Central West and BBC Midlands Thread: Central using Gas st reception as a studio. - Page 39

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tvmercia Founding member 21 May 2003 12:50am

Philip Cobbold posted:

sda| posted:

to be honest i thought the view out of the window was live! evidently not!

wonder what building in brum the camera is at.

The day there was a problem with the picture it was pouring with rain.. It could be that rain got into the camera.

it was fixed as soon sa they got back from the insert - and the window views looked absolutely identical (if you ignore the white line) before an after. so thats why i think it was a tape left on pause.

anyway - kay did a fantastic report on the main programme from the chelsea flower show. kay wanted answers - so naturally she chose gardening supremo and pebble mill veteran alan titchmarsh. so she did a fantastic comedy report of her running round chasing after alan (and keep missing him) - but speaking to her midlands friends on the way about their fabulous midlands related gardens.

oh my god! kay spots alan! QUICK!!
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids01.jpg

hes gone - but look!! its kays friend viv. from shropshire "hello viv how are you?" "im fine thanks kay"
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids02.jpg

kay looks high and low for alan
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids03.jpg

and nick the camera man has lost several lbs due to kays dedicated search for tits-marsh
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids04.jpg

OH BUT LOOK!! its clair austin! another of kay's friends from the midlands
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids05.jpg

wow! kay runs like the wind
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids06.jpg

http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids07.jpg

OH BUT LOOK! its chris!! another of kays friends from the midlands!!
hes from warwickshire- and kay thinks thats just fab.
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids08.jpg

kay never got to see alan - he went off to do some filming - but kay didnt care. she has seen so many of her midlands friends.
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids09.jpg

http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids10.jpg

shame kay isnt on the main show very often - she really out-did herself today. when you compare that fantastic report to the likes of mc cudden and satnam rana - theres no contest. it had exactly the right tone for midlands today.

on another note - yet another shameless plug for WM *titter* - i think its the first time theyve put the frequency in the location strap

http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/200503--bbcmids11.jpg

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Westy2 22 May 2003 6:43pm

I assume that piccy was from WM's interview/phone in for Dave Jones of Wolves, which gives a good oppotunity to plug WM's coverage on Monday.

Wilkesy & Butler are 'down the pub' near the ground between 12 & 2, followed by Franksy & co doing the commentary from 2pm.

All together now.

# Heyyyy, Hey Jonesy #

# OO Ah OO ##

etc etc !

3 more shows, then bye bye Shabina.

Yippee !

PC

Philip Cobbold 22 May 2003 6:47pm

There was a report at lunchtime and at 6:30 about Kay being at the BBC for thirty years. There was a nice report of Kay's work over the years, and then she was given flowers by Shefali.

EH

Ed Hammond 22 May 2003 6:54pm

Kay got rather emotional, didn't she? Understandable, really. And a brilliant compilation of moments from her time on Midlands Today.

I thought they might've got more people on to talk about her, not just Ashley Blake, who could only muster an inexplicable comment about her height.

Let's hope that Kay remains to report on the issues that matter to us in the Midlands (especially travel) for the next thirty years.

I'm sure that somebody has some captures...

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tvmercia Founding member 22 May 2003 7:48pm

Ed Hammond posted:

Kay got rather emotional, didn't she? Understandable, really. And a brilliant compilation of moments from her time on Midlands Today.

I thought they might've got more people on to talk about her, not just Ashley Blake, who could only muster an inexplicable comment about her height.

Let's hope that Kay remains to report on the issues that matter to us in the Midlands (especially travel) for the next thirty years.

I'm sure that somebody has some captures...

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Re-it-er-ate 23 May 2003 7:11pm

Oh my god tvmercia! I saw this too. What triggered it off for me was when the weather screen behind Shefali changed to the generic Midlands Today one - and what a wonderful image on the plamsa screen for her!

Such a shame it couldn't have happened in an evening bulletin. They should let her co-present an evening bulletin with someone else like Micheal Collie for a change and then have done it then.

She has done a lot in her time at Midlands Today, and may I add - hasn't aged that much!

SD

sda| 24 May 2003 12:29am

I'd love to see more mt from the era this is from

http://www.andrew986.clara.co.uk/220503--midlandstoday-kay30yrs03.jpg

anyone got any footage lurking about?

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Westy2 26 May 2003 12:41pm

Back to WM now.

Sally James will be presenting a Friday afternoon show between 1 & 4, across the whole region, so have WM received a massive budget increase, because some presenters will be doing less hours, for example, Waddo & Julie will only be doing 4 days a week, rather than 5, & Boyden will only be doing 5 days, rather than 6, plus they've found money for a 'higher profile' presenter (if you can still call Sally high profile these days!)

For the record, what I've learned so far, for the schedule :

Monday to Friday

5am Early Show - Presenter ?

7am Breakfast - Adrian Goldberg/Annie Othen

10am Doolan

1pm Malc & Mollie(95.6)/Bob Brolly(CWR) Mon to Thurs/ Sally James Fridays region wide

4pm Franksy

7pm Evening progs

10pm Waddo & Julie(On Fridays, Daz Hale from 9pm, followed by Hip Hop prog at 11pm, then Jail Mail at midnight)

Currently listening to the pre match prog with Wilkesy & Butler, so

COME ON WOLVES !!!

(And I can't stand football !!)

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Isonstine Founding member 27 May 2003 12:41pm

Midlands Today have just unveiled some new titles - a 'rehash' of the existing ones including some of the old images and some new ones - I'm sure I saw one of the images from the South Today titles!! They look nice though, and they're now proper 14:9 rather than 4:3 cropped to 14:9 which meant the quality really looked poor.

Shefali is also presenting this lunchtime. One thing I am glad about these new titles is that they've not got rid of the old women in the field going "oooooo" - they've actually used new shots of them! Fab.

LM

Lee M 27 May 2003 12:45pm

Isonstine posted:

Midlands Today have just unveiled some new titles - a 'rehash' of the existing ones including some of the old images and some new ones - I'm sure I saw one of the images from the South Today titles!! They look nice though, and they're now proper 14:9 rather than 4:3 cropped to 14:9 which meant the quality really looked poor.

Intresting - NWT also used re-hashed titles at 1.30 today as well, one of the shots was from Look North Newcastle I think. And they were shown in 14:9 as well, rather than 4:3 cropped to 14:9 (stings still cropped though).

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Re-it-er-ate 27 May 2003 3:37pm

Isonstine posted:

Midlands Today have just unveiled some new titles - a 'rehash' of the existing ones including some of the old images and some new ones - I'm sure I saw one of the images from the South Today titles!! They look nice though, and they're now proper 14:9 rather than 4:3 cropped to 14:9 which meant the quality really looked poor.
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Yeah, they kept the metro station one and the teashop by the motorway ones as well. The new ones were of some football on a council estate and a wide shot of a school playing field, IIRC.

IS

Isonstine Founding member 27 May 2003 6:17pm

Central West and BBC Midlands Thread

Central using Gas st reception as a studio. (January 2003)