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

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Lester Founding member
gregmc posted:


Very Janet Street Porter, lol...
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Roger Mellie
CrusadeforCentral posted:
Chris James seemed like a lovely guy when I chatted to him online!
I like him!

Lee


Thanks for that, everyone on here seems to have chatted to him online except me Laughing ! Perhaps the TVFer who derided CJ for his studio-desk decor, must have some unfounded vendetta against him-- they must object to his fruitbowl.

It's nice to see Janet Street-Porter's sister getting work with Nick Owen Wink
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token58
So Ben Godfrey is to be the new presenter of Midlands Today, joining the programme later in the year. He should be pretty good!
PC
Philip Cobbold
token58 posted:
So Ben Godfrey is to be the new presenter of Midlands Today, joining the programme later in the year. He should be pretty good!

Who's leaving?
GR
gregmc
Philip Cobbold posted:
token58 posted:
So Ben Godfrey is to be the new presenter of Midlands Today, joining the programme later in the year. He should be pretty good!

Who's leaving?


Cant be Nick, even though he will be 60 in december, not quite retirement age.
PC
Philip Cobbold
gregmc posted:
Philip Cobbold posted:
token58 posted:
So Ben Godfrey is to be the new presenter of Midlands Today, joining the programme later in the year. He should be pretty good!

Who's leaving?


Cant be Nick, even though he will be 60 in december, not quite retirement age.

Could it be Michael Collie? Or maybe Suzanne's off and they're planning an all male presenting team lol.
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token58
No one's mentioned Kay?
PC
Philip Cobbold
token58 posted:
No one's mentioned Kay?

Is it Kay?
WE
Westy2
Ben Godfrey's ex local radio ain't he?

I'm sure he's been mentioned as working for the Coventry operation!

Can't think of him though.

Who else from BBC Radio in the Midlands could theoretically make the switch?

Franksy from WM?
TO
token58
Westy2 posted:
Ben Godfrey's ex local radio ain't he?

I'm sure he's been mentioned as working for the Coventry operation!


Yeah that's right.

He's been a reporter, newsreader and producer in the past but was last seen as one of the VJs for the Coventry and Warwickshire local TV pilot.
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brotherton sands
gregmc posted:


What bit of the set is that? Where is it in relation to, say, the main desk?
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gregmc
Work of Artifice posted:
gregmc posted:


What bit of the set is that? Where is it in relation to, say, the main desk?


Its Next to the main projection screen, oppersite the wall of plasmas.

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