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Lunchtime show to end after shortening of Lunchtime News (May 2006)

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DB
dbl
Kevin, if your reading this, thanks for the mention. Very Happy
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It's not gonna be the same, without Kev, anyways, who's gonna be replacing him?
SG
SiGa
If you read this, all the best for your future Kevin
AN
Andrew Founding member
Now if you remember one of the reasons why Puffin's Pla(i)ce became popular on TV Forum was because, back a few years ago there was that regional slot before CITV where many regions did different things, besides Border nobody else did a children's birthday slot. Then of course ITV bosses kept changing the slot, moving it, making it smaller, making it longer, when the ITV News Summary was extended Kevin's slot would change at the last minute. This lead to Kevin frequently launching into presentational rants that were of interest on here. He also had a slot at 5pm/5.30pm that used to come and go depending on the schedules, this was also of interest.

Plus there would be chats about the newsreader in the preceeding Channel News bulletin (remember the Patrick Muirhead situation!) and also comments about CITV and their changing presenters and styles. Since they moved to lunchtime most of this type of stuff had gone.

Remember we used to suggest Kevin doubled up as a Channel announcer, rather than just taking ITV1 presentation. We also suggested he should be the new CITV presenter. Neither happened though!

It'll be interesting where he appears next. Probably presenting Quizmania or The Great Big British Quiz!
SE
seamus
Um, I'm Irish, but living in NY, so I don't really know what the show is for, but I saw the stream today and it seemed entertaining. Well, I wish the best of luck to kevin.
FA
fanoftv
It's a shame that these things come to an end. Back in the better studio (in my opinion), back when Kevin could sit down (even though he may not have wanted to), back when it was the big mic, so there was less scratching of the clothes on the current radio mics, back when a certain green on a birthday card would bring 'Monday' shining through.

Ah, the memories. It's a shame that Kevin's leaving, Sam seems ok, I'm sure he will do it justice, but it'll still take some beating to replace Kev.

If you are reading this Mr Pamplin, good luck to everything that you do in the future, and even if you do end up on quizmania, it will be great to see you for 2 hours, as opposed to 15 minutes! And if you have a choice, choose Quizmania as it's the most entertaining, and then you can work with Flash!
Alternatively, take your powers to ITV and get them to give CITV some proper identity that seems to have been lost!

Whatever you do, good luck with it, and I hope that we see you on our screens very soon, and good luck with the rest of the week!
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Laughing I see Kevin picked up on ColonelRed's comments today!

Glad you liked my card, Kevin, it's amazing what you can do with Microsoft Publisher! Razz Laughing
BE
Ben Founding member
Don't you just love the fact that there is probably more people that watch this programme on this forum than on all the Channel Islands put together!

It would suggest we need to get out more I think Laughing Still good luck to Kevin, but we all know Harry is the real star of the show...
SE
seamus
YAY! I was mentioned! He said " Even People in NY watch, that's my favorite place in the world!
AN
Andrew Founding member
Another memory, remember that time when Kevin accidentally swore live on the programme

He was talking about Sandra Bullock, but said Sandra Bollock!
DB
dbl
Andrew posted:
Another memory, remember that time when Kevin accidentally swore live on the programme

He was talking about Sandra Bullock, but said Sandra Bollock!

Easy mistake to make, they both sound similar. Laughing
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Laughing @ the show "finishing early" today! - And another mention for those watching online in New York!
SE
seamus
I'm 12, so i'm excited! I was mentioned on tv!

MY name is James Marlow by the way kevin

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