Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

"Col" wrote in message
...
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl


According to my Sky EPG, the weather for the week ahead follows the 1200
lunchtime news next Sunday.

Jim, Bournemouth

"Jim Smith" wrote in message
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"Col" wrote in message
...
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl


According to my Sky EPG, the weather for the week ahead follows the 1200
lunchtime news next Sunday.

Really?
Well they said on Countryfile that they would still be including the
forecast
so I kind of assumed that it would be at the end of the programme as it is
at the moment.

Perhaps it will be a 'repeat', a dangerous thing for a weather forecast of
course, under certain conditions

Hope you are right though and it's still shown arounmd midday.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On 29 Mar, 13:23, "Col" wrote:
"Jim Smith" wrote in message
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"Col" wrote in message
...
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!

According to my Sky EPG, the weather for the week ahead follows the 1200
lunchtime news next Sunday.

Really?
Well they said on Countryfile that they would still be including the forecast
so I kind of assumed that it would be at the end of the programme as it is
at the moment.

Perhaps it will be a 'repeat', a dangerous thing for a weather forecast of
course, under certain conditions

Hope you are right though and it's still shown arounmd midday.

I hope they start using real programme material now that they have
been given an adult slot. I was sick and tired of all the poorly
trimmed rehashes of not very in depth stuff they'd been expurgating
for the last few years.

And if I see another barrel race I will make a point of
excommunication.

On 29 Mar, 12:27, "Col" wrote:
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It just goes to show the state of the poor quality of programmes on
our airwaves that they have to move Countryfile - which is frequently
interesting - to an evening slot. Are they moving Highway to
lunchtimes?

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On 29 Mar, 12:27, "Col" wrote:
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It just goes to show the state of the poor quality of programmes on
our airwaves that they have to move Countryfile - which is frequently
interesting - to an evening slot. Are they moving Highway to
lunchtimes?

Surely a move to a 'near peak' viewing time on a Sunday evening can't be all
that bad?
John

wrote:

It just goes to show the state of the poor quality of programmes on
our airwaves that they have to move Countryfile - which is frequently
interesting - to an evening slot. Are they moving Highway to
lunchtimes?

Highway? Presumably they'll be using a psychic to contact the other side in
order for Harry Secombe to continue presenting it?

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 at 13:10:47, Jim Smith
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

According to my Sky EPG, the weather for the week ahead follows the 1200
lunchtime news next Sunday.

In that case it's goodbye Countryfile - I only ever watched it because
of the weekly forecast.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

In message , John Whitby
writes

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On 29 Mar, 12:27, "Col" wrote:
Countryfile is apparently moving to a new evening slot at 7pm
from next week. Assuming it's still going to be an hour long
programme, that means we won't get the forecast until 7.50.

I've been watching the forecast since the mid 80's when it
was still the old 'Farming forecast' from the 'Farming' programme.

Sunday lunchtime just won't be the same again!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It just goes to show the state of the poor quality of programmes on
our airwaves that they have to move Countryfile - which is frequently
interesting - to an evening slot. Are they moving Highway to
lunchtimes?

Surely a move to a 'near peak' viewing time on a Sunday evening can't be all
that bad?
John


The Countryfile paradox is that the mid-day slot made perfect sense for
the times of year when one tends to chooses to be indoors then, but
ensures it wouldn't be much seen in summer. In a good year anyway. Could
make agreeable Sunday-evening viewing, I suppose. Again, for those of us
not still gardening or out for the evening by then. Have tended to only
watch it if at all for the forecast, and often to get that from IPlayer
later.

Now if the forecast could be published on IPlayer at, say, noon on
Sunday... great device, IPlayer, for minimising the amount of TV
actually watched.


--
Peter Thomas

In article ,
Peter Thomas wrote:

Now if the forecast could be published on IPlayer at, say, noon on
Sunday... great device, IPlayer, for minimising the amount of TV
actually watched.

Video-recorder, PVR?

I thought I heard mention that the forecast would follow another programme
of interest to country-lovers - so that we would get two such programmes in
one day.

--
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j