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Half the problem here is that you're looking at schedules and comparing them to BBC One Network. That's not how they're meant to be viewed. BBC One Scotland is pretty much it's own channel... scheduling control rests in Scotland. If you bought a copy of the Radio Times and just followed what it says for BBC One Scotland, I think you wouldn't be so annoyed. It's a no-win situation... half the people want more Scottish programming, the other half want less.
I do buy the Radio Times, and that's when I see what the English regions are viewing in the regional variations. BBC One Scotland has always had regional variations, I grant you, but it's only over the last year or two both BBC One and Two Scotland have
really
started moving programmes randomly around.
I believe " Eggheads " is the latest to be filed in the " disappeared in the middle of the series in Scotland " filing cabinet.
See - it's not all bad!
Seriously though, I don't see why Scotland need to mess with the 6-7pm slot when there is nothing of real worth shown on BBC2 between 7-8pm.
And if they do insist on using the 6-7pm slots, considering now it's basically an extension of the daytime line up, the programming could easily moved to a fixed mid-afternoon slot before 3pm (though I'm not sure what time you get parliament coverage).
Alexia, I thought you were just being arrogant because you were posting at 3am in the morning last time around, but that appears to be your general tone. Fair enough.
My entire point is that, post switchover, there won't be a bilingual CH4. So therefore the vast majority of people will watch Channel 4 and S4C's ratings will fall off a cliff. As far as I can see, they're being propped up by English speaking programmes.
Incidentally, what do you think our native tongue is? Because it certainly ain't Gaelic for the whole country. Perhaps you should do a little reserach yourself.
Honestly, I'm beginning to think Anne Robinson had a point...
Lol you think im arrogant cos im an insomniac? Come off it....
Native tongue or not, I wasn't tarnishing all Scots with the same brush, but hey, English as a language is an amalgamation of languages from all over Europe and from all timeframes. I pass judgement on your provsion for Scots Gaelic in comparison to our provision for Welsh. Simple as. Winner? S4C.
BTW S4C is government and Assembly supported so ratings or not, it will be there post DSO whether you English Mafia like it or not.
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we have got going to see Starsky and hutch on friday
Are BBC ONE Alba/BBC TWO Alba idents ever seen these days?
BBC Two Alba idents are shown Thursdays at 6pm!
Also, I have been advised that The Weakest Link Dr Who special that was NOT shown on BBC One Scotland last night will now be shown on the 8th April on BBC One Scotland!
I believe " Eggheads " is the latest to be filed in the " disappeared in the middle of the series in Scotland " filing cabinet.
See - it's not all bad!
Seriously though, I don't see why Scotland need to mess with the 6-7pm slot when there is nothing of real worth shown on BBC2 between 7-8pm.
And if they do insist on using the 6-7pm slots, considering now it's basically an extension of the daytime line up, the programming could easily moved to a fixed mid-afternoon slot before 3pm (though I'm not sure what time you get parliament coverage).
On BBC Two the other solution could be to opt out at 6 to 6.30pm every night and show Gaelic programmes stripped across the week. Or any other opt out programme.
A lot of the time it's a " dominoe effect " over on BBC One Scotland with the football displacing River City, which displaces Holby and so on.
The Beechgrove Garden is on BBC One Scotland for the next 26 weeks I believe. Surely a gardening programme is more suited to BBC Two? I'd love to see the ratings for this ( Wednesday 7.30pm ) - it's not exactly one of the more dynamic gardening programmes and it's up against Coronation Street.
And as an aside what happens to the ratings when a programme is shown at a different time in Scotland / Wales / NI? Do they add the total figure up?
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's new sketch show is not being shown next week in Scotland
but
they are going to be showing it the following week. Let's hope BBC Scotland stick to one time and day.
The Beechgrove Garden is on BBC One Scotland for the next 26 weeks I believe. Surely a gardening programme is more suited to BBC Two? I'd love to see the ratings for this ( Wednesday 7.30pm ) - it's not exactly one of the more dynamic gardening programmes and it's up against Coronation Street.
Didn't it use to be Thurs 8:30 BBC2?
AndrewDundee posted:
And as an aside what happens to the ratings when a programme is shown at a different time in Scotland / Wales / NI? Do they add the total figure up?
Overnights mush it all up - indeed, if a (e.g.) 8pm-billed half-hour programme starts at 7:58 or 8:02 (or finishes similarly out-of-slot), that can affect the overnights for it quite significantly, as the overnights take a rigid 8:00-8:29:59 across-all-regions approach (The Monday
Tonight with Trevor McDonald
benefits a LOT from this effect, since in trying to squeeze Eastenders the two Coronation St eps ALWAYS go out-of-slot to some extent).
The final reported BARB figures, however, use the actual running time and sort out the regional opt-outs - which is the main reason for when programmes have lower finals than overnights, as they also add recordings watched within a week or so.
Last episode for Hotel Babylon ( for anyone who's still watching lol ) Sunday 10.15pm BBC One ( Scotland ).
The Extras repeat run continues Saturday at 11.20pm on BBC One.
25 days later
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Holby Blue has been dumped on a firday night as holby city is on a thurdays, so what are were missing form the firday?
I know HIGNFY - 10.35pm
Ross guy - 11.05
and everything else runs late
this Holby Blueis going to casue Nothing but Trouble with the times
WHY can't BBC scotland have a RE think and just RE- schuelde Everything into a much better time slots and ever show promgrammes before or after AT SAME SLOT EVRY WEEK!
