Hidden gem on ITV4 -- old TVS footage

PT

Put The Telly On 4 April 2008 6:40pm

623058 posted:

nok32uk posted:

I believe a lot of the TVS tapes are still at Maidstone but we've been over this time and time again.

Er NO, there are NO tapes at Maidstone, I phoned them one day, and there said there place was refurbish and al tapes were moved on.....

Where? no idea!

I spoke with disney and there said No ---- Catchphrase

Well, I doubt that's true actually. Who did you speak to at Maidstone?

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A former member 4 April 2008 6:50pm

someone in the office, there said that place where the tapes where kept, was clean out and re used for other uses. as the place had been given a major refit.

NW

nwtv2003 4 April 2008 9:05pm

jason posted:

> They alternated with the BBC for the rights

I see. So they will have to move forward or back some time, assuming they continue with this (interesting) series.

It would be good if they did carry on, but to let you know from the 1983/84 season The Big Match was pretty much Networked, although exceptions were made. ISTR prior to this The Big Match was also shown HTV aswell as LWT.

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A former member 4 April 2008 9:30pm

I recall TBM being broadcast whenever there wasn't a significant taped match in the region -- it'd be shown for a couple of weeks per season in the North East (generally when all three big NE teams were playing away IIRC).

Was always a bit strange because the CA would generally refer to it as "Shoot", then the LWT ident would appear

BR

Brekkie 4 April 2008 9:53pm

I wonder if The Big Match brand will be resurrected for the FA Cup next season - it was used last time ITV had the rights up until 2001.

SP

Spencer 11 April 2008 1:06pm

For those interested, this week's programme features an early 80s LWT ribbon ident and accompanying endcap.

NW

nwtv2003 11 April 2008 9:51pm

Spencer For Hire posted:

For those interested, this week's programme features an early 80s LWT ribbon ident and accompanying endcap.

That's the norm for The Big Match, although recently ITV4 haven't sjown the LWT frontcap, but on this week's edition they had. Also on this week's edition you saw some state of the art graphics when the scores were displayed on-screen.

For some reason I really like the theme tune from The Big Match of this era, it's very catchy.

(April 2008)