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Wimbledon 2017

3-16 July on the BBC. Qualifying from 26 Jun. Grass season from 12 June (May 2017)

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AN
Andrew Founding member
They've got a massive half hour gap in coverage now. The BBC always manage to some how screw up the scheduling one way or another when these last minute changes happen.

They had tennis legend Billy Jean King in the studio and had to cut her off after one question!
AN
Andrew Founding member
"And now the news, where you are"

No such thing in Yorkshire, we had Ian White who was obviously in his element.
CR
Critique
Bit strange that Scotland and NI are still showing the One Show on BBC Two - they could have popped it back on BBC One as they both had already done their local news, and got back to the normal schedule much quicker!
WO
Worzel
dvboy posted:
Different caption this time

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They obviously didn't read the memo, sent out in 2008. Wink

Even the news department can't get their own show names right, Ros Atkins kept on trailing 'coming up for viewers on the BBC News channel, it's the 10 o'clock news next'. His script finally got amended after a few week.

Some might say 'who cares' - but that's not really the point.
:-(
A former member
Maybe someone in the pres department is determined to get the original name back Wink
CU
Curto21
bbc 1 scotland are now showing the grand tours of the Scottish islands while the one show is on bbc 2
DV
dvboy
They've got a massive half hour gap in coverage now. The BBC always manage to some how screw up the scheduling one way or another when these last minute changes happen.


Nothing to show anyway as there is a gap before the next match.

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Players just coming onto court at 19:15, with the warm-up BBC Two can go straight into the start of the action when they return at 19:30.
AN
Andrew Founding member
It's still abnormal to have a gap in coverage, it's generally continuous one channel or another from start to end.

I wonder what will happen with Today at Wimbledon tonight as its moved from 8:30 to 8:00 from tonight
TL
toby lerone 2016
Murray v Querrey is first on Centre Court tomorrow followed by Federer v Raonic therefore no move for the BBC News etc. will happen tomorrow.
DV
dvboy
It's still abnormal to have a gap in coverage, it's generally continuous one channel or another from start to end.

I wonder what will happen with Today at Wimbledon tonight as its moved from 8:30 to 8:00 from tonight


They have options to shorten it, push it back half an hour and drop The Detectorists at 22:00, or both.

I don't think they'll need them though.
Last edited by dvboy on 11 July 2017 7:43pm
MA
Markymark
The majority of viewers won't know that the region's can't opt on BBC Two!


It's not just the viewers that seem ignorant of that constraint (or at least that's how it feels!)
DV
dvboy
The majority of viewers won't know that the region's can't opt on BBC Two!


It's not just the viewers that seem ignorant of that constraint (or at least that's how it feels!)


They'll probably realise that they can't on BBC Two HD, same as they can't on BBC One HD, but probably don't realise they can't in SD also (despite "BBC Two Eng" on the EPG).

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