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Colin Murry is a good presenter and writer (his column in the "Metro" is well worth reading) but I wonder if Quest will allow him to present both AQOS and the EFL coverage?
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I think they'll go with a female captain, and I think Alex Scott would be a good choice. Also I think Colin Jackson would make a good team captain. Not sure about hosting duties, but I'd like to see Colin Murry given a go.
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Colin Murry is a good presenter and writer (his column in the "Metro" is well worth reading) but I wonder if Quest will allow him to present both AQOS and the EFL coverage?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series)
A similar event happened in Australia but under different circumstances. Following the Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami that devastated a large swathe of SE Asia the three main commercial networks in Australia, Channel 7, Channel 9 and Channel 10 simulcasted a charity event in early 2005 to raise funds.
The event which was suggested by Adam Boland who was then the producer of Channel 7's "Sunrise" was split between a concert at the Sydney Opera House and a telethon in Melbourne. It raised over $20 Million (Australian).
From Wikipedia:
Australia's three major commercial television networks, the Seven Network, the Nine Network and Network Ten took the unprecedented step of pooling resources to organise a special concert telethon which aired on 8 January. Simultaneously broadcast on all three networks and in most capitals on the Triple M radio network, the telethon was an extraordinary display of solidarity and co-operation in the usually fiercely competitive commercial television and radio markets (see Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia). As of the end of the broadcast, the figure raised/pledged was A$15,198,349.53, however phone lines remained open and the final tally totalled at over A$20 million. The overall corporate response has been criticised as inadequate, particularly considering bumper profits. The Australian public raised over at least A$190 million (US$143.37 million). As a sign of respect to the victims of the disaster, New Year's Eve celebrations around the country were either toned down or cancelled. Most of those celebrations that did proceed organised collections for charities in an attempt to avoid criticism. Australia's largest New Year's celebration, in Sydney, alone raised over A$1.1 million for the cause.[79]
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Dennis Potter's last two plays Karaoke and Dark Lazarus which were interlinked were co-produced by BBC 2 and Channel 4 at Potter's suggestion and I believe were referred to by each other as this article from Wikipedia shows:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series)
A similar event happened in Australia but under different circumstances. Following the Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami that devastated a large swathe of SE Asia the three main commercial networks in Australia, Channel 7, Channel 9 and Channel 10 simulcasted a charity event in early 2005 to raise funds.
The event which was suggested by Adam Boland who was then the producer of Channel 7's "Sunrise" was split between a concert at the Sydney Opera House and a telethon in Melbourne. It raised over $20 Million (Australian).
From Wikipedia:
Australia's three major commercial television networks, the Seven Network, the Nine Network and Network Ten took the unprecedented step of pooling resources to organise a special concert telethon which aired on 8 January. Simultaneously broadcast on all three networks and in most capitals on the Triple M radio network, the telethon was an extraordinary display of solidarity and co-operation in the usually fiercely competitive commercial television and radio markets (see Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia). As of the end of the broadcast, the figure raised/pledged was A$15,198,349.53, however phone lines remained open and the final tally totalled at over A$20 million. The overall corporate response has been criticised as inadequate, particularly considering bumper profits. The Australian public raised over at least A$190 million (US$143.37 million). As a sign of respect to the victims of the disaster, New Year's Eve celebrations around the country were either toned down or cancelled. Most of those celebrations that did proceed organised collections for charities in an attempt to avoid criticism. Australia's largest New Year's celebration, in Sydney, alone raised over A$1.1 million for the cause.[79]
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New AF Neil online venture 'The Week in 60 Minutes'
Technically it was clunky but that was to be expected. I've often thought Andrew Neil is a very underrated journalist and he's certainly capable of keeping any show going. I agree with @derek500 that if GB News or the other station (Don't know the name) start up then they'll buy it.
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Excellent idea. I second it.
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Can I reiterate my request from a few years back for an historical / reminiscing sub-forum. A quarter of the threads on the first page of the TV Home forum fit into that category, so it's not like there is a shortage of material. You could even call it The Archive (although randomly losing content would be an optional feature!).
Excellent idea. I second it.
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Certainly not TTOI was a superb programme. I was raising the view that some including myself would feel uncomfortable watching him. Everyone has the right to watch the show if they wish to.
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I'm not sure why that would change your enjoyment of any programme if you didn't know that fact.
He was also in the first series of Not the Nine O'Clock News, and had a very good Radio 4 comedy series as well (People Like Us).
The comedy writing is good - should that one actor has been jailed mean that the material needs to be binned?
He was also in the first series of Not the Nine O'Clock News, and had a very good Radio 4 comedy series as well (People Like Us).
The comedy writing is good - should that one actor has been jailed mean that the material needs to be binned?
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Certainly not TTOI was a superb programme. I was raising the view that some including myself would feel uncomfortable watching him. Everyone has the right to watch the show if they wish to.
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Very true. I'm sure that in ordinary circumstances that these bugs would have been ironed out. But we are living in extraordinary circumstances which have forced all of us including Sky's logo designers to adapt . There are more important matters to be concerned about.
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"Trolling with the fact someone should be fired" is rather immature during a time of uncertainty for many across the world.
Logo roll outs have teething problems, especially across multiple territories. Have some thought of all the teams involved who have delivered, working day and night. Sky continues to deliver new channel after new channel whilst all working remotely.
Opinions are fine but keyboard warriors need to calm down.
Logo roll outs have teething problems, especially across multiple territories. Have some thought of all the teams involved who have delivered, working day and night. Sky continues to deliver new channel after new channel whilst all working remotely.
Opinions are fine but keyboard warriors need to calm down.
Very true. I'm sure that in ordinary circumstances that these bugs would have been ironed out. But we are living in extraordinary circumstances which have forced all of us including Sky's logo designers to adapt . There are more important matters to be concerned about.
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I haven't even heard of The Thick of It, but I will be sure to check it out, as well as Derry Girls. Thanks!
Can I just give you a heads up. The first series of The Thick Of It starred Chris Langham who was later jailed. I'll leave you to investigate why if you wish. I'm not being a negative ninny but I feel its important you know .
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If you like Veep I'm surprised you haven't seen The Thick Of It, the UK original. Another vote for Derry Girls here too - another 90s-set comedy was Beautiful People but that may be a bit niche for some. Fleabag is a bit marmite but goes down well with the critics etc.
I haven't even heard of The Thick of It, but I will be sure to check it out, as well as Derry Girls. Thanks!
Can I just give you a heads up. The first series of The Thick Of It starred Chris Langham who was later jailed. I'll leave you to investigate why if you wish. I'm not being a negative ninny but I feel its important you know .
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I've been saying for weeks that the 'unboxed logo' just couldn't really work for Sky Sports because of the requirement to have two colours to represent the brand. Every other channel has a single colour, apart from Arts, but that's in the boxed part.
If your signature colours are red and blue, then you need to make them both visible on promos and other graphics. If they need to, then swap the damn colours around again, so that the 'sky' is red on their blue sidebar on SSN. However, that means more new canvas signs hung outside pubs.
There isn't an issue with DOGs as the print version is fine, and disappears as on every other channel when the background is bright in that area of the screen.
Agree totally with this.
Obviously I was trolling with the fact someone should be fired, but the fact that you all took it so seriously is quite amusing because I would have thought it was pretty obvious.
I still don't think the logo works at all though, there are obvious problems with why it doesn't work for Sky Sports and you'd have to question how it was signed off by multiple layers. The idea of having the channel name boxes for three sides and not the other and the word Sky just hanging off just makes it look like a graphic that was sloppily put together and needs fixing.
F1 has some issues. At the Skypad had a logo underneath the Skypad which looked okay in the new unboxed look, but the same logo on the screen you actually couldn't see the F1 part, you saw the new Sky Sports logo and then as the F1 was white on white, it didn't show at all. You could tell it was there, because the SKy Sports bit was off centre and if the F1 part was there on the end it would have been centred. Then on the On Demand on F1 you have very bright blue Sky on very bright red background which looked illegible.
Sky's designs have gone down the hill a lot in its history. To me the "circles" logos of the 90's were by far and away the best. They were bold, bombastic and truly memorable. Nowadays they're a bit yuk!
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Looks like nobody bothered to see how they worked on graphics, if you want to see the worst one of the lot, press the red button on the F1 channel. The word sky is illegible.
I've been saying for weeks that the 'unboxed logo' just couldn't really work for Sky Sports because of the requirement to have two colours to represent the brand. Every other channel has a single colour, apart from Arts, but that's in the boxed part.
If your signature colours are red and blue, then you need to make them both visible on promos and other graphics. If they need to, then swap the damn colours around again, so that the 'sky' is red on their blue sidebar on SSN. However, that means more new canvas signs hung outside pubs.
There isn't an issue with DOGs as the print version is fine, and disappears as on every other channel when the background is bright in that area of the screen.
Agree totally with this.
Obviously I was trolling with the fact someone should be fired, but the fact that you all took it so seriously is quite amusing because I would have thought it was pretty obvious.
I still don't think the logo works at all though, there are obvious problems with why it doesn't work for Sky Sports and you'd have to question how it was signed off by multiple layers. The idea of having the channel name boxes for three sides and not the other and the word Sky just hanging off just makes it look like a graphic that was sloppily put together and needs fixing.
F1 has some issues. At the Skypad had a logo underneath the Skypad which looked okay in the new unboxed look, but the same logo on the screen you actually couldn't see the F1 part, you saw the new Sky Sports logo and then as the F1 was white on white, it didn't show at all. You could tell it was there, because the SKy Sports bit was off centre and if the F1 part was there on the end it would have been centred. Then on the On Demand on F1 you have very bright blue Sky on very bright red background which looked illegible.
Sky's designs have gone down the hill a lot in its history. To me the "circles" logos of the 90's were by far and away the best. They were bold, bombastic and truly memorable. Nowadays they're a bit yuk!
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My view is that TVF like all of us are living in a time where many people have lost any sense of self-control and have become hysterical at the slightest thing that isn't to their liking.
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Why is there so much hyperbole on TV Forum these days? Why do posters keep calling for sackings, predicting that the BBC will shut down and saying that things aren’t good enough? There was a time when we’d say ‘that’s not to my taste’ or ‘that solution isn’t ideal’ and we’d all know what was meant.
My view is that TVF like all of us are living in a time where many people have lost any sense of self-control and have become hysterical at the slightest thing that isn't to their liking.
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