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26th Anniversary of the biggest shake up in ITV

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BR
Brekkie
If C5 could get Jane McDonald on a train to collect her benefits that would be their perfect programme.
Spencer and james-2001 gave kudos
FA
fanoftv
Wasn't impractical jokers actually made for Comedy Central though and just repeated on Channel 5 after, or am I getting confused?

I was thinking in terms of scripted comedy though.


Potentially a joint commission? It premiered on channel 5. Borderline was scripted comedy, but I’m unsure if anything has come along since.
AN
Andrew Founding member
I'm starting to find Paddington 24/7 a tad boring now though, there has been about 20 episodes, and except for a few rare occasions, most of the content is just a slightly different version of what we've seen before.

A track fault that threatens the evening peak service.
A broken down train that threatens the evening peak service.
A signalling failure that threatens the evening peak service.
A trespasser on the track that threatens the evening peak service.
A platform out of action that threatens the evening peak service.

at Reading, at Slough, at Paddington, at Bristol, at Didcot...
JA
james-2001
Maybe they should move to a different station for the next series, the first series was in King's Cross, they can possibly go somewhere else. Victoria or Euston maybe?
JA
james-2001
Potentially a joint commission? It premiered on channel 5.


I guess that's possible, with both channels being under the same ownership. Plenty of channel 5 shows have ended up on MTV & CC and vice-versa recently.
CL
Closedown
Maybe they should move to a different station for the next series, the first series was in King's Cross, they can possibly go somewhere else. Victoria or Euston maybe?


Victoria would give them the scope to find something extraordinary in a handbag.
AN
Andrew Founding member
Maybe they should move to a different station for the next series, the first series was in King's Cross, they can possibly go somewhere else. Victoria or Euston maybe?


Euston would presumably look awful on screen as all the platforms are dark and grim.

Victoria wouldn't have the same drama of a long distance service being effected by the drama unfolding
JA
james-2001
Euston would presumably look awful on screen as all the platforms are dark and grim.


That is one thing about Euston. Really unfortunate especially when you see how grand it used to look until the 60s, now it's an awful, ugly concrete box.
BB
BBI45
Maybe they should move to a different station for the next series, the first series was in King's Cross, they can possibly go somewhere else. Victoria or Euston maybe?

Maybe they could look at somewhere outside the capital?
JA
james-2001
Leeds or Manchester Piccadilly? Not Birmingham New Street though for the same reasons as Euston- dark, dingy platforms.
JA
JAS84
Paragon Station in Hull? With all the trouble we've had lately with Hull Trains, and our other operator Virgin having so much trouble that the licence got handed back causing a nationalised LNER service to launch, they'd have plenty of material.
DV
dvboy
Maybe they should move to a different station for the next series, the first series was in King's Cross, they can possibly go somewhere else. Victoria or Euston maybe?


The Kings Cross/East Coast series you're thinking of was on Sky One.

Paddington Station 24/7 is the First Great Western series renamed after First lost the franchise.

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