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TOTP New Look!

`Top Of The Pops` is getting a facelift (about time!) when it moves to the BBC TVC next week. In an hour-long attempt to keep in vogue with current youth, they're hopefully going to dish that plain old-style logo (and music) and revamp everything (in 16:9 haha).

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By Conrad

72 replies

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WH 22 Oct 2001 10:39amWhataday

Normal Television and SKY TV

Can I change the size difference on screen for SKY? I am getting quite annoyyed with the letter NOT fitting in the screen surface area etc. The BBC news is the worst, the weather bar at bottom goes completely out of screen! (this is the case for...

By Nick Dee

4 replies

114 views

RY 22 Oct 2001 10:03amryan

New chairs on the News 24 set!

I noticed that they have installed some new chairs on the News 24 set since the overnight shift! The old ones were grey office chairs, the new ones are black like BBC World's.

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By itsrobert

27 replies

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TM 21 Oct 2001 6:10pmToM

BBC News Studio

Load of people have said that the main BBC News studio is really small but on this picture it looks quite big. So what size is it really? P.S. When can we use real studio names again?

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By Pete

17 replies

604 views

EL 21 Oct 2001 5:31pmelectric

Capturing from WinMedia Player

Is it possible to capture a either a still or clip from a live internet feed on Windows Media Player?

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By Martin

15 replies

139 views

MA 21 Oct 2001 5:15pmMartin

ITV Weather

Best presenter of the national weather?

By M D R

5 replies

841 views

TM 21 Oct 2001 4:52pmToM

Can you identify this Balloon?

If you visit the TV ARK website at TV ARK - BBC North and download the Balloon ident on this page. Can you identify what this one is called? I can't quite make out which one it is!

By Andrew

2 replies

47 views

AN 21 Oct 2001 4:06pmAndrew

Star For A Night

Just caught the opening of this 'live' programme and over a VO was the front of Television Centre all lit up but it looked very very dark - I'm about an hour away from London and it's still pretty light here, so what's going on? The programme i...

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By Asa

18 replies

139 views

SE 21 Oct 2001 3:17pmSquare Eyes

ITV ANNOUNCERS

ITV Announcers. We've had them for over forty years, but what do we think of their job today. Do we like their styles. What they say. How they sound. Do you have a particular favourite in your region.

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By TELEVISION SOUTHWEST

24 replies

2,404 views

AN 21 Oct 2001 1:37pmAndrew

BBC News/News 24 headline bed

I urgently need the BBC News and BBC News 24 headline beds in an MP3 format if possible. If you can help, please put a link here, or send me a message via the messenger with the details.

By ryan

8 replies

1,108 views

ND 21 Oct 2001 12:36pmNick Dee

OB/sat trucks

Watching the continued coverage of the M4 siege today, it occurs to me that a sat-truck must drain an awful lot of electricity, both actually sending the signal by satellite, and all the power needed for the equipment inside it, return feeds etc.

By william

3 replies

56 views

NG 21 Oct 2001 12:30pmnoggin

ZDF News Presentation

Does anyone have any video clips of ZDF Heute Nachrichten, thats ZDF Today News in English. I am getting home sick! RTS

By rts

2 replies

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BU 21 Oct 2001 9:50amBuzz

Eastenders Arson attack

looks liekt he eastenders set hasb een destroyed by arson Click Here Disgusting. Why would anyone want to do this?

By james2001

6 replies

907 views

CO 21 Oct 2001 3:01amConrad

Jeremey Bowen mugged at knifepoint

BBC Breakfast Newsreader Jeremy Bowen was mugged yesterday while walking home to his house in Camberwell from an awards evening for camera men. The father of one was punched in the face and threatened at knifepoint before having his wallet stolen which contained �10.

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By rts

16 replies

250 views

PE 21 Oct 2001 1:05ampeprice

No ident....

Last Night something unusual happened. I'm not sure what programme was being introduced but after a programme promo there was no animated ident on BBC One Scotland.

By BBCME

4 replies

71 views

LI 20 Oct 2001 10:00pmliam

BBC Midlands Today

for some reason they are adding new things in the middle of the week and not at the start: The new window view- on a wednesday new desk- friday and why are thy doing all this when they are moving shortley to the Mailbox?

By Central News

1 reply

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IT 20 Oct 2001 6:05pmitsrobert

BBC National News Presenters

Which one of these 10 are your favourite national BBC ONE News presenters? We may have had this ages ago, but I can't remember, and we have lots of new members now.

By itsrobert

11 replies

823 views

KA 20 Oct 2001 5:56pmKatherine

New BBC News screenshots?

Just watched a BBC News summary with Darren Jordan and I noticed there was a new screenshot at the beginning and end of the bullitin. You see the presenter and the plasma screen tv showing a shot of the BBC News ident.

By rts

5 replies

136 views

MP 20 Oct 2001 3:16pmMP

Tony Morris on BBC News!!

North West Tonight correspondent and presenter has made it on to the national BBC News!! Well Done Tony!

By itsrobert

5 replies

292 views

MP 20 Oct 2001 3:08pmMP

National Lottery Winning Lines

Hi Watching National Lottery Winning Lines tonight, I noticed Pip Schofield didn't mention that it was a roll-over, this kinda confirmed what I already knew that the Wonderwall section ispre-recorded,probably after the Saturday edition, and they ...

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By KeithM

19 replies

2,577 views

JN 20 Oct 2001 10:45amjnlplj1