controlling the news at six.
Very interesting
I enjoyed watching this will there be a 10 o’clock news behind the scenes??
I would loved to be behind the scenes with that 10 oclock news that went very wrong
Thanks for uploading fascinating. Not sure I could present the news whilst I'm heating other voices. Could be distracting. This highlights a skill people need that wouldn't be obvious of you just watched the TV and didn't see how it's put together.
Ok y’a got me now!
Probably waaayyyy toooooo late!
Whoopppppsssss
"Nations and regions next opt out, opt out, cut"
Why am I watching this 😂
Very interesting though!
RIP George
He’s reporting on reporting
Wow
This is so weird if you’re used to the Dutch way of creating television like I do. Everything is automated. Is that the result of cutting the budgetfunds? Only the commercial news in the Netherlands made the running order automated. But out public news doesn’t dare to automate and rather stick to a visionmixer, audioengineer, shader, lighter, playout operator, and such for the 8 o’clock news.
Budgets are razor thin
The choice to automate was taken less due to costs and more due to getting the job done. The studio is actually significantly smaller than it looks, meaning that it would be difficult to fit a lot of people in - plus the usual issues of audio bleed, creating shadows, etc - plus the automated system works pretty much the entire time. Whilst budgets have been cut, the choice to automate was taken for other reasons, not least because a computer will get a better and more consistent shot than a human in that sort of setting.
To add a bit to what sam has said, the studio space is now a lot smaller because they moved back into one of their smaller, earlier studio buildings when the entire BBC left the television centre in 2013 which had comparatively enormous studio sizes.
From the same period 2016 (in dutch) the flagship 20:00 NOS behind the scenes (60 years NOS journaal) : czcams.com/video/FwdmY2KM_Nc/video.html
21:25 On the bank of 9 screens., middle right showing Eggheads; the late and much missed "Tremendous Knowledge" Dave.
Was Eggheads shown on BBC Two that night
4:54 At least they didn't accidently broadcast the engineers phone number or anything ...DOH!
7.12.2016
Fascinating. No doubt the BBC hating Daily Mail readers will find fault with it...
In lovely 360p 😒
Freakkkkk
R.I.P GEORGE ALAGIAH
THIS WAS IN 2016!!!
Maybe there was some news back then now its pure lies.
@@karlhawkes3820 it must be crazy now with covid, brexit, trump, impeachment, Biden, the Downing St briefings, there’s just so much breaking news lately
@@handsoffmycactus2958 "news" is that what call it? Don't forget the stories about Prince Harry and Harry Dunn.
The studio is smaller than one thinks.
Anyone else see The Chase on the screen at 8:46 ?
Every newsroom has TV screens showing ITV, Channel 4, Sky News etc. At ITN, the ITV newsroom have BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News etc on screen.
@@johnking5174 but why?
@@TristanMKW They have the channels on so to watch their news coverage, and if say ITV News got a breaking news story, BBC News team would then research and find out, and report it on the BBC. They have access to all channels, newswires, news agencies etc. Same in every broadcaster.
@@johnking5174 Do you remember John Suchet doing ITN for many years
@@johnking5174 Do you have any ideas what programmes are being shown on the screens at 08:46 I recognise The Chase from ITV but I do not recognise the programmes on the other two screens.
The camera op is all over the place at times 🤦🏼♂️
You think this is stressful, try doing this in the seventies and eighties with no computers high tech graphics etc etc.
I started in 85, more stress now as more digital tech to go wrong!!
@37:19 on Comms: So let's get Matt, Matt are you there? I'm here! Hello love! Hello darling! You alright? haha
Do you have a broadcast video of this video?
Shout out to the Silverstone museum getting aannounced
17:41 James Buckley? Is that you?!
I swear CZcams is just recommending things that involve port Talbot to me
is nice iside i want to visit bbc news i don't know if dis wish will become true
"better resolution" - it's 360p!
11:53 Phizer is shown on the screen, where are the conspiracy theorists 🤣🤣
Pfizer was founded in 1849....
@@Haueodnr I wonder what the hottist conspiracy theory was in 1849!? 😁
@@walkingtheboogie there was no such thing back then
@@walkingtheboogie idk, maybe someone thinking Prince Albert was a German spy 😂
yo i just realised that they leaked the phone number that they use for the interviews on the screen a 5:00
I don't think that's the interview phone number. I've seen phone numbers on the test-card like things at the start of all kinds of live streams (including Olympics and live american football feeds) - I think that's the technical support number you call if the feed cut out to the remote location and you need them to try and re-establish it.
@@SimonHollingshead Its the number of the Engineer. It's mostly done when using remote sources like OBs. That test card/source ident is probably generated from an SNG van somewhere for a remote report and is likely a contractor who they wont know. It's so they have a direct line of communication with them, normally the engineers name would be included in the signal ident as well as the phone number.
I'm surprised that the people in the gallery allowed this to be filmed when the show as live, it must have been really distracting?
It proves just how seasoned they are at it but just watching them do it gave me anxiety!
15:24- is this sophie raworth?
Yes - as said somewhere in the video, the counts were recorded by Sophie Raworth.
@@DavidWood2 well i don’t have time to watch the whole video
wish this was in 360 so we dont have to follow you lol
A more sensitive microphone would be good too!
location?
BBC New Broadcasting House, Portland Place in London, I know the building very well
When are the BBC going to upgrade to 4K. Even my home movie’s are in 4K NOW.
Upgrading everything to 4K is such an expense. Every box every image switcher every camera and even every cable needs to be changed cause of the bandwidth of 4K. All recording is 4x bigger and every single component needs to be upgraded.
Most likely a single camera costs around £70k.and probably cost millions just getting the equipment. Remember that you also have to install and configure everything
I bet that it would take a couple of months just changing the cables and cameras
I work in tv and live events and 99% of the equipment is still hd
In the movie business they have to upgrade some stuff. But there are more or less fewer components compared to the tv industry
Yes you need more powerful components and change the cameras. But those film cameras aren’t made for live productions
Lol what on earth
@@mindstorm95 those cameras are more than 70k
15:15
Hello from me @11mins 😏
salut i love you news moi c marlou jazz
360p goodness
To the prats who say “defund the BBC”... deciding what the news is is a hard job, all this nonsense about bias is from people who don’t understand the craft of journalism and how much effort it takes to produce the news. The world would be a darker place without the BBC
Well said.sick of seeing people say defund they bbc
Don't suppose you work for the BBC do you?
@@rorybrown9750 😂because people can’t have common sense if they aren’t being paid , great logic NOT👍
We wouldn't say defund them either BUT the funding source - the British public have had the reasons for funding changed more times than a babys nappy, in this modern age of choice, subscription options and encryption, the BBC should simply offer subscription services, you pay for what you want and just in case you try to paint us a particular colour DON'T ! because we actually think that they would benefit massively from this!
I personally think the TV licence should be done away with, and they should instead use alternative sources of funding
Especially as I know someone who rarely watches TV, but they have to pay for a TV licence for the few times they do watch TV, when they don't earn much to begin with