Your chance to present a regional news programme

BB

BBCNews 27 October 2001 7:50pm

If i had the chocie i would scrap Look North (EAST) And North West Tonight.

And make them all into Look North.

And then Scrap South East Today BBC LDN And South Today, Points West and make into South Today.

Then scrap EMT And Make that Midlands Today.

JO

Joe 27 October 2001 8:00pm

BBCNews, I take it you're not being serious??

MD

M D R 27 October 2001 8:00pm

Remember that there is not a political region, which the regions should be based around, called 'South Midlands'.
Herefordshire IS in the West Midlands, along with Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Oxfordshire is South East and Gloucestershire is South West England. This doesn't look very regional, firstly.
Secondly, the region would surely be too small for a dedicated half hour show and short bulletins each day.

I agree that Herefordshire and Gloucestershire shouldn't be covered on Midlands Today.
You couldn't even call the show Thames Valley ('Today') with Herefordshire included.

BP

Big Phil 27 October 2001 8:33pm

'You're watching ITV1, in the heart of your region. Now at 6 o' clock, Granada Reports, with Lucy Meacock and Phil Towers.'

Do you think they'd call me Phil or Philip?

ND

Nick Dee 27 October 2001 8:45pm

i supposse whatever you asked.
I'm sure Nick Owen is called Nicholas.

KA

Katherine Founding member 27 October 2001 10:02pm

I think Nick Owen is called Nick Owen so to avoid any confusion between himself and ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen....

ST

Stoo 27 October 2001 11:10pm

None,I think they are all corny,except Midlands today and Central News

Stu

BB

BringBackThames 28 October 2001 12:50am

'This is BBC One in London and the South East, now BBC London News with Kevin Larkin.' (Notice that they don't have a male newsreader at BBC LDN at present - I'm here! Hire me! I maybe 16 but I'll do the job for free!!)

SU

StandUpAndBeSeated 1 November 2001 1:32pm

M D R posted:

Remember that there is not a political region, which the regions should be based around, called 'South Midlands'.
Herefordshire IS in the West Midlands, along with Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Oxfordshire is South East and Gloucestershire is South West England. This doesn't look very regional, firstly.
Secondly, the region would surely be too small for a dedicated half hour show and short bulletins each day.

I agree that Herefordshire and Gloucestershire shouldn't be covered on Midlands Today.
You couldn't even call the show Thames Valley ('Today') with Herefordshire included.

Why should the BBC regions be based around political regions??? I can see no reason for this!!! That would only be important for the Sunday parliamentary programmes. After all, ITV1/Carlton/Central (whatever) divide the Midlands into West, East and South . So why can't the BBC have a south midlands too?

And indeed there already is less division for the political shows - MidsTdy and EMT come together for Viewpoint Midlands (my proposed SMT region would be dragged into that too). Also, STdy and SETdy come together for South On Sunday.

MDR, you mention 'political regions' in many posts, why are you obsessed with such things. This forum is about TV, not politics!!!

(Edited by StandUpAndBeSeated at 10:27 am on Nov. 5, 2001)

(October 2001)