RD
Enjoyed that documentary. Just few minutes in and there were already mentions of BBC's Open Air, Granada and ITV Telethon. They even acknowledged the battle with Good Morning with Anne & Nick too.
It was good that it acknowledged the period where the show nearly fell flat with the Coleen and Twiggy period and that John came to the rescue after just a week. Even the clips that they shown of it were cringeworthy, even Coleen and John didn't look much better.
It also acknowledged the John and Fern era too, even mentioning that John was accused whilst he was on air and then showing clips where John was taken off air and Fern was just there alone.
It seemed however that they spent just as much time going through that as they did with the 7 years of Fern and Phil. It was a shame that they only really mentioned Dunking Beef, Song Dong and Kerry Katona, when their tenure of the show had many highlights. It didn't do much to hide the fact that they don't speak anymore.
Overall a fitting tribute which did feel a little rushed in places, but certainly learnt more about the earlier years and the struggle in the middle that I didn't know before.
It was good that it acknowledged the period where the show nearly fell flat with the Coleen and Twiggy period and that John came to the rescue after just a week. Even the clips that they shown of it were cringeworthy, even Coleen and John didn't look much better.
It also acknowledged the John and Fern era too, even mentioning that John was accused whilst he was on air and then showing clips where John was taken off air and Fern was just there alone.
It seemed however that they spent just as much time going through that as they did with the 7 years of Fern and Phil. It was a shame that they only really mentioned Dunking Beef, Song Dong and Kerry Katona, when their tenure of the show had many highlights. It didn't do much to hide the fact that they don't speak anymore.
Overall a fitting tribute which did feel a little rushed in places, but certainly learnt more about the earlier years and the struggle in the middle that I didn't know before.
Last edited by RDJ on 2 October 2018 9:16pm
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I see they have also painted the 2002 ITV1 logo. I like it.
Looking at the app and they have a gallery of photos from the past 20 years and have come across one of interest...
Interestingly it appears that they painted the outside of their studios on the South Bank well before their current look before their departure in April.
I didn't know it was done before then. Though it does include a pretty terrible drawing of Phil and Fern.
Interestingly it appears that they painted the outside of their studios on the South Bank well before their current look before their departure in April.
I didn't know it was done before then. Though it does include a pretty terrible drawing of Phil and Fern.
I see they have also painted the 2002 ITV1 logo. I like it.
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I thought that was a pretty decent run through of the show's history. Other than Fred there was no noticeable air-brushing of history, the Coleen and Twiggy era and John Leslie leaving were both covered. The talking heads weren't as annoying as I feared at the start, it seemed to suggest it would be lots of Gogglebox-style watching of clips with reaction commentary like that awful Watchdog programme a few years ago, but thankfully that was only for a few clips.
Some interesting stories that I hadn't heard before, such as Richard and Judy initially planning to quit the programme and relocate to Cornwall before ITV decided to relocate it to the South Bank. And that apparently Phillip pushed for Holly to be Fern's replacement, I'd assumed at the time they were just looking to go for a younger presenter.
I always find these programmes that go through the history of something on TV interesting even if I wasn't a viewer myself.
Some interesting stories that I hadn't heard before, such as Richard and Judy initially planning to quit the programme and relocate to Cornwall before ITV decided to relocate it to the South Bank. And that apparently Phillip pushed for Holly to be Fern's replacement, I'd assumed at the time they were just looking to go for a younger presenter.
I always find these programmes that go through the history of something on TV interesting even if I wasn't a viewer myself.
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It’s interesting that Richard and Judy was ready to quit in 1996.
Because it moved to London? I cant blame them. If Granada never got hold of LWT it might have been different.
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Because it moved to London? I cant blame them. If Granada never got hold of LWT it might have been different.
No, they were ready to quit and move down to Cornwall, but then Granada suggested moving the show to London in a new studio overlooking the Thames with the London skyline in the background and it convinced them to stay
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It’s interesting that Richard and Judy was ready to quit in 1996.
Because it moved to London? I cant blame them. If Granada never got hold of LWT it might have been different.
No, they were ready to quit and move down to Cornwall, but then Granada suggested moving the show to London in a new studio overlooking the Thames with the London skyline in the background and it convinced them to stay