The NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread

Can someone tell me why there are no new ITV1 Central idents? It appears that other regions have the new style with the regional name underneath but Central has been missed out AGAIN!!!

On Thursday at 7:30pm there was just a plain ITV1 ident and tonight at 7:30 there was the old style ITV1 ident with an announcer saying "This is ITV1 Central"

Why is Central left out again?

I see there's also an auction of all the Carlton Studios content at Nottingham due to their closure too. Takes place on the 16th and 17th of November if anyone's interested.

g.dyke

From today's 'On this day in broadcasting history':

Yes those new developments are a monstrosity aren't they! I walk past them some nights on my way down to New St. Station. Can't stand the so-called "Kings Oak" one - looks just like a cheapo hotel in Torremolinos. (apologies for my spelling in this paragraph!).

As for the view from The Politics Show... from the horses mouth...

And for anyone who can't be bothered to sign up to the auction site, I've uploaded the brochures and catalogues for both auctions here

http://www.sdaonline.myby.co.uk/auction/

Hey if everyone pools in their money, TV Forum could make a TV station.

a tv station equipped for the 70s maybe was worth making the effort to go and see though.

Yeah it'd be worth going along just for a final trip to Pebble Mill. But I have it on good authority from a couple of people who work there... that the reason it was all left behind - is that there's nothing really worth having. No memorabilia (unless you count the old presenter pictures on the walls). No naffink!

I didn't notice, but what's happening to the big BBC letters on the front of the building... AFAIK they're still there... imagine having them in your front garden!!

Ha Ha! I managed to win this at the auction at Pebble Mill today - but it's about 4 feet x 3 feet in size! And only for £30!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/midlandstoday/images/people/group_pic_270.jpg

Yipee!!!
g.dyke

as much as i like the programme ... thirty quid? you can get promotional tat like presenter pictures for free, why on earth would you want a 4'x3' one?

how much did anything else go for? And was there anything else good there?

ooooh another sunday doco coming up on bbc midlands, which will mean local continuity into the late film and bbc news 24

DOCUMENTARY: 30 Years On: The Birmingham Pub Bombings
Channel: BBC 1 Midlands 01
Date: Sunday 21st November 2004
Time: 22:55 to 23:25 (starting in 9 days)
Duration: 30 minutes.
Victims, police and journalists recall the atrocities which killed 21 people in 1974.
(West Midlands only)

FILM: Body of Evidence
Channel: BBC 1 Midlands 01
Date: Sunday 21st November 2004
Time: 23:25 to 01:05 (starting in 9 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Tense, erotic thriller from the director of Last Exit to Brooklyn. A young woman is accused of murdering her wealthy lover - a man in his sixties with a heart condition - after video evidence is found showing the pair engaged in a rigorous sex session just hours before his death. However, her lawyer is not convinced, and when he starts to fall for her himself, the question of her guilt becomes more pressing.
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, Stan Shaw
(West Midlands only, 1993, 2 Star)

NEWS: Joins BBC News 24
Channel: BBC 1 Midlands 01
Date: Monday 22nd November 2004
Time: 01:05 to 06:00 (starting in 9 days)
Duration: 4 hours and 55 minutes.
(West Midlands only)

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