Comments on: What do the BBC leadership have to say about the future of Birmingham? http://steflewandowski.com/2008/02/what-do-the-bbc-leadership-have-to-say-about-the-future-of-birmingham/ Create something every day Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simon Howes http://steflewandowski.com/2008/02/what-do-the-bbc-leadership-have-to-say-about-the-future-of-birmingham/comment-page-1/#comment-9581 Simon Howes Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:39:12 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=332#comment-9581 The BBC in the West Midlands is a sad state of affairs - The BBC have a huge bias to Manchester that it is effecting commissioned programs made in Brum. Programming will come from Nottingham for Radio WM after 10pm. We have lost Radio 2 commissioning. Lost Doctors. Drama Village to close. People at the Mail Box are worried they are going to loose their jobs. There's even rumbling that Midlands Today news will merge with East Anglia and be broadcasted from Nottingham. Central News was going to do the same however OfCom have stepped in and delayed the move to 2009. We have lost Sports Personality Awards, it was so highly successful at the NEC they are going to Liverpool. An interesting letter, full of spin: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18612919&postcount=479 The BBC in the West Midlands is a sad state of affairs - The BBC have a huge bias to Manchester that it is effecting commissioned programs made in Brum.

Programming will come from Nottingham for Radio WM after 10pm.
We have lost Radio 2 commissioning.
Lost Doctors.
Drama Village to close.

People at the Mail Box are worried they are going to loose their jobs.

There’s even rumbling that Midlands Today news will merge with East Anglia and be broadcasted from Nottingham. Central News was going to do the same however OfCom have stepped in and delayed the move to 2009.

We have lost Sports Personality Awards, it was so highly successful at the NEC they are going to Liverpool.

An interesting letter, full of spin: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18612919&postcount=479

]]> By: Paul Ashton http://steflewandowski.com/2008/02/what-do-the-bbc-leadership-have-to-say-about-the-future-of-birmingham/comment-page-1/#comment-9558 Paul Ashton Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:06:30 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=332#comment-9558 I guess we all like to believe that The Archers is set in the West Midlands, most probably north Worcestershire in my opinion, but these days there are so many "outsiders" in Ambridge! Is that political correctness taken to the nth degree and if so, why are there no strong Brummie accents among the cast? Your comment about west and east is justified. There are more direct flights from BHX to Asia than there are to America! And if Jaguar and Land Rover are bought by Tata then the Detroit connection will wither. Birmingham starts to look like a very sensible place for UK-Asia cooperation. I guess we all like to believe that The Archers is set in the West Midlands, most probably north Worcestershire in my opinion, but these days there are so many “outsiders” in Ambridge! Is that political correctness taken to the nth degree and if so, why are there no strong Brummie accents among the cast?

Your comment about west and east is justified. There are more direct flights from BHX to Asia than there are to America! And if Jaguar and Land Rover are bought by Tata then the Detroit connection will wither. Birmingham starts to look like a very sensible place for UK-Asia cooperation.

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