Hello, it’s Peter here! I hope you can join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm for 
tonight’s Look North. I hope your day is going well. At half past six tonight, 
we’ll be coming live from Chapel St Leonards. If you’re in the Lincolnshire 
area and you can make it along to the beach, then join us about six o’clock at 
Chapel St Leonards. We’d love to see you there. 

On our special programme tonight from the beach, we’ll be celebrating the 
importance of tourism on our East coast and looking back at the history of the 
holiday camps. I’ll also be trying my hand at becoming a Butlin’s Redcoat. Tune 
in tonight to find out how I get on. Plus I’ll be speaking to the Jungle 
celebrities, Cannon and Ball. And watch tonight to get the all important Bank 
Holiday forecast from Paul. 


Weather

A newsreader apologised today after a live broadcast in which she informed 
viewers that it was more than just raining down in Stoke On Trent! Joanne Malin 
meant to say that it was tipping it down, while braving inclement conditions 
during an outside broadcast in the Midlands. The presenter said, “It was my 
first on air faux-pas in eight and a half years. I’m so sorry! We received two 
complaints, but I was amazed at the number of emails coming in asking my editor 
not to be too hard on me as they hadn’t laughed so much in years! To be on the 
safe side, next time it rains, I’m going to call it precipitation!” So there 
you are. It could happen to any of us at any time, but hopefully she should get 
away with it. That’s Joanne Malin, a forecaster in the Midlands. 


Letter

If you know someone, who’s not signed up for their daily Levy Letter and you 
think they would like one, then tell them to go to either one of the two 
addresses at the bottom of the page and click on Levy Letter. Then tell them to 
watch out for their daily email from me the following day. Of course, there 
won’t be an email from me on Monday, because it’s Bank Holiday, but look out 
for your letter on Tuesday. 

An email here that comes in from Mrs L. Havell. She says, “Hi Peter. Could you 
please include my son, Jordon, in your birthday greetings in your Levy Letter 
on Friday. He would be delighted to see his name included. He loves watching 
Look North and if I am not in the room when you appear, he shouts out – Mum - 
Peter Levy’s on and Paul!” So there you are. So Jordan, I hope you’re reading 
this. A very happy birthday to you and he’s five today!

If there’s a birthday coming up for a friend or family member, and you think 
they would like to get a mention in the Levy Letter, then let me know. Email me 
with the details to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also if there’s an event you’re 
organising for charity that you’d like a plug for, then let me know. 

I’m very happy to let you know about some wonderful fundraising that the Hull 
Kingston Lions have been doing. They’ve raised nearly £5000 for the baby unit 
at Hull Royal Infirmary. So, the Hull Kingston Lions have been doing some 
marvellous work there to raise money for a worthy cause. So congratulations to 
them! 


Worst TV

I was writing about that poll of the worst TV programmes in the country in the 
Radio Times this week. You’ve probably read it by now. Well, it’s angered a lot 
of people, because they say it’s just one man’s view and he’s put in certain 
programmes, which are great favourites amongst many. Peter Swift writes in, “I 
read about the worst ever TV programmes in yesterday’s Daily Mail and my 
impression was that it was the view of one self-opinionated so-called TV 
expert, John Naughton. How does he qualify as a TV expert? I can look back and 
recall over fifty years of television and can make articulate comments on it. 
Does that make me an expert? How can you be an expert on taste? There were 
perfectly acceptable programmes in his list – Thomas The Tank Engine, for 
example.” Several people have emailed in angered at this man, who have picked 
these programmes. But I think it was just a bit of fun really.


Richard Whiteley

Of course, Richard was a great broadcaster, but he was also a good friend of 
mine, who I’d known for many years. A lovely man. And I just wanted to mention 
that judging by the number of emails I’ve had about Richard over the last 
twelve months, you all loved him as well. And there’s a book out. It’s his 
story. Richard by Catherine. Catherine was his partner for many years. And it’s 
the Life of Richard Whitely by Catherine Apanowicz. It’s just published at the 
moment. I’ve only read a couple of extracts from it, and I’m looking forward to 
buying the book at the weekend and reading it. And still the emails are coming 
in as well about Countdown and Des Lynam. I won’t read any more out, because it 
just seems to refuel your anger about that. Needless to say, I don’t think Des 
has won himself any fans by getting the programme to move down south.


Cows

They have one word in their vocabulary and it’s a single syllable at that, but 
despite their limited conversational skills, cows appear to moo in regional 
accents, according to farmers! Those in the West Country have been heard lowing 
with a distinctive Somerset twang, prompting some to claim that the sound is 
more ooh-ahh than moo. Brummy accents have also been noticed by cows in the 
Midlands and Geordie tones in the North East area. Of course, you have to bear 
in mind that it is August and August Bank Holiday weekend, so obviously we’re a 
bit short on news! But there you are. Cows apparently moo in a regional accent! 


Well, that's it from me for today. As I say, we’re live at the beach tonight on 
BBC One at half past six at Chapel St Leonards. If you can come down to the 
beach and join us from any time about six o’clock, then we’d love to see you. 
Whatever you’ve got planned this weekend, then I hope you have a very good 
time. 

Take care,

Peter 


And for the latest news and more where you live, go to:
http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire

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