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Northern England and Southern Scotland Thread

(February 2009)

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SO
Steven O
pakokelso posted:
Tonight on Lookaround saw the grand opening of Border's new 'smaller' digital newsroom. there was memories from Border as if it was it ending! Tim Backshall and Fiona Armstrong - like the old times - where live at the opening of the new building

[media:e7199a6a3a]http://up.metropol247.co.uk/pakokelso93/Lookaround_50yrs.flv[/media:e7199a6a3a]

(Note the video is low quality, because it was a big file in the first place - higher quality video is available - click my youtube link!)


The problem is, in reality, Border has ended. It is now part of the nonsensical 'Tyne Tees and Border' region, the Harraby studios in Carlisle have closed and relocated to a slimmed-down operation based in an industrial estate on the city outskirts, it no longer makes any regional programmes and its local news programme is broadcast from outwith the old Border TV area, in Gateshead. The station exists in name only, and if at some stage southern Scotland becomes part of STV, there will be no need for the Border name any longer.
Last edited by Steven O on 13 July 2009 11:59am
BU
buster
"I look forward to having a look around when I'm next in Carlisle"

Oops - do they ever acknowledge on air that the studio isn't actually in Carlisle? (an unintentional pun I take it too!)
DE
deejay
Doh! Give the game away with "Look forward to seeing the new place when I'm next in Carlisle" !!

What a crappy newsroom. Seems like a vary token gesture to me on ITV's part. The front door looked like it belonged to student digs not an office of a national broadcaster. At least they've kept one live camera - AFAIK Abingdon has nothing at all now (not even a video circuit to Meridian) and all packages are FTP'd.
KP
KelpieP0921
Steven O posted:

The problem is, in reality, Border has ended. It is now part of the nonsensical 'Tyne Tees and Border' region, the Harraby studios in Carlisle have closed and relocated to a slimmed-down operation based in an industrial estate on the city outskirts, it no longer makes any regional programmes and its local news programme is broadcast from outwith the old Border TV area, in Gateshead. The station exists in name only, and if at some stage southern Scotland becomes part of STV, there will be no need for the Border name any longer.


Yeah if scottish side of Border joined with STV (which that could happen!) they would probably end 'Lookaround' and branch the whole carlisle area with tyne tees and Name it North East Tonight (despite cumbria being more western)
CR
City Road
pakokelso posted:
I bet Helen Ford has never done a 6pm program ever till last friday... they could of got someone like Kate Fisher who has done a main bulletin Exclamation


She has, several times with Jonathan Morrell on the 'old' North East Tonight.
KP
KelpieP0921
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
pakokelso posted:
I bet Helen Ford has never done a 6pm program ever till last friday... they could of got someone like Kate Fisher who has done a main bulletin Exclamation


She has, several times with Jonathan Morrell on the 'old' North East Tonight.


I pressume a last resort? i hope she wasn't a main back-up !
KP
KelpieP0921
I missed Lookaround on Friday - Was Tim Backshall in with Pam?

11 days later

PR
Primetime
pakokelso posted:
I missed Lookaround on Friday - Was Tim Backshall in with Pam?


Yup.

ITV Tyne Tees & Border's Ian Payne is covering the Special Olympics 09 for ITV, hence his absence.

On another note - Pam doesn't look at all well these days, hope she's alright since her sick leave not long back.
Last edited by Primetime on 30 July 2009 9:56pm - 3 times in total
KP
KelpieP0921
Damn! missed tim back on presenting!

[quote="Primetime" pid="625392"]
pakokelso posted:


On another note - Pam doesn't look at all well these days, hope she's alright since her sick leave not long back.



Yeah she doesn't seem 100% if im being honest!!
CR
City Road
I missed North East Tonight on Friday, how did they cover the death of Sir Bobby Robson? By that I mean titles etc. Sorry if that's a morbid question. Sad
ST
South Today
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
I missed North East Tonight on Friday, how did they cover the death of Sir Bobby Robson? By that I mean titles etc. Sorry if that's a morbid question. Sad


One edition for the whole of the region but with different pre-recorded openings, so that the name of the programme could be mentioned and different titles. Plus in the border region we had a 5 minute insert from Tim, in Carlisle, with the rest of the regions news plus the weather.
ST
Stuart
South Today posted:
One edition for the whole of the region but with different pre-recorded openings, so that the name of the programme could be mentioned and different titles.

Isn't that just what they normally do, same as in ITV West/Westcountry (but without the different name)?

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