A busy morning..
...we're working away on Saturday morning's iPM outside broadcast. Here's a clue:
Not a great clue but there you are. Yes, some poor listener who innocently contacted us, will have Jennifer and me invading her home before dawn on Saturday. If you're up early do try to catch us - not least because of a discussion we recorded yesterday with two listeners who could bring some personal experience to bear on the Baby P story. They were terrific and I hope you'll enjoy hearing it. It's our last week at 0545 for a while (we move to 1730 next week...back to 0545 in the New Year).
In other news, advent photos are already arriving - don't forget to send yours.
And as you may know our editor, Peter Rippon, is leaving after being fired. His "do" is tonight. There was a card going round the office which we lost. Twice. The drinks tonight will be in line with the new frugal BBC, and it'll be rose wine - one glass only - created by mixing a bottle of red with a bottle of white.
It's true to say that PM would not be the programme it is without Peter.
Please don't hold it against him.
Listen to PM
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Jennifer and you?
How will the signal get back then?
The radio car - a satellite truck?
ISDN ?
Can't wait to hear more.
Hope Peter enjoys his new slot with Martha
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Radio car, thank you.
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My guess is that it's an ipm listener who lives near Heathrow and concerned about the plans for the new runway.
Or that's the story.
Jennifer must remember to bring in the sound effects to the studio when you record it all
Boiling kettle, crockery, toaster ejecting toast and Boeing 747 approaching runway. Oh and sound of Radio car engine in the background - and add a bit of FM style hiss for authenticity ;-O
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You musn't mock. We may make it a regular feature and head down your way...
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Eddie 4, Down Your Way has already been done.
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D_McN..Eddie is far too young to know that.
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Long ago when I did hospital broadcasting, we had a request show called Down Your Ward.
So that's been done too, if you were about to suggest it. ;o)
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The seaside version: Down Your Quay
The farmyard version: Down Your Hay
The financial version: Down Your Pay
The Chicken-keeper's version: Down Your Lay
The Exotic Marine Wildlife version: Down Your Ray
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The cheap rail ticket version: Down Your Awayday
The Steeleye Span version: Gaudete
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Fifi (7), when I did hospital radio, we had shows called, From Here to Maternity, The Chronicles of Hernia and Dr...No!!
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Down My Way, please, Eddie! You could get here by train and still be home in time for lunch! ;o)
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Now, will the red have been bought for the occasion, or will it be the leftover dregs from the bottles of Le Froglet you tucked into recently? :)
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Joe (10): Our station director would have hit the roof if anyone had suggested anything like that!
Still, we won lots of awards so I guess he did know what he was doing ... if rather humourlessly.
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Seriously we've just been talking about visiting listeners on a regular basis. Keep your eyes peeled on the iPM thingy.
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Hmm ... 'Down Your Ward', and then specially for the endoscopy unit, 'Up Yours'.
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If you're visiting me, the key's in the plant pot and mine's a tea with milk no sugar please
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Eddie, I can't tell you where I live for security reasons.... Social Security reasons.
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I'd like to be visited on a regular basis - Where do I sign up, Eddie?
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Do any of you have a place in the Maldives?
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Darn! just sold the Maldives place so I could continue to afford my champagne habit...
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This is all sounding very scary and I'm sure Eddie will regret it.
The Womans hour listeners all looking for and ready to mob a BBC Radio taxi in the early hours.
Mind you for the listeners sake - at least Eddie isn't as scary as Keith Chegwin arriving at the door!
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Did "Down Your Way" use a Londoncentric map, where all roads lead down (and out?)?
You'll be welcome to tea (or stronger) with the squirrelsup here most anytime.
Slainte
ed
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BigSis @ 11
Trains don't run overnight to your way.
Are you implying Eddie would have to have a sleepover then?
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Fifi (13). We too would win awards. Especially for our hospital radio cabaret times - with Dame Kiri Opodist, some Tunisian balancers... they were a sort of Affro dizzy act, and we had a canary that did impressions of a doctor... a chirpy-chirpy-GP-GP.
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1939 -1945 throughout Europe people lived in fear of the knock at the door....2008 people live in fear of of the knock at the door.....
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Jonnie (23) If Eddie and co turned up at my door at the crack of dawn, it would definitely be a pyjama party ;o)
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Gillian (26) : I'm such a night owl, it wouldn't be worth my while going to bed the night before!
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Sorry I mentioned it. Down your pints.
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Eddie 19, I have some endive.
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