The Newsroom

New Meridian Set - preview tonight!

(December 2004)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
BC
BlackCat Founding member
James Hatts posted:
BlackCat posted:

It's Dinenage


Oops, so it is! Looks like I've been spelling it consistently wrong then...
BC
BlackCat Founding member
I find it rather odd that they quote Fred as being from "Meridian News" - surely they would be more inclined to state that he is from "ITV South" or something similar?
NW
nwtv2003
BlackCat posted:
I find it rather odd that they quote Fred as being from "Meridian News" - surely they would be more inclined to state that he is from "ITV South" or something similar?


ITV Meridian would probably be more likely, though going back to So Rahman, he is the only presenter on Granada who always says ITV Granada, or "The latest News from ITV Granada", even though it is Granada News and there's no ITV Granada endcap or anything.

Anyone else really p*ssed off with this Binge Britain thing today? It dominated the main ITV News and it (well for us anyway) dominated Granada Reports and it appeared to have come from a bar aswell! It just annoys me that technically it isn't News, it felt more like a p*ss poor Tonight with Trevor McDonald or something, though I know how London Tonight viewers feel. Laughing
IT
I T V 1
Wonder how long before we see ITV South and ITV North West, although it is silly that some regions are named after their place name and some after a company. I prefer the place name, although Im sure many will disagree!
LU
Luke
BlackCat posted:
I find it rather odd that they quote Fred as being from "Meridian News" - surely they would be more inclined to state that he is from "ITV South" or something similar?


Just a wild guess - maybe because that's the name of the programme he presents?
AN
Andrew Founding member
BlackCat posted:
I find it rather odd that they quote Fred as being from "Meridian News" - surely they would be more inclined to state that he is from "ITV South" or something similar?

Why? They are saying what programme he works on, not the name of the region.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Andrew posted:
They are saying what programme he works on, not the name of the region.

In any case, like it or lump it, the name of the region is ITV Meridian.
LO
Londoner
There was an ITV Meridian logo on the screen in the south-east studio for Phil Hornby's UK Today appearance this afternoon:
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/phil_hornby_itv_meridian.jpg
JD
jdtech
nwtv2003 posted:
BlackCat posted:
I find it rather odd that they quote Fred as being from "Meridian News" - surely they would be more inclined to state that he is from "ITV South" or something similar?


ITV Meridian would probably be more likely, though going back to So Rahman, he is the only presenter on Granada who always says ITV Granada, or "The latest News from ITV Granada", even though it is Granada News and there's no ITV Granada endcap or anything.

Anyone else really p*ssed off with this Binge Britain thing today? It dominated the main ITV News and it (well for us anyway) dominated Granada Reports and it appeared to have come from a bar aswell! It just annoys me that technically it isn't News, it felt more like a p*ss poor Tonight with Trevor McDonald or something, though I know how London Tonight viewers feel. Laughing


Sorta off topic, but continuing the Binge Britain, did anyone see Tim Rogers reporting drunk a couple of days back? Strangely enought it was about drivers being under the influence of alchohol, I hope some one drove him home!
BC
BlackCat Founding member
Carl Tyler has been back doing the weather today, which is quite surprising as he hasn't done so for quite a while now. It's good to see the old boy back again - look out for some interesting banter on the main programme (South) tonight...
BE
Ben Founding member
BlackCat posted:
Carl Tyler has been back doing the weather today, which is quite surprising as he hasn't done so for quite a while now.


Last Thursday actually Razz Martin told us he would be appearing the previous day and of course Fred gave the maestro the appropriate build up, before his weather forecast which was full of mist, murk and mixed bags. They then had quite a long chat after his forecast. He'll be appearing quite a bit over the festive period.
GC
GaryC
Whats happened to the building in Newbury? and does anybody know the plans for the old SE studio?

Newer posts