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With Will involved it might be a Monkey production. STV probably have no interest in the format anymore so it may well be Evans and the rest have just set up a company to make this one show under the auspices of Monkey or somewhere.
One thing about the original TFI I used to love was the Late Night Viewers' Spot they did in the repeat. This was a short sequence just before part three that only appeared in the repeat as a special treat for viewers who watched that, and they never mentioned it at 6pm or in the billings, it was like a little secret. Certainly I wouldn't have known about it if I hadn't been out at 6pm and watching the repeat instead the first week they did it. It ran for about six months, usually involving some rude and silly sketch or behind the scenes bit of business, before, as they announced on air, they'd run out of ideas and were bored with making it so that was the end of it. Happened around the same time the whole show was running out of steam, really.
The first year of TFI was fantastic for things like that, they had so many ideas and so much enthusiasm. In the first series they were billed to do a complation on Good Friday and it was billed as such everywhere but during the week Evans thought of a few things he'd like to do and couldn't wait until the following week so they ended up doing an unscheduled live show from his house. Even if it was planned all along it seemed incredibly exciting.
After the first year, though, coinciding with his depature from Radio 1, it totally ran out of steam and I'd long since defected to Robot Wars by the time it ended. The last two years or so were useless. No idea what this one will be like but I like Evans a lot now so I hope it's good.
One other aspect I'm curious about tonight is who's making it? It was a Ginger production originally so that presumably means its an STV format now. Evans had a TV production company a few years ago (UMTV?) but that's not made anything for ages
With Will involved it might be a Monkey production. STV probably have no interest in the format anymore so it may well be Evans and the rest have just set up a company to make this one show under the auspices of Monkey or somewhere.
One thing about the original TFI I used to love was the Late Night Viewers' Spot they did in the repeat. This was a short sequence just before part three that only appeared in the repeat as a special treat for viewers who watched that, and they never mentioned it at 6pm or in the billings, it was like a little secret. Certainly I wouldn't have known about it if I hadn't been out at 6pm and watching the repeat instead the first week they did it. It ran for about six months, usually involving some rude and silly sketch or behind the scenes bit of business, before, as they announced on air, they'd run out of ideas and were bored with making it so that was the end of it. Happened around the same time the whole show was running out of steam, really.
The first year of TFI was fantastic for things like that, they had so many ideas and so much enthusiasm. In the first series they were billed to do a complation on Good Friday and it was billed as such everywhere but during the week Evans thought of a few things he'd like to do and couldn't wait until the following week so they ended up doing an unscheduled live show from his house. Even if it was planned all along it seemed incredibly exciting.
After the first year, though, coinciding with his depature from Radio 1, it totally ran out of steam and I'd long since defected to Robot Wars by the time it ended. The last two years or so were useless. No idea what this one will be like but I like Evans a lot now so I hope it's good.