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Suzanne Virdee's sudden departure from BBC Midlands (September 2004)

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MW
Mike W
That 'Chubby Boy' Is Me You Gits Crying or Very sad Twisted Evil
PE
Pete Founding member
BBCMIDSTODAY posted:
That 'Chubby Boy' Is Me You Gits Crying or Very sad Twisted Evil


why did you get your own desk though?
PC
Philip Cobbold
Hymagumba posted:
BBCMIDSTODAY posted:
That 'Chubby Boy' Is Me You Gits Crying or Very sad Twisted Evil


why did you get your own desk though?

To be fair it was more of a coffee table.
PE
Pete Founding member
either way I want video footage of this fabulously bizzare event
GR
gregmc
Philip Cobbold posted:
Hymagumba posted:
BBCMIDSTODAY posted:
That 'Chubby Boy' Is Me You Gits Crying or Very sad Twisted Evil


why did you get your own desk though?

To be fair it was more of a coffee table.



They found that if they gave him a desk, only his head would be visible, so they gave him a little teddy bears tea party table. Bless.
WE
Westy2
To change the subject & prevent a fight breaking out, Mollie is in for Les on WM Brekky tomorrow, according to Radio Times.

07786 202956 is the text number to say hello !
MW
Mike W
I had a desk because i had to do my homework-Producers idea
SP
Steve in Pudsey
tvmercia posted:
when the six presenters hand over, nick and suzanne thank them, with the six presenters in the plasma (we are very well mannered here in the midlands don't you know).

i'd guess bbc mids had the network feed going into the plasma instead of the clean studio feed, and thus when london opted, it all went wrong.

that wasn't the only mistake tonight mind, the ident audio at 6.00 carried on underneath the first couple of headlines on the six.


I didn't think the regions (not nations) got a clean studio feed - that being why we get the mess with the bed during the headlines
SP
Steve in Pudsey
TV
tvmercia Founding member
BBCMIDSTODAY posted:
That 'Chubby Boy' Is Me You Gits Crying or Very sad Twisted Evil


rofl Laughing well seeing as it turned out to be one of tvforum's own i think we should have video coverage of the event.

michael doing his homework on the wideshot
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michael "midlands todays biggest fan" sitting on the sofa
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midlands today's biggest fans
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michael introduces the weather
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michael reads out the england result
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Steve in Pudsey posted:
tvmercia posted:
when the six presenters hand over, nick and suzanne thank them, with the six presenters in the plasma (we are very well mannered here in the midlands don't you know).

i'd guess bbc mids had the network feed going into the plasma instead of the clean studio feed, and thus when london opted, it all went wrong.

that wasn't the only mistake tonight mind, the ident audio at 6.00 carried on underneath the first couple of headlines on the six.


I didn't think the regions (not nations) got a clean studio feed - that being why we get the mess with the bed during the headlines


i was presuming because i'm sure i have seen a clean output of N(whatever number the nationals come from) on the ring main, huw/whoever sitting in the chair twiddling his thumbs. and i would have thought LDN would have opted long before bbc mids have a chance to cut away from the plasma when they thank natasha during the hand over?

who knows.
WE
Westy2
Birmingham Mall today is saying Phil Upton for WM Breakfast once Goldie leaves (& after Daz Hale's done 2 months cover work!).

Will Goldie still be doing The Politics Show, or is there a new presenter for that as well?

The article also said that Upton didn't have any current affairs background or summat.

I do hope it works out better than Les Ross' stint on the weekday brekky (which is probably why he's on weekends!).

So far scanning other radio forums(Digital Spy & UK OnAir), no one's mentioned 'Why hasn't Keith Middleton got the slot yet?'

Does Keith Beech have other pages in his address book other than B for Brmb, H for Heart, S for Saga & W for Wolf ?

I'll give Upton the benefit of the doubt, because I never listen to BRMB anyway, but why doesn't Beech go for Ian Perry from BBC Radio Shropshire, next time there's a presenter change on the Late Show, because he was great on Beacon's Midnight Line about 10 years ago?

(Alternatively why don't Shropshire, Stoke & H&W spend some money a create their own weekday late show with Ian as the presenter?)
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tvmercia Founding member
blast from the past doing the anno into the 10.05 news the other day - a chocolate button for anyone who identifies the voice

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