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The music, of course, being Ross King's "ner-ner-Ross-King!" theme that was introduced when Anne and Nick arrived in 1992 and then continued to be used as the theme for BBC1 daytime for several years after. I remember the Radio Times explaining the concept of The Morning On BBC1, where "the programmes will be familiar, but linked as part of a tighter unit". Of course, one of the big changes in that revamp was Playdays being moved back to BBC2 - after a decade of the pre-school shows being a staple of BBC1.
The fact this is mid-October points out that one of the main reasons why daytime BBC1 used to do so badly is because it couldn't start properly until that time because BBC1 had the Party Conferences and they couldn't dump them on BBC2 because there were schools programmes on. So ITV started off in early September and got an enormous head start. In Will Wyatt's book he says that Jonathan Powell always used to threaten to not show the Party Conferences because they got in the way, to general consternation. Of course, within a few years they could dump them on BBC2 as there were fewer schools programmes.
It's amazing how long BBC1 persisted with some of this stuff, like Pebble Mill continually coming back year in year out regardless. And of course Kilroy lasted until 2004, only ending when he had to, er, go away, and when it ended ratings shot up, you can only imagine what might had happened if they'd axed it years earlier.
Yes, Going For Gold was among the series that was sacrificed, although some other quizzes like Turnabout got a repreive. It did mean the end of the 1.50 quiz slot that had been a staple for a decade, the equivalent of the 9.25 quiz on ITV.
I remember, as an irritating student, being a bit obsessed with series one of Pass The Buck and talking about it on embryonic internet forms, thanks to Fred's rather brusque manner with the contestants.
The thing I most remember about Space Cadets, apart from it being a bit of a flop, is that it was announced very close to transmission to the extent the provisional schedule for that week on C4 was full of TBAs every night, and Media Guardian ran a story saying that the C4 provisional schedule had a gap at 9pm every night and pondering if there was going to be a series of Celebrity Big Brother there and they were keeping it a secret to keep the other channels on their toes.
Of course, that was in the days when Media Guardian actually did stuff and wasn't just full of Australian news.
Anyway, I know we're going off topic slightly but talking of how bad BBC mornings were in the mid-nineties, this remains one of my favourite junctions just because of the sheer Partridge-isms and general cheesy music!
The music, of course, being Ross King's "ner-ner-Ross-King!" theme that was introduced when Anne and Nick arrived in 1992 and then continued to be used as the theme for BBC1 daytime for several years after. I remember the Radio Times explaining the concept of The Morning On BBC1, where "the programmes will be familiar, but linked as part of a tighter unit". Of course, one of the big changes in that revamp was Playdays being moved back to BBC2 - after a decade of the pre-school shows being a staple of BBC1.
The fact this is mid-October points out that one of the main reasons why daytime BBC1 used to do so badly is because it couldn't start properly until that time because BBC1 had the Party Conferences and they couldn't dump them on BBC2 because there were schools programmes on. So ITV started off in early September and got an enormous head start. In Will Wyatt's book he says that Jonathan Powell always used to threaten to not show the Party Conferences because they got in the way, to general consternation. Of course, within a few years they could dump them on BBC2 as there were fewer schools programmes.
It's amazing how long BBC1 persisted with some of this stuff, like Pebble Mill continually coming back year in year out regardless. And of course Kilroy lasted until 2004, only ending when he had to, er, go away, and when it ended ratings shot up, you can only imagine what might had happened if they'd axed it years earlier.
I'm guessing the demise of Going for Gold in July '96 was part of this radical revamp, too.
GFG is obviously *not* a show that has been forgotten. Don't think the same can be said for Pass the Buck, though:
GFG is obviously *not* a show that has been forgotten. Don't think the same can be said for Pass the Buck, though:
Yes, Going For Gold was among the series that was sacrificed, although some other quizzes like Turnabout got a repreive. It did mean the end of the 1.50 quiz slot that had been a staple for a decade, the equivalent of the 9.25 quiz on ITV.
I remember, as an irritating student, being a bit obsessed with series one of Pass The Buck and talking about it on embryonic internet forms, thanks to Fred's rather brusque manner with the contestants.
Vaguely remember it on GMTV and Channel 4. Anyone remember Space Cadets? Probably.
The thing I most remember about Space Cadets, apart from it being a bit of a flop, is that it was announced very close to transmission to the extent the provisional schedule for that week on C4 was full of TBAs every night, and Media Guardian ran a story saying that the C4 provisional schedule had a gap at 9pm every night and pondering if there was going to be a series of Celebrity Big Brother there and they were keeping it a secret to keep the other channels on their toes.
Of course, that was in the days when Media Guardian actually did stuff and wasn't just full of Australian news.
