NJ
This went out on Challenge as well.
I suppose the reasoning is if somebody's too thick to realise they're watching a programme that's 20yrs old, its only going to cost them a stamp to find out that Broad Street has been boarded up for the last ten years and isn't accepting any snail mail
Neil Jones
Founding member
rdobbie posted:
I loved seeing the viewer's question on Bullseye where Jim Bowen invited us to send our answers on a postcard to Central Television on Broad Street in Birmingham. Well done to FTN for not editing that out. It was a lovely reminder of the days before TV shows screwed money out of their viewers at every opportunity with premium phone/text lines.
This went out on Challenge as well.
I suppose the reasoning is if somebody's too thick to realise they're watching a programme that's 20yrs old, its only going to cost them a stamp to find out that Broad Street has been boarded up for the last ten years and isn't accepting any snail mail
WH
Probably more to do with ITV's Press Office not knowing ones arse from ones elbow.
Whataday
Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:
QuizTelly hasn't got the best reputation though - not so much with the story, but with the dates. Last year they reported ITV Play were axing their daytime shows that week, but they remained on air a good few weeks longer.
Probably more to do with ITV's Press Office not knowing ones arse from ones elbow.
PT
Haha, good on them!
"Answers on a postcard" - oh the good old days. Blue Peter still do that don't they?
"Answers on a postcard" - oh the good old days. Blue Peter still do that don't they?
NW
Good on them, everytime I go in my local Wetherspoon's, it's usually News 24 or Sky News in cropped mode with subtitles on screen.
Reboot posted:
Something bizarre last night. I was in Wetherspoons', and, at 7pm, they changed over from the football results to FTN & Old Krypton Factor.
I didn't get it.
I didn't get it.
Good on them, everytime I go in my local Wetherspoon's, it's usually News 24 or Sky News in cropped mode with subtitles on screen.
JO
Yeah i enjoyed seeing that too! Good on ftn for showing it. Im pretty sure that was a new series but im not 100% sure.
Netizen posted:
Was the second episode of Bullseye tonight from a new series? There was a proper Central ident at the end 
First time I've ever seen it in 'digital quality' as such, looks just as good as a CG ident that could be produced today.
First time I've ever seen it in 'digital quality' as such, looks just as good as a CG ident that could be produced today.
Yeah i enjoyed seeing that too! Good on ftn for showing it. Im pretty sure that was a new series but im not 100% sure.
NW
No I don't think it was, the animated endcap appears on the later episodes of the 1988 series of Bullseye, and by the 1989 series there is a short lived variant of the Central Production for IT* endcap, as much as I love watching Bullseye I've seen the vast majority of it on Challenge so far.
Netizen posted:
Was the second episode of Bullseye tonight from a new series? There was a proper Central ident at the end First time I've ever seen it in 'digital quality' as such, looks just as good as a CG ident that could be produced today.
First time I've ever seen it in 'digital quality' as such, looks just as good as a CG ident that could be produced today.
No I don't think it was, the animated endcap appears on the later episodes of the 1988 series of Bullseye, and by the 1989 series there is a short lived variant of the Central Production for IT* endcap, as much as I love watching Bullseye I've seen the vast majority of it on Challenge so far.
PT
Good on them, everytime I go in my local Wetherspoon's, it's usually News 24 or Sky News in cropped mode with subtitles on screen.
Same here, they only ever change it when the footie's on.
nwtv2003 posted:
Reboot posted:
Something bizarre last night. I was in Wetherspoons', and, at 7pm, they changed over from the football results to FTN & Old Krypton Factor.
I didn't get it.
I didn't get it.
Good on them, everytime I go in my local Wetherspoon's, it's usually News 24 or Sky News in cropped mode with subtitles on screen.
Same here, they only ever change it when the footie's on.