BBC Tour 2004

Don't think they've been finalised yet ...

BREAKING NEWS: Owing to something coming up at the eleventh hour, I am now unable to go tomorrow!

Shame !

Mind you I didn't go either, due to a mixture of things! (Hangover, collared for jobs etc !)

That's strange. I could have sworn I saw you there! I was going to come talk to you but my friend Emma was keeping me busy then when I did get chance I couldn't see you.

Anyway it was a good day. Didn't get to have a go at presenting either TV or radio because they were all booked up past 3pm by the time we got there at noon, but was the vision mixer instead, wrote a story for BBC News online and commentated on the Wimbledon ladies tennis final which I've got a video of.

Met Jane Hill, Nik Gowing, that guy off Click Online that does the techy emails bit and Shefali off Midlands weather.

Oh yes, and there were people filming stuff for Breakfast so I may be on it sometime soon.

I went to the one in Birmingham today, had a go on the vision mixerthen presented a Five Live Bully. Was a good experience, and nice to meet the people that put together the news.

director: "and Mix"
I press cut
me: "oops"
director: "fine cut it then..."

So who's gonna be at the one in Pembrookeshire on Tuesday??

If you have any kids, we need some for Xchange filming, we're doing as-live OB's... It's a talent trawl, so brillo if they can do anything unusual or exciting.

And now you all know how stupidly easy this media stuff is

Why aren't they doing one in Newcastle? Considering LN NE/C is one of the best regions, and easily one of the most cultural regions, surely the BBC could have used the Town Moor or something like that? It would be brilliant promotion for Look North...

ID WISH THEY'D COME TO SHEFFIELD

It's because we came to Sunderland last year - they wanted to spread them out to other areas