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http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl >> News and Comment >> London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1360605945 Message started by Mikej on Feb 11^th, 2013, 6:06pm

Title: London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m
Post by Mikej on Feb 11^th, 2013, 6:06pm

See:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/21412087
Followed by:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9861270/BBC-spends-26000-on-taxis-between-London-and-Salford.html

Comments?

Mike

Title: Re: London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m
Post by FoxyFace on Feb 12^th, 2013, 10:24am

This is fine if it corresponds with an accompanying steep rise in Salford viewing figures.
Does it?

Title: Re: London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m
Post by HMG on Feb 12^th, 2013, 2:55pm

Watched this morning Breakfast and in the 1 1/2 hours there were 5 down the line from London plus 2 people on the sofa.1 from a Lancashire school and one plugging a book and probaly paid for the "honour" as he was London based.

Title: Re: London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m
Post by FoxyFace on Feb 14^th, 2013, 9:43am

Breakfast TV is a truly dreadful programme now.News items in particular are often headlined WAY AFTER those broadcast by Sky News or even the Radio 4 Today prog...perhaps they wait till they hear what's broadcast from London and hope viewers won't notice?
As for the weather--for heaven's sake stop wasting time telling us what has happend in the last 24 hours and focus on the future day ahead'
In summary-who on earth watches this programme? the answer must be people with only one channel available to them?

Title: Re: London-Salford travel spend rises to £2m
Post by RobR on Feb 24^th, 2013, 6:50pm

Agreed. It sometimes (especially at weekends) has the feel of a regional opt-out about it. Their reliance upon local vox-pops and guests is beginning to grate.