BBC Two NI - Tomorrow Morning

Well, I didn't really see the point in showing Ceefax in preference to the programmes going out on Network. I'd be interested to know what the rationale was for this.

Ceefax In-Vision is now well beyond its sell by. If they really do insist on text-based fillers - totally understandable for the 3am - 6am slot - then I'd suggest a variation of the BBC World commercial break filler.

well watever but it still says bbc news 24 in place of the early morning newsround slot.When i first seen it i thought that they were going to play bbcIs 2 minute news summary

Unfortuantely, this isn't the first time the Sky EPG listings for the BBC Nations have been wrong. For some reason, they tend to cock it up every once in a while (I remember a few months back that Sky+ owners were moaning that recordings of Hustle messed up as the EPG was showing the listings for BBC One England). I think the problem is down to the fact the EPG is automatically controlled from London, and sometimes it isn't too reliable in regards to the regions. There has been many occasions here where Look East has shown up as BBC London News as well.

They never seem to update regional programme changes either.

Eg last Sunday on BBC1 Yorkshire at 1pm,Super League was scheduled as usual, but it was changed to the Look North Flood Special. EPG remained as Super League though.

Because the network programmes are all repeats, and BBC2 is a huge offender for padding out its schedules with repeated material?

The news yesterday that the BBC may have to show more repeats generally is galling. Surely the first thing they need to look at is whether or not it's viable for BBC1 and BBC2 to be round-the-clock services.

I don't believe those programmes were blanked out in Scotland and NI purely because they were repeats. As schools in Scotland and NI break up for the summer at the end of June, schedulers in Scotland and NI obviously took the decision that the CBeebies programming between 6am and 7am was inappropriate. The replacement - Ceefax?!? And there was me thinking that CBeebies was aimed at infants, many of whom haven't even started school. However, BBC schedulers know better obviously.

It was so crucial to have CBeebies blanked out that they haven't bothered this year!

As for 24-hour BBC TV services - personally, I don't really see the point. What savings could be made from shutting transmitters down from say 1am to 6am? The electricity savings across the year would be enormous, surely? Money that would be much better spent investing in prime-time programming. Are the BBC offering an overnight service that justifies the expense?

Learning Zone - as a concept, now completely out-of-date. Schools and colleges can obtain these programmes on DVD surely?

The Sign Zone. The scheduling of programmes is completely nuts for a start. Would it be possible to have signing added as a 'red button' facility when the programme is first broadcast, in prime-time or wherever? In this technological age, it seems rather strange to have to transmit signed programmes separately, in an overnight slot.

its a well known fact that deaf people are actually nocturnal

Well I never knew that!

Unlikely to be any point changing things now with DSO so close - you can bet that at least one channel per Mux has a reasonable excuse for staying up all night

Sky News does that.

It was for under 5s, but then the BBC relaxed(?) the age limit to 8