17-09-2021, 11:15 PM
chris post_id=40607 time= user_id=1265 Wrote:Thistle post_id=40603 time= user_id=882 Wrote:Newsnight is back in Glasgow tonight with Kirsty Wark - coming from The Street set.
I don’t see why a more permanent move couldn’t be made. The majority of guests even when in London appear to be coming DTL anyway and the programme looks much better from Scotland and Wales. It would feel much more of a commitment to producing content outside of the capital than this tokenistic occasional decamping.
Alternatively perhaps there could be more regularity to it - Thursdays from Wales with a new Welsh presenter, Fridays from Scotland with Kirsty for example - utilising more academics and experts from those nations. It would give it a bit more structure than these random ad-hoc movements.
PS - never Salford. It looks awful.
Agree that would be a good move. Probably not practical for the programme's agenda but with bib could be in Wales on Tuesday and in Scotland on Thursday to coincide with First Minister's Question in each nation (I think NI's equivalent is every other Monday). I doubt the show would want to focus outside of the main national and international stories as early in the week as Tuesday but in an ideal world if your idea became reality that could be an idea on when to base the programme outside of London.