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What we have to bear in mind, though, is that the new series was completed by the end of last year (ie. before the axe was wielded), so any creative decisions then were made on the basis the show might have had a future beyond that.
Phil Redmond categorically stated in The Observer that had it not been for the new 6-12 directive, he would have penned a hard-hitting storyline for this series that was "traditionally" Grange Hill.
Phil Redmond categorically stated in The Observer that had it not been for the new 6-12 directive, he would have penned a hard-hitting storyline for this series that was "traditionally" Grange Hill.
RO
Well SMart is returning for a new series & it looks like it will be keeping its last format where it was on for an hour. >SMart returns
erm... I sincerely doubt it...
rob
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tvme posted:
benr posted:
I Hope CBBC don't bring Back Smart now that Mark Has Gone.
I think Kirsten & Mark were a great team on Smart. it wouldn't work if it was Kirsten & that amercian guy.
I think Kirsten & Mark were a great team on Smart. it wouldn't work if it was Kirsten & that amercian guy.
Well SMart is returning for a new series & it looks like it will be keeping its last format where it was on for an hour. >SMart returns
erm... I sincerely doubt it...
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Of course not! As a library music aficionado I can appreciate both in their own right. And of course the 1988 re-recording of Chicken Man.
That's been in the credits since 2007.
Asa posted:
Is it sacrilege to say I actually perferred the 90s version? 
Guess it's my age. Anyway, a nice touch to have the old tune back for the show's swan song.
Guess it's my age. Anyway, a nice touch to have the old tune back for the show's swan song.
Of course not! As a library music aficionado I can appreciate both in their own right. And of course the 1988 re-recording of Chicken Man.
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Phil certainly wanted to make the point with that "Format © Phil Redmond" on top of the other credits he had, didn't he!
That's been in the credits since 2007.
PT
Perhaps some of us don't watch Grange Hill all the time such as yourself Simon...? 
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Which I could barely read as they scrolled up at the speed of light.
rob
Founding member
Asa posted:
Is it sacrilege to say I actually perferred the 90s version? Guess it's my age. Anyway, a nice touch to have the old tune back for the show's swan song.
Phil certainly wanted to make the point with that "Format © Phil Redmond" on top of the other credits he had, didn't he!
Guess it's my age. Anyway, a nice touch to have the old tune back for the show's swan song.
Phil certainly wanted to make the point with that "Format © Phil Redmond" on top of the other credits he had, didn't he!
Which I could barely read as they scrolled up at the speed of light.
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That's BBC credit "guidelines" for you!
rfrancis51284 posted:
Which I could barely read as they scrolled up at the speed of light.
That's BBC credit "guidelines" for you!
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Yes of course they are Jugalug. That's why programmes like My Family and Screen Wipe, where the end credit style is a stylistic part of the programme, follow them to the letter.
JO
Well SMart is returning for a new series & it looks like it will be keeping its last format where it was on for an hour. >SMart returns
When's that from?
The last series of Smart was dire and had been completely dumped down, making the series more of a game show - from the programme i caught.
What ever anyone’s views on drugs or this sorry state of affairs, it is the viewers that count and loads of people have been inspired by Mark and before him Tony Hart.
Smart was just a reworking of Hart Beat and Take Hart, i.e Gallery, Morph, and artwork. This part of BBC Children’s should continue even if the Smart brand is not used, the format should.
He claimed his own life, why should present or future CBBC viewers be claimed of art? Having met the guy twice, I’m sure he would want the format to continue.
Jugalug posted:
tvme posted:
benr posted:
I Hope CBBC don't bring Back Smart now that Mark Has Gone.
I think Kirsten & Mark were a great team on Smart. it wouldn't work if it was Kirsten & that amercian guy.
I think Kirsten & Mark were a great team on Smart. it wouldn't work if it was Kirsten & that amercian guy.
Well SMart is returning for a new series & it looks like it will be keeping its last format where it was on for an hour. >SMart returns
When's that from?
The last series of Smart was dire and had been completely dumped down, making the series more of a game show - from the programme i caught.
What ever anyone’s views on drugs or this sorry state of affairs, it is the viewers that count and loads of people have been inspired by Mark and before him Tony Hart.
Smart was just a reworking of Hart Beat and Take Hart, i.e Gallery, Morph, and artwork. This part of BBC Children’s should continue even if the Smart brand is not used, the format should.
He claimed his own life, why should present or future CBBC viewers be claimed of art? Having met the guy twice, I’m sure he would want the format to continue.
JO
Well yes, I agree, there needs to be an art programme for kids. There's no longer one on CITV (well I don't think so), and it's important. There needs to be a great presenter like Mark or Tony, who had a great way of showing people how to do things.
I just don't think the SMart brand should be used as Speight was there from the start, and the brand would really be, well, ruined.
I just don't think the SMart brand should be used as Speight was there from the start, and the brand would really be, well, ruined.