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Alastair Stewart. That was his name. For one delirious moment I thought he would have been the ideal choice for playing Poirot, but after a few minutes watching him both on and off camera I realized he would have been a finer C. Auguste Dupin; more at home in the pages of Poe than those of Agatha Christie.
If he ever pops out for a fag whilst the news is on air, he will instantly be upgraded to my list of louche heroes.
Hackney led the news bulletin. A bendy bus had exploded in a borough depot. All employees were told to erase all footage of the incident. One didn’t. Good on him.
Being behind the news rather than on it means you get to hear exchanges between the gallery and the studio. Like this:
“Hello James, can I check the plunger’s working?”
“Nice plunger James.”
“Oh you do plunge so well.”
“All right. Plunge away James.”
Then you get all the technical jargon which, taken out of context, is nice:
“The out words for this one are ’so scary.’”
Blogging from my phone is slow work, so I’ll be back later with some photos, plus a massive plug for http://blogs.itvlocal.com/London plus Jack, Juliette and Colin from the 1000Heads social media outfit and some really delightful people from ITV.
Now it’s time for a drink.
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Published on 29th August, 2008
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