BBC1 orders live weather show

8 April, 2011 | By Chris Curtis

BBC1 is hunting live and interactive programmes and has kicked off by
ordering The Weather Show Live (w/t) from Love Productions.

The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at each
destination."

Ordered by commissioning editor for formats and features Alison
Kirkham, the show will ask weather experts about topics such as the
100 tornadoes that hit the UK each year, our "monsoon" season each
June and what the UK be like without the Gulf Stream.

BBC1 controller Danny Cohen said: "The British obsession with weather
is the perfect topic for an exciting live and interactive programme ?
the like of which I'm looking to develop more widely for early
evenings on BBC1."

Kirkham added: "By putting viewers right at the heart of the live
show we hope they'll find it both engaging and entertaining."

The executive producers for Love Productions are Richard McKerrow and
Anna
Beattie.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/c...ders-live-weat
her-show/5026003.article

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice writes:
BBC1 orders live weather show

8 April, 2011 | By Chris Curtis

BBC1 is hunting live and interactive programmes and has kicked off by
ordering The Weather Show Live (w/t) from Love Productions.

The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at each
destination."
snip

That sounds as if it could be excellent. (Of course it also has the
potential to be terribly disappointing, so fingers crossed.)
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:27:30 +0100, John Hall wrote:

The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at
each
destination."

That sounds as if it could be excellent. (Of course it also has the
potential to be terribly disappointing, so fingers crossed.)

It's BBC1 and in front of an audience. I don't think it will be that
good, certainly nothing that would require much above GCSE grade C
science. I suspect it will be similar to Stargazing Live.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On Apr 8, 11:48*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:27:30 +0100, John Hall wrote:
The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at
each
destination."

That sounds as if it could be excellent. (Of course it also has the
potential to be terribly disappointing, so fingers crossed.)

It's BBC1 and in front of an audience. I don't think it will be that
good, certainly nothing that would require much above GCSE grade C
science. I suspect it will be similar to Stargazing Live.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

In front of an audience early evening BBC1?. It'll be toe-curlingly
jokey and trivial. But it'll be worth a go.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice writes:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:27:30 +0100, John Hall wrote:

The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at
each
destination."

That sounds as if it could be excellent. (Of course it also has the
potential to be terribly disappointing, so fingers crossed.)

It's BBC1 and in front of an audience. I don't think it will be that
good, certainly nothing that would require much above GCSE grade C
science. I suspect it will be similar to Stargazing Live.


Which I thought was an excellent programme, so if the new programme
turns out to be similar that would be good. I'm not naive enough to
expect something requiring A Level physics to understand.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

On Apr 8, 5:03*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
BBC1 orders live weather show

8 April, 2011 | By Chris Curtis

BBC1 is hunting live and interactive programmes and has kicked off by
ordering The Weather Show Live (w/t) from Love Productions.

The 4 x 60-minute series will combine science, history, geography,
heritage, and real life stories. It will visit Cornwall, the Lake
District and Greenwich be filmed in front of a local audience at each
destination."

Ordered by commissioning editor for formats and features Alison
Kirkham, the show will ask weather experts about topics such as the
100 tornadoes that hit the UK each year, our "monsoon" season each
June and what the UK be like without the Gulf Stream.

BBC1 controller Danny Cohen said: "The British obsession with weather
is the perfect topic for an exciting live and interactive programme ?
the like of which I'm looking to develop more widely for early
evenings on BBC1."

Kirkham added: "By putting viewers right at the heart of the live
show we hope they'll find it both engaging and entertaining."

The executive producers for Love Productions are Richard McKerrow and
Anna
Beattie.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/c...ders-live-weat
her-show/5026003.article

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

Anything to educate Jo Public on weather and climate is good.
As long as they don't traipse out that old rubbish about the Gulf
Stream giving the UK our mild winter climate.
It's mainly due to the prevailing westerlies for goodness sake which
happen to pass over a relaltively warm ocean.
No dynamic ocean required. If we had a continent upwind in winter we
would feel the chill. Last December. Remember? How was the Gulf Stream
helping then?

Len Wood
Wembury, Maritime Devon

In article fdbd39ee-06cd-4140-9b31-
, says...
As long as they don't traipse out that old rubbish about the Gulf
Stream giving the UK our mild winter climate.
It's mainly due to the prevailing westerlies for goodness sake which
happen to pass over a relaltively warm ocean.


A relatively warm ocean? Why would it be "relatively warm"?

--
Alan LeHun

On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:56:24 +0100, John Hall wrote:

It's BBC1 and in front of an audience. I don't think it will be
that
good, certainly nothing that would require much above GCSE grade C
science. I suspect it will be similar to Stargazing Live.

Which I thought was an excellent programme, ...

It wasn't bad but did dumb things down a bit.

... so if the new programme turns out to be similar that would be good.
I'm not naive enough to expect something requiring A Level physics to
understand.

GCSE grade C means they got their name right. B-) There does seem
to be a trend in factual/documentaries away from the lowest common
denominator that has ruled for the last 10 or 20 years. What this
programme will be like depends on the slot it gets on BBC1, if it's
early evening it will be focus on the entertainment part of "inform,
educate and entertain".

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.