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North West Tonight succumbs to “autocue tennis”

My regular reader (sic) will be itching for a verdict on the relaunched North West Tonight, which I almost promised the other day.
Thankfully, the temporary studio of last week has been replaced by something glistening and new that nonetheless looks reassuringly similar to what was there before. However, in accordance with the current fashion, Gordon [...]

Gordon Burns’ sofa trauma

There seems to have been a mishap of some sort on the set of North West Tonight. It looks like it’s being broadcast from BBC’s Oxford Road reception area. The big screen has been replaced by what appears to be an Argos special offer £349 flatscreen telly and Gordon Burns, on his cheap red sofa, [...]