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KA
Kaplinsky
Nigel Jay was on! Damn I missed him Sad How was he? He must be freelancing now . . . Do any insiders know?
TV
TVN
Kaplinsky posted:
Nigel Jay was on! Damn I missed him Sad How was he? He must be freelancing now . . . Do any insiders know?


He was good, nice to see him back.

He does not do regular work for NWT any more as he is running his own company, I believe it is canned JayMedia.

But perhaps we will see him in the next few months as cover for Carol Lowe.
KA
Kaplinsky
It's a bit odd that NWT got rid of Nigel but he still pops up now and then. By the way, does anyone know what Tina Bang's is doing now?
RV
RegionalVariation
Quote:
what Tina Bang's is doing now?

I heard her reading the half-hourly news on Radio 5 Live’s ‘Up All Night’ around a month ago.
IM
its me
DAMN!

I missed Mr Jay!!!!

What a shame that we dont see him on Breakfast no more. He was such a lively character for the mornings.

Maybe (hopefully!) he will pop up again tomorrow!!!

Is this Nigel Jay's only bulletin of 2005? Very Happy Or did he do some on the first few days of 2005.
NG
noggin Founding member
Bail posted:
tvnewsjunkie posted:
Dan posted:


Record it to server and start playing it while still recording?


If they had a server they'd probably do that.. not too long now.. its being built at the moment apparently


But... my freeview box can do that, surely it's not that hard. Tuner + Network Feed into Hard Drive = Timeshift = Play.


'fraid it is far more difficult than that... Don't forget that there are two, different, versions of BBC One and Two to cope with - analogue and digital...
NE
News24
Nigel Jay is a favourite of mine, too. Would be good to have him back doing more regular cover. Many memories of his Children In Need appearances in waistcoat and bow tie...
TA
tv addict
His website jaymedia.co.uk is under construction but I'm sure he would be excellent at training new and exisiting talent.

Having worked with him he is a lovely, friendly, fun individual.

I'd like to see him back on our screens more.

He brings a bit of personality to the TV.
NE
News24boy
In the lunchtime show today Gordon's autocue went into reverse, and he had to use the hard copy. However, he seemed to be shuffling with his foot to try to correct the problem.
Was he in fact controlling it himself? I was always under the impression that autocue was controlled by a dedicated operator. Can anyone clarify?
DA
Dan Founding member
News24boy posted:
Was he in fact controlling it himself? I was always under the impression that autocue was controlled by a dedicated operator. Can anyone clarify?


Sounds like he might have been. It can be done either way, but obviously it's cheaper not to have an autocue operator.
RV
RegionalVariation
The reversing autocue certainly seemed to catch Gordon by surprise, judging by the foot shuffling and somewhat clumsy shift to reading from his script.

On recognising what he'd read out was unintelligible, laudably he steadied himself and read it out again along with apologising and taking responsibility for the technical problem twice, firstly then and also at the close of the show.
TA
tv addict
Where has Fiona Trott gone?

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