Personally I think its one of the better sets. The fact it still has a desk puts it up there in the top few of the regions.
All the Look Norths are just dire, NE&C the best of a bad bunch. Points West's set is awful, and I just look at South Today and weep.
I just wish NWT would ditch that bench thing. That area would look better without anything, e.g. the Morecambe tragedy special programme a few months back with the presenter standing.
NWT is painful to watch these days. Gordon, bless him, looks lost, and the programme plods along with nothing much exciting happening. They really
really
need someone in charge with a bit of creativity. The set looks cack, and the graphics are just plain dire.
Autocue was broke on the lunchtime and he also looked unwell then.
MO
morgaineofevil
I noticed that the auto cue probably wasnt working at lunchtime as well. problem is gordon seemed to have a problem with his voice bless him, its probably all that memorising and rehersals without an autocue he had to do. i like the set and the music is very funky as it has the old LDN sound it makes North west Today look rather up beat for headlines and keeps the show going, i often watch it and agree Gordon is looking a bit tired, but i think there is decent content in the news and has a good balance of serious and light news with a bit of sport and weather. Some of their chit chat at the end is a bit forced though! he is a good news reader too.
Am I the only person who doesn't really see any major problem with North West Tonight? I know it has more than it's fair share of technical problems, but that isn't Gordon's fault and you can tell he tries to handle it as well as he can. And his voice is hardly new (no pun intended), it has been croaking on and off for the last few years now, though we've had a clear run with it lately.
Gordon is a great presenter and North West Tonight is a well produced News programme, I don't see any major problem with it....
Forgive me for going slightly OT, but it appears that Channel M has got a brand new wesbite, it seems to be more informative than their previous, but it's mainly an extension of the Manchester Evening News website, but they've beat the BBC to one thing here, the fact that you can now watch the station online, or more the fact that you can watch local News online (only between 5pm and 7pm), yet North West Tonight online stream seems to be nowhere....
Well the decision for the BBC's move up North is getting closer and closer by the day, and it appears Salford is going to be the preferred choice for the 'Media City'
MediaGuardian posted:
BBC gives nod to Salford Quays for north-west base
MediaCity: what it will look like
Riazat Butt
Thursday June 15, 2006
Salford has beaten Manchester to host the BBC's new media zone.
The 200-acre Salford Quays site was chosen ahead of the 20-acre Central Spine site in the centre of Manchester, after the BBC governors decided it was the best location for their £400m move north.
BBC Sport, Radio 5 Live, Children's BBC, New Media and Formal Learning are all set to make their new home in Salford. Around 800 staff at the BBC's existing Oxford Road site will also move to Salford's MediaCity.
The move still has several hurdles to clear before Salford can be confirmed as the preferred bidder, including what a BBC spokesman called "commercially confidential" questions about the site and whether the corporation can afford it depending upon its licence fee settlement.
A statement from the governors said: "The board of governors has authorised the BBC north project team to treat Salford MediaCity:UK as the leading bidder in principle and conduct discussions with them on an exclusive basis with a view to them being confirmed as preferred bidder, provided certain outstanding issues can be resolved within a limited period of exclusivity.
"Should it not be possible for BBC management to resolve the outstanding issues to our satisfaction by the end of that period, exclusivity will end.
"Our final decision will be based on two key factors: whether the move represents value for money for licence fee payers, on which work is continuing; and the affordability of the project, with a final decision not able to be taken until the licence fee settlement is known."
Providing these demands are met Salford can expect five departments and around 1,500 staff posts to shift to MediaCity from London in 2010.
The governors hailed today's decision as a "significant step forward in realising a vision for a less London-centric BBC".
In addition to the BBC, MediaCity will also have shops, apartments, public squares and another bridge across the Manchester Ship Canal.
Relocating to Salford Quays would put the corporation's new centre close to the Old Trafford football and cricket grounds, the Lowry art gallery and the Imperial War Museum North.
The leader of Salford City Council, John Merry, said: "This is the most important day for the city for a long time, but this is also a great time for the whole of the region.
"There is clearly a job of work to be done for both the city and the BBC to take us through the next stage and towards the licence fee settlement."
Manchester could still re-enter negotiations with the BBC should Salford fail to satisfy the site issues.
The leader of Manchester City Council, Richard Leese, said: "We remain convinced that the Central Spine site within Manchester's Oxford Road corridor generates the maximum benefit for the north-west region as a whole.
"We believe it represents the best deal and the best location for the BBC and we will continue to press those issues."
It doesn't look too bad, shame they didn't pick Manchester, but adding the BBC to Salford Quays is still really good, as it's in the middle of The Lowry and Imperial War Museum North.