Terrestrial Bank Holiday schedule declining?

Well yes that's true, but where is the effort in between these regular live shows and soaps? ITV1 are not showing a single afternoon film. In fact the schedule looks very poor even for a normal working weekday, never mind a Bank Holiday schedule.

August Bank Holiday - 26th Aug 1974

BBC1
10.00am The Herbs
10.15am Adventures of Tintin : ‘Red Rackham’s Riddle’
10.20am Daktari
11.05am Pink Panther Show
11.25am Cricket: Third Test
1.30pm Holiday Grandstand
5.10pm Stump the Scientist
5.35pm News
5.50pm The Monkees
6.15pm Disney Time
7.00pm Film: ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’
9.30pm Cilla
10.15pm Main News with Peter Woods, Weather
10.25pm The 25th Edinburgh Military Tattoo
11.35pm The Spinners
12.05am Weatherman followed by Closedown


John

I think this almost links with the other strand about Laurel and Hardy on BBC Two.

Although sassenachs take note, it's not a Scottish bank holiday , it would still be great to see the BBC and ITV dropping their stayed and boring daytime schedules to introduce some films, some alternative children's programming, and something different. I long for Disney Time at 520pm - and I'm 34

I'm sure STV will be willing to opt out of the network Bank Holiday schedule to show normal length regional news programmes etc on Bank Holiday Monday....?

I though that it was bank holiday this weekend with the amount of films on offer. ITV2 alone from Sunday afternoon had Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, X Factor repeat, Sister Act & Miss Congeniality 2.

Even though ITV only aired it once (to my knowledge) the All Star Golf Tournament hosted by Ant & Dec (just produced by them when it aired on sky) airing through the day gave the schedule a bit of a difference.

Not according to itv.com tv guide - and BBC Scotland don't look to be differing from the main BBC Schedule either

Bank Holiday August 27th 1973
BBC1
9.45am Andy Pandy
10.0 Champion the Wonder Horse
10.25 Noggin and the Flying Machine
10.35 Animal Design
11.0 Champions of the Surf
11.25 Cricket: Third Test
England v West Indies (4th day)
1.30pm Holiday Grandstand
6.0 News
6.10 Scottish News
6.15 Disney Time
Introduced by Stanley Holloway
7.0pm Carry On Screaming
8.30 The World of Liberace
9.25 The Main News
9.35 The Stallion
10.25 The Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1973
11.45 Weatherman
Closedown

BBC2
11.0am Play School
11.25 Closedown
3.50pm Play School
4.15 Jackanory
4.30 Cricket: Third Test
England v West Indies (4th day)
6.35pm Come Lasses and Lads
7.15 News Summary, Weather
7.20 Opinion
8.0 Face the Music
8.30 The High Chapparral
9.25 Milligan in Summer
9.55 Yesterday’s Witness
10.40 Blues Like Showers of Rain
11.10 News Extra, Weather
11.25 Closedown

Thames

9.30 am Wildlife Theatre
9.55 Robinson Crusoe
10.45 Cimarron Strip
11.55 Cartoon
12.05 pm Rainbow
12.25 Sing to the Animals
12.40 News
1.00 Professional Wrestling
1.30 Emmerdale Farm
2.00 The ITV Seven
4.10 Clapperboard
4.40 film:Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
5.45 News
6.00 Tarzan goes to India (continued)
6.45 Opportunity Knocks
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 film: Firecreek (1968)
10.00 News
10.30 In Search of Dracula. with Christopher Lee
11.30 Make a Break :Ray Reardon v Tony Graham
12.00 Doctor in China


John

The ITV schedule you have there is interesting, at that time First Report, News At Ten and the 5.45 bulletin all appear full length, Emmerdale, Rainbow, Oppurtunity Knocks and some mid afternoon childrens programmes appearing as normal. Not a bad line up there.

I know it's been gone completely for a couple of years now, but quite a while since they stopped doing Bank Holiday Grandstand, which of course helped make it feel more like the weekend than the week. There is athletics on BBC2 next Monday though.

Really though if you look at the weekend schedules it's not just bank holidays which are losing their identity - the weekday daytime staples are increasingly turning up at the weekend too.