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May 17, 2005
BBC weather map
There used to be a humorous map of England in which civilization finished just north of London. Beyond Watford there were signs saying, ‘No roads beyond this point’, ‘Travellers beware’, ‘The Great Bog’, ‘Here be monsters’ etc. Of course the joke was not aimed at Scotland, it didn’t get that far!
That map could almost have been the model for the new ‘southern-perspective’ BBC weather map, tilting back and away from the camera.
Angus MacNeil, the new SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles), has put down an early day motion in the Commons asking the BBC to change its graphics, and the SNP page includes a link to the BBC complaints page.
But perhaps we are taking this too seriously? The map is such a perfect representation of the London mindset that it ought to be preserved. What we need is a new Scottish-based broadcasting company.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4556025.stm
www.snp.org/snpnews/2005/snppressrelease.2005-05-17.5450497593
UPDATE 28 May 2005
Following 4,000 complaints, the BBC have altered the tilt of the weather map.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tvandradio/4589301.stm
www.snp.org/snpnews/2005/snppressrelease.2005-05-27.5697330162
UPDATE 30 May 2005
Amy currently has an ugly graphics google-bombing campaign against the new weather map.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/googlebombbbcweather/weather.html
Posted by Simon Holledge at May 17, 2005 11:09 PM
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Comments
This is a classic piece of BBC foot-shooting. By all means we should complain, but I sincerely hope that the fools keep using it for as long as possible.
Posted by: Stuart Dickson at May 18, 2005 03:56 PM
Amen to that!
Posted by: Simon Holledge at May 20, 2005 12:40 AM