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Text Santa 2015

Fri 18th Dec and Phil Schofield on all ITV shows on Tuesday (November 2015)

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thegeek Founding member
the knitted ads are on the ITV Youtube channel:

did STV and UTV show them too?

Really enjoyed the Corrie/BTTF sketch - particularly the attention to detail in going 4:3 on the 60s stuff.
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tomo359
Yes I also loved the corrie sketch, good attention to detail. Looking forward to the second part.

The knitted ad break must have taken a lot of time and effort to create, well worth it though.
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TVMan
Yes, in STV land we got a local intro and the rest of the break like that video except no ITV logo on the text Santa flashes
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Brekkie
It has quickly made it's mark as the most enjoyable telethon of the year in a short term - the content is always far stronger than Children in Need especially.

Seems to be a pick and mix selection of presenters tonight with only Phillip deemed worthy of an intro - even Holly just appeared by his side a few minutes later as if she'd turned up late. No Ant and Dec in the studio this year but to be honest they've not missed them, while Caroline and Olly have had more chance to shine in half an hour on this than an entire 8 weeks of live shows of The X Factor.
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JCB
JCB posted:
Does a 3 hour show really need 9 presenters?


It helps to break it up a bit, and reminds viewers of all the 'faces of ITV' all together in the same room Very Happy


That's what I hate about Text Santa though. It's an ITV w*nkathon.
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tomo359
I enjoy it more than CIN. It seems to flow better, and has less filler and more entertainment, whilst still getting the charity films in.
I think CIN overdoes it with the charity films, and tries to guilt trip viewers too much. It actually puts me off when I watch, and I often end up recording so I can skip a lot of it, and I find myself skipping most of the show.
Macalolo, UBox and GMc gave kudos
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Brekkie
It probably benefits from being relatively short but do think it's done enough now to claim the 7pm hour off the soaps, and it would be good to see them do a bit more after the news, even if it's just a Celebrity Juice special.
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GMc
TVMan posted:
Yes, in STV land we got a local intro and the rest of the break like that video except no ITV logo on the text Santa flashes


We got the pug ident as well, with an STV logo - that would have meant nothing to most viewers up here.
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tomo359
I agree they should try starting it at 7pm. They could also try doing one or a couple of live local links with the local news teams and people who have been fundraising.
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tomo359
Always enjoy the Downton sketches.

Haha Grantham with the folding bike from W1A Very Happy
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UBox
I agree they should try starting it at 7pm. They could also try doing one or a couple of live local links with the local news teams and people who have been fundraising.

Could work especially next year. They seem to be hinting at HD going regional. I quite like having all of the presenters personally (apart from Christine who seems to just still tag along from when she joined Daybreak)
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BruceBBC
Did anyone catch the STV ident??

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