Can you imagine our delight today when we found out that the internet hit ‘Charlie bit me’ was rooted in our region?! The sweet young lads are from Thames Valley’s Buckinghamshire and their short clip of sibling love created a YouTube frenzy that shows no signs of stopping. Since being uploaded a few months ago it has been viewed a whopping 43 million times. The video has opened the floodgates for masses of copycats - many of which see grown men pretending to be toddlers.

Well, presenter Mary Green has had the honour of meeting Charlie and his brother at their Buckinghamshire home and will be telling all tomorrow from 6pm on Thames Valley Tonight. So tune in to find out why a new internet star could be making their way to a computer near you soon…  

But if you can’t wait until tomorrow you can view the whole Charlie Bit Me clip here.

And if you know the secret of their success let us know by here on our blog!

On a day to day basis at ITV Local we deal with annoying technical issues, stressed reporters and breaking news but nothing quite prepares you for standing in front of a room of 40 teenagers - not once but 5 times in a day!

Keen to extend the ITV Local awareness in to students in Buckinghamshire I visited Amersham and Wycombe College on Tuesday to speak to media pupils about how they can get their work up on the website. Warmly welcomed by the head of the media department I was impressed to find the professional TV studios and animations suites the college have invested in. Equally impressive were the students.

Thrown in to the first TV and film production class it was great to see students taking an interest in the website - whether good or bad! Answering questions like ‘Why shouldn’t we just upload to You Tube’ was pleasantly challenging and it was good to see the interest grow as they saw the potential in ITV Local.

It’s just sod’s law that at times like that the thing you depend on the most is the thing that lets you down. In almost every class I visited there were firewall issues and the website didn’t work to its best ability on the big projection screens I was given to use.

That aside I felt the visit was a success. By the end of the day I had kicked away all nerves and was pleased that so many students ranging from TV production to graphics and animation were keen to send us their short films.

I hope to be receiving and uploading lots of their work in the near future so watch this space - Buckinghamshire students are out to steal it!