BBC NE opt out tonight

BBC North East & Cumbria are opting out on BBC One at 11.05pm for George Reynolds: Playing By His Own Rules



They're dropping Men Behaving Badly rather than timeshifting, so no regional continuity other than into the regional programme.

They've done this before - last time some gameshow replaced Ruby Wax's Commercial breakdown. Pity too - I like that show.

It sems to be a fad this week.

BBC West are opting out for 30 at 19:00 on Friday for a Concorde special.

Question of Sport is moved to somewhere else in the week, in a move similar to North's, it displaces a second rate comedy repeat.

This is very common, as during the summer BBC North West didn't even show Ruby Wax's Commerical Breakdown at all, but they replaced it with a one off Manchester Drama and a Cult TV Quiz show hosted by Stuart Marconie, with Dave Spikey (Jerry St Clair to me and you) being one of the captains, frankly this would win hands down over RWCB anyday.

it was a very entertaining documenatary (which no doubt will end up on BBC2 sometime given the national print press coverage it got this morning). I'm just pleased he's not the Chairman of my football club (if George happens to read this, I don't mean it -please don't come round and see me)

And an NE & Cumbria Festival ident to boot

Given the coverage, I did assume it was on nationally. I was looking forward to watching it. And as for my football club, well, don't even get me started on our chairman...