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ITV's 50 Greatest Shows

Voting in TV Times next week (May 2005)

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SM
smtver
I hope they have old idents in there.Maybe have the 2002 clouds ident with the ITV50 logo and have an old ident in each block.

A lot of soaps weren't in the Top 50 and they were on This Morning today so i might be alright with SMTV. If it is the shortlist people might be safe from me!
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TyneTeesTelevision
I don't know if its been said, but if you vote online at the ITV site you can suggest another programme that's missing from the list.

http://www.itv50vote.com/Voting.aspx

And it was good to see other programmes covered by This Morning, although they should really have done all these in programmes of their own.
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msim
Spencer For Hire posted:

You've just reminded me of Quayside which was a Newcastle-based soap shown on Tyne Tees and Yorkshire only about seven or eight years ago.


Oh god I remember that! Didnt it focus on an ex-footballer who owned a club, his mother, brother, and some various other people who owned a party planning business? It was really bad, airing in the 19.30 slot on Tuesdays, and you're right, it was repeated a couple of years later in an afternoon slot, about 14.30 I think.

So what soaps were mentioned by This Morning? Families, Albion Market, Night And Day or just the obvious big three?
AN
Andrew Founding member
msim posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:

You've just reminded me of Quayside which was a Newcastle-based soap shown on Tyne Tees and Yorkshire only about seven or eight years ago.


Oh god I remember that! Didnt it focus on an ex-footballer who owned a club, his mother, brother, and some various other people who owned a party planning business? It was really bad, airing in the 19.30 slot on Tuesdays, and you're right, it was repeated a couple of years later in an afternoon slot, about 14.30 I think.


Indeed. The afternoon slot may also have been regional. I suppose it's best asking someone who didn't live in the Yorkshire and Tyne Tees area. Anyone remember the endcap used, was it Channel 3 North East on their own or a co-production with Yorkshire.
SM
smtver
Well i've nominated SMTV and voted for Tiswas,This Morning,Family Fortunes,Stars&Millionaire.
Maybe Takeaway's only there so A&D don't leave if SMTV loses!
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TyneTeesTelevision
The This Morning soaps that I saw were done by their years.. I don't know if Emergency Ward Ten was on but Crossroads was, they even went as far to admit Crossroads was the ITV soap of the 1970s, usually they pretend Coronation Street never hit a low point.

Quayside was just on in the Tyne Tees and Yorkshire region the first time round. Not sure about the repeat. It was made by the Byker Grove production company so Tyne Tees can't be totally to blame.
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msim
Andrew posted:
Anyone remember the endcap used, was it Channel 3 North East on their own or a co-production with Yorkshire.


Im sure it was a Zenith North production
JE
Jez Founding member
TyneTeesTelevision posted:
The This Morning soaps that I saw were done by their years.. I don't know if Emergency Ward Ten was on but Crossroads was, they even went as far to admit Crossroads was the ITV soap of the 1970s, usually they pretend Coronation Street never hit a low point.

Quayside was just on in the Tyne Tees and Yorkshire region the first time round. Not sure about the repeat. It was made by the Byker Grove production company so Tyne Tees can't be totally to blame.


Yes, Corrie did have a bit of a slump in the early to mid 1970s apparently, and Crossroads was better during that period pulling in up to 20 million viewers. From 1976 onwards is what is considered to be Corrie's heyday, Bill Podmore took over as producer and Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) came back after a 3 year absence, there was more comedy with the Ogdens and Eddie Yeats. This was also the point Plus began their repeat run.

As for the local YTV/TTTV soap I think it was only repeated in those regions in the afternoon slot, I only remember it being listed for those regions. We certainly never got it in Wales.
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nwtv2003
I think it might be worth keeping an eye on this website
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Spencer
ISTR there was a rumour a while ago that an ITN 50th Anniversary DVD might be released, rather like the recent BBC one. Does anyone know if this is happening or not?
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smtver
What does ISTR mean?
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msim
smtver posted:
What does ISTR mean?


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