The NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread

Not quite...

Because CNeast has relocated to Birmingham, and have been squeezed into a fairly small amount of studio space there.

The back wall of the CN west set is not the back wall of the studio (the actual room of the building), so there is space behind the projection screen for (A) a projector, and (B) the appropraite "projection distance" between the screen and the projector itself.

As CNeast's studio in Brum is so tiny, there is not sufficient room for a projector and/or projection distance behind the back wall of the set, hence a big piece of cardboard in the metal frame originally intended to hold a projection screen.

Be thankful that they've at least incorporated a photo of Notts onto the cardboard. Meridian haven't bothered with, say, Southampton/Maidstone/Newbury photos on their cardboard backdrops - just blue squares *yawn*.

As ITV is set to lose is "four squares" motif on Jan 16th, I expect that CNeast will get a new cardboard backdrop, in which there are no squares superimposed over the photo of Notts. F*ck knows what Meridian will put on their new cardboard backdrops...

Did anybody watch MT tonight, with the whacking great 'BBC LONDON' logo on the screen at the very start?

(TVM - I bet the air was blue in the gallery ?)

Must admit I did wonder what happens if they didn't switch off N6 quickly enough !

That Slade singer sounds worse than Noddy Holder & that's saying something!

#So Here It Is Merry Christmas Everybody's Having Fun#

How come no comments on Janice Long joining WM then?

(Wonder how much stick she'll get over brother Keith ? I normally cringe everytime I see him & Blackburn on GMTV. The Clueless Brothers sounds right for them pair !)

Mike Rimmer in for Mollie this week, while she's off toy collecting. (I don't suppose she's coming to Walsall, is she? Correct me if I'm wrong, but we've only had Cayte this year, & that was at Bescot, which is a bit out of the way for the casual Walsall toy giver !)

Doolan is now dual nationality too.

Dickie Wilford's off to H&W Drivetime for a few months from January, according to the Evening Mail, correction Birmingham / Black Country Mail !

should be fab having janice on wm - mind you i'm neither up early on a saturday morning - or a wm listener you see - i am safe in the knowledge that you are listening to wm on my behalf, anything interesting will be posted here.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/midlandstodaysimon.jpg

today saw the launch of the midlands today 2006 calendar
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/midlandstodaycalendar.jpg

and midlands today had their tree up - didn't see the programme yesterday, so it might have gone up then?
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/midlandstodayxmastree_copy1.jpg

No they didn't - I was going to post yesterday saying how there was a lack of tree.

Tut tut TVM.(Mind you, you can forget the current late evening schedule IMO, unless it's Keith Middleton, or there's nowt on telly)

I take it no comment on last night's MT cock up then?

Pebble Mill from space!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/anorak/themill.jpg

Google Earth is utterly brilliant! </mallett>

At least Pebble Mill will still exist for a few more years on Google Earth!

here are a few caps of the midlands christmas ident ...

http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/bbconemidlands-christmas2005a.jpg

http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/bbconemidlands-christmas2005b.jpg

http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/bbconemidlands-christmas2005c.jpg

BBC ONE MIDLANDS CHRISTMAS

They are still using that non-standard announcement at 6pm in the Midlands I see

Some nice words from Jo Malin on the ITV NC's UK Today feature: "From everyone here in Birmingham, good luck to everyone who works on the News Channel - we're going to miss you"

In return, Felicity Barr complimented Jo on the Central News Christmas Tree.

Merry Christmas to all on the Midlands thread, & a quick reminder of WM's (CWR) schedule.

Xmas Day : Mike Rimmer (Mervyn Roberts)at 6am, Doolan with Santa (Alan Miller)at 8am, Chinnie(Vic Minnett, whoever he is, until 2pm!) at 11am,. Brum Cathedral Carol Concert at 1pm, Doolan's Other Side Of (C&W Carols)at 2pm, Brolly at 3pm, Royal Albert Hall Special at 6pm, Nikki Tapper at 8pm, Jenny Wilkes at 11pm, then 5 live at 1am.

How much of that, on WM, I'll listen to, god knows !

Merry Xmas