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The "Casualty" Thread

(September 2003)

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PE
Pete Founding member
DJ Dave posted:
Alot of it was done in a studio i think, As it was on a CBBC prorgram A.L.A or something like that.


do you mean AAO as in "Against All Odds"? That is the CBBC version of 999
AP
AdamP
Brekkie Boy posted:
It'll never beat Heartbeat tomorrow (assuming it's on a 8pm).


In fact, it did. Casualty 8.2 million, Heartbeat 7.3 million.
DJ
DJGM
james2001 posted:

When it comes to Heartbeat- are they ever moving into the 1970s?
The show has bene on for 11 years and is still set in the 1960s.
Surely they should let times move on?


Indeed. I was going to start a new thread about this, but seeing as at least half the people that come here, appear to
hate just about anything connected to ITV, and probably wouldn't care less, I changed my mind, and decided not to.
JE
Jenny Founding member
What set-up would Holby City Hospital have to have, to get News 24 in 14:9? Analogue satellite?


And regarding Heartbeat, it's reached 1969 now. They never mention the year, but there are clues (get a freeze-frame on the car/bike tax discs - or pay attention to exactly what plays on the radio!). Someday, somebody's got to turn up at the Aidensfield Arms and pay for a pint with the new-fangled 5p and 10p pieces...
JE
Jenny Founding member
Hymagumba posted:
Do you mean AAO as in "Against All Odds"? That is the CBBC version of 999


So-bad-it's-good TV! The lamest, most boring rescue reconstructions ever seen on television, linked by Jake Humphrey, one of the lamest, most boring presenters ever seen on television!

And it gets worse with the "brave pets" section. Pets that saved people, though all they could find was dogs, including one that pushed a child into the path of a moving vehicle before pulling it back again, which hardly counts. Though it's better than the desperate bottom-of-the-barrel example they came up with for the last programme - a dog that only saved another dog. And only did that by "donating" blood.

When they come up with a talking mynah bird that phones 999 and gives a pep talk to the injured victim, *then* I'll be impressed.

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