Had a lovely time at Television Centre for the CBBC tour with Gail and her boys. The older one is at school with Zeno. Being the nerd that I am, it was a real thrill to be at Television Centre. We were greeted in the reception area by two guides who were really nice, but unfortunately when they told us about the imminent security checks they said "don't worry it's just like at the airport" which sent Zeno into a tailspin. We had a dreadful experience at Heathrow Airport in the summer and my two autie boys both had meltdowns (and I nearly had a nervous breakdown).
However the security at the BBC wasn't such an ordeal, just had to put all our bags and pocket contents into a basket and go through a metal detector. First stop was the Prank Patrol van and then the Tardis for photo ops. The Blue Peter garden was disappointing. Then to a studio where volunteers were requested for reading the (Newsround) news and doing some technical behind the scenes stuff. The other kids were very reticent and shy but of course Zeno jumped up and volunteered to read the news, which he did beautifully, carefully following instructions about reading from the autocue and not the paper in front of him, and to carry on with the voiceover while they showed some VT footage. I was so proud and immediately had visions of him reading the 10 o'clock news on the BBC. Harry was less keen to volunteer for anything but Gail persuaded him to do the weather later, pointing at a blank board behind him while the tv camera overlaid it with a weather board. Both boys really enjoyed it I think.
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