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Football show continued using candle light

Yes, they unified all of NOS's TV and radio production activity on one floor (the 3rd floor I thin)k, though the larger two TV studios remained occupying the ground/first floor levels. Those studios...

By Maarten1

4 replies

1,813 views

MA 4 Nov - 5 NovMarkymark

UTV to launch channel in Republic of Ireland

Channel to launch in 2015

I'm not so sure. It just makes the possibility of a UTV takeover of TV3 much more likely.

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By rob

45 replies

13,827 views

WH 6 Nov - 30 NovWhataday

Daphne Fowler leaves Eggheads

Is replaced by Revenge of the Egghead's CJ de Mooi

The new series of Eggheads started today with the return of CJ de Mooi to the panel, the only reference I saw to his return was made only by CJ. The host which at the moment Dermot also now uses a...

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By Jon

20 replies

150k views

JO 6 Nov - 28 May 2014Jon

Commonwealth Games - BBC coverage

Split from The Sport Thread

Sorry to drag up this thread but I see that now the Games are over you can watch the YouTube feed. Whilst some of the events are shown in a condensed format you can watch a feed for each days action...

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By Ronant

323 replies

54k views

TI 7 Nov - 14 Aug 2014tightrope78

The Show Must Go On

Programmes in reduced circumstances

watching the clip of the grand national bombscare at 10:26 you can hear some rather miffed punter yelling "you can stick your grand national right up your f

ing a

e! surprising...

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By Steve Williams

93 replies

23k views

ST 7 Nov - 20 Novstevek2

Emergency Broadcasts

Do TV companies still have backup emergency broadcasts for their TV programmes?

The images have survived on archive.org -

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By Shane Forster

15 replies

4,630 views

GE 7 Nov - 11 Novthegeek

Should we axe BBC Three and Four?

Latest: BBC Three to be axed from on air (Page 13)

Good for them. Give them a cookie and a Blue Peter badge from me. My sister's fiancée's daughter's 14 year old second cousin in law likes watching Top Gear on BBC2. Therefore there's no way they...

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By chris

293 replies

40k views

AJ 8 Nov - 6 Mar 2014AJ

BT pay silly money for Champions League

The film went out tonight without any ad breaks, which was nice. Some more online-only games this weekend: Saturday 19.45: Top 14 Rugby - Toulouse v Montpelier (rpt BT Sport 1, Sunday 10.30)...

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By Brekkie

83 replies

15,629 views

GE 9 Nov - 8 Feb 2014thegeek

The Box new look

Well I guess you can't blame them, they all show the same thing these days anyway. If you really want to be pedantic they haven't updated Smash Hits' favicon either.

By VMPhil

2 replies

837 views

VM 10 NovVMPhil

Useful broadcasting wiki (ChannelWiki)

ChannelWiki - useful broadcasting wiki (channel lists etc.)

By f-user

0 replies

282 views

TVF 10 NovTV Forum Team

Panorama - 60 Years credits

How odd to see a regular BBC logo on the credits instead of 'BBC Productions' these days. Unless they've changed it since I last looked, strangely Virgin Media's TiVo uses the logo at 0:14...

By Silver Nemesis

2 replies

1,569 views

VM 11 Nov - 12 NovVMPhil

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2013

Let's get ready to jungle!

Is it not just the eviction announcements that are pre recorded so that they can get back to the interview area?

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By BruceBBC

17 replies

5,831 views

FA 12 Nov - 23 Novfanoftv

Vodafone TV

A new platform

And actually, the UK is no different to most other countries. 15 years ago, most had two networks, one run and owned by the legacy PTT, the other by private enterprise. What's happened in most...

By DVB Cornwall

3 replies

1,342 views

MA 13 Nov - 14 NovMarkymark

CBeebies HD/BBC Four HD

now testing on satellite

Because of the higher resolution of HD transmissions it makes sense for it to be in the very corner and doesn't have to be as opaque as it won't get lost in the smudgy-vision that is Freeview SD,...

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By Mike516

169 replies

38k views

VM 15 Nov - 14 DecVMPhil

BBC: Christmas presentation

Split from BBC One

A few tracks are songs from band Alt-J so could be one their tracks.

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By cylon6

570 replies

101k views

CH 16 Nov - 2 Jan 2014chris

Kitchens on the telly

Actually thinking about this further, any running water will likely be cold only, therefore the washing up bowl is likely the only hot water (filled from a kettle)

By Pete

8 replies

2,031 views

PE 18 Nov - 26 NovPete

Television Centre on Google Street View

Split from Broadcasting House, Salford Quays & TVC

Remind me to start a House Party thread, I love talking about this. Presumably had it been ready to go later they would have shown it, because it was such a big show in those days. There was nothing...

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By thegeek

65 replies

19,648 views

SW 22 Nov - 3 DecSteve Williams

Scottish broadcasting

SNP white paper published

Thats still beside the point. Bbc makes Scottish programmes which are subject to Scottish law, yout never said broadcasting law

For years smoking was banned in tv studio In Scotland well before...

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By Thinker

23 replies

4,525 views

:-( 22 Nov - 26 NovA former member

Asssassination of JFK - 50 years on

It would only have been around 25 to 30 minutes of live coverage that was possible. Telstar II was the available satellite- it wasn't geostationary so only was in range of both the US and UK for...

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By tightrope78

13 replies

3,217 views

UK 23 NovUKnews

Longest Serving Continuity Announcers

past and present!

Border had two announcers who clocked up a total of 53 years' service - Allan Cartner (27 years, 1961-1988) and Clive Champney (26 years, 1962-1988). OVer the Pennines at Tyne Tees, Bill Steel...

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By benriggers

13 replies

5,721 views

SO 24 Nov - 27 NovSteven O