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Maybe its time bbc overhaul its channels?

BBC2 gets some of its highest audiences between 5 and 7pm with shows like It Takes Two, Eggheads and Great British Menu. Which takes priority?

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By A former member

47 replies

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SW 2 Oct 2018 8:33amSteve Williams

CITV expands on Freeview

ITV3 +1 cuts hours

That should be ITV3 +1

By Brekkie

1 reply

450 views

JA 30 Sep 2018 8:38pmJAS84

Favourite TV Closedowns and Handovers

It did! Other memories include the nightclub themed signpost they did at the start of TX over Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It." Can't find a copy of that anywhere. I had a real thing...

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By Bennyboy1984

92 replies

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JM 28 Sep 2018 8:39pmJamesM0984

Technical Question about faint “ghost” audio..

“Pre-print” seems to be the correct terminology!

Live reads of commercial copy were still in use on UTV in the mid-1990s.

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By Si-Co

33 replies

1,419 views

CO 28 Sep 2018 4:35pmColm

Jeremy leaves Points of View

Split from The Wright Stuff from ITN

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By DVB Cornwall

60 replies

4,488 views

WH 27 Sep 2018 9:05pmWhataday

A real puzzler

A question regarding a very strange advert

Here’s a mid 80s advert with the tag line ‘Do Not adjust Your Set’ due to the quietness of the machine... but it’s for a Bendix washing machine, not a vacuum cleaner. I’m on the hunt for...

By Ne1L C

4 replies

463 views

MM 25 Sep 2018 9:10pmMiniMort

ITV Be

new break bumper

It’s still trailed though, as is all the main ITV Be stuff. Generally on a Sunday teatime around the news when I’m round at my parents house causing my Dad to go off on one ‘who watches this...

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By A former member

12 replies

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AN 24 Sep 2018 11:07pmAndrew

BBC Text on Sky

You're lucky My mother can just about change channel on her telly, although lots of 22, 33, 44 etc instead on 2, 3, 4 etc I'm still struggling to get her to able to select iplayer programmes, she...

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By A former member

12 replies

1,222 views

MA 24 Sep 2018 9:21pmMarkymark

Something like an LWT t shirt.

Wanting opinions on a new t shirt by Wrangler.

These clocks are quite nice as well.

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By robertclark125

17 replies

1,259 views

PC 23 Sep 2018 11:14pmPhilip Cobbold

Denis Norden has died aged 96

It would have been at the request of the copyright holder. In the glory days of IBAOTN they would only credit a handful of companies (usually American) and then add "and all the other companies..."

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By bilky asko

68 replies

3,428 views

WH 22 Sep 2018 5:12pmWhataday

Virgin Media Ireland launch

Split from The Gay Byrne Irish Television Thread

The channels aren’t encrypted on Satellite. So it would be impossible to stop the Republic receiving the full feed.

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By rdd

86 replies

4,005 views

JO 22 Sep 2018 12:05amJon

Scandinavian TV

Big cuts at DR

I was going to say, the nepotism issues at Eurovision were with the other company rather than DR weren't they? That said, despite it being a great production I know the Copenhagen show cost an...

By Thinker

6 replies

677 views

JM 20 Sep 2018 2:16amJamesM0984

BBC Two 2015 with 90s idents

NEW: Dragons Den ident with a nod to the past

I've not seen it, but I'd defend their right to make a stylistic choice.

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By Cavan

2,055 replies

313k views

JA 19 Sep 2018 10:30pmJake

"Is There Anybody There"

A question about audiences

It would only be more accurate if Sky had a way of finding out how many people were in the room at the time and what their demographic was. That's what BARB provides

By Ne1L C

9 replies

524 views

IS 19 Sep 2018 9:22pmInspector Sands

ITV Idents (Post Christmas)

Uh oh... Steph got her other gig mixed up. (And yup!)

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By Identity

794 replies

98k views

DB 17 Sep 2018 10:32pmdbl

WOS Wrestling Ratings

Split from Doctor Who (2018 onwards)

It's a bit more than 'just a commentary team - there's production, facilities, edits - you can make telly on the cheap, but it takes more people than you might think for the simplest of shows....

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By cityprod

68 replies

2,940 views

GE 16 Sep 2018 6:43pmthegeek

New Channel: Virgin TV Ultra HD

Launches on Monday 17 September

Monday 17th 8.20pm The Big Dry (New) 9.10pm Mysteries of the Mekong 10pm StartUp (New) 10.55pm The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon Tuesday 18th 8.20pm The Big Dry (New) 9.10pm Great Parks...

By TellyTime

8 replies

1,104 views

TT 15 Sep 2018 11:44amTellyTime

Old Set Pieces

Really interesting site! Thanks for that, Inspector Sands

By 030293

5 replies

450 views

03 14 Sep 2018 2:24pm030293

Help with some vague memories

I'm sure Janet Street-Porter would have a few things to say about that! Let's not forget what inspired The Big Breakfast in the first place.

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By Mr Zzzap

32 replies

1,429 views

WH 13 Sep 2018 10:06amWhataday

ITV'S HD Channels

That's got to hurt the quality. Especially if you're watching on an LCD TV that's upscaling it again.

By Bennyboy1984

7 replies

974 views

JA 10 Sep 2018 7:30pmjames-2001