BP
I love the new results show format though. I thought it would seem long winded, but I like the suspense, with a bit of light relief from a musical/dance performance. (They have had a few popular artists on in recent weeks!)
I think Claudia is doing a great job, I think she does amazing on It Takes Two, so it was only a matter of time before she was promoted!
I think Claudia is doing a great job, I think she does amazing on It Takes Two, so it was only a matter of time before she was promoted!
JU
No, no best of, it would be Total Wipeout or the likes....
So if enough people connected with the show got an illness, or other reasons, forcing transmission off air, what contingency plan does the Beeb have?
Is there a 'Best Of Strictly' sitting on a shelf / playout system somewhere?
(This could also apply to X Factor too!)
Is there a 'Best Of Strictly' sitting on a shelf / playout system somewhere?
(This could also apply to X Factor too!)
No, no best of, it would be Total Wipeout or the likes....
IS
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
So if enough people connected with the show got an illness, or other reasons, forcing transmission off air, what contingency plan does the Beeb have?
Is there a 'Best Of Strictly' sitting on a shelf / playout system somewhere?
(This could also apply to X Factor too!)
Is there a 'Best Of Strictly' sitting on a shelf / playout system somewhere?
(This could also apply to X Factor too!)
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
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GS
I think Claudia is doing a great job, I think she does amazing on It Takes Two, so it was only a matter of time before she was promoted!
Couldn't agree more. Claudia just presents Tess off the screen. More natural, more witty, and far less mannered.
The results show at the weekend was very odd. They've been "enhancing" the audience clapping and cheering (which is nothing new) between links - but Tess delivered everything so flat that the only clapping was coming from an FX channel. The audience behind her looked *bored*.
Compare and contrast with Claudia, who has them all smiling and laughing, and has a fluidity in every piece to camera. She's so massively "involved" that she's always got a pertinent question on the tip of her tongue, and isn't restricted to feeble puns based on the last thing the contestant utters.
I like Tess, but in this series its quickly apparent that she's only good as a straight man to Bruce - keeping him moving to the next necessary sequence of events.
I'd love to see Claudia do a Saturday show with Brucie.
Gavin Scott
Founding member
I think Claudia is doing a great job, I think she does amazing on It Takes Two, so it was only a matter of time before she was promoted!
Couldn't agree more. Claudia just presents Tess off the screen. More natural, more witty, and far less mannered.
The results show at the weekend was very odd. They've been "enhancing" the audience clapping and cheering (which is nothing new) between links - but Tess delivered everything so flat that the only clapping was coming from an FX channel. The audience behind her looked *bored*.
Compare and contrast with Claudia, who has them all smiling and laughing, and has a fluidity in every piece to camera. She's so massively "involved" that she's always got a pertinent question on the tip of her tongue, and isn't restricted to feeble puns based on the last thing the contestant utters.
I like Tess, but in this series its quickly apparent that she's only good as a straight man to Bruce - keeping him moving to the next necessary sequence of events.
I'd love to see Claudia do a Saturday show with Brucie.
DA
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
JU
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Let's clear this up.....BBC1 does not have "Filler" programmes anymore, so in the example of when the programme finished 10 minutes early, there is no short filler material. "Standby" programmes are avaliable but are normally set to run the whole duration of a scheduled live programme. So for example SCD that is 1 hour and 45 minutes long may have a film scheduled against it to fit the planned slot and maybe a one hour programme and a 45 minute programme. You would run the 45 minute programme first, then see if the live programme can go to air, if not you would then run the hour long programe hence filling the 1hr 45 minute time slot. If there was no way the live was going ahead you would run the film in the first instance.... Filler material was pulled some years ago, hence the 10 minutes of trailers we had when the show finished early.
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Let's clear this up.....BBC1 does not have "Filler" programmes anymore, so in the example of when the programme finished 10 minutes early, there is no short filler material. "Standby" programmes are avaliable but are normally set to run the whole duration of a scheduled live programme. So for example SCD that is 1 hour and 45 minutes long may have a film scheduled against it to fit the planned slot and maybe a one hour programme and a 45 minute programme. You would run the 45 minute programme first, then see if the live programme can go to air, if not you would then run the hour long programe hence filling the 1hr 45 minute time slot. If there was no way the live was going ahead you would run the film in the first instance.... Filler material was pulled some years ago, hence the 10 minutes of trailers we had when the show finished early.
MA
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Wasn't it the case that the show should have run to time, but Bruce started doing the closing link in error (nobody stopping him)? In that case, there would have been little prior warning.
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Wasn't it the case that the show should have run to time, but Bruce started doing the closing link in error (nobody stopping him)? In that case, there would have been little prior warning.
BR
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Let's clear this up.....BBC1 does not have "Filler" programmes anymore, so in the example of when the programme finished 10 minutes early, there is no short filler material. "Standby" programmes are avaliable but are normally set to run the whole duration of a scheduled live programme. So for example SCD that is 1 hour and 45 minutes long may have a film scheduled against it to fit the planned slot and maybe a one hour programme and a 45 minute programme. You would run the 45 minute programme first, then see if the live programme can go to air, if not you would then run the hour long programe hence filling the 1hr 45 minute time slot. If there was no way the live was going ahead you would run the film in the first instance.... Filler material was pulled some years ago, hence the 10 minutes of trailers we had when the show finished early.
In theory perhaps, but in practice recent history shows the BBC will stick on the first thing they can find and then rather than getting back on schedule probably screw the whole evening up by running all shows 10 minutes early.
Live programmes will always have something on standby to play instead which will either fill the whole slot or part of it. Regular shows like SCD will often have a non-time specific version as its standby, probably a special or best of (that's already gone out, they wouldn't make one specially as a standby)
That didn't seem to be the case when a live Strictly Come Dancing results show finished about ten minutes early a few years ago. We were treated to ten minutes of trailers, and that was probably with some prior warning that the show was going to finish early (it was when they realised that the viewers vote had no effect on the outcome so no one left the show.)
Let's clear this up.....BBC1 does not have "Filler" programmes anymore, so in the example of when the programme finished 10 minutes early, there is no short filler material. "Standby" programmes are avaliable but are normally set to run the whole duration of a scheduled live programme. So for example SCD that is 1 hour and 45 minutes long may have a film scheduled against it to fit the planned slot and maybe a one hour programme and a 45 minute programme. You would run the 45 minute programme first, then see if the live programme can go to air, if not you would then run the hour long programe hence filling the 1hr 45 minute time slot. If there was no way the live was going ahead you would run the film in the first instance.... Filler material was pulled some years ago, hence the 10 minutes of trailers we had when the show finished early.
In theory perhaps, but in practice recent history shows the BBC will stick on the first thing they can find and then rather than getting back on schedule probably screw the whole evening up by running all shows 10 minutes early.
DA
Even so, that is still more warning than they would get in the case of some technical problems. Bruce Forsyth ending a show early should be much easier to deal with than a programme falling off air for example.
It's not the BBC though is it? BBC One is played out by Red Bee, so they will do whatever they are told to do. Rather than someone making it up as they go along, there must be instructions about what to do in case of a breakdown or over/under runs.
Wasn't it the case that the show should have run to time, but Bruce started doing the closing link in error (nobody stopping him)? In that case, there would have been little prior warning.
Even so, that is still more warning than they would get in the case of some technical problems. Bruce Forsyth ending a show early should be much easier to deal with than a programme falling off air for example.
In theory perhaps, but in practice recent history shows the BBC will stick on the first thing they can find and then rather than getting back on schedule probably screw the whole evening up by running all shows 10 minutes early.
It's not the BBC though is it? BBC One is played out by Red Bee, so they will do whatever they are told to do. Rather than someone making it up as they go along, there must be instructions about what to do in case of a breakdown or over/under runs.