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ITV London Tonight

(December 2003)

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LT
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James Hatts posted:
Liz Wickham got a bit confused at the end of London Today just now:

"That's it, come back to us at six o'clock when Alastair and Katie will have London Tonight as part of News at Ten" Confused


Yes. I saw that aswell. Shes not very good when the autocue goes is she.

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LO
Londoner
Joyce Ohajah and Phil Gayle are presenting tonight's programme.

Alastair's absence is probably connected to the fact that he is hosting the joint ITV London/LBC 97.3 Mayoral debate to be recorded this evening on the South Bank.

Who Wants to be a London Mayor? will be broadcast on ITV1 London and LBC 97.3 at 11pm on Thursday night.
TVF
TV Forum Team
James Hatts posted:
Who Wants to be a London Mayor? will be broadcast on ITV1 London and LBC 97.3 at 11pm on Thursday night.



A full 2 days after the BBC broadcast theirs:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/londonelections/articles/11089810?source=Evening%20Standard

Rolling Eyes
LO
Londoner
Larry Scutta posted:
A full 2 days after the BBC broadcast theirs

What's so terrible about that?

Just back from the recording. I was in the front row. They didn't get as big an audience as they expected and had to screen off a lot of the seating.

Alastair was the host with panellists Nick Ferrari, Eve Pollard and Cristina Odone.

They had 'celebrities' in the audience to ask questions - the usual rent-a-quote types - Max Clifford, Mike Rutherford, David Banks, Maxwell Hutchinson, Harriett Scott, Peter Tatchell...

Each candidate was grilled for three minutes each by two of the panellists, then they went to a couple of celebrity questions, then a couple of members of the public.

At the end of the show Darren Johnson and Ram Gidoomal each had a minute or so.

Wasn't a bad show actually.
TVF
TV Forum Team
Sounds good, shame that Darren Johnson seems to get such a low profile on such things - all his appearances on the BBC programme were pre-recorded.

Just a shame that Nick Ferrari has to make an appearance he's very annoying indeed
LO
Londoner
Larry Scutta posted:
Just a shame that Nick Ferrari has to make an appearance he's very annoying indeed

Yes, I agree - but I thought he was surprisingly measured and sensible in his contributions to the programme.
LO
Londoner
LOL @ the apology just now for showing pictures of the new Spurs manager by mistake during the story on soliciting Laughing

I saw Kier Simmons in Gray's Inn Road this evening, strolling down the road at about 7.20
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nwtv2003
James Hatts posted:
I saw Kier Simmons in Gray's Inn Road this evening, strolling down the road at about 7.20


And you didn't say anything to him!?! Laughing
LO
Londoner
Well I was on the top deck of a bus at the time!
LO
Londoner
That was bizarre - instead of an ident before D-Day Dispatches in London we got some VT from Who Wants to Be a London Mayor?

We got the announcement though
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
James Hatts posted:
That was bizarre - instead of an ident before D-Day Dispatches in London we got some VT from Who Wants to Be a London Mayor?

We got the announcement though


Are you sure you weren't having a flashback from sitting in the audience of it the other night?

It's all that time you spend in that deathly dull ITV News thread that causes it, you know.
LU
Luke
Joyce Ohajah on again tonight.

Oh yes - and Keir Simmonds' latest. This hot weather - coupled with London's pollution - will take 10 years off the average Londoner's life.

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