Hello its Peter here, welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. Hope your day is going well and that youll be able to join me tonight at the usual time of six thirty. Paul will be joining us with the forecast and of course there will be all the days news. Also tonight, special guest is Gervase Phinn, hes here to talk about his new book. Thats out for Christmas and is doing extremely well. Former schools inspector, always got a funny anecdote or two, Gervase Phinn tonight on the programme.
Apples I mentioned yesterday a story which Id read in the paper which said that the apples we buy in the supermarket could be a year old, being stored in a special gas which preserves them, it means that they dont ripen until they come out of this gas. Well I must have touched a nerve, loads of emails on this, just one here Ill read to you from Pat, Im horrified to read what you said about chemical gas being used to store apples, which we believed were fresh. Super markets can keep their apples if thats whats happening to them. In the future, its down to the local green grocer for me. Maybe it costs a little more but its one less chemical for my body to absorb. Its all very well to say that the chemical is removed but it should never be there in the first place, thanks for letting me know about this one. Keep up the good work. Pat, thank you very much indeed for that one, and thanks for all the emails on that subject. Yesterday I was also talking about Little Britain. I, along with lots of other people in this country have tired of this new series. Week on week, they loose a million viewers every episode as people no longer find the gags funny, or the same gag has been overplayed. The viewing figures are not good. Instead Little Britain is going to be subject to the South Bank special, by Melvyn Bragg at Christmas. A couple of emails here; Jack Barker Little Britain is a complete and utter waster of time. Complete garbage. I like comedy but this is stretching the imagination too far to call it comedy. Bring back Benny Hill, Morecombe and Wise and the two Ronnies. Dave Brent I think youre quite right about the latest series of Little Britain; the punch lines of the sketches seem to be more predictable, but it has to be said that theres still moments when I laugh out loud. Andy and Lou have become a bit formulaic but theyre still a firm favourite with me. I suppose that David ! Walliams and Matt Lucas were asked by the BBC to do a third series, given the success of the first two. However there is only so far you can go before running out of ideas for the same format of the show. Im sure that David and Matt will have other ideas that they want to develop and I for one wish them good luck. Dave Brent, thank you very much. Dont forget if you have a view about something Ive written about or talked about, or youve got a story that you think might make a good one for the programme then drop me a line, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Calendars Dont know if you were watching Look North last night but weve sold near on 3000 of the calendars raising over £7000 for Children in Need. Thats a staggering figure. So if youve bought a calendar, either youve been in or youve sent off for one, well thank you very much indeed. Ill have the final figure just before Christmas. As it stands at the moment over £7000, clear profit for Children in Need, from the calendars that you have bought. Thank you very much indeed. Text Messages Undeleted text messages are often the downfall of those who are carrying elicit affairs, so Im told anyway. Well now theres a mission impossible style text which self destructs after being read, its controversially set to ease adultery problems for thousands. I suppose many people leave their phone lying around and their wife, husband or partner finds the phone and reads it. These texts will self destruct after 40 seconds. Its called the stelf text system. Its designed so that top secret or embarrassing information does not fall into the wrong hands, according to the makers. Grumpy Christmas A row on Christmas day is as much a fixture as turkey and plum puddings for many, and that is no coincidence say scientists. The traditional festive dinner contains the perfect ingredients for an argument. It seems that 60% of families fight on December the 25th, and the rows peak soon after eating. Food scientists claim that the traditional menu is partly to blame. The turkey dinner contains high levels of salt and carbohydrates which help make the dinners grumpy. Alcohol, caffeine and sprouts, the sheer volume of food is a particularly volatile mix. Researchers have pin pointed the most likely time for a row is just after 3pm. Just as lunch ends and the Queens speech begins. Ive never heard so much rubbish in all my life. I dont think its anything to do with the Irish coffee, cheese and biscuits, brandy butter, sprouts, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mince pies, sherry trifle I think its more to do with the fact that families are thrown together for a whole day when the! y dont normally do that. Anyway your views on that one? Thats it from me today, enjoy the rest of your afternoon and join me tonight BBC 1 six thirty, take care, bye for now. 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