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Major BBC2 continuity cock-up

Spoiler revealed - marketing messes up again. (August 2007)

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JR
jrothwell97
After That Mitchell and Webb Look last night on BBC2 (the 10:30 junction), the announcer started by doing a bog-standard Next, Newsnight followed by another chance to catch up with Heroes. After this, he switches to a programme slide, which is plugging Breakfast tomorrow morning (ie this morning).

And he read out a spoiler for the entire series. I've put a transcript of the announcement in a spoiler tag for obvious reasons.

That Mitchell and Webb Look ends

ANNOUNCER (next/later menu)
Next on BBC2, Newsnight , followed by another chance to catch up with Heroes .

cuts to slide for Breakfast the next morning

ANNOUNCER
And tomorrow morning on Breakfast , Adrian, who can fly, and Milo, who can mimic , will be talking to (the presenters - I can't remember who). That's on Breakfast , tomorrow at 8:30 on BBC1.


Marketing screws up again. Rolling Eyes
DE
denton
jrothwell97 posted:
After That Mitchell and Webb Look last night on BBC2 (the 10:30 junction), the announcer started by doing a bog-standard Next, Newsnight followed by another chance to catch up with Heroes. After this, he switches to a programme slide, which is plugging Breakfast tomorrow morning (ie this morning).

And he read out a spoiler for the entire series. I've put a transcript of the announcement in a spoiler tag for obvious reasons.

That Mitchell and Webb Look ends

ANNOUNCER (next/later menu)
Next on BBC2, Newsnight , followed by another chance to catch up with Heroes .

cuts to slide for Breakfast the next morning

ANNOUNCER
And tomorrow morning on Breakfast , Adrian, who can fly, and Milo, who can mimic , will be talking to (the presenters - I can't remember who). That's on Breakfast , tomorrow at 8:30 on BBC1.


Marketing screws up again. Rolling Eyes


How is this a spoiler? We have already seen those characters, played by the two actors mentioned in the anno, display those powers.
M
M@ Founding member
Those who have been watching Heroes will already know exactly what both of those characters can do. It's already been revealed.
PC
Paul Clark
The posters above me are indeed correct. I didn't think it was a spoiler at all. Before this was mentioned I had already seen episodes on BBC2 which show Milo's character in flight and precognition when around those characters with the respective ability, and it was made obvious enough.
JR
jrothwell97
It hasn't been explicitly mentioned however, and isn't immediately obvious. True, the painting is a bit of a giveaway though. Embarassed
DB
dbl
Spoiler? I knew that since the beginning. Razz
FA
fanoftv
jrothwell97 posted:
It hasn't been explicitly mentioned however, and isn't immediately obvious. True, the painting is a bit of a giveaway though. Embarassed


It is obvious, the painting, the fact that time stopped around hiro from the future and the main one of flying when around his brother. Obviously it was an awful way to describe it as 'can mimic', they put it much better as guests on richard and judy tonight.

He even tells Mohinder this is a conversation, does he not?

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