Children in Need 2007

Well it depends who they got to replace him. Him and Fearne obviously don't work well together at all

The only double act who can handle live TV seemlessly who I could think of hosting the show are handcuffed to the other side

I also wonder, is the rough and ready presentation just the perils of live broadcasting, or the production team not having enough rehersals

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Well it is 7 hours of live TV. I would love to see that 'other side' doing this seamusly.

It really isn't up to scratch this year, is it? To be honest, I think it has gone downhill since Gaby Roslin left. She and Terry worked well together and since Fearne (and briefly Natasha Kaplinsky) took over, things have seemed a bit awkward. I, too, think Terry's a brilliant broadcaster but it seems as though it is too much for him this year. I find the BBC's decision-making process hard to accept. On the one hand, you've got Moira Stuart (58 ) and Anna Ford (64) being forced into retirement because they are deemed to old to read the news (which is far less physically challenging than a live entertainment telethon) yet on the other you've got 69-year-old Terry presenting a highly stressful telethon which really does need a youthful, energetic presenter. What is the BBC playing at?

In some ways it's been Granddaughter (Fearne) keeping Grandad (Terry) company all evening to be honest.

Opts in Yorks and Lincs were all from Lincoln, most of them live - half on the ground and half on the wheel. 11.30 was pre-rec and featured all Hull-based fundraising.

Yet you all seem to keep watching for 7 hours Imagine if it was a good show - you'd be totally hooked!

No - TLS Studio 1 is smaller than TC1. Fountain's two studios with the door between them open forming one studio is larger. (Not sure if Maidstone's tin shed is now also larger than TC1 - but it only just qualifies as a studio - it has a pants lighting grid and they had to put turf on the roof to try after they discovered they couldn't hear themselves think when it rained...)

I love the way they now leave the phone number aston poised on-screen for all the people to ring who are just coming in from the pub and clubs etc.

Ah, I haven't been watching for 7 hours, its been unbearable, and even if I did... its all for char-idee at the end of the day.

How'd you find that out? It is bigger than TC1 apparently, they kept boasting about it being the biggest studio space in the country. Not sure thats the case though.

I've hardly seen any of it these last few years, save for the Doctor Who specials, but it sounds so dire this year. What happened to the days when it wasn't just musical act/musical act/musical act? You had all the gimmicks in the mid 90s like 3D and 'Smellovision' which actually encouraged people to watch. Now it's a bit like a dinosaur, and one of the few amusing moments this decade was Tim Vine getting cut off after making jokes about hijacked planes in 2001 (two months after 9/11) in front of a stunned Gaby Roslin.

I suppose they can't complain as it's still getting money and it's still increasing every yeah, but...I dunno, maybe it's that I'm getting older, but it doesn't seem as fun and exciting anymore. We've gone from a special edition of Noel's House Party to a bunch of bored radio DJs 'playing' Never Mind the Buzzcocks to a dead audience with a sarcastic Chris Moyles.