:00:04. > :00:14.More sport later. 9:45pm, now it's time for news
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:00:28. > :00:33.watch. Welcome to news watch. The house of parliament are off than
:00:33. > :00:42.central to BBC news reporting. -- of the essential to BBC news
:00:42. > :00:51.reporting. For the first time in its 32 year history Questioning
:00:51. > :00:55.Time was broadcast inside of a parliament. A good moment to ask
:00:55. > :01:05.whether BBC News covers Parliament to the right degree, and in the
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:01:06. > :01:11.right way? No, no, no! Weak, weak, weak! It is with a heavy heart that
:01:11. > :01:16.I resign from the government. House of Commons has provided many
:01:16. > :01:24.dramatic scenes since the cameras a bride in 1989. Some are less
:01:24. > :01:34.exciting moments as well. For some viewers the occasion the arcane
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:01:54. > :02:00.Things have moved on a big blow. Since radio microphones arrived in
:02:00. > :02:03.Westminster in 1978. Some places have become a very recognisable.
:02:03. > :02:11.There is a lot of television that I do not particularly care for, say
:02:11. > :02:17.when there's not be gone, I go to the Parliamentary Channel.
:02:17. > :02:27.Parliament broadcasts all day, they show selected workings of
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:02:43. > :02:46.Order, order, order! The house is getting... While this week's Prime
:02:46. > :02:52.Minister's Question Time was a raucous affair, other viewers would
:02:52. > :03:02.like more parliamentary coverage across BBC News. Both the Prime
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:03:22. > :03:27.Minister and the leader of the They were sadly disappointed when
:03:27. > :03:31.the details of the budget renounced. Since we have been able to here,
:03:31. > :03:41.and see the announcements are elected representatives, how has
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:03:43. > :03:50.that changed television news? Joining the is Michael Cockerell,
:03:50. > :03:58.and Peter Knowles. How much as Parliament cost? Is it good value
:03:58. > :04:02.for the viewers? The production cost is less than �2 million a year.
:04:02. > :04:08.That is less than a local radio station. That gives you a sense of
:04:08. > :04:12.it. How many people watch? We have an average monthly audience of 1.8
:04:12. > :04:22.million people that his bat -- that is more than most people would
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:04:27. > :04:34.imagine. Do you think because of this channel the main news
:04:34. > :04:40.bulletins cover less politics? think that largely on the news, and
:04:40. > :04:43.current affairs, the coverage of Parliament is limited to sound
:04:44. > :04:53.bites from prime ministers. The work of Parliament is not properly
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:04:54. > :04:58.covered. The news channel covers Parliament to a tremendous degree.
:04:58. > :05:03.If you care passionately about legislation, or your political
:05:03. > :05:11.party, it is unlikely you will feel that the news media give it enough
:05:11. > :05:18.coverage. To what extent has the arrival of the cameras, how has it
:05:18. > :05:22.affected politicians? It has affected them quite a lot. It is
:05:22. > :05:29.quite difficult to imagine a Prime Minister being chosen, being
:05:29. > :05:36.elected, who is not at home on a TV. David Cameron is a classic instance
:05:36. > :05:44.of someone who has lived all his life with the TV cameras. He spent
:05:44. > :05:49.his whole time with the spin doctor when I was making a film about him.
:05:49. > :05:54.How have the television cameras affected behaviour? It is the
:05:54. > :06:04.famous effect, a way you cluster around the person speaking. It
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:06:05. > :06:15.works, to a degree. If it is a poorly defended -- attended debate.,
:06:15. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:27.it can get embarrassing. A they tend to use the don't a shot. --
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:06:28. > :06:35.does not a shot. David Cameron has been surrounded by young women.
:06:35. > :06:44.Have you got complete editorial control? Your cameras are locked
:06:44. > :06:51.off. Can be speeded come to an say -- can be Speaker continued, and
:06:51. > :06:55.say, we do not want to see that? They are not our cameras. We are
:06:55. > :07:01.always looking for changes, and improvements to the way the cameras
:07:01. > :07:07.are used. As well as the people speaking, you get reaction from
:07:07. > :07:10.people listening. It is much more like a normal outside broadcast. It
:07:10. > :07:15.is not quite all the way there, but there are things that you will
:07:15. > :07:22.never see, the public gallery for instance. You'll never get a poor
:07:22. > :07:26.sense of that chamber. -- ball centre-back chamber. It is more
:07:26. > :07:35.flexible, and more generous to the viewer than in most other
:07:35. > :07:43.parliaments around the world. you think BBBC explains things
:07:43. > :07:50.enough -- BBC explains things enough? Political reporters use
:07:50. > :07:58.turns in the common parlance, a that is not always easy. What is a
:07:58. > :08:04.three line whip? It is a debate that you must attend. What is a
:08:04. > :08:13.programme motion? Da is a scheduling a motion -- that is a
:08:14. > :08:19.scheduling motion. If we put that on screen, it is meaningless.
:08:19. > :08:25.Finally, your favourite political televised moment? They have been so
:08:25. > :08:35.many. There was a one line or in Prime Minister's Questions, the new
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:08:36. > :08:46.Prime Minister had got up to speak, John Major, he drew breath, and
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:08:46. > :08:49.then Dennis Skinner said, resign! The whole house fell apart.
:08:49. > :08:55.To some of the news away from Parliament which you have been
:08:55. > :09:01.commenting on. Last week saw a long-running story, which we have
:09:01. > :09:07.mentioned before. Today at five o'clock, guilty,
:09:07. > :09:11.Vincent Tabak is sentenced to life for the murder of Jo Yeates. He
:09:11. > :09:21.will serve a minimum of 20 years. After watching coverage of Vincent
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:09:38. > :09:47.Last Sunday's Andrew Marcio came not from his normal London base.
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:09:50. > :09:55.But from a different place. Good morning from Perth in Australia.
:09:55. > :10:05.Around one a third of the Earth's population in pop -- one-third of
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:10:39. > :10:48.the politicians in the world have Finally, a frequent on or objection.
:10:48. > :10:56.-- frequent objection. This week, on the BBC news channel apologised
:10:56. > :11:00.Pereira. I must tell you that last month we broadcast a report from
:11:00. > :11:10.the BBC -- from the Conservative Party conference that fell below
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:11:13. > :11:17.our standards. We have apologised to and retiree for those broadcast.