I took this while I was, well, waiting for Rose…
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Making a fool of oneself on a grand scale
If you’re unfortunate enough not to have anything better to do at 19.45 on Boxing Day, you can watch me make a fool of myself in front of about 4 million people on BBC2.
I should point out that we were asked to take part in this by the producers; we didn’t volunteer ourselves as being particularly skilled at This Sort of Thing! There was also no selection process, such as often takes place in undergraduate teams, to weed out people like me at an early stage. I went along with it, I must confess, mostly because I was reasonably familiar with the old Television Centre in London but had never been inside the new Media City studios in Salford, and I thought this would be a fun way to see them…
Having said that, I was blessed with really excellent team mates, it was great fun, and overall, we didn’t disgrace ourselves.
More information on the Christmas series can be found here, and the University Challenge iPlayer page is here.
The lines are drawn
A morning shot from MediaCityUK in Salford, which I thought showed an interesting mix of the components of this somewhat bizarre new creation. Old Trafford is just behind me. The offices on the right are the BBC. The building on the left will contain the set of Coronation Street, which is being rebuilt here. There’s some heavy industry in the background, and it’s a nice spot for early-morning rowers. Oh, and you can’t see the cormorant diving under the bridge.
Going back in time
I’m in Douglas, on the Isle of Man.
Prime time?
MediaCityUK, Salford, by night. Click for larger version.
Sometimes a phone is the only camera you have…
…but on some mornings, it’s enough.
Gold ‘n’ Brown
If you combine beech trees, autumn, and evening sunshine, it’s hard to go wrong, but Weds was particularly pretty.
More pictures here.
Mourning, recycling and reincarnation
A poignant message, I felt, spotted in a country churchyard.
Down to the waterline
Lord Byron used to swim just near here, they say. But not, I suspect, at this time of year.
Byron’s Pool, near Grantchester
Crackling
Mmm. I guess that particular (plain white) plate shouldn’t have gone into the microwave after all…
Behind the bike sheds
(We have hi-tech bike sheds at the Computer Lab.)
The calm before the storm?
Autumn is definitely here.
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