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The Late Late Show in London

7-9 June, 10pm, Sky 1

Looks like Jessica Hyne's played Siobhan Sharpe in a skit that aired last night in the US.

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By VMPhil

27 replies

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RK 2 Jun - 9 JunRkolsen

Gogglebox

They need to get their act together

Feel free to post your recommendations for the new series.

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By Jon

13 replies

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JO 4 Jun - 7 JunJon

Liquid News

Old BBC entertainment news show

No - but the screen-based Liquid News sets (initial projection based one, then plasma based one) were pretty influential. Both of the screen-based iterations were designed by Chris Webster.

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By VMPhil

21 replies

2,117 views

NG 4 Jun - 6 Junnoggin

Peter Sallis has died, aged 96.

Or Taggart when Taggart died.

By robertclark125

9 replies

817 views

RM 5 Jun - 7 JunRoger Mellie

The earliest on-screen URL

Go back to page 5 of this thread Tony

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By Riaz

80 replies

3,471 views

MA 10 Jun - 15 JunMarkymark

Were these actually used as channel 4 idents?

Have I must something 😂

By Tim Goodwin1

4 replies

575 views

:-( 10 JunA former member

The Price Is Right

Coming soon to Channel 4

Make your own mind up :

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By Gary McEwan

50 replies

2,819 views

:-( 10 Jun - 12 JunA former member

Network Ten goes into voluntary administration

The latest: (Bruce Gordon owns WIN Television, which has 24 stations, mostly Ten affiliates, in non-metropolitan markets.)

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By nwtv2003

27 replies

2,668 views

WW 14 Jun - 24 AugWW Update

TV themes jazz night

Saw a poster for this in the window of a restaurant/cafe/bar near my office and thought some here might be interested:

By Londoner

0 replies

164 views

LO 16 JunLondoner

The Last Leg: Re-United Kingdom

News anchors have #moreincommon

Nice to see Eurovision's Australian Moira Stuart!

By Brekkie

5 replies

740 views

JO 17 Jun - 18 JunJon

TV people who appear in other programmes as themselves

This will either work or wont.

Didn't stop people thinking it was real though: And here's the first part of the BiteBack programme of reaction to this "deceit".

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By A former member

36 replies

1,880 views

NJ 17 Jun - 3 JulNeil Jones

What stops a broadcaster wanting to transmit on Freeview?

Freeview is not a cheap platform to operate on. Because capacity is far more finite compared to the likes of Sky and Virgin Media, the cost of acquiring a slot is anything but cheap. Back in 2005,...

By Larry the Loafer

7 replies

698 views

RE 19 JunRex

Brian Cant has died

The voice of Trumpton

Yet another one of the kid's TV greats has gone. I grew up watching him on Play School, then Play Away. The voices he added to the cartoon series that are so fondly remembered to this day I hope...

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By TROGGLES

12 replies

749 views

CO 19 Jun - 20 Juncommseng

The possibility of Duke of Edinburgh's death

Yep, your turn will come too, you can be sure of that..........

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By TellyFan

19 replies

1,710 views

MA 19 Jun - 21 JunMarkymark

Formula 1's new owners criticise Ecclestone's Sky Deal

As you quite rightly say when the BBC backed out at the end of the 2015 season it looked about 80% likely that the rights would go exclusively to Sky Sports but the teams were against it, when Channel...

By DVB Cornwall

6 replies

717 views

TL 22 Jun - 23 Juntoby lerone 2016

Host the Week

Split from Channel 4

I've heard Merton say that after a while he didn't even bother reading the papers. He also said early on that some guests used to come in with little routines they'd scripted and ask if Paul could...

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By Josh

62 replies

2,075 views

SW 23 Jun - 29 JunSteve Williams

Big Brother 19 USA

Same old rubbish house.

Good point about BB Canada - hadn't thought about that.

By Mouseboy33

11 replies

929 views

BR 23 Jun - 8 SepBrekkie

EastEnders

Kate Oates joins as Exec Producer

Eagle eyed viewers could have seen the CCTV DPA signage that says 'this scheme is controlled by the BBC'... No supermarket looks like the one depicted!

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By RDJ

1,008 replies

68k views

MW 24 Jun - 29 Mar 2021Mike W

50 years of Test Card F

I'm not sure exactly how the card (well, USB dongle) captures video, but I captured through VirtualDub into DV format using, I think, the ffdshow encoder. It seemed to be the best solution I could...

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By James Vertigan

34 replies

4,528 views

JA 25 Jun - 3 Juljames-2001

Melvyn Bragg on TV

The Box That Changed the World

I just wonder if those nice TV box idents might reappear on BBC 4 for them.

By kernow

1 reply

242 views

:-( 27 JunA former member