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1. At 05:20 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Mae Tron wrote:

   No - I am stuck in the office, trying to get to the car to listen. Speak to you in a mo.
   Mae Tron

2. At 05:25 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Karl Handy wrote:

   I never listen until the following morning... :|

3. At 05:27 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Big Sister wrote:

   Well, I've checked the Webcam, and you're not wearing a Santa suit ....

   Give us a clue!

4. At 05:44 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Big Sister wrote:

   Okay, okay. I've had a closer look at the webcam. Are those mince pies you've got there, Eddie? On a sort of rack in the foreground. Something's up .... there. Though not sure what.

   Is that what's different?

5. At 05:47 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:

   Eddie,

   Did I hear you asking if I had an opinion on Carbon Ofsetting?

   Don't ask! But if you insist, I'm surprised to learn "the Government" don't favour carbon offsetting. Didn't I hear them singing the praises of trading in carbon credits? Of course these are a new kind of Government-printed MONEY, tradable licenses to pollute. Well, they would wouldn't they?

   Yours Aye,
   ed
   

6. At 05:50 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:

   You are talking about handbags?

   Mary

7. At 05:51 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:

   No seasonal interview with Jack Straw?

   Mary

8. At 05:58 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Big Sister wrote:

   You haven't mentioned the Blog!!!!!!!!!

   Naughty naughty (as opposed to Naughtie Naughtie)

9. At 07:25 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Confused of East Sussex wrote:

   anything different about tonight's programme?

   Er - there wasn't an email to go with it? (Have to admit I was wrapping pressies and wasn't always paying as much attention as the programme no doubt warranted .....)

10. At 07:52 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Belinda wrote:

    You did an 'advert' for the upcoming content on PM prior to the 5pm news, rather than going straight into the news?

11. At 07:57 PM on 19 Dec 2006, admin annie wrote:

    no because I was busy blu-tacking cards while I listened but I did notice with sinking heart that the threatened interview with Jack Straw did not feature. The awful thought assailed me that when you said 'festive interview' what you meant was that you were doing the interview now to put out at some time over the festive period. If this is correct I may haveto boycott the show just that once; I can hardly abide the man on a normal day-to-day basis and the thought of him polluting my Christmas is just not bearable.

12. At 08:03 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Belinda wrote:

    You did an extended trailer for the upcoming content on PM prior to the 5pm news, rather than going more-or-less straight into the news? Or is that normal? (Oh dear).

    But generally, no.

    I know: It wasn't actually you presenting the show, but your clone (courtesy of South Korea)?

13. At 08:08 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:

    There were more time checks than usual and you sounded more 'on mic' -- or perhaps that's cause I was listening on FM instead of DAB for a change.

14. At 08:53 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Judith wrote:

    Yes, Eddie, you've sacked your quarter past and quarter to headline readers.

    I suppose everyone is busy posting jpegs, so you've got to do everything else yourself?

    J

15. At 09:11 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Belinda wrote:

    Oh yes! That's it! I thought there was something odd at the quarter past 5 time as I use(d) the newsreader voice to time my bus (I lead an interesting life) but Edwina's dulcet tones still did the job.

16. At 09:14 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Penrose wrote:

    And the Musical Number went down well I thought.

17. At 09:34 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:

    Aaaah

    Well done to Belinda and Judith then !

18. At 12:12 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    I must admit, even having been told, I don't remember. I was listening, honset.

19. At 01:01 AM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:

    No pray tell?!

20. At 05:30 AM on 20 Dec 2006, eddie mair wrote:

    Judith (14) - well done! Sacked though is harsh. Poor Susan Rae was doing the job of two people in reading the PM AND 1800 news. So we thought it would be a good idea to let her prepare for the 1800 by having me read the 1715 and 1745 headlines. SHOULD be back to normal service tonight.

    Madmary and Admin Annie: the great thing about the Jack Straw interview is that it'll be on over Christmas...

    and Confused of East Sussex (9)...I may have to start a new thread about THAT!
    

21. At 08:49 AM on 20 Dec 2006, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    At 5:30am when I was still blearily folding up the futon and listening to Harriet Cass talking about cheese, a bright-tailed and bushy-eyed Eddie Mair wrote:

    Madmary and Admin Annie: the great thing about the Jack Straw interview is that it'll be on over Christmas...

    I read that as "it'll all be over by Christmas..." and thought "Eddie must have been taking lessons on the length of questions from certain Today presenters."

22. At 09:38 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Judith wrote:

    Eddie, I'm glad you haven't sacked her.

    I did feel a little guilty when I couldn't remember who had read the 17:30 headlines and I hoped that my apathy/forgetfulness hadn't led to redundancies at the Beeb.

23. At 09:41 AM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:

    Eddie (20), I had a think about the Jack Straw interview and thought maybe you'd made an mistake and should have typed Frost. Much more seasonal! Definitely more festive I would have thought!

    Mary

24. At 09:45 AM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:

    As PM was coming on air, I was driving with great care through deepest Lincolnshire in a pea souper fog, to collect our bass player for his birthday treat: sitting through a folk night ('beardy weirdies' as he calls them) while getting slowly inebriated with no worries about driving home afterwards.

    He caught the last ten minutes of the programme once safely in my house, awaiting the dishing up of his favourite veggie meal, my aubergine-and-mozzarella bake.

    'Oh, that's him isn't it?' quoth the bass player, a lifelong Radio Four avoider.

    'Tell me why you're always going on about it....?'

    I fear, not yet a convert, then.

    The blog will 'get' him though: I know way too much about too many things, and the froggers are my source!

    Fifi ;o)

25. At 10:02 AM on 20 Dec 2006, gossipmistress wrote:

    Yes, last night's programme was completely different because normally I'm in work but last night I was singing carols

26. At 11:46 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Belinda wrote:

    Judith (22): Given that you were the only person who noticed the switch in news-readers, then don't worry about your forgetfulness and apathy being a problem!

    I think it can be spun in a positive way: That we are more concerned with the message, rather than who is giving it. Hopefully something the Beeb will keep in mind when renewing Jonathon Ross's contract.

27. At 11:56 AM on 20 Dec 2006, admin annie wrote:

    Belinda - nice one re JR - couldn't agree more.

    SSC - I too read eddie's message re the Jack Straw interview as' all over by Christmas'. Would that we had been right!

28. At 12:12 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    (26) 鈥淕iven that you were the only person who noticed the switch in news-readers鈥�

    I, too, noticed Eddie reading one set of headlines. Just haven鈥檛 mentioned it until now.

29. At 01:06 PM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:

    Belinda (26), Dr H (28)

    Me too.

30. At 01:35 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    I haven't noticed anything useful; for a long time.

31. At 03:13 PM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:

    madmary, I really did think you meant David Frost yesterday, but it was late, & I'd just driven home through pea-soup as well!

32. At 03:31 PM on 20 Dec 2006, unluckio wrote:

    @ The Stainless Steel Cat (21) - The cheese thing was interesting if I recall correctly, cheerful chat about the death of the cheddar industry at an ungodly hour of the morning. Bl**dy Europe and the blinking apathetic UK government (for all things rural at least)

    *rant over*

    I have been up since 5, I am allowed to rant :)

33. At 10:37 PM on 20 Dec 2006, valery p (Tumbleflump Holly-Hippoface) wrote:

    I've been up since 5.30 too - what a load of early-rising froggers we are, to be sure!

34. At 01:02 PM on 21 Dec 2006, Belinda wrote:

    I've also been up since 5.30 - I missed the shipping forecast though, poo! I imagine it probably would have read "Humber, Thames - Don't know because we can't see it"