and the editor of the catch up, amanda goodman, joins me now. h for coming on newswatch, amanda. what's the brief for the programme? so, our target audience is 16—24—year—olds — and that's the very lightest news users, and mostly people outside london. so we were looking to create something which, in look and feel, felt like the kind of content they were consuming on social media. so, kind of, very graphical, very relaxed, very informal, and also informative. so we want to help them feel confident about talking about the news, kind of, break down some of the difficult subjects, but in a relaxed, kind of, relatable way. 0n the original bbc three, there was, i think there was a 60—second news service. now you've got this three minutes on the catch up, you know, each night. can you realistically cover stories as complex as, say, ukraine in such a short bulletin? well, some of the bulletins are two minutes, actually. so it is a challenge, but i think in development, we found that the key is not to try and race through too many stories. so, to take a

and the editor of the catch up, amanda goodman, joins me now. brief for the programme? so, our target audience is 16— to 2a—year—olds — and that's the very lightest news users, and mostly people outside london. so we were looking to create something which, in look and feel, felt like the kind of content they were consuming on social media. so, kind of, very graphical, very relaxed, very informal, and also informative. so we want to help them feel confident about talking about the news, break down some of the difficult subjects, but in a relaxed, relatable way. 0n the original bbc3, there was — there was a 60—second news service. now, you've got this three minutes on the catch up, you know, each night. can you realistically cover stories as complex as, say, ukraine in such a short bulletin? well, some of the bulletins are two minutes, actually. so it is a challenge, but i think in development, we found that the key is not to try and race through too many stories. so, to take a couple of stories and kind of break them down. kind of, what's the sto

amanda goodman, thank you very much for coming on newswatch. absolute pleasure. say that any 16— to 2a—year—olds watching, we would love to hear from you and what you think of the catch up and, indeed, any bbc news content. now, it's been hard to get away this week from those allegations of lockdown gatherings at downing street. over the past few days, several bbc news bulletins and hours of continuous news were again presented from outside number ten. on tuesday morning, it was victoria derbyshire, stationed there for the news channel, conducting an interview down the line with conservative mp shailesh vara, when she got distracted by some activity behind her. there were plenty of occasions where he was there, because he was actually at the party. how did that happen in the middle of a pandemic? tell me — people don't understand. victoria, the prime minister has said... inaudible. ..at parliament nearly three weeks ago, he said that, as far as the event of 20th... i'm sorry, mr vara. he did say... mr dowden, will you speak to us, please, on bbc news? therese cof

and the editor of the catch up, amanda goodman, joins me now. is three minutes on the catch up, you know, each night. can you realistically cover stories as complex as, say, ukraine in such a short bulletin? well, some of the bulletins are two minutes, actually. so it is a challenge, but i think in development, we found that the key is not to try and race through too many stories. so, to take a couple of stories and kind of break them down. kind of, what's the story? why does it matter? why is it happening? and not assume too much knowledge, kind of use graphics to help kind of explain, and then signpost to other kind of areas of the bbc if they want to know more. so it's just an opportunity then for them to dig deeper if they want to. i think it's fair to say no—one would be turning on bbc3 for the news, will they? so is it really something that the regulator ofcom is making you do? yeah, it is a requirement of ofcom, but i mean, it's important for the bbc anyway, because, you know, this audience that maybe will be coming off the back of rupaul�