Daily Mirror claiming that the BBC might activate the Wood Norton bunker

MB

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Mar 12, 2020, 10:23:21 AM3/12/20

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In the Daily Mirror today

"Coronavirus: BBC plans to broadcast from remote wartime 'bunker' if bug
hits studios"

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/coronavirus-bbc-plans-broadcast-remote-21677947

Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Mar 12, 2020, 4:00:35 PM3/12/20

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How is that going to help?
From what I read there is already paranoia at some bbc establishments with
hand wipes everywhere.
If you are going in a bunker, first make sure nobody goes in or out and
whose who are in have to be virus clear.
Brian

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Roderick Stewart

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Mar 13, 2020, 5:31:19 AM3/13/20

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Nuts. They'd still need people to operate the distribution and
transmission network, and to bring reports of what was happening in
the world outside their bunker, otherwise they wouldn't have anything
to broadcast.

Rod.

MB

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Mar 13, 2020, 8:01:47 AM3/13/20

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On 13/03/2020 09:31, Roderick Stewart wrote:
> Nuts. They'd still need people to operate the distribution and
> transmission network, and to bring reports of what was happening in
> the world outside their bunker, otherwise they wouldn't have anything
> to broadcast.

The distribution and transmission network would run on its own for some
time, some might say it would run better without humans messing about
with it!

Andy Burns

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Mar 13, 2020, 9:34:02 AM3/13/20

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Brian Gaff wrote:

> If you are going in a bunker, first make sure nobody goes in or out and
> whose who are in have to be virus clear.

Maybe they could send G Norton, J Vine, G Lineker and friends in? Might
save them a fortune ...

Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)

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Mar 13, 2020, 10:17:04 AM3/13/20

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Yes Jeremy whine does annoy me with his kind of off key monotone.
It worked for sport, but to my mind not for much else.

Brian

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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)

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Mar 13, 2020, 10:18:20 AM3/13/20

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Maybe they are expecting a zombie attack.

Brian

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MB

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Mar 13, 2020, 1:19:53 PM3/13/20

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On 13/03/2020 13:33, Andy Burns wrote:
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> Maybe they could send G Norton, J Vine, G Lineker and friends in? Might
> save them a fortune ...

I would put that Rayon character top of any list, I get the impression
they are trying to build him up with him him doing more and more
programmes.

He is on the list of immediate switch off / over.

J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Mar 13, 2020, 10:46:53 PM3/13/20

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Especially if they try using those lights labelled in black on a black
background ... (-:
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Adrian Tuddenham

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Mar 14, 2020, 7:43:58 AM3/14/20

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J. P. Gilliver (John) <G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 12:01:45, MB <M...@nospam.net> wrote:
> >On 13/03/2020 09:31, Roderick Stewart wrote:
> >> Nuts. They'd still need people to operate the distribution and
> >> transmission network, and to bring reports of what was happening in
> >> the world outside their bunker, otherwise they wouldn't have anything
> >> to broadcast.
> >
> >The distribution and transmission network would run on its own for some
> >time, some might say it would run better without humans messing about
> >with it!
>
> Especially if they try using those lights labelled in black on a black
> background ... (-:

You mean like the minor controls on a BT 'disabled-friendly' 'phone?
...The one with the ringer pitched above the cutoff frequency of many
people with hearing loss.

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Mar 14, 2020, 8:26:38 AM3/14/20

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:42:21 +0000,
adr...@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) wrote:

>J. P. Gilliver (John) <G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 12:01:45, MB <M...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> >On 13/03/2020 09:31, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>> >> Nuts. They'd still need people to operate the distribution and
>> >> transmission network, and to bring reports of what was happening in
>> >> the world outside their bunker, otherwise they wouldn't have anything
>> >> to broadcast.
>> >
>> >The distribution and transmission network would run on its own for some
>> >time, some might say it would run better without humans messing about
>> >with it!
>>
>> Especially if they try using those lights labelled in black on a black
>> background ... (-:
>
>You mean like the minor controls on a BT 'disabled-friendly' 'phone?
>...The one with the ringer pitched above the cutoff frequency of many
>people with hearing loss.

It took me a long time to find that setting. I have a BT connection
but it is with Gigaset phones. It's just one button to stop any
"friendly" callers.

Steve

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tony sayer

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Mar 16, 2020, 2:13:43 PM3/16/20

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In article <r4fsna$672$1...@dont-email.me>, MB <M...@nospam.net> scribeth
thus

One of the local stations now works entirely in the cloud with the
presenters all home based, sounds just the same as if they were in a
studio!..

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MB

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Mar 17, 2020, 6:03:24 PM3/17/20

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The One Show tonight had Matt Baker in self-isolation at home. It
worked very well, helped by there being very little delay on the link to
his computer but also both presenters being experienced enough to manage
to do the programme that way.