Out of Studio
As well as presenting from the studio, the main presenters are called upon to present on location when major stories break. For example, Bill Turnbull presented live from King's Cross in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, while Sian Williams reported live from the scene of the Indian earthquake in 2005. In 2008 Bill Turnbull reported live from Washington DC for the US Presidential Elections. On 3 June 2010, Turnbull presented live from the town of Whitehaven, following the Cumbria shootings the previous day.
During September 2009, Kate Silverton presented from Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Silverton and Susanna Reid have presented from the Academy Awards Ceremony.
During the party conference season, one of the main presenters will host the programme from the conference site. In September 2009, Bill Turnbull presented live from Brighton for the Liberal Democrats Conference, while a year later he presented from their party conference in Liverpool and the Labour Conference in Manchester. Sian Williams presented from the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences in September 2009, while in October 2010 she presented from the Tory Conference in Birmingham.
When a major political story breaks, Breakfast has a presenter bringing the morning news on location. Dermot Murnaghan has presented from the election campaign from Bristol, while on 6 April 2010, Sian Williams presented from Westminster in the run up to the announcement of the 2010 General Election. In April and May 2010 Bill Turnbull presented and reported from up and down the country following the parties on the campaign trail. On 30 April 2010, Charlie Stayt presented the programme from the University of Birmingham following the final leaders debate of the election campaign. On 12 May 2010, the day after David Cameron became Prime Minister, Williams presented the programme from College Green, Westminster, while Turnbull presented from outside 10 Downing Street. On the day Chancellor George Osborne unveiled his spending review, in October 2010, Williams was back at Westminster, presenting from College Green.
On 27 July 2010, Turnbull presented from the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London to mark two years until the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chris Hollins presented the sports news from the same location.
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Famous quotes containing the words out of and/or studio:
“The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 2:23.
“Again and again, I struggled though the storm. Once I fainted—and it wasn’t in the script. I was hauled to the studio on a sled, thawed out with hot tea, and then brought back to the blizzard, where the others were waiting. We filmed all day and all night, stopping only to eat standing near a bonfire. We never went inside.... The blizzard never slackened.”
—Lillian Gish (1896–1993)