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 2007 21:30大象传媒 Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
- Sat 29 Dec 2007 22:00大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
- Mon 31 Dec 2007 19:30大象传媒 Two England
- Thu 3 Jan 2008 19:00大象传媒 Two Wales (Analogue)
- Sat 31 May 2008 22:10大象传媒 Two except East & Yorkshire
- Sat 30 May 2009 22:40大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland (Analogue), England, Northern Ireland & Scotland only