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General day-to-day goings on (January 2005)

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HA
harshy Founding member
I wonder why the archives exist?
NE
News24
I am expecting a return of Alistair 'Big Al' Yates to daytime News24 tomorrow morning. Tim Willcox is filling in for Chris Lowe this weekend so he won't be on his usual 10.00 - 15.00 shift. Last time this happened, Big Al showed up and put a shift in - more of the same tomorrow I hope!
SJ
sjhoward
harshy posted:
I wonder why the archives exist?

They're part of the blinkx tv search engine
HA
harshy Founding member
tillyoshea posted:
harshy posted:
I wonder why the archives exist?

They're part of the blinkx tv search engine


Thanks for the information tillyoshea now me and others know Smile
MA
Marcus Founding member
News24 posted:
I am expecting a return of Alistair 'Big Al' Yates to daytime News24 tomorrow morning. Tim Willcox is filling in for Chris Lowe this weekend so he won't be on his usual 10.00 - 15.00 shift. Last time this happened, Big Al showed up and put a shift in - more of the same tomorrow I hope!


Al is currently on BBC World. So unless he is doing a double shift you may be disappointed
DJ
David Jonathan
harshy posted:
tillyoshea posted:
harshy posted:
I wonder why the archives exist?

They're part of the blinkx tv search engine


Thanks for the information tillyoshea now me and others know Smile

It seems that the videos aren't updated anymore. For a week or so no new videos have been added. And the search engine on the blinkx website now takes its videos from the BBC NEWS website.
WM
With Me, Tim Wilcox
Marcus posted:
News24 posted:
I am expecting a return of Alistair 'Big Al' Yates to daytime News24 tomorrow morning. Tim Willcox is filling in for Chris Lowe this weekend so he won't be on his usual 10.00 - 15.00 shift. Last time this happened, Big Al showed up and put a shift in - more of the same tomorrow I hope!


Al is currently on BBC World. So unless he is doing a double shift you may be disappointed


Unfortunately, I think that time when Alastair presented the 1000-1500 shift was a bit of a rare treat for us.

Although it's actually Louise Minchin doing that shift today, it really wouldnt have surprised me if Tim did that shift AND tonight's 1900-0000. Wouldn't have been the first time Tim has appeared on our screens covering two shifts in 24 hours...
NE
News24
Never mind, there will be another time I hope.

I'm sure Tim Willcox must virtually live there. On the day of the London bombings he just happened to be in, and came into the studio to assist with the Breaking news, even though he wasn't even presenting that day.

He is an excellent presenter, it is good they find so many shifts for him, even if he only 'officially' has 2 shifts of his own.
NG
noggin Founding member
News24 posted:
Never mind, there will be another time I hope.

I'm sure Tim Willcox must virtually live there. On the day of the London bombings he just happened to be in, and came into the studio to assist with the Breaking news, even though he wasn't even presenting that day.

He is an excellent presenter, it is good they find so many shifts for him, even if he only 'officially' has 2 shifts of his own.


Tim does freelance reporter shifts as well as presenter shifts. I suspect he was one of the News 24 reporters (the ones who are based in the newsroom to voice packages, rather than out on location) on the day of the bombs, so he was drafted in to sit on set and act as a "Presenter's Friend". (The term for a guest or correspondent who is there to allow the presenter a break from talking!)
MA
Magoo
Reeta Chakrabarti presenting with Phil Hayton on N24 this morning. Does anyone know if this is her first time on the channel?
DJ
David Jonathan
scottish posted:
Reeta Chakrabarti presenting with Phil Hayton on N24 this morning. Does anyone know if this is her first time on the channel?


Who is she?
MA
Magoo
She is usually a BBC Political Correspondent, and reported on the Lib Dem campaign during the election.

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