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Wheat Loaf posted:So, for instance, The Saint was on ITV from 1962 to 1969 while The Avengers was on "ITV/ABC/Thames" from 1961 to 1969. How would that affect a hypothetical TV viewer's ability to see them both in the mid-1960s? Well, ABC and Rediffusion merged to become Thames, so that would explain that. It's possible it just means it's an ABC/Thames production, rather than being an indicator of where it was shown. Edit: Just read the Wiki, yeah it says about ABC becoming Thames and I think it says ITV/ABC/Thames just because that what's been entered in by the article author. Essentially the regions could take control of transmitters themselves, or can show an incoming (think network, say ITN) feed. There was much more regional variations in those days compared to today. thehustler fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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In fact for maximum nerdery that Thames/Carlton switchover from 1993 shows this process perfectly. The little preview window with the colour bars turns into a running VT clock for the ITN programme opening graphics, and then gets switched to air @ 2m01 (so you see it move from that preview monitor to the programme-out monitor next to it). ITN would have been an outside source via BT Tower (probably) and then onto Thames, cut to air, and then fed back out to the transmitters via the ITA/IBA/NTL/Arquiva/whatever-it-is-now links. Edit: https://twitter.com/marklipscomb/status/947600896569036800 Essentially what I'm saying is that there was a hell of a lot of scope for regional variations back in the day, and basically nothing now (there's a Northern and Southern ITV feed essentially, plus the regions but only really for news). I have nothing to do at work for the next hour so get your advanced tv nerd questions in. thehustler fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Yeah, section 4.7 in this document explains better than I can : http://www.primetv.com/GetFile.aspx?Guid=09fddfd1-acc9-40e4-9994-92924c66ca29 Essentially it acts as redundancy as well. It’s all a product of the ITV consolidation over the years and the merging together of certain regions technical services. Edit: as in if STC ever shits the bed they can I think route the NTC to the southern transmitters etc Edit 2: actually looks like Network shows are delivered direct to NTC, but if it’s prerecorded the tape/file/whatever will be sent to both TCs for obvious reasons. Man, what is this? Digital Spy? Sorry, everyone. thehustler fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/986704059875954688 End of an era.
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The_Doctor posted:London Goons of an age will remember Thames TV giving way to LWT on Friday nights. You’ve just reminded me of how much I used to love and also hate the cheesy opening credits for London Tonight. https://youtu.be/Z6TWbcXdm9s They remind me of Brasseye/Eye on Springfield. drat, RIP Dale. Not so old either.
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Sales of spray-tan plummet.
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Flatscan posted:Sales of spray-tan plummet. Nah, that won't happen till TOWIE gets cancelled (and not a moment too soon).
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Remember, a celebrity death isn't official until Limmy announces it https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/986714272800616449
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I wanted to watch his Florida series recently, and all the comments I saw online was how it looked like he was struggling to walk
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The_Doctor posted:That’s Roger and the Rottentrolls. Although I remember a more realistic goat headed puppet. I think they were sheep, not goats. I remember because they got their own one-off episode, "Combat Sheep", which for some reason aired on the BBC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbWXeRgPv0 Which was great, btw. It's got Burnside from The Bill in it.
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There was another puppet show from back then that i've always had trouble remembering. The bits i recall were that it was a family of puppets and they were running/looking after a hotel that might or might not have been horror themed (it might have just been not a very nice hotel to stay in). I also think this might have been a spin off from another show that originallly starred the puppets, but the main one was maybe the 'dad' of the family and was a but Chuckyesque/mean. Anyone else remember this?
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Kin posted:There was another puppet show from back then that i've always had trouble remembering. Dizzy Heights Hotel - live action, like a children's Fawlty Towers but one of the families was a grotesque set of puppets - like the Spitting Image ones?  The father always reminded me of Prince Charles. A bit of googling revealed that they had a spin off - The House of Gristle which was spooky/horror themed.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I was watching some Not the Nine O'Clock News clips on YouTube. This one is still my favourite. Just because of that last line. Man, that was what was considering overweight back then. Almost everyone I know is heavier than those two.
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SEX BURRITO posted:The only goblin-y one I remember is Five Children and It. The 90s were terrible for puppets. Both the Riddlers and the Rottentrolls had ugly as gently caress, creepy characters. Wolverhampton Art Gallery recently had an exhibition of puppets, I got to see the Psammead (or whoever the heck it is spelt) up close.  Enjoy your dreams tonight folks!
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It looks like a Boglin.
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I had Vlobb, the best Boglin.
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Rondette posted:Wolverhampton Art Gallery recently had an exhibition of puppets, I got to see the Psammead (or whoever the heck it is spelt) up close. I always thought it was cute!
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Can you think of anything worse to look at on television than Britain's Brightest Family?  You just know half those competitive dads are going to beat their kids when they don't win.
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crispix posted:You just know half those competitive dads are going to beat their kids when they don't win. I am instantly reminded: 
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Rondette posted:Wolverhampton Art Gallery recently had an exhibition of puppets, I got to see the Psammead (or whoever the heck it is spelt) up close. That’s not the one from the 90s TV version is it, must be the more recent remake. Looks way burlier.
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wooger posted:That’s not the one from the 90s TV version is it, must be the more recent remake. I think it’s just lost a lot of its fur. 
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Does anyone know the details of when the handmaid’s tale season 2 is being shown in the UK?
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Not straight away seems to be the official line at the the moment. Taskmaster USA starts tomorrow, I haven't found an confirmation if/where it's airing over hear. Our 6 starts next week.
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The Chuckle Brothers are getting a Sunday night show on Channel 5. A suitably classy network.
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Diss the Chuckles, receive my knuckles. To you!
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Wheat Loaf posted:I am instantly reminded: It kinda makes me sad that this dude is going downas "sore loser who stormed off when he got beat by some kids" because while yes that is kinda what happened by all accounts the behemoth team are super nice guys and they've basically been involved in robot wars since the beginning and were massively inportant in keeping robot fighting an actual thing people did for all the years it wasn't on tv. They've also kinda flopped out in almost every series without achieving their robots potential and that was a fight that like they really should have won except the team decided to try out a different scoop in that fight that really didn't work out and they flopped out again, and he was the only one who argued against it. So he was pissed at his own team, not the opposition. Which yeah is still more serious than you should really take Robot Wars, and it's still a funny GIF, i'm not going to cry about it. I just saw a chance to type words about robots and couldn't resist
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Pablo Bluth posted:Not straight away seems to be the official line at the the moment. Well that won’t backfire at all. Do we even know if it will be on channel 4?
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Pablo Bluth posted:Taskmaster USA starts tomorrow, I haven't found an confirmation if/where it's airing over hear. Our 6 starts next week. Just spotted the first two episodes are on comedy central's website too, wonder how long they've been there. Confirms they're made for a 30 minute time slot so it's definitely not going to be as loose as the UK one, which is a shame.
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Yuran M. Bazil posted:It kinda makes me sad that this dude is going downas "sore loser who stormed off when he got beat by some kids" because while yes that is kinda what happened by all accounts the behemoth team are super nice guys and they've basically been involved in robot wars since the beginning and were massively inportant in keeping robot fighting an actual thing people did for all the years it wasn't on tv. Sorry, I thought that was the team who bought Dantomkia because I heard the guy in charge of that lot was kind of an rear end in a top hat. My mistake.
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A review of Taskmaster US http://buzzerblog.com/2018/04/24/taskmaster-usa-the-fan-review/
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I’m glad that covers my main issue, which is run time. I’m not surprised the prize bit got hit the most, it’s a shame as it’s one of my favorite parts. Reggie seems out of place as host, he seems a good dude but I’ve never found him particularly funny. I’d have preferred someone like Paul F Tompkins in the role.
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HIGNFY was spectacularly bad this evening. I don't know how it keeps on considering that both Ian and Paul clearly stopped giving any fucks years ago.
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The Button manages to be both terrible and glorious at the same time.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Sorry, I thought that was the team who bought Dantomkia because I heard the guy in charge of that lot was kind of an rear end in a top hat. My mistake. The guy who bought and fought with Dantomkia is and was a prick iirc. And the robot that he actually made (instead of buying formerly successful ones) really sucked. The Behemoth guy (and his team, bc they're changeable) is a nice guy but also kind of a manchild so on the one hand yay thank you Anthony for helping with robots in the UK, on the other hand haha way to look like an rear end in a top hat on TV. It's okay to laugh at it, because even if he didn't storm off set on TV because he lost to children, he still stormed off set on TV, thereby loving his chances that Behemoth will ever be taken seriously again (and it's still a boring poo poo tank).
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EL BROMANCE posted:I’m glad that covers my main issue, which is run time. I’m not surprised the prize bit got hit the most, it’s a shame as it’s one of my favorite parts. I adore Reggie Watts but I really don’t see him as a natural fit for something like this.
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Had chance to watch the first episode of Taskmaster US. It didn’t work too badly in a half hour slot, the opening bit is waaaay short now. Cast I still don’t care about that much (except Ron Funches, who’s just the best) but the comedians are all at least ok. Still not sure why Dillon Francis or Freddie Highmore are on it rather than the usual Comedy Central staples but hey, they’re fine. I miss the snark of a Greg, Reggie just isn’t really right for the role as expected but that probably won’t be an issue for those going in fresh. The house they do the tasks at is great, and I like the set for the panel bit. Overall probably at the higher end of expectations and we’ll see if it picks up an audience here (probably not, but at least they tried). Thought it was interesting that there was a disqualification in the basketball game that was really similar to one in the UK version. Probably just a coincidence.
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