Wednesday 5 August 2015

Sunderland Air Show

My most recent escapade was a trip with the BBC Experience to Sunderland as part of the SunderlandAir Show  (Not 'Sutherland which i kept on accentually saying when people asked where it was. Nor was it Durham as my family insisted thats 'basically where I was going' )
"The Voice" Chair is a popular attraction at the experience. (Had to get a selfie) 
I had never worked with on this project before so I was quite excited and had a great time!
The day started just before ten and people never really stopped coming through the doors till we closed them.
The Sunderlandonians we very welcoming, with one local remarking "you're too close to the equator for a ginger" after they witnessed me wincing in the midday sun.

 I was taken aback however by the resemblance one of my co-workers had to one of my good friends.. to the point were I was a little freaked out at just how spitting the image was.

 Highlights:
  • Seeing Spitfires and other military aircraft in action.
  • Traveling and working with Sunana is always a hoot! (laugh a minute on the train) 
  • Getting a hug from Elmo
  • Getting offered free carrier-bags by a woman on the Newcastle metro (presumably because she knows we pay for them in Scotland.)
Lowlights:
  • Getting lost from the hotel to site and having to awkwardly ask the Radio Newcastle team for directions. 
  • Nearly having my hotdog blown out my hand by a mix of strong sea wind and jet engine blasts.
  • Trying to get a taxi to the station was difficult in gridlock traffic.
It was a fun trip and a great day, if you get a chance give the BBC Experience a visit. 
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It always starts well..

I did once joke that I would start a blog with good intentions but that it wouldn't get far because i'd:

  1. Not come up with anything.
  2. Forget about it.
  3. Offend someone to the point my blog was hacked (probably by an anti ginger group)
  4. Get so caught up in the debate with myself about what I should be doing with it, that nothing actually made it form the keyboard like quill to the dry scroll of HTMl.
It's ended up being a mix of those things (you can pick which).

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Clarkson... Twitters reaction

So it's happened.


It was sort of inevitable, and any broadcaster who has one rule for talent and another for production staff (especially when it comes to bulling) would be wrong to have done otherwise. 


The bottom line is, they were both at their work and violence should not be tolerated in any workplace. (unless it's for sport and you're a boxer)

That said, twitter had the most mixed reactions... in the world... (sorry)


Some were sad...



Some were happy...



Some got a little confused...

Others offered helpful suggestions of what he might do instead..

and by 4:30 PM there were over 2121 tweets that all used the same line... 




 He'll be fine, however this is the end of an era for the BBC and tv in general... 'Top Gear's' future remains to be seen;
 "The BBC must now look to renew Top Gear for 2016.  This will be a big challenge and there is no point in pretending otherwise."
 -  Tony Hall (BBC  Director General) 
and on that bom... no I'm not going to do that..

   What do you think ?


Monday 23 March 2015

Goodbye Family Guy... #byebye3


With the question mark hanging precariously over BBC3's future as a linear tv channel this latest revelation is a BIG development.. but the thing twitter seems to be moaning about mostly is "Family Guy going to ITV makes me wanna cry...no one wants adverts" (@_Kinghamm) 

I'm actually quite gutted by this... for more that just the adverts. 

There was something quite nice about coming in after a late shift and knowing BBC 3 had Family Guy on. Without adverts the epp's were short enough to enjoy and you could legitimately watch before heading to bed as they didn't keep you up all night.

Even though some people see this as a beacon of immediate doom, BBC Press has said Family Guy will remain on BBC 3 till 'at least' 2017. 

For ITV 2 this will be a big gain, but will people remain as loyal to watching it as they did?  I recon probably, with  secondary channels like these often getting recorded in favour of compelling and expensive content on the big hitters (ITV1, BBC1...) It wont make too big a change for the average viewer to spool through the adverts (but then accidentally spool a bit too far and seeing a spoiler revealed, but you rewind back anyway and watch the last advert into the programme just to make sure you don't miss it this time...we've all done it) 

I'm coming across as quite negative about the whole thing, I am actually in favour of the BBC's plans for the channel. It's a wonder no other broadcaster has thought of it already with sooo many viewing hours going to Youtube and Netflix.

Overall, it was one thing that seemed to be synonymous with BBC3 whenever you talk to people about it; "BBC 3, The home of Family Guy" 

Well, It is until at least 2017...

Good luck everyone...

Ok, I have absolutely no idea what's going on here...

So good luck to you if you're reading this.



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