The Funny Side of the News
Armed with a host of classic bloopers, Clive Anderson demonstrates the many different ways in which newsreaders' mistakes can occur and traces the evolution of news presentation.
News is a serious, difficult and complicated business. Which makes newsreaders' mistakes even funnier. Armed with a host of classic clips, Clive Anderson demonstrates the many different ways in which news mistakes can occur, and tracks how the style of TV news presentation has evolved over the last 50 years.
Packed with gaffes, outtakes and blunders, there's also newsreaders' perspectives from Fiona Bruce, Michael Aspel, Anne Diamond, Kenneth Kendall, Jan Leeming, Dermot Murnaghan, Sir David Nicholas, Nick Owen, Jan Ravens, Angela Rippon, Nicholas Owen, Peter Sissons, Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, Jeremy Vine, Kirsty Wark and Kirsty Young.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Clive Anderson |
| Director | Angus McIntyre |
| Producer | Angus McIntyre |
| Executive Producer | Alan Tyler |
| Executive Producer | Toby Stevens |
Broadcasts
- Sat 29 Dec 200721:30BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
- Sat 29 Dec 200722:00BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
- Mon 31 Dec 200719:30BBC Two England
- Thu 3 Jan 200819:00BBC Two Wales (Analogue)
- Sat 31 May 200822:10BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
- Sat 30 May 200922:40BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue), England, Northern Ireland & Scotland only
