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Jon
Pete posted:
I like them both, and to be honest, Holby City was created as a Casualty spin-off, so there is some similarity. Smile


really? is this true?

I think the clue was in the 'and to be honest' it suggests he was being honest, otherwise I wouldn't have believed him. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it turns out yes it is true. Thanks s.forster! Smile
DA
David
Jon posted:
I think the clue was in the 'and to be honest' it suggests he was being honest, otherwise I wouldn't have believed him. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it turns out yes it is true. Thanks s.forster! Smile


It sounds like you are talking about Holby Blue.
PA
paul_hadley
Have they retired the Love 2013 Idents now? I haven't seen them tonight.

Makes sense I suppose as not really New Year anymore as we are coming up to February.
:-(
A former member
Just thinking that. I've been keeping an eye on BBC 1 Scotland and NI over the past couple of days and I've only made one sighting of a Love 2013 sting on NI. There's been a bit more on network, but certainly nowhere near as much as the past weeks.
CA
Cavan
Nope, haven't seen em. Not even before Miranda or Mrs Brown's Boys.
CA
Cavan
I love this!

Reminds me of the blocky presentation from 2006/2007 until 2009.
ST
Stuart
I love this!

I do too. It's an improvement on the previous one, it fits in with the brand, and I'm pleased they kept the music.
TH
Thomas
David posted:
Jon posted:
I think the clue was in the 'and to be honest' it suggests he was being honest, otherwise I wouldn't have believed him. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it turns out yes it is true. Thanks s.forster! Smile


It sounds like you are talking about Holby Blue.


No, Holby City is a spin off of Casualty, and Holby Blue was a police spin off of Holby City.

20 days later

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begleybegley
This has probably been asked and answered before, but why have BBC One 'closedowns' got so early nowadays? Looking at some old ones on YouTube, they wouldn't shut up shop and close/handover to News until often around 2-3am. Now, you're lucky if they're still showing something at 1am, even on Saturdays! What's gone on?
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Steve in Pudsey
Hasn't the Sign Zone effectively moved to BBC2 daytimes or have I imagined that?
CI
cityprod
Sign Zone is now split in two. One section follows regular BBC2 programmes and ends at about 3.40am and then the other segment starts around 8am and runs until 10am.

Personally I think they should run Sign Zone until 10am after the Learning Zone, rather than splitting it in two like that.
NG
noggin Founding member
Pete posted:
I like them both, and to be honest, Holby City was created as a Casualty spin-off, so there is some similarity. Smile


really? is this true?


Yes.

Casualty, which started in 1986, is set in the fictional West of England city (or is it town?) of Holby.

Holby City, which started 13 years later, in 1999, is set in the same city, and was introduced to show the wider hospital outside the A&E (or Casualty) department. So it was a spin-off.

Confusingly, Holby is mainly shot at BBC Elstree, whilst Casualty was shot in Bristol (where both shows were effectively set) but is now shot in Cardiff.

Holby Blue was also a spin-off, concentrating more on the Police force in the fictional location (and made by an independent)

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