Michael Selby

Makes TV happen for BBC NI. Crisp enthusiast. Knows too much about Knots Landing. Opinions are mine, I say, all mine.

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@LukeThorne94 Hey Luke, no I've just finished, John Kerr's on tonight

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@LukeThorne94 Hey Luke, yes that's me tonight (still waiting for the Snooker to finish)

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@LukeThorne94 Thank you Luke, that's very kind ♥️

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@bridgetjonesni Ah thanks so much, that's really nice of you to say. Hope you have a great Christmas yourself

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@LukeThorne94 Haha, well thank you Luke, that's very kind

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

@LukeThorne94 Hi Luke, no I was on there all day though!

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@petercardwell @4thxjuly @TalkTV @MrTaytoNI Agreed! And a shout-out to our tour guide Jill who was funny and knowledgeable and kept feeding us free crisps

[Michael Selby @michael_selby]

I see they've opted for the more modern lyrics of Abide With Me before the Challenge Cup Women's final today #subtitlingfail

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@GavNI @sloaners2000 @BBCnireland @BBCOneNI @mark_simpson @kathyclugston @PaulReid74 @kerry_mclean @TinaCnews Like I was saying, have you ever seen such exhausted people?!

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@sloaners2000 @BBCnireland @BBCOneNI @GavNI @mark_simpson @kathyclugston @PaulReid74 @kerry_mclean @TinaCnews 2/2 This means that, say there's a technical fault in the studio and the election programme has to come off air, it's up to whoever's on (Elaine Ayre tonight) to take over and run something else instead. Given its such an important programme, you can't relax for a second.

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@sloaners2000 @BBCnireland @BBCOneNI @GavNI @mark_simpson @kathyclugston @PaulReid74 @kerry_mclean @TinaCnews 1/2 Haha, well, agreed that it's not the *busiest* night, but remember that the BBC NI "announcers" are also the Playout Directors and are responsible for transmitting everything you see at home. (It's the same in Scotland and Wales, but they're separate jobs on network)

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@tomselsocial @PaulReid74 That's really kind of you Tom, thank you

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@PaulReid74 @tomselsocial In all honesty I didn't know that was the launch of the new set - and even if I had, I'm not sure I'd have mentioned it, as you could argue it's pulling the viewer out of the story. Maybe? But as Paul says, we were tight for time anyway.

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@petercardwell @Aideen_Reporter @talkRADIO I'll be there!

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@Openclimb75 @mark_simpson @MattRosser @ThatDavidHarper @PaulReid74 No, we’d have to fight it out for the title, a bit like Gladiators except we’d clobber each other with old Radio Times

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@Openclimb75 @mark_simpson @MattRosser @ThatDavidHarper @PaulReid74 Haha, you should meet the people I work with, you can barely move for all of our anoraks

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@Openclimb75 @ThatDavidHarper @MattRosser I remember watching it as a viewer at home, but never played it out. It might have indeed first been used for a theme night, then possibly used for a bit before films. But I don’t *think* it was remade with the Lambie-Nairn blocks in ‘97

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@JuniorCoke1 @regsanders @kateawalsh @DuncanNewmarch Many thanks, and a very merry Christmas to you too!