>Today's highlights
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>CENTRAL NEWS AT SIX, 6.00pm ITV- CARLTON CENTRAL EAST region only
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What can you see in the other parts of the Midlands region?

>WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, 8.00pm ITV- all regions
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>- £100 or £100,000? Find out as the tension continues with Mr Tarrant. This is a good show tonight.

Maybe someone will win the big one?

I can't believe I'm excited about this! This is THE most exciting thing on TV tonight. The state of television, grumble, etc.

DanF- you don't understand. Maybe it wasn't clear enough in the way the listings are presented...
The highlight was Central News at Six East programme. Still Central News in the other parts of the region, but the one to watch is Central News East. I agree that it's great.

, but the one to watch is Central News East. I agree that it's great.

Hang on...something made by Carlton is great. No way!

>The highlight was Central News at Six East programme. Still Central News in the other parts of the region, but the one to watch is Central News East. I agree that it's great.

You're still meandering round the south of England though

I agree that Central News East is great!!!!!!!!!!

All week you have not mentioned 'Lookaround' on Border, weeknights at 6pm. This used to be one of the most popular regional news porgrammes in the UK. Surely it's still worth tuning in to.

>All week you have not mentioned 'Lookaround' on Border, weeknights at 6pm. This used to be one of the most popular regional news porgrammes in the UK. Surely it's still worth tuning in to.


Moreover, it used to change its name every night, making it the most exciting regional news programme on television.
You'd have Lookaround Monday, for example. And let's not forget Lookaround Thursday. For a more upbeat mood, there was Lookaround Friday.

Also, while the BBC told people in the north to Look North (where they'd just find Scotland) or people in the east to Look East (where they'd just find Holland) Border told them to Look around. A far more sensible title and sentiment, I'm sure you'll agree.

>Also, while the BBC told people in the north to Look North (where they'd just find Scotland) or people in the east to Look East (where they'd just find Holland) Border told them to Look around. A far more sensible title and sentiment, I'm sure you'll agree.

Lookaround people...and you'll find sheep, lakes, sheep, hills, more sheep, tourists, a nuclear reprocessing plant, more bloody sheep, really annoying tourists, Melvyn Bragg, flocks and flocks of sheep and Eric Wallace.

And still no mention of Meridian Tonight. The banter between Fred Dinenage and Carl Tyler is unmissable.

>Lookaround people...and you'll find sheep, lakes, sheep, hills, more sheep, tourists, a nuclear reprocessing plant, more bloody sheep, really annoying tourists, Melvyn Bragg, flocks and flocks of sheep and Eric Wallace.
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Yes indeed. Border's population is roughly 600,000. But it sustains a half-hour news programme. Yorkshire TV (roughly ten times as many people) still has only 30 minutes (or 35 if you're going to be really picky and spoil the maths) for them.
If they devoted as many minutes for their regional magazine per person as Border (a minute per 20,000 people) Calendar would be five hours long EVERY NIGHT. But it would only be fair.

>Yes indeed. Border's population is roughly 600,000. But it sustains a half-hour news programme. Yorkshire TV (roughly ten times as many people) still has only 30 minutes (or 35 if you're going to be really picky and spoil the maths) for them.
>If they devoted as many minutes for their regional magazine per person as Border (a minute per 20,000 people) Calendar would be five hours long EVERY NIGHT. But it would only be fair.
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I last saw it when during the opening titles the region morphed into an eagle and flew about, and they had this pyramind logo thing on the desk. It was regional TV at its best.

>And still no mention of Meridian Tonight. The banter between Fred Dinenage and Carl Tyler is unmissable.

I saw the South East edition during the week and they had a new weather forecaster in the studio - a laydee! No more pre-recorded insert from Southampton.

>Also, while the BBC told people in the north to Look North (where they'd just find Scotland) or people in the east to Look East (where they'd just find Holland) Border told them to Look around. A far more sensible title and sentiment, I'm sure you'll agree.

My reaction to 'Points West' is 'Does it?'

>My reaction to 'Points West' is 'Does it?'
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BBC Points West (subject-verb-object) or Points West (as in Points belonging to the West)>

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>>My reaction to 'Points West' is 'Does it?'
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>BBC Points West (subject-verb-object) or Points West (as in Points belonging to the West)>

Yeah it probably comes from some phrase like "Bristol and all points west (of here)"

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>>>My reaction to 'Points West' is 'Does it?'
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>>BBC Points West (subject-verb-object) or Points West (as in Points belonging to the West)>
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>Yeah it probably comes from some phrase like "Bristol and all points west (of here)"
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I always thought it was as in the POINTS of view from the WEST of england. All points west of Bristol would be Devon, Cornwall and Wales (which don't get Points West).

Whilst I am here, can I stick up for Central News South as by far the greatest Central News. It has a good local feel, bags of personality and useful features (although it is not as good now it ais as six than it was at 6:25). It also has (I believe) the longest running partnership in regional news (that is still going). Wesley Smith and Anne Dawson have presented it together since it started which was back in 1989 (I believe).

>I always thought it was as in the POINTS of view from the WEST of england. All points west of Bristol would be Devon, Cornwall and Wales (which don't get Points West).

I wonder if anyone knows for sure?