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LL
London Lite Founding member
m_in_m posted:
London Lite posted:
On Monday, the new episode of Waterloo Road gets it's premiere on BBC Three at 8pm, then repeated on BBC One at 10.35pm.

It seems the BBC have moved Waterloo Road to BBC Three for the first broadcast of the second half of the series with a later repeat on BBC One. Is this a cynical move either to save money from the BBC Three budget or to increase BBC Three audience figures?


Considering this is the final series of WR, shunting it in peak to BBC Three makes sense. BBC One is showing a football match from 7.30pm, so it may be a temporary move.
BR
Brekkie
It's burning off a series they should have axed long before they did which rated appallingly on BBC1. Also now they've got the FA Cup back every third Wednesday will likely be interupted for replays.
Last edited by Brekkie on 30 December 2014 7:58pm
WA
watchingtv
Its also a acting as a filler for the shows that have moved to BBC Two.
DK
DanielK
Shed aren't too happy about the move either... Rolling Eyes
JA
JAS84
They should've just ended it 10 episodes sooner if they didn't want it on BBC One any more.
MI
m_in_m
I actually presumed that it had ended at the end of the last half term as there was no reference to it returning.
WH
Whataday Founding member
It has been dying since it had to move to Scotland. Prior to that it was a very popular series.

There are rumours of Phil Redmond wanting to resurrect Grange Hill as an adult drama in the same style as Waterloo Road.
JA
JAS84
Whataday posted:
It has been dying since it had to move to Scotland. Prior to that it was a very popular series.
That was definitely a jumping the shark moment. Totally unrealistic plot, a school moving to a different part of the country, with any of the same pupils attending.
RD
RDJ
JAS84 posted:
Whataday posted:
It has been dying since it had to move to Scotland. Prior to that it was a very popular series.
That was definitely a jumping the shark moment. Totally unrealistic plot, a school moving to a different part of the country, with any of the same pupils attending.

Very similar to what happened to another certain BBC childrens drama based in a school. Obviously when the BBC gets bored of it that's what they'll do to ultimately kill it off.

That said... Wasn't Waterloo Road designed to be a grown up replacement for Grange Hill originally, with the view of it being created when ultimately Grange Hill was on the verge of being killed off?
LL
London Lite Founding member
The problem with Waterloo Road was that it was less realistic than Grange Hill was when it was based at Elstree.
BR
Brekkie
Is Phil Redmond still doing much in television?
MK
Mr Kite
He applied for the local TV license for Liverpool.. Not heard much of him since then.

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