The then head of BBC Drama said that, but the programme (Dick Barton Special Agent) lasted from 7 October 1946 until 30 March 1951. So they didn't exactly rush to take it off the air.
Emergency Alert
Aug 14, 2026
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I wonder whether he was new to the post...
You mean like last night, around midnight, after both the emergency alerts had been broadcast, when two separate groups over here started setting off fireworks in our local park?
Nick
No. That's a totally different type of nutter.
Hmm. I didn't check that. New broom syndrome?
Apparently it tipped off jail staff to hidden phones.
Everything is an emergency these days.
Indeed. Even the IPCC was forced to admit that scenario 8.5 - the really scary one - was 'completely implausible'.
With everyone realising you can't run an economy off unicorn farts and rainbows, and 'green' funds in negative ROI, the writing is already on the wall.
They have to keep the Climate of Fear bubbling over... Save The Planet by burning down the countryside...and pointing hair dryers at weather stations.
Very much like the word "hero" being devalued. It now applies to everyone in the armed services, everyone in the NHS and now all firefighters.
Well we need them to keep us away from WWIII, which is, apparently,. now more likely that Climb-it Change.
Or Meghan Markle coming to the UK
Do many weather stations have convenient sockets for plugging in these hair dryers? John
It’s very noticeable that in the West Country, the weather forecasts for sunny days show two hot spots, at Exeter and Yeovil, the latter sometimes being 10degC hotter than Portland to its south. Exeter is usually around
8degC hotter.But that’s on sunny days. On cloudy days or at night, Exeter and Yeovil temperatures are no different than anywhere else.
Whatever can it be at these two places that attracts the heat of the sun?
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Are the Exeter and Yeovil temperatures measured at the airfields ? The runways tend to draw the heat.
Earlier in the year, one of the record temperatures was at RNAS Merryfield, an airfield near Ilminster.
Adrian
I think the answer to that is plain. Portland is stuck out in the middle of the sea on a long peninsula. Yeovil and Exeter are inland. The land gets warmed up by the sun whereas the sea remains at a much more constant temperature. John
Unfortunately, the other places in the SW that show forecast temperatures are much the same as Portland, which I mentioned because it’s the nearest such place to Yeovil.
That and Exeter stand out as being consistently warmer than the rest, on sunny days. Something must be attracting the sun’s heat.
I’ve yet to see a temperature record high set in the countryside.
Charlwood is in the countryside. Wisley is mostly surrounded by heathland and a golf course which is nearly countryside, although the A3 is not far away. John
Inland + urban
Charlwood is right at the end of the Gatwick runway.
And the M25, It's at the junction of the two.
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