islingtonclaret Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Can see nobody discussing this. Can Brum get Channel 4? Do people want Channel 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Popular Post TrentVilla Posted July 26, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2017 Eh? Have I woken up in 1982 or am I missing something? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Stevo985 Posted July 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2017 I don't understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Chindie Posted July 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2017 Channel 4 is having to move out of London. Brum is in the running. As is Liverpool iirc. So it'll go to Liverpool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrentVilla Posted July 26, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2017 Well that's news to me. It will go to Manchester surely? Media City, power house of the North and general vacuum of anything not going to London these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrentVilla Posted July 26, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2017 A little bit of a Google and it seems it may have to move or move some parts out of London but doesn't seem to be definitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Chindie Posted July 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2017 Yeah it's a possibility rather than certain. Either way I don't see them coming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hmm, anything that could improve the nation's perception of the city I guess. Shame it's from the same channel that gave us benefits street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted July 26, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2017 32 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: Hmm, anything that could improve the nation's perception of the city I guess. Shame it's from the same channel that gave us benefits street. Without going the full national stereotype, it's an interesting opening to a thread. A media company might be moving out of London and the perception on a Midlands orientated message board is that it will likely go elsewhere. I'd suggest that if 3 or 4 cities had to stand up and pitch for it, the Liverpool pitch would be that they should have it, they are owed it because they've been wronged in the past and they deserve it as they are a proud proud people with a rich history and have we mentioned we've been wronged in the past. The Manchester pitch will be along the lines of well it's obviously coming to Manchester we are the new centre we are the second city and the natural choice as we are where it's at. A Scottish city might claim it's a test of whether London even wants Scotland to stay in the union and they want Channel 4 plus a dowry or they're off. Birmingham pitch? It'd be nice, but we're not expecting it, others will probably win. But yeah, if it came here we'd get over the additional congestion problems somehow, eventually. Now that's a sweeeeeping generalisation. But I do go to my fair share of meetings around the UK, and there's a tiny tiny bit of truth in it. Chin up guys, Brum's as good as anywhere and is geographically close to ideal. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Birmingham has made it's own way in business because it has been completely ignored for decades. It's doing remarkably well considering some of it's population don't really care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Sheffield and Cardiff want it aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 26/07/2017 at 13:58, chrisp65 said: Without going the full national stereotype, it's an interesting opening to a thread. A media company might be moving out of London and the perception on a Midlands orientated message board is that it will likely go elsewhere. I'd suggest that if 3 or 4 cities had to stand up and pitch for it, the Liverpool pitch would be that they should have it, they are owed it because they've been wronged in the past and they deserve it as they are a proud proud people with a rich history and have we mentioned we've been wronged in the past. The Manchester pitch will be along the lines of well it's obviously coming to Manchester we are the new centre we are the second city and the natural choice as we are where it's at. A Scottish city might claim it's a test of whether London even wants Scotland to stay in the union and they want Channel 4 plus a dowry or they're off. Birmingham pitch? It'd be nice, but we're not expecting it, others will probably win. But yeah, if it came here we'd get over the additional congestion problems somehow, eventually. Now that's a sweeeeeping generalisation. But I do go to my fair share of meetings around the UK, and there's a tiny tiny bit of truth in it. Chin up guys, Brum's as good as anywhere and is geographically close to ideal. I know you're not saying they are, but I bloody hate it when people say Manchester is the second city. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 7 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: I know you're not saying they are, but I bloody hate it when people say Manchester is the second city. it's why I said it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 My Mrs parents were astonished walking around Birmingham. Everyone still thinks it's a 1960s concrete jungle, and the place has changed so much. This city needs to get it's arse in gear and start acting like the second city it is. 350,000 people a second city does not make. 1.2 million does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator NurembergVillan Posted July 28, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 28, 2017 45 minutes ago, islingtonclaret said: My Mrs parents were astonished walking around Birmingham. Everyone still thinks it's a 1960s concrete jungle, and the place has changed so much. This city needs to get it's arse in gear and start acting like the second city it is. 350,000 people a second city does not make. 1.2 million does. 350,000 boasting Mancs create a lot more noise than 1.2 million moaning Brummies, unfortunately. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 The over the top pride from Mancs, Scousers and Geordies is simply vomit inducing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter mjmooney Posted July 28, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2017 For some reason, Londoners think that Brummie is a worse sounding accent than Mancunian. I'm convinced that that is a significant factor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 As @chrisp65 says, Manchester is constantly bigging itself up and every Manc you meet won't stop talking about how great their city is. I sit opposite one at work, cracking lad, but its Manchester this, Manchester that, best music in the word etc. Whereas us Brummies generally just play the city down and aren't one for boasting. Now I like Manchester, but its nothing special and certainly no better than Brum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Mark Albrighton Posted July 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2017 25 minutes ago, Xela said: As @chrisp65 says, Manchester is constantly bigging itself up and every Manc you meet won't stop talking about how great their city is. I sit opposite one at work, cracking lad, but its Manchester this, Manchester that, best music in the word etc. Whereas us Brummies generally just play the city down and aren't one for boasting. Now I like Manchester, but its nothing special and certainly no better than Brum. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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