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Asa
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The Steve Owen episode was a complete cockup yesterday. The ident, Adam's introduction, programme slide and anno were perfectly fine but the programme had sound problems. Any background music or incidental effects were fine but you couldn't hear any speech! Was the person in the gallery asleep when this happened?
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But I thought Granada Plus (as it was then) started Corrie from the 1970's, and is up to the 1990s now?
Also, you forgot the [/ in my quoted post!
Also, you forgot the [/ in my quoted post!
JA
Yes, they did start from the 70s (April, 1976 to be precise) but the reason for this is not because of the lack of surviving episods, but becuase the previous episodes were stored on obsolete 2" tape (they've been transfered over now though).
james2001
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Digifiend posted:
But I thought Granada Plus (as it was then) started Corrie from the 1970's, and is up to the 1990s now?
Yes, they did start from the 70s (April, 1976 to be precise) but the reason for this is not because of the lack of surviving episods, but becuase the previous episodes were stored on obsolete 2" tape (they've been transfered over now though).
IT
On Granada Plus's first Christmas Day, they showed a whole day of early Coronation Street's, in running order, so lots do survive
Digifiend posted:
It would work with something like Eastenders, and with Corrie and Emmerdale - except that there's not many 1960's Corrie shows surviving! (Episode 1 then how many more in black and white? Not many I bet - when the first Corrie was repeated a couple of years back, the frontcap was reproduced!)
On Granada Plus's first Christmas Day, they showed a whole day of early Coronation Street's, in running order, so lots do survive
CW
Is there any significance to the April 1976 date? I can't imagine that the programme stopping being made on quad as early as 1976, so is there any reason why they started making new transfers from that point rather than at a more obvious one (like at the beginning, at the start of colour, or at least at the start of a year).
cwathen
Founding member
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Yes, they did start from the 70s (April, 1976 to be precise) but the reason for this is not because of the lack of surviving episods, but becuase the previous episodes were stored on obsolete 2" tape (they've been transfered over now though).
Is there any significance to the April 1976 date? I can't imagine that the programme stopping being made on quad as early as 1976, so is there any reason why they started making new transfers from that point rather than at a more obvious one (like at the beginning, at the start of colour, or at least at the start of a year).
JA
james2001
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One of the things I'm wondering is what the Wicksy, Sharon & Pete Beale epsiodes used the dodgy closing titles but the Den, Angie & Lou episodes used the full closing credits. My best guess is that UK Gold don't have their own tapes for those 80s epsiodes any more (as they probabally don't see the point in keeping tapes for something that won't be shown again for a long time, if ever- they would have been last shown on UK Gold in 1998) so made new transfers.
Though I think the fact that the Sharon ep from 1995 was still using the dodgy end sequence means its use was more than the length of the credits. For the Wicksy, Sharon & Pete eps, obviously UK Gold saw no point in retransfering the episodes for a one-off showing outside the usual run when they still had thier own tapes- even if the credits were dodgily cut off.
There were 2 eps that have been on UK Gold recenly, but were shown differently. The Kathy one was shown in October 2002 as 2 half-hour eps rather than the full one hour epsiode, and the Tiff one was shown in April 2003 as the cut-down to 30 minute version which was made for a 15th birthday showing on BBC1 rather than the original 45-min ep shown in 1998- UK Gold showed the original verisons of both over the weekend (though curiously sped-up the credits on the Kathy one).
Though I think the fact that the Sharon ep from 1995 was still using the dodgy end sequence means its use was more than the length of the credits. For the Wicksy, Sharon & Pete eps, obviously UK Gold saw no point in retransfering the episodes for a one-off showing outside the usual run when they still had thier own tapes- even if the credits were dodgily cut off.
There were 2 eps that have been on UK Gold recenly, but were shown differently. The Kathy one was shown in October 2002 as 2 half-hour eps rather than the full one hour epsiode, and the Tiff one was shown in April 2003 as the cut-down to 30 minute version which was made for a 15th birthday showing on BBC1 rather than the original 45-min ep shown in 1998- UK Gold showed the original verisons of both over the weekend (though curiously sped-up the credits on the Kathy one).