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Listed below are comments made by Pendle_Witch between Friday, 12th June 2009 and Friday, 16th October 2009.

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Caption Competition 10:22am on 16 Oct 2009 A human-like Power Rangers Megazord is tested for the first time.
Caption Competition 11:03am on 02 Oct 2009 "These pink papers used to be full of football!"
Caption Competition 1:03pm on 01 Oct 2009 "Did you bet on the Footsie to keep falling?"
Caption Competition 1:24pm on 20 Aug 2009 "I've said that you can't do Putting The Ted in this wind!"
Caption Competition 10:19am on 31 Jul 2009 Seals were also taken in by the promises of the Met Office in the spring.
Michael Jackson coverage 10:31am on 07 Jul 2009 Copied from your schedule...

"18:0020:00 Michael Jackson Memorial Concert
Live coverage of Michael Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles."

So, there's no business news, "Sportsday" at 18:45 is cancelled and no-one can get a weather forecast while BBC News services the needs of a minority.
What would it mean to have a Brit in the final of Wimbledon? 10:45am on 03 Jul 2009 Back in April, Andy Murray won the Miami Masters 1000 , a tournament that is outranked in stature by only four others in the entire year. He also drew level with Tim Henman in terms of ATP singles titles won.

Was it mentioned in the BBC Six O'Clock News Hour next day? No.

A week or so later, Susan Boyle appears for the first time on Britain's Got Talent.

Does she get mentioned subsequently in the BBC Six O'Clock News Hour in the following week?

Twice, in the same hour.
Caption Competition 10:09am on 19 Jun 2009 "Can I have a couple of 99s - preferably in cones?"
England World Twenty20 player ratings 10:31am on 16 Jun 2009 When Chelsea played Barcelona at Stamford Bridge (on Sky Sports), Didier Drogba's tantrum was all over the Ten O'Clock News and there were two sports reporters (Olly Foster and James Pearce) stationed outside the ground.

And, last week, James Munro and Pearce were at Wembley paying homage to the Andorran football team.

Of course, it seems to be too much trouble for any BBC sports reporter to do the same for Twenty20 cricket, or to even mention it on the evening news.

As for Radio Five Live, did the listeners really want the Under-21 match rather than the cricket? Did I miss the phone vote?
Why Ronaldo is leaving Manchester for Madrid 10:49am on 12 Jun 2009 Mihir Bose talks about Cristiano Ronaldo on the Six O'Clock News before Fergus Walsh gives us the news on the flu pandemic.

Is C.Ronaldo that important?

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