LL
London Lite
Founding member
Ashleigh Whitfield is the best of the stand-ins from the main CA team. I'm surprised they didn't just ask her to pre-rec all of the links until closure.
JA
^They could've easily done that. Just a simple generic "Now on Three, Family Guy" would serve the purpose. I would assume that all the new shows they'll air before the channel closes have already been announced (and therefore could have their continuity announcements done at any time). The only problem would be the Now, Next, Later links, due to the fact the schedule is subject to change (for example, Top Gear got pulled from BBC Two, so the repeats of the episodes that were never made had to be replaced).
NC
There are endless changes to the BBC Three schedule which means pre-recording too much continuity in advance is impractical. To give just one out of many examples: late content warnings. Often an announcement will need to be re-recorded with a "some strong language" tacked onto the end. And that's with us not recording too far in advance!
Besides, we could introduce each episode of Family Guy with a "Now on Three, Family Guy", but even with the channel due for closure, we like to think we can at least be slightly more inventive than that
^They could've easily done that. Just a simple generic "Now on Three, Family Guy" would serve the purpose. I would assume that all the new shows they'll air before the channel closes have already been announced (and therefore could have their continuity announcements done at any time). The only problem would be the Now, Next, Later links, due to the fact the schedule is subject to change (for example, Top Gear got pulled from BBC Two, so the repeats of the episodes that were never made had to be replaced).
There are endless changes to the BBC Three schedule which means pre-recording too much continuity in advance is impractical. To give just one out of many examples: late content warnings. Often an announcement will need to be re-recorded with a "some strong language" tacked onto the end. And that's with us not recording too far in advance!
Besides, we could introduce each episode of Family Guy with a "Now on Three, Family Guy", but even with the channel due for closure, we like to think we can at least be slightly more inventive than that
NJ
Wallace & Gromit Wrong Trousers has been aired on BBC Three before, most recently before tonight New Year's Eve 2014.
Two Pints, according to the programme page, hasn't been on the channel since January 2012, while other things such as Gavin & Stacey, Little Britain have. Therefore the trend, as you suggest, may be to move back through the archive. Time will tell.
Neil Jones
Founding member
Oddly Wallace and Gromit is currently airing, a very un-BBC Three show.
In it's dying days I wouldn't be surprised if Two Pints repeats returned and dominated the schedules like they used to.
In it's dying days I wouldn't be surprised if Two Pints repeats returned and dominated the schedules like they used to.
Wallace & Gromit Wrong Trousers has been aired on BBC Three before, most recently before tonight New Year's Eve 2014.
Two Pints, according to the programme page, hasn't been on the channel since January 2012, while other things such as Gavin & Stacey, Little Britain have. Therefore the trend, as you suggest, may be to move back through the archive. Time will tell.
LL
London Lite
Founding member
Considering BBC Three recently showed Pretty Woman, a film made before many of it's target audience were born, anything is possible at this stage of the channel's slow death as a linear channel.
SE
The age of the show / film is not relevant if it still appeals to a younger demographic. They are showing Raiders of the Lost Ark at the weekend which is 34 years old, 9 years older than Pretty Woman.
Square Eyes
Founding member
Considering BBC Three recently showed Pretty Woman, a film made before many of it's target audience were born, anything is possible at this stage of the channel's slow death as a linear channel.
The age of the show / film is not relevant if it still appeals to a younger demographic. They are showing Raiders of the Lost Ark at the weekend which is 34 years old, 9 years older than Pretty Woman.
LL
The theory that somebody can have no knowledge of something that pre-dates them is something I loathe. I feel like slapping Bradley Walsh on The Chase when he says things like "you won't know this, this is before your time" when he asks a twentysomething contestant about a 1970s film.
Considering BBC Three recently showed Pretty Woman, a film made before many of it's target audience were born, anything is possible at this stage of the channel's slow death as a linear channel.
The theory that somebody can have no knowledge of something that pre-dates them is something I loathe. I feel like slapping Bradley Walsh on The Chase when he says things like "you won't know this, this is before your time" when he asks a twentysomething contestant about a 1970s film.
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NJ
Indeed. Aren't people always going to be "before their time" in certain areas? Archaeologists for example, or paleontologists.
With regards to films "made before many of the target audience were born", great films never die regardless of when they were made. Gone With The Wind, made 1939. Wizard Of Oz, 1939. Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, 1921.
Current IDMB Top 10: Newest film on it dates from 2008, oldest from 1957.
Neil Jones
Founding member
The theory that somebody can have no knowledge of something that pre-dates them is something I loathe.
Indeed. Aren't people always going to be "before their time" in certain areas? Archaeologists for example, or paleontologists.
With regards to films "made before many of the target audience were born", great films never die regardless of when they were made. Gone With The Wind, made 1939. Wizard Of Oz, 1939. Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, 1921.
Current IDMB Top 10: Newest film on it dates from 2008, oldest from 1957.
LL
Indeed. Aren't people always going to be "before their time" in certain areas? Archaeologists for example, or paleontologists.
With regards to films "made before many of the target audience were born", great films never die regardless of when they were made. Gone With The Wind, made 1939. Wizard Of Oz, 1939. Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, 1921.
Current IDMB Top 10: Newest film on it dates from 2008, oldest from 1957.
However would any of those classics be on target with the BBC Three audience? Probably not, same with Pretty Woman.
ITV2 do a better job at showing classic films which suit the target audience, such as ET and the Back to the Future trilogy.
London Lite
Founding member
The theory that somebody can have no knowledge of something that pre-dates them is something I loathe.
Indeed. Aren't people always going to be "before their time" in certain areas? Archaeologists for example, or paleontologists.
With regards to films "made before many of the target audience were born", great films never die regardless of when they were made. Gone With The Wind, made 1939. Wizard Of Oz, 1939. Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, 1921.
Current IDMB Top 10: Newest film on it dates from 2008, oldest from 1957.
However would any of those classics be on target with the BBC Three audience? Probably not, same with Pretty Woman.
ITV2 do a better job at showing classic films which suit the target audience, such as ET and the Back to the Future trilogy.