I've already phoned the Social's 'Shop a Cheat' helpline informing them of this fact.

>What do people think of this year's broadcast?
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>Good, Bad or indifferent ! GOOD
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>What about the regional opt outs ? OK
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>Who presented them? ( You can include details of your local BBC radio station as well) BBC MIDLANDS TV PRESENTERS WERE : CATH MACKIE, SUE BEARDSMORE & RADIO WM'S MALCOLM BOYDEN
RADIO WM PRESENTER WAS IAN WOOD IN THE STUDIO, WITH A MIXTURE OF ED DOOLAN, CAYTE WALKER, TONY BUTLER, POGUS CAESAR, DAZ HALE, JENNY WILKES, SHANE O'CONNOR, THEN ALEX TRELLINSKI TOOK OVER AT 11 WITH HIS REGIONAL LATE SHOW,ALREADY BEING TRANSMITTED ON OTHER STATIONS

WHY COULDN'T THE REGIONAL TV & RADIO CONTINUE AFTER 12? IT'S STUPID TO CLOSE DOWN THAT EARLY!!
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>On a humourous note, does anybody reckon Pudsey's now faking it with that bandage round his eye? He's had it now for several years ! YES !!
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IS YOUR FUCKING CAPS LOCK STUCK YOU IMBECILE?

NO I JUST REALLY LIKE PUDSEY BEAR!!! MMMMMMMMMM FLUFFY!

OOOH NAUGHTY SIDNEYNONYMOUS I'D LIKE TO FUCK PUDSEY!

I had nothing to do with it.

Nice CIN cocaine joke from Linda Smith on HIGNFY tonight.
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I particularly enjoyed the free Beatles Band concert at Virgin Megastore which was staged to raise money for CIN(& plug the latest Beatles album). I caught the evening set (they'd been playing since 10am) and they were pretty good.

One of the best bits was watching the bemused shoppers trying to fight through the audience to buy their shopping. I must have been in a good mood afterwards, 'cos I even found Virgin's spookily UV-lit toilets quite groovy.

All together now, 'All You Need Is Love'...

Good cause, naff programming
Red Nose is betterish
Not worth staying up for.

Terry not quite so pissed this year. A shame really, as he considerably perked up proceedings about three years back, where Gaby very obviously had to cover for him several times as he slurred into the next link.

This isn't just some kind of spurious malicious gossip. In my last year at school a group of us were taken to see 'Wogan' being filmed at the Empire, and the man himself came to talk to the audience beforehand. Bright red in the face, it was immediately obvious that he was startlingly drunk. (Cue comedy drunk slurring:) "You might feel a bit sorry for yourselves, sat at the back here. Don't. 'Cos all those people down at the front, as soon as the show starts, there'll be a bloody great camera in front of them, and they won't be able to see a bloody thing." And off he weaved.

Come transmission, with enough foundation on his face (and the colour turned down on the cameras) he looked perfectly normal, and, give him his due, you'd never have guessed that he was pissed. It's only been in later years that it's been clear that he's drunk during broadcasts. (And having to cover Eurovision, frankly, who can blame him?)

Jack Dee once claimed Wogan owns not just one wig, but a whole series of hairpieces of varying lengths for use throughout the year. You could understand if he just had a few spairs hanging round, but to actually go to the trouble of faking a haircut...blimey.

RHC, dont' mention the Nose thing!!! Eech. I've not been able to stick one since 1991...

I don't know about anyone else but I spent the entire broadcast yelling abuse at Gaby Roslin, it was a deeply satisfying evening of television.

I mean how many cocks can she virtually suck in one charity broadcast? HONESTLY!

PS. As far as telethons go, it just didn't seem right without cutting to shots of the phone room. And where were the incoherant footballers holding crying babies and babbling on about what a great cause it is and how thrilled they are to be Hemel Hempstead/Penge/Hull to support it.

We had Peter Levy singing on BBC North. Lovely...

>I mean how many cocks can she virtually suck in one charity broadcast?

Now THAT'S a telethon I'd watch...

I actually huged Pudsey in the middle of Chester the other week, well I thought it was just a hug, but sadly it was mistaken for rape and i was arrested - these cuddly toy things can be rather curious things, however I did look rather stupid hugging a large yellow bear in the middle of a city, albeit a city the size of a small village.
My mates were not amused, I was

>I actually huged Pudsey in the middle of Chester the other week

What, you made him much bigger?

>>I actually huged Pudsey in the middle of Chester the other week
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>What, you made him much bigger?

... Matron.