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SP
Steve in Pudsey
Tom was always very good at standing in on Breakfast bulletins in the Woodhouse Lane days, very slick with the self-op as I remember
JD
jdav
Im sorry but this fake newsroom fetish has ruined a lot of regional studios!
CB
computer bloke
Steve posted:
I'm trying to work out who you are steve! lol

You can't possibly be the steve that I think you are, are you?


There's at least 3 members of staff called steve, and I know them all personally.

Hmmmmmmmmm


Without knowing which steve you think I am then it's hard to know Laughing

Now I'm wondering who you are!



hmm, now lets see. How to ask without giving anything away. Do the numbers 8 and 1 both turn up twice in your mobile phone number? Smile
WE
Westy2
Steve posted:
I'm trying to work out who you are steve! lol

You can't possibly be the steve that I think you are, are you?


There's at least 3 members of staff called steve, and I know them all personally.

Hmmmmmmmmm


Without knowing which steve you think I am then it's hard to know Laughing

Now I'm wondering who you are!



hmm, now lets see. How to ask without giving anything away. Do the numbers 8 and 1 both turn up twice in your mobile phone number? Smile


You'll be asking whether he drives a red car next Laughing
SP
Spencer
Steve posted:
Steve posted:
This may not be new news but first time I've seen her - Tanya Arnold doing the sport on BBC News channel right now.


I guess they're probably a bit short of sports people at the moment with so many being in South Africa, so probably drafted her in. Good for her though to get some national exposure.


Indeed - she was very good yesterday I thought, already chatting easily with the presenters.

And dare I say that Look North is far better when she's presenting than Christa... Smile


Obviously more than a one-off shift. Tanya was doing the live reports from Wimbledon this morning on Breakfast - quite a high-profile gig!
AN
Andrew Founding member
Indeed, now the whole of the UK can ask 'You know that women's voice?' like we in the North did years ago. Laughing
SP
Steve in Pudsey
This isn't her first network outing - she fronted live coverage of Rugby League when Claire Balding was ill, and of course the Superleague Show gets a national repeat (albeit at stupid o'clock)
SP
Spencer
Indeed, now the whole of the UK can ask 'You know that women's voice?' like we in the North did years ago. Laughing


Curiously, her voice is actually very similar to Chris Hollins', who would probably otherwise have been doing the Wimbledon links had he not been in South Africa.
AN
Andrew Founding member
A bit off topic but there are a lot of knowledgeable people here, BBC Radio Leeds & York travel presenter David James, why does he use a different surname on BBC Tees?
JT
jolly turnip
Kate Webster was looking like she has fallen asleep for a week in the sun on the late Calendar News last night! A colour that lobsters can only dream of...
SP
Spencer
A bit off topic but there are a lot of knowledgeable people here, BBC Radio Leeds & York travel presenter David James, why does he use a different surname on BBC Tees?


Quite a few of the Trafficlink broadcasters use alternative surnames when they're doing bulletins on both BBC and commercial stations in one area. It may be that the BBC in Yorkshire didn't want to appear to have the same travel presenter as the opposition, and so he changed it. IIRC Dave Llewellyn is his real name.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Just sounds a bit crap when you're listening to Radio 1 and the RDS cuts in and it's David James on Radio York. Then a few minutes later Dave Llewellyn pops up on BBC Tees.

Especially now they all have similar travel beds and with the invariable late firing of the TA signal so you don't hear the jingle.

Also confuses the presenters who have shifts on a few stations - James Watt was doing weekdays at Tees and Saturdays at York, heard him introduce Dave/David by the wrong name on York and try to laugh it off.

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