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For any other show, you would say that it would be moved to Salford, but The One Show needs to be in London because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get high profile guests as much (a problem Breakfast will soon start to encounter). It could be a while before they need to do anything anyway, but there is always one of the new News studios at Broadcasting House, though none of them will have quite the view that the current position at White City does.
With what justification you base your ideology that no high profile guests will go to Salford/Manchester?
Is not already a fact that many professors they talk to come from the north west region?
Is not already a fact that many high-profile politicians are north west based?
Is not already a fact that Granada NEVER had a problem in getting guests to Manchester, or even Liverpool?
Frankly most of the studio-based guests (crucial for its format) on The One Show are in London to promote whatever it is they're promoting. It wouldn't be impossible to get guests to Manchester, but it would certainly be harder to get the guests they want.
To take a random selection of guests they've had of late:
A film star probably in London for a day or two to promote the film around the premiere
A London-based newsreader
A London-based Eastenders actress
A celebrity author living in London
The likelihood of the programme achieving a line-up of similar calibre if they were based in Salford, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Penzance, Cardiff or anywhere significantly outside the capital is fairly low. And it's all well and good for certain posters on here to take a 'If they can't be bothered to travel to Salford to promote their book then their loss' would be fine if the sole purpose of a programme like Breakfast or The One Show was to enable these people to promote their books - but it's not. The main purpose is to provide audiences with useful, interesting and entertaining interviews, conversations and information. So the decision should be made on how the BBC can provide the service that is expected at a reasonable cost, and not based on politics.
I'll grant you the movie star would be harder to attract to Manchester. But a London based newsreader is hardly celeb material and a similarly interesting (or boring as the case may be) replacement can be found in Manchester. Manchester is also home to the Worlds longest soap so the Eastenders actress isn't a biggy and shock horror, we have authors in Manchester too. Now don't take this as being an example of Civic pride. Whilst I am incredibly proud of Manchester, I'm a Yorkshire lad born and bred but it is annoying to hear pessimism about the BBC move to the Quays. Yes, I am the first to accept that some guests might be harder to attract but some posters make out that anywhere North of London is baron waste land. Has any of you been to Manchester recently?
And lets be honest, the really famous stars.......I mean really famous A listers aren't often on the sofa regardless of programme are they? They tend to be in a room with a generic "film name" back ground being interviewed by people on a conveyor belt system.
Am I right in thinking that 'The One Show' comes from White City? or one of the surrounding buildings? If so, where will that come from in the near future?
For any other show, you would say that it would be moved to Salford, but The One Show needs to be in London because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get high profile guests as much (a problem Breakfast will soon start to encounter). It could be a while before they need to do anything anyway, but there is always one of the new News studios at Broadcasting House, though none of them will have quite the view that the current position at White City does.
With what justification you base your ideology that no high profile guests will go to Salford/Manchester?
Is not already a fact that many professors they talk to come from the north west region?
Is not already a fact that many high-profile politicians are north west based?
Is not already a fact that Granada NEVER had a problem in getting guests to Manchester, or even Liverpool?
Frankly most of the studio-based guests (crucial for its format) on The One Show are in London to promote whatever it is they're promoting. It wouldn't be impossible to get guests to Manchester, but it would certainly be harder to get the guests they want.
To take a random selection of guests they've had of late:
A film star probably in London for a day or two to promote the film around the premiere
A London-based newsreader
A London-based Eastenders actress
A celebrity author living in London
The likelihood of the programme achieving a line-up of similar calibre if they were based in Salford, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Penzance, Cardiff or anywhere significantly outside the capital is fairly low. And it's all well and good for certain posters on here to take a 'If they can't be bothered to travel to Salford to promote their book then their loss' would be fine if the sole purpose of a programme like Breakfast or The One Show was to enable these people to promote their books - but it's not. The main purpose is to provide audiences with useful, interesting and entertaining interviews, conversations and information. So the decision should be made on how the BBC can provide the service that is expected at a reasonable cost, and not based on politics.
I'll grant you the movie star would be harder to attract to Manchester. But a London based newsreader is hardly celeb material and a similarly interesting (or boring as the case may be) replacement can be found in Manchester. Manchester is also home to the Worlds longest soap so the Eastenders actress isn't a biggy and shock horror, we have authors in Manchester too. Now don't take this as being an example of Civic pride. Whilst I am incredibly proud of Manchester, I'm a Yorkshire lad born and bred but it is annoying to hear pessimism about the BBC move to the Quays. Yes, I am the first to accept that some guests might be harder to attract but some posters make out that anywhere North of London is baron waste land. Has any of you been to Manchester recently?
And lets be honest, the really famous stars.......I mean really famous A listers aren't often on the sofa regardless of programme are they? They tend to be in a room with a generic "film name" back ground being interviewed by people on a conveyor belt system.