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As far as I can tell, 5pm and there beyond get 'proper' CAs (albeit pre-recorded), anything before gets an ident (either clean or with a generic CA) or just the break bumper (I'd like to see this stop, just have edited down idents if you need it to be short). Therefore, weekday Blockbusters get nothing, weekends get a proper (albeit pre-recorded) CA.
The EPG has been totally useless for as long as I can remember. I too wouldn't have thought series-specific information would be tricky (but I can see why episode specific information is a bit taxing!!).
Yeah that Inside The Box thing is a bit of a con. I'm minded to unsubscribe, particularly since they sent me an email with somebody else's log in details.
With all this talk of Krypton Factor 1995, this thread seems to have overlooked the fact that Konnie 'Hook' Huq was on the second episode of Blockbusters on Saturday. She should be on at least the first Sunday episode too.
What I found most surprising was that the CA mentioned this fact before the episode aired. Most of the time the CA is very generic, "Now Blockbusters, next Dale's Supermarket Sweep and later The Krypton Factor double bill" type of thing, with no mention of Supermarket Sweep being a celebrity special and the Krypton Factor double bill being not only the 1993 final but also the start of the new (to Challenge) 1995 series. What I am saying is they very rarely mention the actual content of particular episodes of any programme. When they have tried in the past they have messed up by playing something like "The elephant sh***ing on the floor always makes me laugh" over the end of an unrelated episode of Auntie's Bloomers.
The EPG is not much better. What is the theme of 3-2-1 this week? Who are the guests? Why is the EPG entry for Bullseye the same for every episode? It doesn't even tell you if it is a Jim Bowen episode or a Dave Spikey one. See also The Crystal Maze and Richard O'Brian/Ed Tudor Pole. Episode and/or series numbers would be good too.
They can do it, Room 101 has the guest listed in the EPG and Celebrity WWTBAM tells us that former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley and nature lover Bill Oddie will be appearing.
Come on Challenge. You have restored the channel to former greatness, now try improving the programme information too.
BTW, anyone else a member of Challenge's Inside the Box audience survey? Why am I being asked about Sky One's rubbish Wall of Fame each week? When do I get the opportunity to answer questions about Challenge?
TL:DNR : Konnie Huq was on Blockbusters today.
What I found most surprising was that the CA mentioned this fact before the episode aired. Most of the time the CA is very generic, "Now Blockbusters, next Dale's Supermarket Sweep and later The Krypton Factor double bill" type of thing, with no mention of Supermarket Sweep being a celebrity special and the Krypton Factor double bill being not only the 1993 final but also the start of the new (to Challenge) 1995 series. What I am saying is they very rarely mention the actual content of particular episodes of any programme. When they have tried in the past they have messed up by playing something like "The elephant sh***ing on the floor always makes me laugh" over the end of an unrelated episode of Auntie's Bloomers.
The EPG is not much better. What is the theme of 3-2-1 this week? Who are the guests? Why is the EPG entry for Bullseye the same for every episode? It doesn't even tell you if it is a Jim Bowen episode or a Dave Spikey one. See also The Crystal Maze and Richard O'Brian/Ed Tudor Pole. Episode and/or series numbers would be good too.
They can do it, Room 101 has the guest listed in the EPG and Celebrity WWTBAM tells us that former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley and nature lover Bill Oddie will be appearing.
Come on Challenge. You have restored the channel to former greatness, now try improving the programme information too.
BTW, anyone else a member of Challenge's Inside the Box audience survey? Why am I being asked about Sky One's rubbish Wall of Fame each week? When do I get the opportunity to answer questions about Challenge?
TL:DNR : Konnie Huq was on Blockbusters today.
As far as I can tell, 5pm and there beyond get 'proper' CAs (albeit pre-recorded), anything before gets an ident (either clean or with a generic CA) or just the break bumper (I'd like to see this stop, just have edited down idents if you need it to be short). Therefore, weekday Blockbusters get nothing, weekends get a proper (albeit pre-recorded) CA.
The EPG has been totally useless for as long as I can remember. I too wouldn't have thought series-specific information would be tricky (but I can see why episode specific information is a bit taxing!!).
Yeah that Inside The Box thing is a bit of a con. I'm minded to unsubscribe, particularly since they sent me an email with somebody else's log in details.
