BBC Midlands Today

I watched BBC Midlands Today this eveing and at the end they didnt give any presents or standing up at all, all they did is showed the 2 main presenters sitting down behind the desk as usual, and showed some Christmas pictures at the end, but last year they gave presents and the 2 main presenters and sports presenter and Shefail, the weather presenter all stood together. I am not that keen on the last programme this year, i mutch preferd last years. Any other thing happened this year on regional news prgrammes for Christmas, for worst or for better?

thanks alot, GMTV Today, formely known as BBC Birmingham

Happy Christmas Midlands Today!

From a digital viewer-to-be next month!

See you then, Mr. Owen!

I hope you have read the Nick Owen interview on www.youngjournalists.com

(Edited by Steve Naylor at 12:24 am on Dec. 22, 2001)

i too was slightly dissapointed - but i think i had high expectations after last year's gathering round the christmas tree giving presents with nick kath shefali and christina - with a few punns and even fake snow... this year they only manage a pretend gift graphic on the desk, tut!

i mean how hard can it be to stand infront of a tree - say merry christmas, look happy, and even use their imagination - if i were there i would have had them round the tree, with the xmas carol in the background, then finally zoom out, and fade to a view of the pebble mill studios - then fade into the national headlines EASY!

compare bbc midlands:
http://www.tvhome.f2s.com/upload/christmas-midlandstoday2.jpg
with central new's happy ending (jo malin's face says it all) - though im suprised emma jesson didnt join them at the end on the sofa (as she was on the show) - to say merry schristmas - but at least they tried
http://www.tvhome.f2s.com/upload/christmas-centralnews02.jpg
http://www.tvhome.f2s.com/upload/christmas-centralnews01.jpg

Did anyone else see the new BBC Midlands balloon before the show with the balloon flying over the Bham skyline? I'm beginning to think I was the only one!

That idents been around for about a month now