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Talking of Saturday mornings, here's a curiosity - New Year's Day 1994, which happened to be a Saturday.
Unusually, they're in Studio A rather than Con, which somebody on the YouTube comments has suggested is because it was pre-recorded. Which makes sense, as obviously the Broom Cupboard isn't available for pre-recs.
Unusually, they're in Studio A rather than Con, which somebody on the YouTube comments has suggested is because it was pre-recorded. Which makes sense, as obviously the Broom Cupboard isn't available for pre-recs.
JA
That somebody in the comments being me 
Also worth pointing out that breakfast show ident continued on after the 1994 revamp- albeit with the new CBBC ident put onto it- they showed a clip of that version in the show last week!
That clip also has a camerman holding a second camera which seems to be compeltely redundant seeing as they don't change shots during the link!
Also worth pointing out that breakfast show ident continued on after the 1994 revamp- albeit with the new CBBC ident put onto it- they showed a clip of that version in the show last week!
That clip also has a camerman holding a second camera which seems to be compeltely redundant seeing as they don't change shots during the link!
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Andrew
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Those "Children's" and "BBC" light boxes pop up everywhere, I wonder how many they had in total.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
It's odd they were using standard Breakfast show branding rather than something encompassing the whole festive holiday period.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
It's odd they were using standard Breakfast show branding rather than something encompassing the whole festive holiday period.
JA
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
RD
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
And of course infamously and has been well documented many times before that just a week before was Live & Kicking that was completely live on Christmas Morning! Complete with a child audience and the members of Take That.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
And of course infamously and has been well documented many times before that just a week before was Live & Kicking that was completely live on Christmas Morning! Complete with a child audience and the members of Take That.
JO
I think John Barrowman went back in time to include himself in Live & Kicking as I remember Andi Peters and Emma Forbes being the original presenters that replaced Going Live and preceded the Zoe and Jamie era but had no recollection of Barrowman being on it till his more recent rise to fame.
JA
And I'm pretty sure the mentioning of Take That being live "only on Live & Kicking" is a dig at What's Up Doc, who had Take That as guests at the same time- albeit prerecorded!
Oh and Jon, I can certainly remember John Barrowman on Live & Kicking and The Movie Game (in the 1994-95 series he was relegated to just doing the pre-rec Electric Circus segments IIRC- then he vanished for 10 years!). I actually found it quite amusing when he reappared in Doctor Who a decade later- not looking a day older. Maybe he really is Captain Jack
Oh and Jon, I can certainly remember John Barrowman on Live & Kicking and The Movie Game (in the 1994-95 series he was relegated to just doing the pre-rec Electric Circus segments IIRC- then he vanished for 10 years!). I actually found it quite amusing when he reappared in Doctor Who a decade later- not looking a day older. Maybe he really is Captain Jack
Last edited by james-2001 on 16 September 2015 11:54pm - 2 times in total
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I think its was more of a case he had to reduce is role as he was working in the USA etc.
BU
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
That's the following week - 8th January. The reason they're making a big deal of it being 1994 is because it's the first live one of the year. 1st January was most definitely a pre-record as it took the format of the last few Gone Lives i.e. team go off on location for some kind of storyline etc etc...
Christmas Day was live that series as pointed out. The next time there was the Saturday double in 1999/2000 they chose to pre-record Christmas Day and be live on 01/01/00.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
Although the Live & kicking that followed it definately was live! Though looks to have a cut down set.
The best thing about that clip is I genuinely can't tell if Trev & Simon holding up the lorry was staged, or is genuine!
That's the following week - 8th January. The reason they're making a big deal of it being 1994 is because it's the first live one of the year. 1st January was most definitely a pre-record as it took the format of the last few Gone Lives i.e. team go off on location for some kind of storyline etc etc...
Christmas Day was live that series as pointed out. The next time there was the Saturday double in 1999/2000 they chose to pre-record Christmas Day and be live on 01/01/00.
BU
I think there were only two - the smaller broom cupboard one that is still at CBBC in Salford, and the larger one from Studio A which Kirsten O'Brien has (presumably nicked in October 1997!). No idea where the "BBC" one ended up. After the 1994 rebrand both ended up in Studio A and then briefly in Studio 9!
The Christmas idents before 1994 weren't all that different from the standard idents so it wouldn't have looked too out of place to use the standard breakfast show opener.
Those "Children's" and "BBC" light boxes pop up everywhere, I wonder how many they had in total.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
It's odd they were using standard Breakfast show branding rather than something encompassing the whole festive holiday period.
I expect it was pre recorded, you don't get much live on New Year's Day morning, particularly back then.
It's odd they were using standard Breakfast show branding rather than something encompassing the whole festive holiday period.
I think there were only two - the smaller broom cupboard one that is still at CBBC in Salford, and the larger one from Studio A which Kirsten O'Brien has (presumably nicked in October 1997!). No idea where the "BBC" one ended up. After the 1994 rebrand both ended up in Studio A and then briefly in Studio 9!
The Christmas idents before 1994 weren't all that different from the standard idents so it wouldn't have looked too out of place to use the standard breakfast show opener.
BU
That first series of L&K certainly had an impact on Russell T Davies. Not only John Barrowman but he admitted he modelled the look of the character Brannigan in the 2007 episode "Gridlock" on Ratz!
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And I'm pretty sure the mentioning of Take That being live "only on Live & Kicking" is a dig at What's Up Doc, who had Take That as guests at the same time- albeit prerecorded!
Oh and Jon, I can certainly remember John Barrowman on Live & Kicking and The Movie Game (in the 1994-95 series he was relegated to just doing the pre-rec Electric Circus segments IIRC- then he vanished for 10 years!). I actually found it quite amusing when he reappared in Doctor Who a decade later- not looking a day older. Maybe he really is Captain Jack
Oh and Jon, I can certainly remember John Barrowman on Live & Kicking and The Movie Game (in the 1994-95 series he was relegated to just doing the pre-rec Electric Circus segments IIRC- then he vanished for 10 years!). I actually found it quite amusing when he reappared in Doctor Who a decade later- not looking a day older. Maybe he really is Captain Jack
That first series of L&K certainly had an impact on Russell T Davies. Not only John Barrowman but he admitted he modelled the look of the character Brannigan in the 2007 episode "Gridlock" on Ratz!
http://showbizgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-16-at-16.25.16.png
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p0208dcq.jpg