BBC One Continuity Now Pre-Recorded?

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Inspector Sands 15 February 2005 9:43am

marksi posted:

To do something like that would be a colossal mistake.

big six-wheeler, scarlet-painted, London Transport, diesel-engined, 97-horsepower.....

SD

Steve D 15 February 2005 10:48am

Inspector Sands posted:

marksi posted:

To do something like that would be a colossal mistake.

big six-wheeler, scarlet-painted, London Transport, diesel-engined, 97-horsepower.....

Yeh quite. When you think about it they might have been better off with a redundant London Routemaster.... Now, let me think... didn't a certain automation company used to have one of those.....

TV

tvguy 15 February 2005 10:57am

harshy posted:

Believe me it will only be a matter of time before continuity announcers will be redundant to be replaced by BBC Columbus Announcing Robot System.

You are watching BBC Oooooooone.Now it is time for the the the latest news and heeeeeeeeadlines.Exterminate!

KA

KA_UK 15 February 2005 11:26am

They are "Live" in to 5.35 Neighbours. Last week CBBC told there viewers not to watch Neighbours, because they had seen it at lunchtime and a it was a load of rubbish and switch over to CBBC instead.

Anyway, the announcer said into Neighbours "Now it's time for a non-rubbish Neighbours...

MO

moss Founding member 15 February 2005 11:48am

KA_UK posted:

They are "Live" in to 5.35 Neighbours. Last week CBBC told there viewers not to watch Neighbours, because they had seen it at lunchtime and a it was a load of rubbish and switch over to CBBC instead.

Anyway, the announcer said into Neighbours "Now it's time for a non-rubbish Neighbours...

Excellent

AM

Andrew Muir 15 February 2005 11:58am

Adam posted:

How long until the BBC start using the computer voice to do all the annos?

How's about this: Example

This was created using ScanSoft RealSpeak� http://www.scansoft.com/realspeak/demo/

Pretty amazing technology...and really quite realistic. I think the announcers have something to worry about!

BT

Baroness Trumpington 15 February 2005 3:38pm

Dan posted:

The BBC are now using recorded announcements to cover meal breaks.

Sounds like that was what caught them out at the end of Dalziel & Pascoe then. What on earth are they doing having meal breaks at a prime time of the evening?

Mind you, back in the 80s I always used to think that the best time for anyone to hijack BBC 1 or 2 would have been just after the 2100 junction. That was when the tea trolley came round and stopped at the lift lobby nearest the galleries. Stampede..!!!! Empty galleries guaranteed. Especially if there was a very late closedown that night and all the team wanted to stock up with food.

DA

Dan Founding member 15 February 2005 3:53pm

Baroness Trumpington posted:

That was when the tea trolley came round and stopped at the lift lobby nearest the galleries. Stampede..!!!! Empty galleries guaranteed. Especially if there was a very late closedown that night and all the team wanted to stock up with food.

Late closedown? What, 12:05am?

I believe Nancy's Tea Trolley service ceased in 1996.

BT

Baroness Trumpington 15 February 2005 3:56pm

Dan posted:

Late closedown? What, 12:05am?

I think 0235 was about the latest I did.

DA

Dan Founding member 15 February 2005 5:58pm

Baroness Trumpington posted:

I think 0235 was about the latest I did.

That would have been quite a rarity in the 1980s wouldn't it?

BT

Baroness Trumpington 15 February 2005 6:06pm

Yes, special days only. And some REALLY rivetting films.

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Xilla 15 February 2005 6:26pm

"Attention passengers, for your comfort and safety, Scotrail has fitted passenger information notices, please take a few minutes to read over these notices."

To be honest, who actually does?

(February 2005)