November 14 2007
By James Welsh, International Editor - Digital Spy

Sir Terry Wogan said today that the amount of money raised by BBC Radio 2's 
Auction of Things That Money Can't Buy for Children in Need represented "the 
most amazing, the most wonderful day I've ever had on radio".

During the day, Martin Ainscough from Wigan bid £250,000 for Aled Jones and 
Katie Melua to perform a gig at Revolution in Manchester to raise money for 
the Prince's Trust. The bid took Radio 2's Children in Need auction total 
for 2007 so far to £649,000, which is already higher than the 2006 total of 
£512,450.

Other top bids included £75,000 for the opportunity to have lunch with Sir 
Terry and Sir Roger Moore.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/radio/a79841/wogan-describes-most-amazing-radio-day.html?rss

Mike Terry wrote:
> November 14 2007
> By James Welsh, International Editor - Digital Spy
>
> Sir Terry Wogan said today that the amount of money raised by BBC
> Radio 2's Auction of Things That Money Can't Buy for Children in Need
> represented "the most amazing, the most wonderful day I've ever had
> on radio".
> During the day, Martin Ainscough from Wigan bid £250,000 for Aled
> Jones and Katie Melua to perform a gig at Revolution in Manchester to
> raise money for the Prince's Trust. The bid took Radio 2's Children
> in Need auction total for 2007 so far to £649,000, which is already
> higher than the 2006 total of £512,450.
>
> Other top bids included £75,000 for the opportunity to have lunch
> with Sir Terry and Sir Roger Moore.
>
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/radio/a79841/wogan-describes-most-amazing-radio-day.html?rss

And my accountant got the Routemaster bus ride with Ken Bruce for £15k. I 
must be paying him too much.  ;-)

Mike Terry wrote:
> November 14 2007
> By James Welsh, International Editor - Digital Spy
>
> Sir Terry Wogan said today that the amount of money raised by BBC Radio 2's
> Auction of Things That Money Can't Buy for Children in Need represented "the
> most amazing, the most wonderful day I've ever had on radio".
>
> During the day, Martin Ainscough from Wigan bid �250,000 for Aled Jones and
> Katie Melua to perform a gig at Revolution in Manchester to raise money for
> the Prince's Trust. The bid took Radio 2's Children in Need auction total
> for 2007 so far to �649,000, which is already higher than the 2006 total of
> �512,450.
>
> Other top bids included �75,000 for the opportunity to have lunch with Sir
> Terry and Sir Roger Moore.
>
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/radio/a79841/wogan-describes-most-amazing-radio-day.html?rss

Wow! Having Aled Jones do a gig at the revolution has got to be worth
£250k of *anyone's* money!

While on the subject of things that money can't buy, a chocolate
starfish would be high on my list.

"Mike Terry"  wrote in message
news:OoqdnToBvfWq6qbanZ2dnUVZ8qWhnZ2d@bt.com...
> November 14 2007
> By James Welsh, International Editor - Digital Spy
>
> Sir Terry Wogan said today that the amount of money raised by BBC Radio
2's
> Auction of Things That Money Can't Buy for Children in Need represented
"the
> most amazing, the most wonderful day I've ever had on radio".
>
> During the day, Martin Ainscough from Wigan bid £250,000 for Aled Jones
and
> Katie Melua to perform a gig at Revolution in Manchester to raise money
for
> the Prince's Trust. The bid took Radio 2's Children in Need auction total
> for 2007 so far to £649,000, which is already higher than the 2006 total
of
> £512,450.
>
> Other top bids included £75,000 for the opportunity to have lunch with Sir
> Terry and Sir Roger Moore.

Blimey at that price,I would hope that Roger or Terry would at least buy the
lunch!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Mike Terry wrote :

>November 14 2007
>By James Welsh, International Editor - Digital Spy
>
>Sir Terry Wogan said today that the amount of money raised by BBC Radio 2's
>Auction of Things That Money Can't Buy for Children in Need represented "the
>most amazing, the most wonderful day I've ever had on radio".
>
>During the day, Martin Ainscough from Wigan bid £250,000 for Aled Jones and
>Katie Melua

I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

There are some things money can't buy - but lunch with Terry Wogan isn't one 
of them. During the BBC Radio 2 Auction Of Things That Money Can't Buy for 
BBC Children in Need one listener bid £75,000 for a date with Sir Terry and 
Roger Moore.

Thus spake Mike Terry (miketerry73@btinternet.com) unto the assembled multitudes:
> There are some things money can't buy - but lunch with Terry Wogan isn't one 
> of them. During the BBC Radio 2 Auction Of Things That Money Can't Buy for 
> BBC Children in Need one listener bid £75,000 for a date with Sir Terry and 
> Roger Moore.

Why does Sir Tel keep referring to these as "things that money can't buy"
when you have to bid money to get them?  Enquiring minds wish to know.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:25:43 -0000, "Mike Terry"
 wrote:

>There are some things money can't buy - but lunch with Terry Wogan isn't one 
>of them. During the BBC Radio 2 Auction Of Things That Money Can't Buy for 
>BBC Children in Need one listener bid £75,000 for a date with Sir Terry and 
>Roger Moore.
>
Think how much more they could have raised if it had just been Roger
Moore. :-)
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

>
> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
> -- 
  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:35:27 GMT, "Terry"  wrote:

>
>
>>
>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>> -- 
>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;) 
>
Join the queue!
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>
>
>>
>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>> --
>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)

Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>> --
>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>
> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)

Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
(Dreary and dirge like as it is).

-- 
Ellie
Please take time to read the Charter & FAQs for uk.education.staffroom:
http://staffroom.wikispaces.com/Charter
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"Ellie"  wrote in message 
news:5q8vg0Fumfe7U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
> news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>> --
>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>
>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>
> Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
> (Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>
> -- 
> Ellie


Absolutely Ellie, let him have the bullet proof vest the shotgun to the head 
will put her out of her dreary dirgey misery and the rest of us will not 
need to suffer her awful racket any longer

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>>> --
>>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>>
>>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>>
>> Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
>> (Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>
>Absolutely Ellie, let him have the bullet proof vest the shotgun to the head
>will put her out of her dreary dirgey misery and the rest of us will not
>need to suffer her awful racket any longer

Then I guess I'll have to bring along a semi-auto so I can take you out 
before you get her... :)
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Ellie wrote :
>
>"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
>news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>> --
>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>
>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>
>Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
>(Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>
It's Blues - what did you expect, something as blood-pumping as trance 
or heavy metal? :)
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:aWLaOpADW+PHFw8S@blueyonder.co.uk...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Ellie wrote :
>>
>>"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
>>news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>>> --
>>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>>
>>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>>
>>Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
>>(Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>>
> It's Blues - what did you expect, something as blood-pumping as trance or 
> heavy metal? :)
> -- 


its not blues its turgid dross

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:19:45 GMT, Paul Hyett
 wrote:

>In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Ellie wrote :
>>
>>"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
>>news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>>> --
>>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>>
>>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>>
>>Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
>>(Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>>
>It's Blues - what did you expect, something as blood-pumping as trance 
>or heavy metal? :)

The Blues? Daughter of a heart surgeon who's parents bought her an
apartment in Paddington and went  to a prestigious performing arts
school.

Oh yes, knock out the A, D and E chords Katie. Nobody know de trouble
you seen. :-)
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:31:46 -0000, "Mike Terry"
 wrote:


>
>Other top bids included £75,000 for the opportunity to have lunch with Sir 
>Terry and Sir Roger Moore.
>

Yeah, and he never shut up going on about it all morning. As if the
average listener can afford the sort of stuff they are auctioning. 

I wouldn't mind if he did it for free, like all the other presenters,
but he gets paid huge sums of money for it. As if he isn't short of
money.

I hit the off switch & kept it off all day. Add to that, Friday is the
best night on TV & they go put that garbage on all night. 

I'll support my own charities without having C.I.N. rammed down my
throat every year, thank you.

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:aWLaOpADW+PHFw8S@blueyonder.co.uk...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Ellie wrote :
>>
>>"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
>>news:MalftaB7cyPHFw$q@blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>>>>> --
>>>>  Me too, just let me bring my shotgun ;)
>>>
>>> Then I'll bring her a bullet-proof vest... :)
>>
>>Well, it's clearly not her singing you're all interested in.
>>(Dreary and dirge like as it is).
>>
> It's Blues - what did you expect, something as blood-pumping as trance or 
> heavy metal? :)

No - but a tune would be nice.
And I cannot abide her voice.
In all seriousness I cannot see her appeal at all. I find her music bland at 
best, and banal at worst.

-- 
Ellie
Please take time to read the Charter & FAQs for uk.education.staffroom:
http://staffroom.wikispaces.com/Charter
http://staffroom.wikispaces.com/FAQs+for+ues

Thus spake Meee (Me@m.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

> Yeah, and he never shut up going on about it all morning. As if the
> average listener can afford the sort of stuff they are auctioning. 

You miss the point.   The things they auction on his show are not aimed at
the average listener.   They're aimed at the well-heeled listeners in an
effort to extract the maximum amount of money from them.  Isn't that the
whole point?   Nearly 900,000 quid raised from the week's auctions can't be
wrong.  That's got to be better than the few tens of thousands they used to
raise when they first started doing these auctions.

> I wouldn't mind if he did it for free, like all the other presenters,
> but he gets paid huge sums of money for it.

He waives his TV fee on CIN night, and maybe donates his pay for the week as
well, who knows?

> I hit the off switch & kept it off all day. Add to that, Friday is the
> best night on TV & they go put that garbage on all night. 

One night per year.   One channel among loads and loads.   I don't see that
as any cause for complaint.

> I'll support my own charities without having C.I.N. rammed down my
> throat every year, thank you.

Good for you.  See previous paragraph.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:53:17 +0000 (UTC), A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk
wrote:


>He waives his TV fee on CIN night, and maybe donates his pay for the week as
>well, who knows?

He waived his fee 'this' year because it was discovered that he
received a fee and was publicised.

>> I hit the off switch & kept it off all day. Add to that, Friday is the
>> best night on TV & they go put that garbage on all night. 
>
>One night per year.   One channel among loads and loads.   I don't see that
>as any cause for complaint.

indeed, it did seem to be largely crap though. I TiVo'd it so I could
fast forward through the rubbish bits ad managed to take only 50 mins
to get through it.

-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Thus spake Mike Plowman (mike.plowman@mydomain.net) unto the assembled multitudes:

>>One night per year.   One channel among loads and loads.   I don't see that
>>as any cause for complaint.

> indeed, it did seem to be largely crap though. I TiVo'd it so I could
> fast forward through the rubbish bits ad managed to take only 50 mins
> to get through it.

Now I didn't say that I actually *watched* it, and I agree that much of it
is a load of tosh.  The point I was making was that there is plenty else to
watch (or indeed, do) if you don't want to watch CIN.  In fact I was out
bowling for much of the evening.  However, I recorded from 11pm-midnight so
as to catch the delicious Fiona Bruce doing 'All That Jazz' from 'Chicago'.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:54:50 +0000 (UTC), A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk
wrote:

>Thus spake Mike Plowman (mike.plowman@mydomain.net) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
>>>One night per year.   One channel among loads and loads.   I don't see that
>>>as any cause for complaint.
>
>> indeed, it did seem to be largely crap though. I TiVo'd it so I could
>> fast forward through the rubbish bits ad managed to take only 50 mins
>> to get through it.
>
>Now I didn't say that I actually *watched* it, and I agree that much of it
>is a load of tosh.  The point I was making was that there is plenty else to
>watch (or indeed, do) if you don't want to watch CIN.  In fact I was out
>bowling for much of the evening.  However, I recorded from 11pm-midnight so
>as to catch the delicious Fiona Bruce doing 'All That Jazz' from 'Chicago'.

I do have to say, that was worth watching.:-)
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Thus spake Mike Plowman (mike.plowman@mydomain.net) unto the assembled multitudes:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:54:50 +0000 (UTC), A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk
> wrote:
>>....  However, I recorded from 11pm-midnight so
>>as to catch the delicious Fiona Bruce doing 'All That Jazz' from 'Chicago'.

> I do have to say, that was worth watching.:-)

Ohhhhhh yes.
As well as the best legs in the newsreading business, she had a good
singing voice, assuming she wasn't miming.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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On 18 Nov, 13:58, "Ellie"  wrote:

> >>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>
> >>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)

> a tune would be nice.
> And I cannot abide her voice.
> In all seriousness I cannot see her appeal at all. I find her music bland at
> best, and banal at worst.
>
> --
> Ellie


I heard her latest effort this morning, and it's sunk to new depths
with a prosaic song about UA.
You can't seriously rhyme "moustache" with "much cash" - twice - and
put it forward as a single.
What next? A song about Sarah Kennedy's beetle having its annual
service? We could start writing it for her. Morning - dawning -
yawning... There's a start. It would be guaranteed airplay on R2, even
as a demo...
What rhymes with "oil change"?

As if by magic, 4208fm@googlemail.com appeared !

> What next? A song about Sarah Kennedy's beetle having its annual
> service? We could start writing it for her. Morning - dawning -
> yawning... There's a start. It would be guaranteed airplay on R2, even
> as a demo...
> What rhymes with "oil change"?

derange ?

Ian

Thus spake 4208fm@googlemail.com (4208fm@googlemail.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

> What next? A song about Sarah Kennedy's beetle having its annual
> service? 

<bzzzt>

I don't think SK has a Beetle anymore.  She sold the one she referred to as
"Bot" last year, and I'm not sure if she bought another one.  They were
briefly popular but think most of the trendies buy Minis (a.k.a. BMW 1/2
("half") Series) now.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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On 21 Nov, 10:43, A.Cl...@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> Thus spake 420...@googlemail.com (420...@googlemail.com) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
> > What next? A song about Sarah Kennedy's beetle having its annual
> > service?
>
> <bzzzt>
>
> I don't think SK has a Beetle anymore.  She sold the one she referred to as
> "Bot" last year, and I'm not sure if she bought another one.  They were
> briefly popular but think most of the trendies buy Minis (a.k.a. BMW 1/2
> ("half") Series) now.
>
> --
>                                  Andy Clews
>                             University of Sussex
>                  *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

No probs, we'll just put the song in the past... "four wheeler" and
"Volkswagen dealer" anyone?

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Wed, 21 Nov 2007,  wrote :
>On 18 Nov, 13:58, "Ellie"  wrote:
>
>> >>> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Terry wrote :
>>
>> >>>>> I'd be happy just to have Katie Melua for the day... :)
>
>> a tune would be nice.
>> And I cannot abide her voice.
>> In all seriousness I cannot see her appeal at all. I find her music bland at
>> best, and banal at worst.
>
>I heard her latest effort this morning, and it's sunk to new depths
>with a prosaic song about UA.

I'm amazed it's had *any* airplay.

>You can't seriously rhyme "moustache" with "much cash" - twice - and
>put it forward as a single.

That's why she's splitting with Mike Batt - those are his lyrics (as was 
the last single). Was she trapped into some arrangement where songs *he* 
wrote had to be the ones released as singles??
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett