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radiolistener
John posted:
If the python was on a suspected large salary, I would think that BBC Yorkshire, with PQF targets to meet are not that bothered by her demise. When she was first poached from YTV, ITV regional output was in better shape, with the current situation, I would imagine that the days of the BBC regional magazines needing 'big' or 'star' regional names has long one.


Yeah but in some ways the quality has gone.

In those days you got Philip Hayton (and then Gordon Burns) going to North West Tonight, nowadays you get someone photogenic who is probably better off on the cover of a magazine (male or female) then reading a news bulletin.

As George Dent in Drop the Dead Donkey said, "A parrot with tits could do it."
JT
jolly turnip
King of Wishful Thinking posted:
I am so sad that she's gone. She may have come across as a bit of a diva at times, but she was bloody good at her job.
I've watched her on Calendar and Look North for the last 23 years and I am really going to miss her. I wish her well for the future


Agreed. I always thought she came across as warm to the average viewer.

Truly Yorkshire - which is surely what regional tv needs in most cases.

And to a certain extent - good on her getting paid whatever she got!
SF
Selwyn Froggatt
I think there's a chance she'll go back to Calendar. Maybe Look North will poach Christine? She did work for the BBC on North West Tonight in the 1990s
RA
radiolistener
jolly turnip posted:
King of Wishful Thinking posted:
I am so sad that she's gone. She may have come across as a bit of a diva at times, but she was bloody good at her job.
I've watched her on Calendar and Look North for the last 23 years and I am really going to miss her. I wish her well for the future


Agreed. I always thought she came across as warm to the average viewer.

Truly Yorkshire - which is surely what regional tv needs in most cases.

And to a certain extent - good on her getting paid whatever she got!


She came across as professional.

What you don't want is someone 'ooop from London' to replace her akin to Crispin Rolfe (thats a lovely Northern name there) at Hull.
EX
excel99
Does there have to be a replacement? Could Leeds follow Hull and just have a single presenter?
AN
Andrew Founding member
DrewF posted:
Phil Bodmer doing the Breakfast bulletins this morning - must be the first time in a long long while!


A very rare occurance and an example of the current short staffing.

Clare must have been on a day off and with Amanda on maternity leave, Charlotte on the main Look North, Tom Ingall on the late bulletin and Keeley Donovan on weather duties, there was nobody else!

Would have been good back in the days of the self-opt breakfast bulletins.
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Colm
At times like this, you really wonder why on earth they took Ian White off newsreading duties...
JO
John
radiolistener posted:
John posted:
If the python was on a suspected large salary, I would think that BBC Yorkshire, with PQF targets to meet are not that bothered by her demise. When she was first poached from YTV, ITV regional output was in better shape, with the current situation, I would imagine that the days of the BBC regional magazines needing 'big' or 'star' regional names has long one.


Yeah but in some ways the quality has gone.

In those days you got Philip Hayton (and then Gordon Burns) going to North West Tonight, nowadays you get someone photogenic who is probably better off on the cover of a magazine (male or female) then reading a news bulletin.

As George Dent in Drop the Dead Donkey said, "A parrot with tits could do it."


I agree to a point, Gordon Burns was a big loss, so would be Nick Owen, Dominic Heale or Sally Magnusson, but there is much dead wood in the regions such as Stuart White or Anne Davies. The BBC has cut big regional names in the past, look what happened to the South East Today presenters.
JT
jolly turnip
Being treated to a Late Look Levy in EY&L, complete with usual 6.30 headline opening. Guess it will be a slightly longer edition to make up for the half length version at 6.20 tonight.

But will probably be a near carbon copy of earlier!
AG
AxG
11 minutes according to the BBC One HD countdown.
AN
Andrew Founding member
excel99 posted:
Does there have to be a replacement? Could Leeds follow Hull and just have a single presenter?


I'm not sure that would go down well in this region. I doubt it would go down well in Hull if it wasn't grannies favourite Levy being the host.

Having said that with BBC1's lead over ITV, more resources, smaller regions etc, they could probably have anyone hosting the show thesedays.
RA
radiolistener
Col posted:
At times like this, you really wonder why on earth they took Ian White off newsreading duties...


If you see what Alex Belfield said following his 'mutual consent' departure at BBC Radio Leeds, I think it's fair to say a lot of strange decisions are made these days at Quarry Hill...

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