Does anyone know where an archive of old TV listings can be perused?
I have put up a few updates to programmes on Wikipedia, but even though these are updates to articles that themselves have no corroborating data they tend to be scrubbed by over-zealous individuals and it hacks me off. I know what I am saying is true but you just cannot find the evidence all that easily online.
A set of scans of 1980s/1990s listings magazines would be great.
The TV Room has a superb archive of TV Listings here
JJ
jjne
Thanks, and yes I knew about that one which is indeed a great resource.
For a start, I am looking for specific evidence, for the gameshows Chain Letters and A Word In Your Ear. Both of these were shown in prime-time, in the North East anyway, in the latter show's case long before the BBC took it over.
No evidence though, even though I have the showings burned into my memory and can remember every note of the former's theme tune!
Thanks, and yes I knew about that one which is indeed a great resource.
For a start, I am looking for specific evidence, for the gameshows Chain Letters and A Word In Your Ear. Both of these were shown in prime-time, in the North East anyway, in the latter show's case long before the BBC took it over.
No evidence though, even though I have the showings burned into my memory and can remember every note of the former's theme tune!
Allan Stewart 1st series of Chian letters was broadcast in peak time, before moving back to 09.25. ( it was networked I believe)
JJ
jjne
Yes I know.
I had a pitched battle with some self-proclaimed gameshow expert on Wiki who would not accept that I know for a fact that both the Andrew O'Connor, and Allan Stewart series were prime-time, at 7.30 on a Thursday (generally) before being cancelled in the early part of 1990, with the remainder of the Stewart series being shown at 9.25 weekdays immediately after Easter. Two episodes from the latter series were only ever shown in the North East, in the prime-time slot, in January 1990. One of these starred the father of a lad who went to our school. There never were "two" Stewart series -- it was the same one.
But of course this information is just swiped, to be replaced with whatever unresearched stuff the other guy has to say.
I had a pitched battle with some self-proclaimed gameshow expert on Wiki who would not accept that I know for a fact that both the Andrew O'Connor, and Allan Stewart series were prime-time, at 7.30 on a Thursday (generally) before being cancelled in the early part of 1990, with the remainder of the Stewart series being shown at 9.25 weekdays immediately after Easter. Two episodes from the latter series were only ever shown in the North East, in the prime-time slot, in January 1990. One of these starred the father of a lad who went to our school. There never were "two" Stewart series -- it was the same one.
But of course this information is just swiped, to be replaced with whatever unresearched stuff the other guy has to say.
Original research is not permitted on Wikipedia. Unless he has concrete secondary evidence to the contrary, you must open a discussion topic and open it up to resolution.
Original research is not permitted on Wikipedia. Unless he has concrete secondary evidence to the contrary, you must open a discussion topic and open it up to resolution.
Yes I realise that they are the rules, with good reason. Hence the question about getting the evidence -- it's all out there somewhere.
What bugs me though is that it seems the original author of a page can put down whatever unsubstantiated rubbish he likes.
I had a pitched battle with some self-proclaimed gameshow expert on Wiki who would not accept that I know for a fact that both the Andrew O'Connor, and Allan Stewart series were prime-time, at 7.30 on a Thursday (generally) before being cancelled in the early part of 1990, with the remainder of the Stewart series being shown at 9.25 weekdays immediately after Easter. Two episodes from the latter series were only ever shown in the North East, in the prime-time slot, in January 1990. One of these starred the father of a lad who went to our school. There never were "two" Stewart series -- it was the same one.
It had a 30-episode run in the 9.25 slot from 28 May 1990. (The 9.25 show immediately after Easter was Crosswits.) Did they really intend to run it once a week? It looks more like they deliberately made two series (a prime time series and a daytime series) back-to-back in a single production block.
:-(
A former member
I shall you tell you have I had to do to outsmart many people on the internet and website we think there are right.
Go to local library and look up the tv listings, and also speak with many expects. ( and hope for clips to appear on youtube)
This is how I found out a good number of points for night-time, Stv 1989 ident, Tiswas in northern regional areas in 78 - 80. now it seems some people have got it wrong about Grampian look from 85, turns out it now 1984 it come in or even worse 83.
As others have said, your local central library will be the official source for old local newspapers, which will have TV listings in them for your region, probably on microfilm/fiche as well as hard copy. It'll take some searching, but you can then print out and/or scan the relevant section for use as evidence.