The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Thread

No she hasn’t, you misunderstood Duncan’s joke.

Christine was on at lunchtime

The bulletin was pan-regional as well, as I imagine it will be for the foreseeable

Duncan following the running order from his sofa

And we’re off! Better not press any buttons in the running order! @itvcalendar @christinetalbot #workingfromhome #CoronavirusLockdown #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/g3WV01ZKxz

— Duncan Wood (@duncanwooditv) March 24, 2020

Not the best angle in the studio, of the white floor and the black glossy panels with the CGI newsroom almost in shot.

As it's coming off the back of the headlines, it's probably the camera mid-zoom between a wide and a close up.

Either that or they're trying to frame out the awful fake red on-air light which would appear above her head on the CGI newsroom.

I think it would be preferable to thank ALL news outlets including TV and radio rather than criticise what's probably a locked camera position here on Calendar. There are far less staff journalists and technicians putting out news programmes than normal.

Well said. Like the rest of us the media are trying to cope with an unprecedented situation in recent history and they’re doing a cracking job.

Perhaps they should have the presenter out of vision and show the studio floor? No one is implying anyone is not doing a good enough job given the situation.

Should be worth a watch

On tonight’s programme I’m taking you behind the scenes to see how we make @BBCLookNorth in these exceptional times. How does social distancing effect what we can do to get important stories on the air? pic.twitter.com/lGN5Useluh

— Ian White (@IanWhiteNews) April 1, 2020

And this exposes the current problem with BBC regions, and it states some very interesting names, The least successful HLRP in the country, the woman who presides over massive ratings losses, all this started in Hull and has now been promoted to running the whole regional output - Alex Belfield saying some pretty unpalatable things here, and for legal reasons for this forum I'm saying nowt. But just listen and have a think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7iwn1H4c4

Well that was bizarre. I'm sure he makes some valid points, but the entire thing is laced with bitterness and bigotry. I think he managed to target pretty much every minority group. He clearly hates women, gay people and trans people. Bizarre. I'm getting flashes of 'Tiger King' from that video. I hope the police are keeping an eye on him.

If you sift through the crap and ego stuff he has some very interesting points about aspects of BBC management which will be familiar to a few people ho have been around the situation.

An article from Christine Talbot explaining how they’ve made changes on Calendar

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-03-30/coronavirus-password-blunder-and-googling-a-blow-dry-lockdown-week-one-by-calendar-presenter-christine-talbot/