Anybody seen this? Found out about it quite late; I did not realise this was a whole series.
Presented by Greg Hemphill, with a mixture of interviews and of course, archive - well worth a look. Tonight's episode looked at journalism. Looks like next week's is about comedy; judging by this first one, should be good.
Before the 1st episode at least, there was some uncertainty as to whether this series was being trailed... Turns out it is - and the opening BBC Scotland logo has been placed in the wings:
A great watch in itself, but before you say 'where's the pres?': there's a great bit of spoof continuity, from Naked Video no less, featuring an upside-down COW symbol near the start.
I wouldn't have flagged this up if there was no pres, you know
A quick note for those of you who, like me, live outside the UK: You can watch the first two episodes on YouTube (for now).
DR
dr7272
It's put together very well and enjoyable to watch, I particular like the beginning when Greg can be seen on multiple TV's small and large.
:-(
A former member
The amount of Scottish dramas etc produce by the network was very high back in the day , SO why has it all but dried up? I think this programmes does prove the BBC network has become to London-isk..
The amount of Scottish dramas etc produce by the network was very high back in the day , SO why has it all but dried up? I think this programmes does prove the BBC network has become to London-isk..
No it doesn't, there are far more programmes made in Scotland on the network than there used to be. It used to be in the nineties that BBC1 would show one tokenistic drama from Scotland and one tokenistic drama from Wales every year, and they usually pulled in appalling ratings. These days BBC Wales in particular has a very strong drama department, with Doctor Who and Torchwood of course but also commissioning stuff like Life on Mars. BBC Scotland's drama output is maybe not as impressive but if they're not offering up shows people want to watch then it's not London's fault, is it? They've already sent Waterloo Road to Scotland, which is running half the year and is therefore providing regular work for Scottish performers and producers.
I don't understand why you moan when they don't commission stuff from Scotland and then moan when they move shows to Scotland to encourage production. There's already far more stuff on network TV from Scotland than there is from most parts of the UK.
I seem to remember a number of extremely good dramas from BBC Wales in the late 90s under Ruth Caleb's leadership: Trip Trap and Drover's Gold are two that stick out. I might suggest this was the beginning of the turnaround in BBC Wales' standing for drama production.
