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Old 25-06-2008, 09:27 AM
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Everyone must remember Nationwide, the early evening news programme.

Does anyone recall them depositing a reporter on the isolated island of Rockall
or did I confuse it with something else ?

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Old 25-06-2008, 09:46 AM
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The reporter was James Hogg though I think it was an unhabited Scottish island that wasn't quite as bleak as Rockhall. I'm sure I remember him trapping a rabbit. Presumably there was a camera crew as well though...
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I remember that but I thought it was St. Kilda.
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I remember that but I thought it was St. Kilda.
When was this (approx)?
Absolutely nobody was allowed on St Kilda for some years after the evacuation while it was being established as a bird sanctuary. They wanted the birdies to feel perfectly safe there so nobody was allowed there

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Everyone must remember Nationwide, the early evening news programme.

Does anyone recall them depositing a reporter on the isolated island of Rockall
or did I confuse it with something else ?
Rockall is not only bleak, it's very small as well. The rock is the summit of the eroded core of an extinct volcano, with a diameter of 27 metres, a height of 23 metres and an approximate surface area of 570 mē. It's just bare rock.



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It was c1974. Nobody seems to be saying where it was on any tv nostalgia website. It's quite possible that they kept the exact location secret so he wouldn't be disturbed by day-trippers - it's not like there's a shortage of uninhabited islands in Scotland.
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It was c1974. Nobody seems to be saying where it was on any tv nostalgia website. It's quite possible that they kept the exact location secret so he wouldn't be disturbed by day-trippers - it's not like there's a shortage of uninhabited islands in Scotland.
Which was the one they infected in an early germ warfare experiment?
That's still uninhabited

They might have been letting some people onto St Kilda by 1974. You don't get many day trippers out there, even today

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James Hogg? Our Hoggers? Naaaah.......that must be a coincidence!

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Anyone recall the man who one of the regions - I'm certain it was Norwich - invited in after he claimed he could jump on an egg without breaking it? His trick was to 'jump' on the egg which was held above a washing up bowl on the floor....he merely tried to skip and tap it before jumping over it... "it's not really jumping on an egg" mused the host
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Anyone recall the man who one of the regions - I'm certain it was Norwich - invited in after he claimed he could jump on an egg without breaking it? His trick was to 'jump' on the egg which was held above a washing up bowl on the floor....he merely tried to skip and tap it before jumping over it... "it's not really jumping on an egg" mused the host
It was often repeated just for another chance to laugh at him

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It was in September 1975 and the island was Garbh Eilach (which is one mile by one and a half) . Hogg was left with his clothes (including a sweater, waterproofs and walking boots) and four days rations and a survival kit including a machete, snare, matches and water sterilising tablets. And he did do an RAF survival course first.
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wasnt the purpose of nationwide to feature news stories from the regional news on a more national scale ? im too young to remember the exact format you see
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wasnt the purpose of nationwide to feature news stories from the regional news on a more national scale ? im too young to remember the exact format you see
I can just about remember Nationwide (wasn't it Nationwide that did the infamous spaghetti trees April Fool?). The invariably dull "The One Show" seems to be attempting to revive the format.
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I can just about remember Nationwide (wasn't it Nationwide that did the infamous spaghetti trees April Fool?).
I think that was the 'Tonight Show' with Cliff Michelmore?
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It was actually Panorama - I assume it was having it on a completely serious programme that made the spoof so successful (or maybe we were a simpler people back then...)
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