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Worst ever tv related problem you've ever had?

(August 2018)

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DB
dbl
FanOfTV99 posted:
I got another one

I hijacked the Southen Television transmitter in 1977 to warn people about the dangers of reality TV.

I don't think they heard me right.

Errr...
JO
Joe
I used my Virgin Media subscription to view hundreds of pounds' worth of adult on-demand material when my wife Ann was asleep. Luckily she thought it was an error on their part and I'm still in the clear to this day.

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IS
Inspector Sands
TonyCurrie posted:
BBC Choice Scotland. Going into THE BEAT ROOM. I'd previewed the end credits and forgotten to reset the programme duration in the playlist so when it went to air we saw only the end credits.

I always thought that was a crazy way of watching the end of a programme, was bound to happen one day.


There was a system I remember from years ago that played out announcements automatically, but the timing had to be put in as how many frames into the programme. So if you wanted an anno over the credits 58 minutes into the programme you had to enter 87000... recipe for disaster
GE
thegeek Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:

There was a system I remember from years ago that played out announcements automatically, but the timing had to be put in as how many frames into the programme. So if you wanted an anno over the credits 58 minutes into the programme you had to enter 87000... recipe for disaster
In my first or second week working in playout, one of my jobs was previewing programmes, and putting metadata into the PICS database. In- and out- timecodes were easy, and I thought 'start of end credits' was easy too. Until the week after, when I was at home and thought that the announcement over the end credits of a quite sombre programme on BBC Four came in a bit hastily. And then realised that the timecode I'd put in had gone straight into the automation. I gave things a little bit more breathing space after that...
EL
elmarko
This thread is A+++++
BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
I once managed to accidentally take next 30 seconds into a programme. I know it was 30 seconds because after I restarted it I only needed to drop one promo to get to the subsequent live programme exactly on time, through sheer luck.
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SC
Si-Co
Inspector Sands posted:
Worst ever tv related problem you've ever had?
I couldn't get any lady's shoes in my size so had to go to one of those specialist shops......


It took a moment or two for the penny to drop.... 🤣
Xilla and Inspector Sands gave kudos
JB
JasonB
As a toddler so I’m told, I once put the remote control in the VCR player.
BR
Brekkie
JasonB posted:
As a toddler so I’m told, I once put the remote control in the VCR player.

A what?
BB
BBI45
Brekkie posted:
JasonB posted:
As a toddler so I’m told, I once put the remote control in the VCR player.

A what?

A remote control is a device that controls an apparatus by means of radio or infrared signals.
XI
Xilla
JasonB posted:
As a toddler so I’m told, I once put the remote control in the VCR player.


I put a a slice of toast in ours when I was 4. I thought if you'd press Play the slice of toast would appear on-screen.

Needless to say, it didn't.

I also woke up in the middle of the night during my college days and switched over to one of the "naughty" channels, not knowing my mum was taping a repeat of Bullseye on Challenge...

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