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Tommy Cooper's jokes in his last perfomance

I was watching splash, and remember the presenter saying "and now we have to go over to itn for a newsflash".

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By Matt7924

106 replies

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RO 20 Jul - 29 Julrobertclark125

"Product Placement" on Live Programmes

On some occasions the mention of the brand/product is a key part of the content. All down to context. Of course back in the days before product placement became a thing there were still mentions...

By JamesWorldNews

3 replies

206 views

NJ 21 JulNeil Jones

Dave channel missing?

From 2 of 4 tv's

OK. Remember if the receiver has no 'HD Tuner' (aka DVB-T2) it won't see or register anything for PSB 3 Ch21 (or COM 7 Ch55) Put the booster as close to the aerial as possible, it's better to boost...

By KeVIW

10 replies

399 views

MA 22 JulMarkymark

Adverts no-one remembers

The name change was because of a legal dispute, maybe they had permission to use the old name in an initial version of the ad before swapping over to the one that doesn't reference the old name. Have...

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By Matt7924

25 replies

1,597 views

VM 22 Jul - 29 AugVMPhil

European Equivalents of Legacy (ex-analogue) UK channels

This is one way to nuance the similarities and differences. Though I am not sure about the differences between ITV1 and Channel 5 apart from market share and the fact that the latter does not have...

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By headliner101

27 replies

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HE 23 Jul - 26 Julheadliner101

Saturday Morning shows from Maidstone

Article from Kent Online

That is a great article, lots of brilliant photos as well. I remember Pip and Saz saying at the time they'd gone to a Motormouth wrap party, because they were all in it together. Here's the episode...

By Inspector Sands

2 replies

438 views

SW 23 Jul - 24 JulSteve Williams

Aussie ratings system hijacked by ransomware

No ratings reported for at least a week

Nielsen ratings in Australia have stopped reporting since Tuesday and now don't expect to be able to report until next Wednesday following a ransomware attack. Not seen anything like this...

By Brekkie

0 replies

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BR 24 JulBrekkie

Replace Netflix on the TV box?

Can I replace Netflix with Cinema HD on my TV box?

Indeed. Discussion of pirating content is really not acceptable on here.

By lesliedennis

3 replies

296 views

AS 24 JulAsa

Fast Food advertising WATERSHED

Boris Johnson is planning to ban fast food advertising before 9pm on TV. What are your thoughts?

McDonald's only advertise nuggets, fruit bags, water, wraps and the toy in their Happy Meal ads.

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By HybridDaDink

39 replies

1,547 views

HD 24 Jul - 13 AugHybridDaDink

Did the BBC 2 Test Card ever have the 1986 "TWO" ident?

An update, for anyone who still cares: they do not. (Though strictly speaking it's not W, it's an unidentified HD variant)

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By Matt7924

155 replies

5,621 views

GE 25 Jul - 17 Octthegeek

Britain's Got Talent 2020 Set Design- Discussion

Looks like the auditions are going to be filmed in January with a proper, albeit socially distanced, audience: Filming at the London Coliseum which I don't think they've used before. Also...

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By p1k11

168 replies

9,858 views

SC 26 Jul - 8 DecScore

Studio Sets, Infrastructure and General Technical

Yes, that's where I got the info. 😀 I daresay the allocation of studio had a lot to do with the number of sets required. I haven't seen the episodes for a while but I suppose some episodes...

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By JamesWorldNews

79 replies

3,467 views

ST 26 Jul - 7 Augstuart621

Sky Arts goes FTA

Available on Freeview channel 11 from Sept. 17th

Behind the scenes at Sky Arts Book Club Live.

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By Josh

117 replies

7,317 views

LL 28 Jul - 5 DecLondon Lite

Taskmaster Series 10 Cast Announced

The detective-work was correct

Cast for the special on New Years Eve announced: John Hannah Krishnan Guru-Murphy Nicola Coughlan Rylan Clark-Neal Shirley Ballas Considering it is a non-comedians special a shame Nicola...

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By bilky asko

41 replies

2,489 views

BR 29 Jul - 30 NovBrekkie

Earliest surviving 2″ quad videotape masters

I just wanted to add quickly, the screenshot I've provided previously was produced during the ITV colour strike so the colour fringing on objects is more visible (such as on the hats worn by Stan...

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By ToasterMan

49 replies

2,435 views

FB 29 Jul - 31 Jan 2021FilmBlokeJ

The Wiggles on GMTV Kids

The more you know.

By Have A Mint

4 replies

356 views

JO 30 JulJosh