JE
HTV played out the last episode of CP same day News at Ten got axed.
Nearly all the ITV companies completed the Sullivans in late 1988 or early 1989 except for HTV, and Scottish Television which took until 1993 to complete the series.
When Westcountry Television took over from TSW, they initially dropped The Sullivans from their schedule, only to bring it back a while later due to popular demand. The was short-lived, however, and Westcountry then dropped the series completely, meaning that viewers in the South West never saw the entire series (this similarly happened with The Young Doctors).
The Sullivans was dropped in a few regions - ATV, TSW/Westcountry and Yorkshire never saw it all. On HTV we were lucky we saw all the aussie soaps until the end but were one of the last region, if not the last, to complete ACP and The Sullivans. We finished Sons and Daughters in 1991 and Prisoner in 1996 so about average in terms of how quickly we completed them.
ACP was all over the place - initially 1 hour episodes once as week (on just a Friday for a long period but may have bene other days), then when Sons and Daughters ended in 1991 ACP replaced that Wed-Fri at 3.25pm and for the first time was shown in the half hourly eps like other regions did, then it was increased to 5 times a week, still at 3.25pm, at some point during 1992, then moved back to 1 hour episodes on a Friday at the start of 1993 as Blockbusters moved from evening to daytime so there was no longer a daily slot for it, then when Blockbusters ended it replaced it at 4 or 5 half hourly eps a week again, then from 1994 moved to 5.10pm but was on anything between 2 and 5 days a week, mostly 2 days.
Bascially if there was something better to show, or if the slots were needed for proper regional programmes then ACP lost slots and they showed it just a few times a week. Other regions seemed to treat it better, Thames/Carlton for example seemed to like it and showed it 5 days a week for a large part of its run.
Yes I remember the end of ACP coincided with the end of the original News At 10. I think they timed ACP to end this date by increasing the number of eps a week from 2 to 4 in Jan 1999. The following Monday Home and Away moved to 5.05pm, regional programme were at 5.30pm and the news hour was 6pm-7pm as it is now.
ATV did show The Sullivans. Central didn't ISTR, so it must have been axed in the Midlands no later than December 1981!
I believe ATV dropped it before the end of 1981
Jez
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Also, A Country Practice on HTV was shown in the 5.10pm slot from 1994 until it ended in 1999. Before that I believe A Country Practice was in the 3.25pm slot between the afternoon news and CITV.
HTV played out the last episode of CP same day News at Ten got axed.
Nearly all the ITV companies completed the Sullivans in late 1988 or early 1989 except for HTV, and Scottish Television which took until 1993 to complete the series.
When Westcountry Television took over from TSW, they initially dropped The Sullivans from their schedule, only to bring it back a while later due to popular demand. The was short-lived, however, and Westcountry then dropped the series completely, meaning that viewers in the South West never saw the entire series (this similarly happened with The Young Doctors).
The Sullivans was dropped in a few regions - ATV, TSW/Westcountry and Yorkshire never saw it all. On HTV we were lucky we saw all the aussie soaps until the end but were one of the last region, if not the last, to complete ACP and The Sullivans. We finished Sons and Daughters in 1991 and Prisoner in 1996 so about average in terms of how quickly we completed them.
ACP was all over the place - initially 1 hour episodes once as week (on just a Friday for a long period but may have bene other days), then when Sons and Daughters ended in 1991 ACP replaced that Wed-Fri at 3.25pm and for the first time was shown in the half hourly eps like other regions did, then it was increased to 5 times a week, still at 3.25pm, at some point during 1992, then moved back to 1 hour episodes on a Friday at the start of 1993 as Blockbusters moved from evening to daytime so there was no longer a daily slot for it, then when Blockbusters ended it replaced it at 4 or 5 half hourly eps a week again, then from 1994 moved to 5.10pm but was on anything between 2 and 5 days a week, mostly 2 days.
Bascially if there was something better to show, or if the slots were needed for proper regional programmes then ACP lost slots and they showed it just a few times a week. Other regions seemed to treat it better, Thames/Carlton for example seemed to like it and showed it 5 days a week for a large part of its run.
Yes I remember the end of ACP coincided with the end of the original News At 10. I think they timed ACP to end this date by increasing the number of eps a week from 2 to 4 in Jan 1999. The following Monday Home and Away moved to 5.05pm, regional programme were at 5.30pm and the news hour was 6pm-7pm as it is now.
ATV did show The Sullivans. Central didn't ISTR, so it must have been axed in the Midlands no later than December 1981!
I believe ATV dropped it before the end of 1981