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Plagiarised Programmes

What are the most obvious cases of a channel copying another channel's programme? This can be in format, or just in spirit.

This is inspired by the changing channels topic - when Paul O'Grady upped sticks and went from ITV to Channel 4, 'That Antony Cotton Show' took its place stuck out like a sore thumb. Paul was a producer, had and still has an incredibly quick wit and already had decades on TV by this point. It wouldn't be too cynical to think that ITVs reasoning was 'Well, he's popular on Corrie, he's gay like Paul and will probably be cheaper'. Poor Anthony was always going to come off second best even though he had all the enthusiasm in the world.

TVF Confessions

I talk way more about TV presentation than I should considering I barely watch any TV of my own choice apart from sport.

This seems to happen with all of my hobbies, I loved wrestling but spent most of my time reading dirtsheets and posting memes about it. I play bass but spent more time ogling instruments and gear than practicing after I left Uni. Lockdown has reduced the amount of films I see (I find it much easier to focus in the cinema than in my living room), but even before that, I would regularly listen to Kermode and Mayo without watching a single movie that was mentioned for months at a time.

So, as sad as I am for this forum to close, it will probably do me some good on a personal level. The knowledge on these forums and the creativity of the Gallery is and was incredible for such a specific subject, and the friendliness of everyone here is second to any other forum I've ever been on. But hopefully I'll be able to enjoy watching the programmes as much as I enjoy discussing/complaining about them.