TV Home Forum

TV shows that moved channel?

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
MA
Markymark
james-2001 posted:
I don't know if it was entirely the same- the Thames version was made in a small studio without an audience, and the BBC version was in a big studio with an audience, that's a significnant change for starters.


Yes, the Thames version felt more like we were eavesdropping on an improvosed 'muck about' and was far more intimate than the BBC series, which I found rather hamfisted in places and a bit too much in yer face.
SO
Steven O
Markymark posted:
james-2001 posted:
I don't know if it was entirely the same- the Thames version was made in a small studio without an audience, and the BBC version was in a big studio with an audience, that's a significnant change for starters.


Yes, the Thames version felt more like we were eavesdropping on an improvosed 'muck about' and was far more intimate than the BBC series, which I found rather hamfisted in places and a bit too much in yer face.


Yes, I would agree there. The BBC had a lot more control over their version and insisted on having an audience present, something which Kenny was never comfortable with.

Dissatisfaction with the BBC way of working was a factor in his eventual decision to give up doing television work - the presence of an audience definitely took a lot of the intimacy out of the BBC series.

Newer posts