I have been in touch with the Controller of BBC Parliament, Peter Knowles, and each week he's going to let me know some highlights from his schedule, as I reckon most readers of this blog ought to be regular viewers of his channel. I often miss things because I didn't know they were on.
Saturday 5th May 2230 From Beaconsfield to Baghdad Parliamentary correspondent Robert Orchard reviews the highs and lows of Tony Blair's tumultuous relationship with Parliament, from his first by-election in 1982 to the Iraq war and beyond, seeing off five leaders of the Opposition in his time as Prime Minister.
Sunday 6th May 1800-1900 Patriot Games Marking the anniversary of the Act of Union which was passed in the English Parliament on 1st May 1707, Ruaridh Nicoll tells the story of how Scotland joined England three hundred years ago.
Sunday 6th May 1900-2100 France Decides Live coverage in French from TF1 of the final round of France's close-fought presidential election campaign. Studio reaction from France's top politicians.
Monday 7th May 0900-2310 Election 97 Ten years on, a chance to relive the historic 1997 General Election which swept Tony Blair to power. David Dimbleby presents the BBC's 14-hour Election 97 results programme, featuring Peter Snow's computer battleground and swingometer, and interviews by Jeremy Paxman.
Conservative readers may want to give that last one a miss...
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Monday 7th May 0900-2310 Election 97 Ten years on, a chance to relive the historic 1997 General Election which swept Tony Blair to power. David Dimbleby presents the BBC's 14-hour Election 97 results programme, featuring Peter Snow's computer battleground and swingometer, and interviews by Jeremy Paxman.
Thank God I'm deaf
Auntie Flo'
Regarding the 14-hour election show...I thought we were trying to forget that, not relive it. On the other hand, if we learn from our mistakes...
Phew, looks unbearably exciting. I'd much rather watch all that than Celebrity Nude Snooker.
This sounds so exciting.
I can hardly contain myself...
I don't watch the channel, so I don't know much about their coverage, but seeing as BBC Parliament is outsourced to a third party, how does their coverage and analysis compare to the BBC's political coverge?
Election 97
The day when British politics had a go at 'the third way.'
Ten years on and Tonys Third way just turned out to be old fasioned Fascism promoted by a Stalinist and masked by BBC skill.
Its been a long dark time but there is now light at the end of the tunnel.
There is no 2nd 3rd or 4th ways of running a property owning free liberal democracy.
There always was only one way.
THE RIGHT WAY
14 HOURS?
I thought the coverage was from 10 ish to 5 ish?
is it not repeated 3 times like the 92 election?
Thanks for pointing that out. Sundays are traditionally 'hundreds of channels and nothing on' night, so half an hour of French Presidential election will be great.
Look forward to BBC Parliament showing Jon Stewart's Indecision 2008. Not sure they will, though.
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