TI
Sad news tonight that
Alan Towers
who presented
BBC Midlands Today
for over 20 years has died at the age of 73.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7419522.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7419522.stm
MW
This really is a sad day for TV.
R.I.P. Alan Towers
1936-2008
Tiger2000 posted:
Sad news tonight that
Alan Towers
who presented
BBC Midlands Today
for over 20 years has died at the age of 73.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7419522.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7419522.stm
This really is a sad day for TV.
R.I.P. Alan Towers
1936-2008
JO
We don't need that.
We don't need your attitude.
I did that because he is one of the few people who stood up the dominant money grabbing idiots that ran the BBC in the '90's.
Say what you liked about the man, by all means, but just typing R.I.P Alan Towers, etc is stupid and pointless.
Beep posted:
Jugalug posted:
Beep posted:
This
really is
a sad day for TV.
R.I.P. Alan Towers
1936-2008
R.I.P. Alan Towers
1936-2008
We don't need that.
We don't need your attitude.
I did that because he is one of the few people who stood up the dominant money grabbing idiots that ran the BBC in the '90's.
Say what you liked about the man, by all means, but just typing R.I.P Alan Towers, etc is stupid and pointless.
NH
Indeed.
Perhaps, Mr Beep, some comment about skateboarding ducks, or something similarly relevant, might have added to the point you thought you were trying to make, if indeed you were trying to make any point at all.
Would you care to tell us, Mr Beep, how well did you know Alan, personally?
Nick Harvey
Founding member
wells posted:
Say what you liked about the man, by all means, but just typing R.I.P Alan Towers, etc is stupid and pointless.
Indeed.
Perhaps, Mr Beep, some comment about skateboarding ducks, or something similarly relevant, might have added to the point you thought you were trying to make, if indeed you were trying to make any point at all.
Would you care to tell us, Mr Beep, how well did you know Alan, personally?
MW
Indeed.
Perhaps, Mr Beep, some comment about skateboarding ducks, or something similarly relevant, might have added to the point you thought you were trying to make, if indeed you were trying to make any point at all.
Would you care to tell us, Mr Beep, how well did you know Alan, personally?
I met him once, at Warwick Castle and he seemed like a nice man. Your turn, how did you know him, Personally?
Nick Harvey posted:
wells posted:
Say what you liked about the man, by all means, but just typing R.I.P Alan Towers, etc is stupid and pointless.
Indeed.
Perhaps, Mr Beep, some comment about skateboarding ducks, or something similarly relevant, might have added to the point you thought you were trying to make, if indeed you were trying to make any point at all.
Would you care to tell us, Mr Beep, how well did you know Alan, personally?
I met him once, at Warwick Castle and he seemed like a nice man. Your turn, how did you know him, Personally?
NH
Nick Harvey
Founding member
Now is definitely not the time to argue on this particular subject.
More than once; leave it at that.
More than once; leave it at that.
ID
I remember when this happened:
It was a Saturday-teatime short bulletin, in the "bronze ribbons" era of the programme, and Mr Towers' last ever bulletin.
He delivered the whole bulletin ridiculously fast, and sounded indifferent about every story (presumably to create time for his rant at the end). My eyes were popping out! His photo was on the front cover of Sunday Mercury newspaper the next day, with the headline "The Final Insult". I was torn between finding it hilariously funny, and shockingly unprofessional.
Was surprised to see him turn up as one of the ex-presenter special guests for the final Pebble Mill 18:30 programme, as I'd have expected there to still be bad-blood between him and the Beeb.
Beep posted:
he is one of the few people who stood up the dominant money grabbing idiots that ran the BBC in the '90's.
I remember when this happened:
Wikipedia posted:
In 1997, Towers announced his resignation from the BBC on-air and left viewers with a disparaging comment about the state of BBC management: "This is my last programme for the BBC after 25 years. When I first joined the corporation, it was led by giants. Now, I'm afraid it's being led by pygmies wearing blindfolds. How sad."
It was a Saturday-teatime short bulletin, in the "bronze ribbons" era of the programme, and Mr Towers' last ever bulletin.
He delivered the whole bulletin ridiculously fast, and sounded indifferent about every story (presumably to create time for his rant at the end). My eyes were popping out! His photo was on the front cover of Sunday Mercury newspaper the next day, with the headline "The Final Insult". I was torn between finding it hilariously funny, and shockingly unprofessional.
Was surprised to see him turn up as one of the ex-presenter special guests for the final Pebble Mill 18:30 programme, as I'd have expected there to still be bad-blood between him and the Beeb.