Ideas for a sports news show
So I’ve moved up in the world - literally - from the Newsroom on the first floor of Television Centre in west London to the Sport department on the fifth floor, to set up a new sports news programme for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One to be launched in the coming months.
I’ve done launches before on News 24 and on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Four and they all start the same way... it’s just a desk, a phone and a PC.
Before Christmas I appealed for ideas from you and I’d like to renew that appeal now – what would you like to see on the new programme? Which sports? What subjects?
What about the tone of the programme – it will probably be a late night 1030/11pm sort of start time – what would make you watch? And if you’re not a sports fanatic, what might make you turn on? Oh - and any ideas for a name???
I'm eager to hear from you - as I wean myself off the two daily-deadline diet of my previous job (in charge of the One and Six O'Clock News) and get involved in recruiting a team, creating a look for the programme and thinking about potential stories.
My new colleagues in ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport couldn’t have been more welcoming. I’ve had so many people come up to me with good wishes and ideas I already feel it’s a project people want to get involved in, both in sport and in news, as the programme is a collaboration between the two.
So please let me know your thoughts - all ideas gratefully received, as they say.
