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Highlights
BBC coverage: Huw Edwards managing fairly well with the commentary, and not misidentifying any areas of London. Praising the contribution of Jake Humphrey from the Lancaster bomber even though Humphrey's signal kept breaking up. Fearne Cotton's early afternoon handover from Buckingham Palace after a rush of vox pops: "Huw! Help!"
The ceremonial keeping to time.
Everyone in the service knowing their lines.
The celebration of a collective spirit of goodwill.
Shadows
No-one noticing that royal ceremonial re-enacts or seeks to recapture and co-opt the spirit of VE Day.
Both the confused efforts of protestors last night, and the pre-emptive arrests which removed them from the streets.
BBC coverage: Chris Hollins's patronising attitude to the Hyde Park revellers, and the disappearance of sound from some early parts of the broadcast on BBC One HD.
The parade of 'experts' who padded out the commentating by rephrasing Huw Edwards's questions as answers.
The obsession with the wedding dress as fashion statement.
The Guardian's online anguishing over whether it was all right to enjoy oneself today.
BBC coverage: Huw Edwards managing fairly well with the commentary, and not misidentifying any areas of London. Praising the contribution of Jake Humphrey from the Lancaster bomber even though Humphrey's signal kept breaking up. Fearne Cotton's early afternoon handover from Buckingham Palace after a rush of vox pops: "Huw! Help!"
The ceremonial keeping to time.
Everyone in the service knowing their lines.
The celebration of a collective spirit of goodwill.
Shadows
No-one noticing that royal ceremonial re-enacts or seeks to recapture and co-opt the spirit of VE Day.
Both the confused efforts of protestors last night, and the pre-emptive arrests which removed them from the streets.
BBC coverage: Chris Hollins's patronising attitude to the Hyde Park revellers, and the disappearance of sound from some early parts of the broadcast on BBC One HD.
The parade of 'experts' who padded out the commentating by rephrasing Huw Edwards's questions as answers.
The obsession with the wedding dress as fashion statement.
The Guardian's online anguishing over whether it was all right to enjoy oneself today.
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