BBC One 2015

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Two separate 30min programmes (reversioned originals apparently) shouldn't be an issue.

Wednesday
10:00
BBC ONE
Episode 7
Homes Under the Hammer, Series 17 Reversions Episode 7 of 10

Lucy meets a young family originally from Estonia who are creating a wonderful family home for themselves in Walthamstow in London, and Martin is in St Day in Cornwall looking around a village barn ripe for conversion.

Both properties were bought under the hammer, but will the developers make any money on their investments?


Wednesday
10:30
BBC TWO
Episode 6
Homes Under the Hammer, Series 17 Reversions Episode 6 of 10
Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a semi-detached property in Kent and a three-bedroom terrace in Stoke.

Martin and Lucy find out who bought them at auction and what they paid when they went under the hammer.

Why are they airing episode 7 and then episode 6? Shouldn't they be the other way around?

Doesn't really matter, self contained programme. Identifier only for reference purposes.

I didn't know they had made any half hour episodes cobbled together from previous hour long episodes, this also means you get 4 properties squeezed in, instead of the usual 3.

Same thing happens with Flog It, a lot of the longer episodes are usually two episodes stuck together that share the same valuation location complete with a location piece and the wind-up of the first set of auctions cut out.

Most BBC daytime shows seem to come in 30, 45 and 60 minute versions.

That might be the case for Flog It, Bargain Hunt or maybe Don't get done get Dom. But I've never seen a reduced version of Homes under the Hammer.

They could create a nice filler show to run instead of those Coast ones they have. One house makeover all the way from start to finish would only last 15 mins.

(Tragically) I have seen both cut down versions. From memory the 30 minute version features only 2 houses. The 45 minute version features 3 houses in a more compressed format, presumably designed for reshowing in commercial channels.

As Gary Lineker was presenting Have I got News for You tonight, they got John Motson to play continuity announcer in the ident before (the football stadium one). Scotland and NI didn't use this and went from a normal ident into the opening titles, whilst England and Wales did (with Wales even getting a specific 'This is BBC One Wales' VO).

A mention during the Lottery draws that this week marked Deadly's 20th Anniversary as the Voice of the Balls.

No old clips to accompany though sadly, would've been nice to have brought back the old Lottery music to accompany the draw for one night only. Oh well!

For nostalgias sake, here's an early Deadly draw about 3 months into his tenure, complete with a sprinting Mystic Meg and the National Hamster draw with Lancelot and Guinevere.

A new sting on BBC One was shown earlier today, featuring the FA Cup.

Not sure how a 1993 clip that is "three months into his tenure" works with a 20 year anniversary