topic Re: The Wrap in What's On

The Wrap

Databasejohn — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:14:03 GMT

Just watched the wrap news feed and have one comment... Can you please keep the camera still. I felt seasick after only a few minutes... Why does it all need to be moving all the time? Even the graphics behind the presenters have stupid symbols going up and down like childish pokemon. Is this aimed at attention deficit adolescents who won't watch or designer to alienate a dults actually looking for some interesting news and debate. Poor, don't think I will bother watching any more. And a shame, used to avidly watch sky News and press review. No t broke don't fix.

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Re: Te Wrap

lettice — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:44:57 GMT

Must admit the camera moves were very off putting and like you say made you feel kind of sea sick.

The daft way also of zooming over to the papers just did not work and again the camera moving up and down with all the graphics moving around the paper too was awful to watch and the zooming into the paper just had the text out of focus.

Would suggest as I will be doing, sending an email to the Sky Viewer relations team to report it;

ViewerR@sky.uk

They do respond to emails with any updates for your queries or problems and will pass into the relevant Sky production teams.

Re: Te Wrap

Databasejohn — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:01:30 GMT

Agreed. The Wrap is simply way too busy, and is too focused on trying to be different and 'modern' (but somehow ends up looking stereotyped and just plain silly). Too much moving camerawork, too many changing angles, too much distraction (especially in the background) and too much to focus on, let alone listen to the actual voices of the guests. It left me feeling like I had vertigo and a smack on the head. Utterly dreadful. Was a fan of the old, old Sky News Press Preview — but this new 'The Wrap' is a step in the wrong direction. So — after more than a decade of watching the paper review — it's a bye-bye from me...

Re: Te Wrap

Nick111111 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:50:17 GMT

Sky need to reinstate News at Ten and then start the wrap at 10.30pm. I want to watch the news before watching a discussion about the news. Now I will have to watch the news on BBC or ITV first

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Rovernut — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:10:13 GMT

I agree with all comments so far. The Wrap is far too glitzy and dreadfully over the top. I want to hear the news first and then have the comments. Also please tell the panel to calm down! We really don't need Kevin McGuire trying to be funny at every opportunity.

I'm sorry Sky News but this is a spectacular fail which really isn't very impressive! Please change the content before I'm forced to change channels!

Re: Te Wrap

MarkGoldsmith — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:54:31 GMT

@Nick111111 wrote:
Sky need to reinstate News at Ten and then start the wrap at 10.30pm. I want to watch the news before watching a discussion about the news. Now I will have to watch the news on BBC or ITV first

Unfortunately i suspect that is unlikely to happen, as the launch of The Wrap is seemingly related to how news consumption has changed, with the majority catching up with news headlines throughout the day on social media, and on news websites and these debate/conversational shows becoming increasingly popular through the medium of YouTube videos and podcasts.

Re: The Wrap

ruffle — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:30:28 GMT

My wife and I have watched Sky News "The Papers" pretty much every night
since it was first launched.

Now we have "The Wrap"... Oh dear 😞

The background 'city scape' is far too bright; why should we feel the
need to wear sunglasses to watch TV?

The symbols behind the presenters that bounce up and down are hugely
distracting; just watch the first episode when you cut to a closeup of
Sarah Vine.

The position of the screen showing the front pages is really awful. Not
only does the camera need to pan and zoom to get it into view (in a
crazy motion sickness inducing manner) but the resultant image is very
difficult to read. Please just go back to the image of the front page
behind the presenter and panelists.

I'm sorry to say that this redesign is a huge fail from Sky News.

You've broken something that worked very well.

Re: The Wrap

funnyguy1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:43:08 GMT

Used to like watching Sky news at 10 pm and press review at 10.30pm . before going to bed at 11pm,now I have to listen to comments about the news followed by repeat comments about the papers afterwards.Will have to switch back to BBC news again and perhaps just watch the 10.30pm portion on Sky ,otherwise it's going to be a long night with repet comments.

Re: The Wrap

Nube — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:44:55 GMT

Have come here specifically to moan about The Wrap. We watch The Papers every night. Now we have to try not to be distracted by the moving camera, video in the side bar, bright colours and lights. We want to focus on the business at hand. This is like a cheap website. It's a mess. Why change it?

Re: The Wrap

NoSpace — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:00:59 GMT

Bright colours! constantly moving camera! more bright colours! weird moving background! purple! portrait-format screen with vertical scrolling! ugly TikTok-style subtitles when it shows interviews!

I started watching Sky News a while back after BBC News decided to make the bottom 25% of the screen a big headline sliding up and down, blocking what I'm trying to watch. And their newsreaders who feel compelled to say "[firstname] [surname] there" after every single contributor. Huw Edwards, I'm looking at you. Though not any more, of course.

This new Sky News format is awful, for all the reasons everyone else has given so far.

Re: The Wrap

REALITY_MAN — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:21:33 GMT

WRAP UP "THE WRAP" ASAP; NOW HAVING TO GET THE MY NEWS FROM OTHER SOURCES.

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

That’s my thought on the new format change at 10 o’clock nightly on Sky News.

I recorded all four programmes from 10pm to midnight to watch the following day, but I ended up fast-forwarding through two hours worth of shows just to find all the UK/world news! This is bonkers!

The new format is a weird, for-the-sake-of-it Americanised creation, awkward configurations and camera direction in a new studio which resembles breakfast TV in the dark.

The host, in front of an overly-bright ITV-ish, cityscape slide, chatting to the same two people on either side of them for two hours is overkill - especially as some of the press review guests can be quite dull and boring: often stating the obvious in a desperate attempt to fill time.

I am now getting more of my news now from the excellent, comprehensive BBC text service (Red Button) and Channel 4, where I don’t have to put up with a news reader at a desk pretending that the new “cheese and wine” format is just fantastic - because any less enthusiasm from Sky staff would result in them queueing at the local Job Centre the following morning.

On a positive note, at least the programme has kept the old orchestral theme music, but it may be only a matter of time before that changes to some cringing ITV-esque synthesised cacophony.

Re: The Wrap

oj01 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:26:11 GMT

@REALITY_MAN @NoSpace @Nube

@funnyguy1

Have you told Sky how you feel at ViewerR@sky.uk ?

Re: The Wrap

NoSpace — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:44:59 GMT

I turn on the TV to.... watch TV. So why in the world would I want to watch people in a studio discussing a big phone-shaped screen? It makes no sense. Tried watching again, I just can't. Toe-curlingly awful.

If this is a "bold evolution" that "reflects how audiences now engage with news" (as Sky News announced it) they can count me out.

Yes I will have to mail them.

Re: The Wrap

funnyguy1 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:04:19 GMT

ViewerR@sky.uk ?...Doesn't Sky read the posts on here then?

Re: The Wrap

Annie+UK — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:11:20 GMT

@funnyguy1 wrote:

ViewerR@sky.uk ?...Doesn't Sky read the posts on here then?

This forum is primarily customer-to-customer help

Sky has a small team that run the forums but the reply to very few post

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Rovernut — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:33:09 GMT

Apparently not. However if you send a copy to the email address you do get a reply and the content of your email is forwarded to the production team.

Re: The Wrap

PST2 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:42:56 GMT

Totally agree with all comments

The "Wrap" is the wrong way to go - News first and front page reviews at 19.30 much better format

also couldn't they afford a bigger desk ? When there are 2 commentators on one side it's like they have to sit on someone's lap 🤣

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PST2 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:44:15 GMT

I meant 10.30

Re: Te Wrap

Rakenno — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:09:17 GMT

The new background is distracting and hard on the eyes! Simply awful..

I don't feel the newspaper headlines are as easy to read as the camera sits further back to get both presenters in frame...

Also, i liked the presenters side by side. You could see the others expression when the other was giving their view etc... at times conversing on a point. So that element has gone now!

I'm up for change but i think Sky have lost the flow and focus here.

Re: The Wrap

Nicholas+Mo — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:25:51 GMT

the new format makes it difficult to find the actual, hard news amidst the "cheese and wine" conversational style. Revert back to the original news format...what I would like post 10pm to 1030pm news is a programme similar to BBC's Newsnight but longer than their 39 min