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I think this is a bit like comparing footballers and teams from yester-year and today.
There is more rubbish today, but there are also some gems.
An awful lot of classic stuff looks awfully dated today - TV from even 20 years ago and certainly before that often seems an awful lot more dated than films from the same era.
There is more rubbish today, but there are also some gems.
An awful lot of classic stuff looks awfully dated today - TV from even 20 years ago and certainly before that often seems an awful lot more dated than films from the same era.
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That always has been the case though, and will continue to be.
Those graphics on Primeval, or Torchwood, may seem a little awkward and not quite as good as the movies now, but in twenty years time they'll look every bit as silly as the '80s Doctor Who does now compared with say Back to the Future, which looks dated but not horrendously so.
One thing I have noticed though, is the (relative) rise of US TV compared with British. Twenty years ago (somewhat ironically given that there was a lot more of it on terrestrial TV than there is now), US stuff was tacky, vulgar and unsophisticated compared with Brit offerings.
Now, if anything, the reverse is true. Where UK drama has become samey and formulaic, it is the US that is now responsible for most of the genuinely thought-provoking material.
It has to be said as well, that the vast majority of the good stuff on TV nowadays is either foreign, or repeat material. British TV seems obsessed with the ratings-grabbing, inferior tosh (reality shows, soaps, tabloid "documentaries") that dominates the terrestrial channels.
Those graphics on Primeval, or Torchwood, may seem a little awkward and not quite as good as the movies now, but in twenty years time they'll look every bit as silly as the '80s Doctor Who does now compared with say Back to the Future, which looks dated but not horrendously so.
One thing I have noticed though, is the (relative) rise of US TV compared with British. Twenty years ago (somewhat ironically given that there was a lot more of it on terrestrial TV than there is now), US stuff was tacky, vulgar and unsophisticated compared with Brit offerings.
Now, if anything, the reverse is true. Where UK drama has become samey and formulaic, it is the US that is now responsible for most of the genuinely thought-provoking material.
It has to be said as well, that the vast majority of the good stuff on TV nowadays is either foreign, or repeat material. British TV seems obsessed with the ratings-grabbing, inferior tosh (reality shows, soaps, tabloid "documentaries") that dominates the terrestrial channels.
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I think he's on about the bank holiday schedules which get more and more like regular daytime TV just with a family films and Keeping Up Appearances slotted in for the Neighbours and CBBC slots respectively. 
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And produced by Noel Edmonds' company.
623058 posted:
And produced by Noel Edmonds' company.
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TBH I prefer it like that, I remember when I was younger Bank Holiday TV was dreadful as it was usually wall to wall Films and Sport that wasn't usually Football (excuse my arrogance there)
We have more choice these days and most of the Multi-channels have the same schedules on Bank Holidays now too, thats what's probably changed the minds of the BBC and ITV on a Bank Holiday.
Slightly OT for the main Forum but I couldn't believe that Eammon Holmes was actually presenting Sunrise on Sky News this morning!
nok32uk posted:
I think he's on about the bank holiday schedules which get more and more like regular daytime TV just with a family films and Keeping Up Appearances slotted in for the Neighbours and CBBC slots respectively.
TBH I prefer it like that, I remember when I was younger Bank Holiday TV was dreadful as it was usually wall to wall Films and Sport that wasn't usually Football (excuse my arrogance there)
We have more choice these days and most of the Multi-channels have the same schedules on Bank Holidays now too, thats what's probably changed the minds of the BBC and ITV on a Bank Holiday.
Slightly OT for the main Forum but I couldn't believe that Eammon Holmes was actually presenting Sunrise on Sky News this morning!
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Slightly OT for the main Forum but I couldn't believe that Eammon Holmes was actually presenting Sunrise on Sky News this morning!
You mean, he got his fat arse out of bed on a bank holiday?
nwtv2003 posted:
Slightly OT for the main Forum but I couldn't believe that Eammon Holmes was actually presenting Sunrise on Sky News this morning!
You mean, he got his fat arse out of bed on a bank holiday?
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The plan for BBC1 was to gradually fill the vacated daytime hours over a four-year period. By the end of 1983, BBC1 succeeded in providing a full afternoon service, even if that usually meant some old film. Alas, a funding crisis occurred in 1985 forcing BBC1 to stay closed down for much of the afternoon, from the end of See Saw to the start of CBBC. The money to launch the full daytime service in 1986 was divested from elsewhere, along with new agreements with Equity allowing BBC1 to show its classic sitcoms in afternoon slots (not that they should have had to seek permission from those greedy sods!)
Sadly yes, in what could be seen as a double whammy for Ceefax fans. All that was left on BBC1 now was Ceefax AM, and I could no longer unwind with BBC2 on arriving home from school. But yes, BBC2 were the last channel to embrace morning broadcasting and in 2007 still haven't gone fully 24 hours. There is a God.
aberdeenboy posted:
BBC1 introduced Breakfast Time in January 1983 and completely filled daytime gaps in October 1986. So, broadly speaking, from then on the channel was on the air from 6.30am until midnight on weekdays. Around 1994 closedown on weekdays started to get later and later - around 1.30am became the norm. In November 97 News 24 began and BBC1 became a 24 hour broadcaster.
The plan for BBC1 was to gradually fill the vacated daytime hours over a four-year period. By the end of 1983, BBC1 succeeded in providing a full afternoon service, even if that usually meant some old film. Alas, a funding crisis occurred in 1985 forcing BBC1 to stay closed down for much of the afternoon, from the end of See Saw to the start of CBBC. The money to launch the full daytime service in 1986 was divested from elsewhere, along with new agreements with Equity allowing BBC1 to show its classic sitcoms in afternoon slots (not that they should have had to seek permission from those greedy sods!)
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BBC2 started to fill the afternoons regularly from October 1986 - with schools programmes filling the morning and early afternoon. However during the school holidays, BBC2 was still regularly showing Ceefax until lunchtime until Easter 1989. The Learning Zone took over most of the overnight gap in 1995.
Sadly yes, in what could be seen as a double whammy for Ceefax fans. All that was left on BBC1 now was Ceefax AM, and I could no longer unwind with BBC2 on arriving home from school. But yes, BBC2 were the last channel to embrace morning broadcasting and in 2007 still haven't gone fully 24 hours. There is a God.