A mini-TL - expect (sub?) TLAID quality without anywhere near the punctuality.
(Episode one: Ain't That a Hole in the Boat?)
1pm, 21 August 2008
BBC One, live coverage of the Beijing Olympics
Sue Barker: And now we have live coverage of the women’s 57kg Taekwondo final between South Korea’s Lim Su-Jeong and Turkey’s Azize Tarikulu. Your commentator is Nick Mullins.
Nick Mullins: Thank you Sue …
Sue Barker: No we’re not ...
<BBC1 ident appears for around thirty seconds>
Continuity announcer: And now, a BBC News Special.
Phone conversation, 45 minutes earlier
Gus: Harriet! Something's gone badly wrong. I Need you in Number 10 now. Then somewhere else.
Harriet: What?
Gus: Can't tell you over the phone. Needs to be in person. Today's going to be a long day.
Harriet: See you soon.
Heard coming out of a frustrated producer at BBC Radio Leicester
No, we can't do that, that's embargoed. They always are until they're over.
RATS signal! RATS signal! Is it the fucking queen? The fucking queen? Get the obit tape out the box on the wall! Not the queen? Go to Five Live!
BBC One, BBC News Special
Fiona Bruce: The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has died, on a visit to British troops in Afghanistan. An RAF helicopter carrying the Prime Minister was hit by a rocket propelled grenade leaving Camp Bastion. Further details are unclear, but we are joined by our security correspondent Frank Gardner. Frank, what further details have been released?
(Episode one: Ain't That a Hole in the Boat?)
1pm, 21 August 2008
BBC One, live coverage of the Beijing Olympics
Sue Barker: And now we have live coverage of the women’s 57kg Taekwondo final between South Korea’s Lim Su-Jeong and Turkey’s Azize Tarikulu. Your commentator is Nick Mullins.
Nick Mullins: Thank you Sue …
Sue Barker: No we’re not ...
<BBC1 ident appears for around thirty seconds>
Continuity announcer: And now, a BBC News Special.
Phone conversation, 45 minutes earlier
Gus: Harriet! Something's gone badly wrong. I Need you in Number 10 now. Then somewhere else.
Harriet: What?
Gus: Can't tell you over the phone. Needs to be in person. Today's going to be a long day.
Harriet: See you soon.
Heard coming out of a frustrated producer at BBC Radio Leicester
No, we can't do that, that's embargoed. They always are until they're over.
RATS signal! RATS signal! Is it the fucking queen? The fucking queen? Get the obit tape out the box on the wall! Not the queen? Go to Five Live!
BBC One, BBC News Special
Fiona Bruce: The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has died, on a visit to British troops in Afghanistan. An RAF helicopter carrying the Prime Minister was hit by a rocket propelled grenade leaving Camp Bastion. Further details are unclear, but we are joined by our security correspondent Frank Gardner. Frank, what further details have been released?
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