to say, but it is quite hard to cover, with five candidates, a lot of subject in an hour, so it s a good bit of shorthand. it switches things up a bit. it gives a different sort of tempo to the programme. i mean, it s television it s a visual. it s a great bit of visual shorthand, even though those hands were down. and it s just one of those little moments. and it also helped us to tee up before we went to the ad break that we were going to get into the issue of character, and we just thought that was a punchy, quick, sharp way of doing it, and it was the thing that was picked up. is itjournalistically satisfying to do these debates when you go into them? trying to balance all of these different, sometimes competing factors? i think that. that is a really great question because, actually, they are satisfying as a moderator. they are not always journalistically satisfying because your instinct as a journalist is to want to do endless follow up questions, to go down the route that peop
and its because when we are thinking about formats, we are thinking about, 0k, we are asking our audience to stay with us for an hour. that is quite a tight time. it might seem an odd thing to say, but it is quite hard to cover, with five candidates, a lot of subject in an hour, so it s a good bit of shorthand. it switches things up a bit. it gives a different tempo to the programme. i mean, it s television it s a visual. it s a great bit of visual shorthand, even though those hands were down. and it s just one of those little moments. and it also helped us to tee up before we went to the ad break that we were going to get into the issue of character, and we just thought that was a punchy, quick, sharp way of doing it, and it was the thing that was picked up. is a journalistically satisfying to do these debates when you go into them? trying to balance all of these different, sometimes competing factors? i think that. that is a really great question because, actually, they are satisfy
we planned to do it, and it s because when we are thinking about formats, we are thinking about, 0k, we are asking our audience to stay with us for an hour. that is quite a tight time. it might seem an odd thing to say, but it is quite hard to cover, with five candidates, a lot of subject in an hour, so it s a good bit of shorthand. it switches things up a bit. it gives a different tempo to the programme. i mean, it s television it s a visual. it s a great bit of visual shorthand, even though those hands were down. and it s just one of those little moments. and it also helped us to tee up before we went to the ad break that we were going to get into the issue of character, and wejust thought that was a punchy, quick, sharp way of doing it, and it was the thing that was picked up. is a journalistically satisfying to do these debates when you go into them? trying to balance all of these different, sometimes competing factors? i think that. that is a really great question because, actua
it gives a different tempo to the programme. i mean, it s television it s a visual. it s a great bit of visual shorthand, even though those hands were down. and it s just one of those little moments. and it also helped us to tee up before we went to the ad break that we were going to get into the issue of character, and we just thought that was a punchy, quick, sharp way of doing it, and it was the thing that was picked up. is a journalistically satisfying to do these debates when you go into them? trying to balance all of these different, sometimes competing factors? i think that. that is a really great question because, actually, they are satisfying as a moderator. they are not always journalistically satisfying because your instinct as a journalist is to want to do endless follow up questions, to go down the route that people have set you on and follow up and interrogate, but you are, actually, in those formats, you are there to encourage debate between the candidates, and it s ab