Networked ITV - 1990s and before...

Border didn't use it much that I remember in the 1970's. In the early 80's the only announcer that did in vision was Pat Doody, and I think that was only once a night at 6.30, but they all read the news in vision. From 1985 onwards it was used a lot in peak, until around 1998/99 I think

I wish to ask about some of the other local opt-put that made it to other stations

* we can work it out
* what will there think of next

was these two show ever nealry networked? I know that stv moved them to 6pm during 1998/1999.

The reason asking is to see if still people moving programmes around even at this late stage of the game

We Can Work It Out made its way to Central for sure.

I believe it got dumped at 7.30pm on Thursdays it the only one I have no records, I can not even see it listed anywhere else back in 1998. it like Better homes aswell.

Sounds about right. Judy Finnegan presented, but disappeared towards the end of the run? Doesn't sound like the happiest of productions.

We Can Work It Out was a YTV Production IIRC. I think Judy left for health reasons.

No, Judy just left at the end of a series. as people do, and Caron Keating took over for another run but missed the last few episodes through illness, which I remember later being cited as the beginning of the cancer that killed her. Standing in for her was the show's reporters, Jane Harvey who I think is still doing The Ferret on HTV and, making her TV debut, Jenni Falconer. Anyway, it had three or four series, it did well enough in the opposite 'stEnders slot even if it was an obvious rip-off of Watchdog. I remember the e-mail address was judy@itv.co.uk.

What Will They Think Of Next was also networked, I think it was made by LNN, but only got one series. Carol Vorderman presented and it was their attempt at Tomorrow's World, only rather more populist. It was presented from the building site that was becoming the Millennium Dome.

When was What will there think of next networked, well partly networked.

Grampian and Scottish broadcast it 6pm Monday, with we can work it out on Thursday at 6pm.

I knew I forgot to asking something: As I said in the other thread: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/itv-regional-variations-70s-80s-30164/

I have been able to piece together the following from information i have pick up: Blockbusters was never networked, it was partly networked all over the place, I did the maths With it going out

From 1984 - 1989: 5-6 times a week in places like Borders, Central, Granada, HTV TT, and Yorkshire, there would have started in Late August and finish around: around February, 6-7months where there could broadcast what there like.

While Anglia, Grampian, Thames/LWT and Scottish, to pad it out a bit by doing the following
Monday/tuesday Emmerdale farm and Wed - sat; Blockbusters

That did freed up alot more space for 7pm slot.

( before you ask TVS did the same as Anglia but used Sons and daughters on mon/tues and TSW treated badly)

I know in Winner Takes all had daily run from April - june in 1988, but was that networked in the slots?

what did First lot of compaines put out for the other 6months of the year? it is alot of space to fill up.

I wont even try to ask about 88- 1992 just yet.

I don't remember where I saw it, but I have seen it, that for sometime probably in 1983/84, some Blockbusters episodes were on Channel 4. Blockbusters was one of those shows that ended in different years in different regions, most regions finished it in 1992/3, but the likes of Border were still showing it in 1997.

HOW FAR behide was Borders in trying to broadcast them? did there not get rid of some to join up with Granada? 1st series was re-broadcast on Ch4,

I believe Central and Anglia push to get it out of the way for end of 1992 and then started showing Sky one version from 93-94. London: Carlton went big push from JAN-June 3.20 5 days a week to clear the back log, as I said come 1989 - onward it all went pair shape and backlog started to pile up in a number of regions. Only other regional to clear its pile was STV but there place its into daytime around 1991-1992, 13.50.

Yes, part of the first series from 1983 (the first ten weeks of it) were repeated on Monday-Friday on C4 over the summer of 1984 in the Countdown slot.

I don't remember Tyne Tees showing it 6 days a week, but I may be wrong. The first series began in September 1983 at 3.30pm and this was moved in November to 5.15pm when they began showing S&D via the Thames feed. Most regions seemed to be showing it in one of those slots, so I believe it was part-networked.

I remember weekly (as opposed to stripped) quiz shows taking up the 5.15 slot during the summer (Ask No Questions, The Parlour Game, etc) and I think these were part networked, and also some locally played-out material such as Diff'rent Strokes.