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Steve in Pudsey
The Digital Roadshows were also stating that only BBC 2 was moving first to digital and the remainder would move on the 21st. Not such a big deal, but I'm curious to know how this mis-information happened.
It just makes radio and tv reports look wrong.


That's useful to know. DigitalUK really seem to be a waste of space when it comes to communicating with the public.
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Colm
As mentioned on his Twitter today, Harry Gration's just come out of hospital following an operation. He's thanked the hospital staff, his colleagues for visiting him and viewers for their well-wishers, and he's commented he's not sure when he's back on screen.

I hope I speak on behalf of all of TVF to wish Harry all the best, and a safe and healthy recovery.
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Steve in Pudsey
Ian White's report from Emley moor was a triumph - technically accurate, with the YTV start up in the background and a glimpse of Test Card W. Excellent work!
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Steve Founding member
Ian White's report from Emley moor was a triumph - technically accurate, with the YTV start up in the background and a glimpse of Test Card W. Excellent work!


You'd expect nothing less of Ian!
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Steve Founding member
Col posted:
As mentioned on his Twitter today, Harry Gration's just come out of hospital following an operation. He's thanked the hospital staff, his colleagues for visiting him and viewers for their well-wishers, and he's commented he's not sure when he's back on screen.

I hope I speak on behalf of all of TVF to wish Harry all the best, and a safe and healthy recovery.


Also on Twitter he mentioned something about 'his replacement being lined up' and the editor mentioned Harry would be back 'in a few weeks' so I wonder if there's another man coming in for a bit? They've only really got Phil (and occasionally Tom) now Ian White's been taken off presenting.
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Steve in Pudsey
But there's no reason why Ian couldn't do some stand-in presenting if required, is there?
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Steve Founding member
Suspect he may say no...!

Phil's tweeted it's his final bulletin tonight before going to do some work with BBC News in London so we'll find out soon enough.
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Steve in Pudsey
The stand in for Harry Gration is Nik Wood, ex Working Lunch and previously a reporter for Look North 15 years ago.
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SimonW
That's a blast from the past - good choice. Is it really only 15 years since he last worked there? Seemed more like 20 to me.
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noggin Founding member
Nik was certainly presenting Business Breakfast in the mid 90s, and he was the location reporter for Working Lunch for many years. (Think he left TV for a while to work in the legal world?)

He returned to take over from Adrian Chiles on Working Lunch when Adrian moved to present The One Show in 2007, but Nik was replaced by Declan and Naga when the show relaunched.
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DrewF
Nik Wood made his debut yesterday on Look North - today they're doing rather flustered coverage of the mining incident, and bizarrely Nik has now moved up the sofa and Christa is talking to him about the mining incident like a reporter!

EDIT: They've moved onto other stories now and Nik is back presenting as is normal.
Last edited by DrewF on 27 September 2011 6:40pm
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Colm
Not seen Look North, but watching back on +1, Calendar certainly provided strong coverage of the BAE job cuts in Brough story this evening, intergrated wonderfully into Ben Erlam's report from the Labour conference in Liverpool - as well as handling what was then the breaking developments from Kellingley; even getting an on-the-scene report by the end of the show.
Last edited by Colm on 27 September 2011 7:28pm

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