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During Mosley Story on the 6o'clock news.. (August 2003)

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KA
Katherine Founding member
USEFUL NUGGEST OF MOSLEY INFORMATION: Oswald Mosley has a rather powerful figure of a son - Max Mosley, the current President of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile, the FIA that governs many branches of motorsport in the world, most notably Formula One.
DA
Dan Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
just a thought... if Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have pres suites which are staffed almost continuously while the main networks are on air, why do they use Birmingham as the emergency network source if TVC goes tits up? Why not one of the nations, for whom it would presumably be little bother to provide a sustaining service?


Some people may consider this to be a very good point. It's certainly true to say that Pebble Mill has no pres suites as such.
MB
Media Boy
[quote="Dan"]
Steve in Pudsey posted:
just a thought... if Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have pres suites which are staffed almost continuously while the main networks are on air, why do they use Birmingham as the emergency network source if TVC goes tits up? Why not one of the nations, for whom it would presumably be little bother to provide a sustaining service?


Gives the people of Brum something to do - and the current pres team LOVE bombing up the M40 like something out of an Austin Powers movie!! Now let me see - who is Felicity Shagwell?! Hmmmmmmm
BT
Baroness Trumpington
Steve in Pudsey posted:
why do they use Birmingham as the emergency network source if TVC goes tits up? Why not one of the nations, for whom it would presumably be little bother to provide a sustaining service?


Providing the service is one thing - distributing it round the country is another, and that's where Birmingham is in a key position.
MO
Moz
Katherine posted:
USEFUL NUGGEST OF MOSLEY INFORMATION: Oswald Mosley has a rather powerful figure of a son - Max Mosley, the current President of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile, the FIA that governs many branches of motorsport in the world, most notably Formula One.


Good God, I never knew that! Shocked

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