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BBC postcodes

Split from Broadcasting House, Salford Quays & TVC

Post no, but courier equipment deliveries, thousands. However I suspect OBS handled and controlled the deliveries centrally ?

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By Robert Williams

32 replies

6,840 views

MA 1 Oct - 9 OctMarkymark

BBC Music - 27 acts, one song, Tuesday 8pm across the BBC

I don't think the brand is tarnished - we still get the 70s repeats and the Christmas special so I don't think there's much of a worry there. To me the reason why they've not resurrected it is...

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By Brekkie

35 replies

7,979 views

AS 2 Oct - 8 OctAsa

Christmas presentation thread

NOT BBC ;)

It is a different one, been in use Since 22nd at least. This is this years: And this was last years:

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By A former member

292 replies

52k views

AB 3 Oct - 26 Decashley b

BBC East opt out and timeshift

The latter. Including pointing to Family Guy on BBC Three over the end of HIGNFY, when they were actually showing American Dad by that point.

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By WMD

15 replies

3,112 views

NC 6 Oct - 8 OctNC5

VIVA to be removed from Freeview

On demand has arguably killed off the soap omnibus.

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By rob

39 replies

10,645 views

BR 8 Oct - 10 Feb 2015Brekkie

Sunday/Daily Brunch

Tim and Simon now on weekdays, funded by Ocado

Well, there is a programme called BTSP still on, but rather than two hours or so of live chat, it's now a half hour show which shuffles around the schedule, is pre-recorded and seems to consist entirely...

By adamiow

11 replies

5,032 views

SW 13 Oct - 15 OctSteve Williams

Stand up to Cancer

Tonight, C4 - live from somewhere

I'm watching through Friday night's broadcast now. It doesn't seem any worse than the CINs and Comic Reliefs of recent years.

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By A former member

35 replies

7,064 views

LL 15 Oct - 19 OctLarry the Loafer

What's the point of BBC Two?

Sir Attenborough, former BBC Two controller, says the channel is now indistinguishable from BBC 1

Ah - but ITV have a very different stance when it comes to regional ADVERTISING. That's why they have the regional +1 variants (and multiple ITV1 HDs)... Same reason there are multiple Channel...

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By A former member

30 replies

5,358 views

NG 15 Oct - 16 Octnoggin

Telethons around the world

As Stand up to Cancer is essentially an import just wondering about telethons around the world. US telethons seem to be more like sprints compared to ours, but shown across rival networks. The...

By Brekkie

0 replies

450 views

BR 17 OctBrekkie

BBC Northern Ireland 90th Anniversary presentation

Starting from the 18th October until the 24th.

Did anyone capture it?

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By Cavan

80 replies

22k views

RI 18 Oct - 28 OctRichard

Foreign drama thread (BBC4, C4's Walter Pres, Sky Arts etc)

None of them have been up permanently.

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By dvboy

277 replies

55k views

LL 18 Oct - 12 May 2018London Lite

Proof BBC Glasgow does not care for old pres.

You might have in Scotland, but we didn't in Yorkshire.

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By A former member

24 replies

4,638 views

DO 22 Oct - 29 Octdosxuk

Phillip Schofield to present 24 hours on ITV for Text Santa

Or, ITV Telethon '14 (sort of) - It's over!

Thanks for that, easier to be under one roof.

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By VMPhil

320 replies

42k views

ST 23 Oct - 13 Decstevek2

New BBC One ident for Life story

Fish.

I predict that if it goes online only the BBC Three brand will quietly and slowly disappear in a few years. The content will be very different to what is on the current linear channel now due to the...

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By A former member

29 replies

7,014 views

IS 23 Oct - 28 OctInspector Sands

AMC to run BBC America in $200,000,000 deal

They take a 49.9% stake in BBC America

Yes - the BBC has far fewer links with Discovery than it once did. The BBC America joint venture deal ended quite a while ago, as did the Discovery 'first look' deal that gave them first refusal...

By bilky asko

4 replies

1,417 views

NG 24 Oct - 26 Octnoggin

Dylan Thomas prog. tonight on ITV Wails

Subtitling

transparency

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By broadband cowboy

15 replies

2,470 views

DB 28 Oct - 6 Novdbl

The day ITV changed forever...

CWilliams1976 deserves and MBE.... ...or a suspended prison sentence for crimes against the internet. Depends on my mood.

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By Maaixuew

76 replies

14,429 views

MK 28 Oct - 19 DecMr Kite

BBC Music channel

should BBC 3 morph into BBC Music

If only, I just write as I see it.

. I have my good moments and my bad...

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By sparkyTV

15 replies

3,110 views

RI 29 OctRijowhi

Autumnwatch breakdown

Split from BBC Two 50th Year Presentation

Sorry, I meant they don't bother with continuity unless it's a Scottish only broadcast, unlike the other nations which have live continuity all day.

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By tightrope78

39 replies

8,029 views

SO 30 Oct - 2 NovSOL