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Article: Duchess joins current affairs shows' stampede into showbiz
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2001
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THE DESCENT of current affairs programmes into showbiz fare is
about to accelerate.
On tomorrow's edition of Tonight With Trevor McDonald the veteran
newscaster will preside over the Duchess of York's television debut
as an investigative reporter. And anxious not to be left behind in
the new era of non-cerebral reporting, the BBC is launching its own
weekday current affairs programme, which it is promoting as "highly
packaged and glossy", adjectives not readily associated with hard
news.
The BBC has been experimenting for some time with different
current affairs formats in an attempt to find an enduring popular
format. The corporation's decision to move its flagship current
affairs ...