As a little experiment
and by way of a preview of tonight's programme, I walked up to tonight's editor (blogger Marc) at around 1545 to ask about the programme.
Eddie Mair | 16:09 UK time, Friday, 23 March 2007
and by way of a preview of tonight's programme, I walked up to tonight's editor (blogger Marc) at around 1545 to ask about the programme.
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Wonderful.....I take back my e-mail about leaving the newsletter alone.....I want this sort of interview every day instead!
What a start to the weekend.....the voices of Eddie and the Lovely Marc, together, on the same clip....ooooooooh!
Great idea, Eddie. And Marc clearly needs to do more of it: "It's probably the most constructive thing I've done all day".
Hear you next week, Marc!
Stage 2: Letting us in on the glassbox discussions? Is that a 'yes' Eddie?
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ - it's what you do.
Nice to hear Marc. Hope you've found that extra 25% -100% by now - you have about another 11 minutes by my reckoning.
Incidentally the clip wouldn't load at first, had to kill it and try again. Don't know if that was due to excess demand or just down to me!
It's good to know that you lot sail as close to the wind in your jobs as I do in mine. Lovely to hear Marc -Eddie; surely you have something better to do so close to the programme starting? Hair? Make-up? Choosing a rugby shirt?
Now I'm really heartbroken -- I've spent ages trying to get my Realplayer to run the Wii clip this afternoon. It works fine for everything else but, a couple of months back, gave up playing anything Eddie posts and just won't budge. No matter, thunk I, when I couldn't get it going -- I heard the programme last night anyway. But this??? How will I ever hear this without it???
Any tips anyone? (Sob).
Did I imagine it?
Did the COMMENTS link against each of today's threads briefly show the number of comments per thread??
Sun must be over the yard-arm. I'll get me coat.
Fifi
Big Sister (2)...you never know. Once the Blog Glass Box starts...anything could happen.
What a great report by Hugh tonight and with a moving addition from Jeremy Bowen. It's that sort of reporting that makes you stop what you're doing and really, really listen. Thanks to you both.
I really didn't think my interview by Eddie was actually going to appear here.
if I'd known, I would have made myself unavailable for interview - thereby echoing 90% of the people we approached today
That's great, Eddie! I think it's a wonderful idea :-) I'd suggest that it's not something to do every day. In fact, I would think it would work best as a non-scheduled thing, just done on the spur of the moment. That way, we can get an idea of the true working day in the hive that is Television Centre! Maybe you can expand the base of intervieweees to include people from *gasp* other programmes who you happen to spot in the corridors,...
Is it me or Jane Austen looks like Kate Winsley (or is it the other war around?)
Absolutely, Perky (9). One of those times when my children think I've lost the plot completely because I'm standing motionless in the middle of the room staring at the radio. I heard Hugh on Feedback at lunchtime trying to explain why he keeps going back. With so many journalists having lost their lives in dangerous places around the world this year, and Alan Johnston still missing, I can only express huge gratitude that extraordinary people like Hugh and Jeremy are prepared to continue bringing their outstanding work into my kitchen.
As to Eddie and Marc's exchange - I think Marc needs to take some lessons from George Osbource in how to avoid answering a question.
Winslet, even!
Hugh Sykes 23 March specially but always - just to thank him and all the others who send in these vibrant heart cracking accounts of 'life' in Iraq and for voicing out loud today what I say every day how do the two B's sleep at night
I am sure I am not the only mother/grandmother who identifies every time with the deaths of the children of whatever age. My own young adult son died recently tragically and I feel that woman's universal bond particularly deeply.
Perky (9) and Rachel (13) All I can do is echo your sentiments. Yesterday's recording of the bomb exploding was chilling, to say the least, and tonight's report had me in tears. As Hugh said, how do the politicians sleep? I wish someone could pack up Hugh's reports and send them to Mr Blair, Mr. Bush and all their supporters.
Fifi (7) are you sure that it was today's threads? During recent returns to September my heart has risen at the sight of "comments counters" only to realise that I had returned to "The Goode Olde Dayse"
H.
(Why do old-ie signs end all words with "e"?)
Humphe - don'te knowe, doe youe?
zefrog, yes, it DOES!!!!!!!
But I'm sure Jane wouldn't have worn such an inordinate amount of rouge.
As for the Eric/Marc interview, splendid stuff. Marc, you'll never be a politician, but you're funny and intelligent - oh, you'll definitely never be a politician.
Nice voice.
Humphe - They are trying to look like Shakespeare or Chaucer. It's silly.
Some of the 'e's at the end of words were sounded in Sh and Ch's day. Check the scansion. They'd have been pronounced approximately the same as the unstressed vowel in 'a' and 'the', or the one in 'ahead'. It's called a schwa.
I remember it well as a young girl.
No, OK, I admit, I done a degree in Eng Lang and Linguistics and three of my favourite courses were historical phonology (don't ask), Middle English and Early Modern English. (Hi, Lochinvar)
So this 'yee oldee bookee shoppee' stuff is just... well, stuff. And nonsense.
O Frances! - "I done a degree"
You really did spend a time in Norn Iron didn't you?
Jenny K, I've just read your post and I'm so very sorry that something so terrible happened to you.
I wonder often whether the children of the children I knew in Iraq long ago have survived, and the two little girls who are now women have had tragedies in their lives.
RJD - you spotted the deliberate mistake. Yes, Belfast. I loved it.
Crikey, I'm coming across as a trouble-spot junkie. Not at all. Just two important times in my life. Happy ones, too.