This article has since been updated with:
Despite the disruptions, the broadcaster is working with the unions to discuss how it would quickly scale its teams back up to cover any significant breaking news event that occurred during the strike, Stevens said.
“We all know how uncertain the domestic and international news environment is at the moment… so please stay alert to the need to be called in should a major story break,” Stevens said. Emergency broadcasting was exempt from the strike, Stevens said.
So we’ll be in safe hands. BBC across the day, and a technical resumption of normalcy if things go down.
Probably unless the BBC already has ongoing coverage of said story.