BH
Widescreen took a long time to roll out across the BBC (and indeed all channels), and most 1998 shows were 4:3 even after the launch of digital. Demon Headmaster was shown in January so would have been filmed in 1997, when (almost) everything was 4:3.
One of the first series I remember in widescreen was Last of the Summer Wine, in April 1999. BBC News, EastEnders, Top of the Pops etc were all much later.
CBBC presentation went widescreen in September 2001, the start of that odd transitionary few months when presentation and the set were updated but before the big new look with the bugs (& launch of the CBBC Channel/Cbeebies) the following year.
BillyH
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When did the majority of CBBC programmes go widescreen? I bought The Demon Headmaster DVDs recently and the third series (1998) of that was 4:3. I know they were doing widescreen broadcasts in 1998 albeit on digital but I dare say the children's strand wasn't going to be a priority for that so it may have been the peaktime programming that had dibs on widescreen production?
Widescreen took a long time to roll out across the BBC (and indeed all channels), and most 1998 shows were 4:3 even after the launch of digital. Demon Headmaster was shown in January so would have been filmed in 1997, when (almost) everything was 4:3.
One of the first series I remember in widescreen was Last of the Summer Wine, in April 1999. BBC News, EastEnders, Top of the Pops etc were all much later.
CBBC presentation went widescreen in September 2001, the start of that odd transitionary few months when presentation and the set were updated but before the big new look with the bugs (& launch of the CBBC Channel/Cbeebies) the following year.