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What disaster?
When it was in London it had the same number of down-the-line feeds to Westminster and everywhere else, just like as it comes from Salford, Even the guests are as of the high calibre - just because they are London based does not mean they are better!
Ratings for the programme are just as strong, if not stronger and the presenters are well established, now, and well liked by viewers and guests alike!!!
So to say it is a disaster is completely wrong and possibly shows a bit of jealousy!
From my own point of view, moving it from London has helped it get closer to the majority of British people who do NOT live in the capital, as it now features more "national" reports rather than London-centric reports.
You're talking crap and you know it. It's gone from being in a big black box in London with lots of screens, to being in a big black box in Salford with lots of screens. Only instead of London based toffs telling us what's what, we get Manchester based ones. It's no different and was just a waste of money.
If you accept the move was political and waste of money - and most people do - the programme as a whole hasn't suffered. The point I would make is that nothing has been gained. Nothing has improved by the wider Salford move. If moving productions North was such a good idea, why for instance would you shoot a northern comedy 'still open all hours' at the Teddington Studios?
Its very expensive political cobblers - instead of money spent on programming and therefore industry jobs its gone on buildings which are, in the case of Salford, badly designed and expensive to lease.
The Beeb don't make any feature or 'USP' about the programme coming from Salford. I'm sure
a good chunk of the audience simply assume it's from London.
It's not like the 70s, and programmes such as Pebble Mill at One , where it was abundantly
clear they were in Brum, and proud of the fact. Sale of the Century made a feature
of coming from Norwich. The Tube from Newcastle, etc.
The only reference to Breakfast's location is when BBC South's Roger Finn hands back the opt, saying, 'Back to Bill and Louise in Salford' .
They'd be better off abandoning the whole disaster and moving back to London.
What disaster?
When it was in London it had the same number of down-the-line feeds to Westminster and everywhere else, just like as it comes from Salford, Even the guests are as of the high calibre - just because they are London based does not mean they are better!
Ratings for the programme are just as strong, if not stronger and the presenters are well established, now, and well liked by viewers and guests alike!!!
So to say it is a disaster is completely wrong and possibly shows a bit of jealousy!
From my own point of view, moving it from London has helped it get closer to the majority of British people who do NOT live in the capital, as it now features more "national" reports rather than London-centric reports.
You're talking crap and you know it. It's gone from being in a big black box in London with lots of screens, to being in a big black box in Salford with lots of screens. Only instead of London based toffs telling us what's what, we get Manchester based ones. It's no different and was just a waste of money.
If you accept the move was political and waste of money - and most people do - the programme as a whole hasn't suffered. The point I would make is that nothing has been gained. Nothing has improved by the wider Salford move. If moving productions North was such a good idea, why for instance would you shoot a northern comedy 'still open all hours' at the Teddington Studios?
Its very expensive political cobblers - instead of money spent on programming and therefore industry jobs its gone on buildings which are, in the case of Salford, badly designed and expensive to lease.
The Beeb don't make any feature or 'USP' about the programme coming from Salford. I'm sure
a good chunk of the audience simply assume it's from London.
It's not like the 70s, and programmes such as Pebble Mill at One , where it was abundantly
clear they were in Brum, and proud of the fact. Sale of the Century made a feature
of coming from Norwich. The Tube from Newcastle, etc.
The only reference to Breakfast's location is when BBC South's Roger Finn hands back the opt, saying, 'Back to Bill and Louise in Salford' .
