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Caroline Batt

@CarolineBatt

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Floor Manager, BBC News, based at New Broadcasting House, London. Ex theatre stage manager. Heart is still backstage. Views all mine...

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Caroline Batt
5 years
This is Gerald. Gerald lives in studio C. Gerald is a free spirit and refuses to be caught. Be like Gerald ✊🐭🧀 #bbcnews
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3 years
My last night shift with this titan of broadcasting before @EmbleyMike leaves the BBC next week. A colleague and friend for 20 years. I shall miss him terribly. 🎬
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4 years
@ChrisMasonBBC Steam iron your used mask if you’ve not got a fresh one available. Just as sterile as washing. @BBCBreakfast
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5 years
@JohnSimpsonNews Every time I have to whisper into your ‘good ear’ I remember. Life is so fragile. First hand journalism is crucial if we are ever to understand, respect and debate with our neighbours.
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4 years
Going through the night with @TinaDaheley in studio C, providing your News bulletins into #USElections2020 coverage. Send coffee 👍
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5 years
When your anti-squirrel bird feeder isn’t quite working out for you 🐿🤷‍♀️
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Caroline Batt
2 years
News chums.If, like me, you are feeling the need for something other than death & proclamations, may I point you towards any of @SusanCalman ‘s travelogue’s. She’s a delight,takes u away from it all & makes you chuckle 😁. Free therapy. Highly recommend 👍🏖
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5 years
We’ve broken the studio. Oopsey 😳. @BBCNuala on-air & coping admirably. @bbcmikeembley will use different studio from 0200. Apart from that, everything’s going tremendously well 👍🤪
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9 years
@Schafernaker Just got back from Arctic Norway. This was taken at midnight in Tromso http://t.co/Lz0WxyvIw5
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4 years
He’s here and we are ready! @okwoche presents the #bbcnewsawards at 1400 gmt. Good luck everybody! 👏👏
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4 years
Fave comment from a Director so far this shift : “F*ck it. I’m having creme egg”. #coronavirus Bring it on 💪😷
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Top women sustaining excellent @BBCNews rolling coverage of the #LondonBridge attack throughout this afternoon/eve. @RebeccaJonesBBC @JaneHillNews @sophieraworth @LukwesaBurak Safe hands.
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Sat on the naughty chair in an empty studio @BenMBland
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5 years
When you’re really tired but suddenly remember you’re on live telly ⁦ @louiseminchin
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Caroline Batt
8 years
. @BBCSimonMcCoy is taking it easy this afternoon. Hopefully he'll make it through to 1700...
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Caroline Batt
3 years
Kind, generous, supportive, hilarious and naughty. It’s @BBCSimonMcCoy last day and we will miss him. Thank you for the laughter Simon, you never failed to brighten up my day! 🌟 xx
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Caroline Batt
7 years
Binge listening to @BowenBBC 'Our Man in the Middle East'. Extraordinary broadcasting, essential listening. Catch it on iPlayer. @BBCRadio4
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Caroline Batt
5 years
#PeterSissons always wore braces. He would undo them once he was seated behind the desk & then forget to reattach them before getting up to leave. He was very good at catching his trousers before.... Lovely chap. Fond memories. Condolences to his family. RIP ❤️
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Caroline Batt
10 years
Luckily you don't see his feet on-air at 2230 on BBC London!! @alexdeakin #DressDownFriday http://t.co/aR7hLxe601
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4 years
You don’t see that on a running order very often. Must be #newsnight
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5 years
So here’s the thing. @BBCCarrie has got precisely 90 seconds to get from down there,to up here, in time for 2100 headlines, just in case @BBCRosAtkins fancies going for a beer instead. @BBCOS #BBCOutsideSource #Berlin 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️
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4 years
It’s guest intros like that that make me wonder what I have actually achieved in life 🤷‍♀️. @andrea_rockall wil be chatting with @RSchofieldTV at approx 2040 on @BBCNews
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4 years
“Everybody stop talking now. Let’s just do this”, says our @sophieraworth seconds before we go on air with the Ten. Possibly the most sensible thing I’ve heard anyone say for months. 👏👏👏
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4 years
Gradually working our way through the list #happynewyear2020 #bbcnews
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Caroline Batt
3 years
@Smiffy75501874 She is beautiful and so is our Jessica (esp when taking a selfie whilst brushing her teeth obvs 🙄🤣🤣). Also 21 years old 😊
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Excellent to have @jamesbbcnews in the studio this wkend getting some practice in b4 joining the @BBCWorld presenting team from next Saturday. Tmrw he gets a 3hr masterclass with our @MartineBBC - be gentle with him 😂
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Caroline Batt
10 years
He might not be in full drag but he has a magnificent red bow tie. @charliehidestv & @LucyHockingsBBC on BBC World http://t.co/gZNzdhmIUX
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6 years
Oh lordy. I now have a desperate urge to travel to Antarctica and scoop up all lost and forgotten baby penguins 🐧 #dynasties
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Caroline Batt
3 years
Something for everyone on this running order 🤷‍♀️ #bbcnews
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4 years
Oh, this is just beautiful
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4 years
UPDATE #Swan that was #shot in the head whilst sat on her nest in Thatcham has been reunited with her mate. She had surgery to remove the shot from the base of her skull. She has recovered very well. The video is the first moments of their reunion.
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9 years
It's our @BBCNaga on @VictoriaLIVE today &,BAKE OFF IS BACK TONIGHT! 2 reasons not to move from the sofa 2day! http://t.co/9vfFqtI47a
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Caroline Batt
3 years
Tonight’s Ten is on at ten seconds past, so I think that makes it the BBC News at Ten-and-a-bit. With @CliveMyrieBBC 👍
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Caroline Batt
5 years
I appear to have started my new year healthy eating plan with a massive bag of @marksandspencer vegetable crisps and Colin the caterpillar cola sweets. Oopsey 😳
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Caroline Batt
7 years
Fave comment from Presenter today: "If there's a national emergency, I'm over there having a cup of tea." 👍
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Newsnight: @campbellclaret & @SimonHughes will be joining us to remember their friend, Charles Kennedy. http://t.co/d0EnDIVgrO
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Caroline Batt
9 years
@Diggs16 @ruskin147 @AAndrewJennings Interview with him on Newsnight tonight - top story.
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Caroline Batt
7 years
Favourite instruction from a Director today: "Pull out to reveal the toucan". 🤔
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Caroline Batt
7 years
Our @sophieraworth wearing flip flops and a raincoat today. #BritishSummer #WeatherProof
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Treat to see that name pop up on my 12:30 News Ch running order! Hope today is a Good Day @helenfawkesUK ! http://t.co/DmVgNlSfkR
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Our @KasiaMadera making her debut presenting Impact on @BBCWorld this afternoon. A triumph! http://t.co/S1pvCKKb4b
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Caroline Batt
8 years
Family competition on College Green today! @Geetagurumurthy for BBC World & little bro @krishgm for Channel4 News.
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Caroline Batt
2 years
Night shift spent showing reports on #CommonwealthGames means I now have serious ear worm of @duranduran Ordinary World, + I notice the BBC reception is playing out #DuranDuran music in the foyer!😄🎶
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Caroline Batt
7 years
After 40yrs at the BBC, today we say goodbye to @gavinesler . Join us at 1700 on News Channel for his last broadcast.
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Caroline Batt
5 years
@RealMattKing @sirsteveedge Due to not having entered the 21st century yet (not got Sky), I’m very, VERY late to Starlings 🙄. Thoroughly enjoyed it via Amazon Prime instead 😂. Top prog! 10/10 👍 👏👏
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Caroline Batt
6 years
Such sadness. Rest in peace now #RachaelBland . Such a beautiful woman, inside and out. Thoughts are with Freddie & Steve ❤️
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Yes, I know I should of waited for Father Christmas but he's just so slow... @jginorton http://t.co/LUuID5KVpx
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Caroline Batt
4 years
Was working with this beautiful soul just a couple of weeks ago. So very sad. Condolences to her family 🙏
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Caroline Batt
9 years
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Caroline Batt
8 years
Huge respect to BBC Brazil correspondent who continued to broadcast despite losing friends in the plane crash today.
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Caroline Batt
4 years
It’s okay to just sit in the car for 20mins for no other reason than to use the air con isn’t it? Yes? Jolly Good. Glad you agree 👍☀️😧😷
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Sad to hear that #DebbiePurdy has died.Came in on BBC Breakfast a few yrs back.Never forgotten her sparkle & energy against the odds. RIP.
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Caroline Batt
10 years
Very early script construction for Newsnight. Good to know @markurban01 will be fully across the story!! http://t.co/K4Tp94MhGr
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Caroline Batt
2 years
@ChrisEakinNews And it’s that kind of sharp wit & critical insight that keeps you much missed by your adoring public (and us lot 😁)! x
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Caroline Batt
8 years
Fabulous @ENBallet Nutcracker again this year.Biggest smile from the cast during curtain call? @SDynott (unmasked Mouse King) by far!
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Caroline Batt
4 years
@JRfromStrickley Studio C. New Broadcasting House. 06:02 You win.
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Geek tweet.That clever fella @peterbramah (Director/sound specialist)has added an atmos mic to the mix in @LVaughanJones earpiece(sorry,🤓).Really wish I’d filmed LVJ as he exclaimed,”it’s just like having my old life back!”. The biggest,broadest smile you ever did see! 🗣😁👏👏
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Caroline Batt
7 years
When u pass by BBC's medical Corr who's about to RUN UP THE STAIRS whilst you're waiting to go 2 storeys in the lift. That. @BBCFergusWalsh
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Ok. So somebody’s got to say it. Who exactly was that small child rolling around the newsroom floor unattended and upstaging @CliveMyrieBBC at the end of the teatime @BBCNews ??
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Caroline Batt
2 years
We’ve lost another beautiful soul. Rest in peace Mona 🙏 #MonaHammond #BhamRep 1993. @ArtsMing @lewis_damian @mcashmanCBE
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Caroline Batt
5 years
@MetMattTaylor @jmbgeog Fascinating. And I,for one,am deeply grateful for our highly qualified & experienced meteorologists who have additional skills at explaining to the lay-person this kind of phenomenon in 280 characters(& on TV). Geography is fascinating & deserves the widest possible audience ❄️
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Caroline Batt
10 years
Nicholas Owen. Fully focused. (I've got a cuppa tea on the go). http://t.co/tfuJs7s5YL
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Caroline Batt
10 years
Have u ever tried to Floor Manage a Newsnight crew on a footie night?Have you? No?Pls spare a thought for me 2nite... http://t.co/HDckK1rGfi
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Caroline Batt
3 years
Marching into 2021 & a 2hr #brexit special with this Champ @BBCSimonMcCoy . Join us in 3mins, @BBCNewsChannel . Send coffee 👍😷
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Caroline Batt
8 years
Any Newsnight top story by @johnsweeneyroar , which has had to be 'legalled' is always worth watching. 2230 BBC2
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Caroline Batt
4 years
My Fitbit tells me I did precisely zero active minutes yesterday. Apologies to @BBCShaunLey @jamesbbcnews and @CliveMyrieBBC to whom I clearly gave my full energy and enthusiasm 😳
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Caroline Batt
3 years
Always a pleasure, especially tonight. #PrincePhillip #funeral @huwbbc @BBCNews
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8 years
Amal Clooney in the studio. I'm feeling a little inadequate...
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10 years
So,who's going 2 tell the Newsroom they can't jump up & down behind the on-air Pres at every exciting moment?Not me that's for sure #lynched
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Beheading in France,shootings in Tunisia & bombing in Kuwait. Dreadful day. Very busy BBC News studios keeping you updated thru-out the day.
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8 years
It's a poorly @simonmccoy with you for the One. Be gentle with him. Top story: Fifa. See you in 12mins
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9 years
Not alone on 0530 bus.Spare a thought 4 all those making ur telly,opening ur shops,cleaning up ur mess,dealing w ur emergencies this Xmas.
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Caroline Batt
6 years
Hmmm, anyone fancy presenting the Ten on Wednesday? Seems there’s a gap in the rota. Our Janie @JaneHillNews for the One & a rare midweek treat of @MishalHusainBBC for the Six, but it’s a mystery at Ten... 🤔
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6 years
Anybody notice that the Ten was one minute longer than normal? No? Jolly good. #slightproblemwiththetimings 😳
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5 years
@LVaughanJones Yes. Pic 2years old but I take your point... ❄️❄️❄️ (cleared your cough too I hope)
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9 years
HE'S BACK! George Alagiah is back in the chair for the BBC News at Six this evening. 18 months away, see how well he looks in 15mins!
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9 years
Round of applause, hugs from family and colleagues in the newsroom as @georgealagiah comes off air after 18months away. Happiness!
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6 years
@johnsweeneyroar Made me laugh out loud.....in the studio 😳
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11 years
Rare treat to see @York_Minster nave completely empty in prep for the Illuminating York event tonight. Such a beautiful building.
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6 years
Incredibly powerful analysis from @BBCMarkEaston on #bbcnewsTen . “The disinfectant of public scrutiny.” “When we look, we find.” Shocking story. Brilliantly told. @dannysavage #huddersfieldgrooming
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Caroline Batt
6 years
15:50. Back garden. In the shade 🤪
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Caroline Batt
10 years
Rafael Wallfisch w son Simon,playing out of Newsnight 2nite w Jewish Song by Ernst Bloch on Holocaust Memorial Day. http://t.co/f2b85D1WN0
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11 years
Poppy Fields @wabbey 1/2. Thousands of names. #lestweforget http://t.co/6eSe7P4Os0
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Caroline Batt
7 years
Who knew #WaterlooUpgrade had a healthy side?Legging it for any rare,available train is improving my fitness no end. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ @SW_Trains
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10 years
Excellent live shot of Big Ben having its face cleaned. They'll get the shock of their lives when that bell tolls...! http://t.co/SGUUaXgqfl
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Caroline Batt
9 years
You know the weather is rubbish when our @sophieraworth forfeits summer dresses for black trousers and boots.
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9 years
How lovely to see #PaulCottingham remembered at the end of @bbceastenders tonight. Perfect. @mcashmanCBE
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3 years
@DreyfusJames Don’t you just long for those heady days, arriving in @BirminghamRep rehearsal room, strawberry milkshake in one hand, fag in the other, knocking out some Shakespeare, knackered from a late night at Tin Tin’s! Happy, simpler times 😊🕺xx
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4 years
We’ve had a visitor! Pudsey will be presenting the news tonight if that’s okay with you. Yes? Jolly good. 😊 #BBCchildreninneed
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7 years
We'll get the politics out the way first (bear with...), & then this little lot for the 2nd half of the News at One with @JaneHillNews today
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Caroline Batt
11 years
Night night Studio E, home time 4 me. Studio C will bring u BBC News thru the night (spot the difference!). http://t.co/FxZhjIdKAJ
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Caroline Batt
9 years
@chrisckmedia @schoolreportbro @BBCSchoolReport @huwbbc @YsgolBroPedr Wonderful to meet you all,(going to build myself a Lego studio now..)!
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Caroline Batt
4 years
@stuart_earl @BBCWalesToday And then can you come back to NBH and show us ... 😉
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9 years
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10 years
. @eddieizzard will be joining us to remember the late great Robin Williams #newsnight http://t.co/qrlkpBjRee
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4 years
Favourite comment from a Director today ; “It feels like I’m directing in a pair of blinkin’ marigolds”. 🧤🎬 #PPE #RubberGloves #Covid19 #SaferyFirst 😷
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5 years
That thing where you get a bit emotional watching a granddaughter take a toy cat up in a WW1 plane. ⁦ @sophieraworth #BeautifulProg #ExtraordinaryGrandpa #RAF RAF100: Into the Blue: via ⁦ @BBCiPlayer
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Caroline Batt
8 years
We're on-air. Join us, get involved! #VictoriaLIVE
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Caroline Batt
5 years
Bloody love this bloke. Explain Brexit whilst holding a lettuce. Ok then. Fabulous 😂 @BBCSimonJack
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Caroline Batt
9 years
Late recording of HARDtalk this afternoon but don't mind because guest is @ProfRWinston . Excellent bloke doing extraordinary work.
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