@MishalHusain lights blue touchpaper under @KenLoachSixteen who combusts thrillingly. He’s off!
@JustinOnWeb throws a bucket of water over him with the immortal words “the pips are coming, truly.”
Just made it in time!
Exit left pursued by an auteur
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Summary and farewell
This was fun for a while, but when I got back after August I rather lost my mojo.
So to summarise - I documented the run up to the pips for three months and there were 11 recorded crashes 🚨
So, roughly one per week
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At the end of today’s programme there was the faint whiff of the hurried tidy up before guests turn up, and then they’re late…
After a brisk canter through the credits @BBCSimonJack had to leave a sizeable 2 second gap before our friends arrived
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Adopted the French approach to August and took it off entirely!
Glad to be back to find @bbcnickrobinson on good pips form, dancing up to them just in time with nimble feet.
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Missed the pips travelling to The Oval for another scintillating day of #TheAshes
Particularly enjoyed @FinShwaa’s virtuoso tea-time performance
🎶 And did those feeeeet! 🎶
A rather moving @BBCr4today programme this morning, what with Andrew Malkinson, Sinéad O’Connor & Nicholas Winton
@JustinOnWeb closed the show with a fitting gentle seriousness
After the pips we had Fauré’s Requiem - I must say I had a bit of dust in my eye
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There isn’t enough time for @ChrisMasonBBC to complete a coherent thought as @bbcnickrobinson squeezes out of a tight spot with all the aplomb of Indiana Jones being chased by a giant marble down a tunnel (in this case a v short one)
Ooff - tight!
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Ooh @ChrisMasonBBC is given a go at the pips this morning, and he does it with the unfussy simplicity of a Dales farmer shutting the gate to an open field
Solid and genial
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🚨Pips crashed!!🚨
I’m sure an AI presenter would never crash the pips. But where would be the fun in that?
Where the emotional engagement, the anticipation, the frisson of peril, and @MishalHusain’s sincere ‘have a good day’?
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