No presenter chitchat has been scripted, and there was some talk about having nominees present a list of people they'd like to thank, whose names would run across the bottom of the screen during those precious seconds while the winners make their way to the stage.
"On Watanda there is no presenter to intimidate people.
I liked the construction of the programme: no presenter, just a series of sound clips mingled with experts and biographers contextualising each writer's approach.
However, the BBC admitted that no presenter or performer earns more than £5m a year now that Jonathan Ross's exclusive deal has ended.
While no presenter is or should ever be better or more important than the format, the departure of a fixture can blight the continuing franchise.
Arguably, that wasn't such a bad thing: this was television without any of the modern television conventions – no crazy music or idents, no shots of screaming/cheering audience, no numbers to call and vote, and no presenter as star.
