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Matthew Wright steps down

Matthew Wright is to step down from hosting 'The Wright Stuff'

Please see the existing Wright Stuff thread:

By Rofters

2 replies

474 views

CW 1 MayCharlie Wells

Can an ident be abandoned?

Surely there's more to find out about Southern's missing or lost archive

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By Riaz

61 replies

3,793 views

FB 2 May - 9 MayFluffy Bunny Feet

Universal Channel now Universal TV

New name, new logo, new presentation

My point was that we have not seen them before in the UK. Do you think this is a new move by NBCU/Comcast in view of their increased presence in the UK media market? The ident in particular...

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By TellyTime

13 replies

1,750 views

ST 5 May - 24 OctStuart

Fonts - current and historical

I believe Lowry did that when they restored all the James Bond films for the ultimate editions back in 06.

By lobster

8 replies

767 views

TI 7 May - 9 MayTIGHazard

The £100K Drop

"Let's see what's going to drop"... the budget

Yeah, probably.

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By UBox

18 replies

1,890 views

VM 7 May - 11 MayVMPhil

Favourite TV interludes

That music was so creepy, still not a patch on Just a min.

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By A former member

13 replies

1,048 views

:-( 8 May - 11 MayA former member

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

Presentation Thread

I don't think I've ever seen a shirt and tie on Sky Sports F1.

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By Square Eyes

819 replies

32k views

IR 11 May - 25 Julirisscanner

Saturday Kitchen

Kylie from London's call......

I've learnt something new.

By radiolistener

3 replies

486 views

:-( 12 MayA former member

Eurovision 2019

Israel - KAN - Tel Aviv - SFs 14, 16 May - Final 18 May - UK - Michael Rice.

My Eurovision Song Contest League Tables 2019, which incorporate the results of the ESC 2019, are now available. Although the UK has had a generally poor performance in the Eurovision Song Contest...

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By DVB Cornwall

1,345 replies

45k views

TT 12 May - 9 Aug 2019Tumble Tower

Press Green to watch from start

Only tried it on the oldest of our devices so will have to see if it works elsewhere.

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By Brekkie

27 replies

7,116 views

BR 13 May - 10 AugBrekkie

BBC1 breakdown during Wallace and Gromit (incomplete)

I personally don’t think it matters as much with such old, low quality (technically) media. It’s more the latest stuff that gets uploaded and then immediately copied to YouTube.

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By itvblocks

13 replies

1,497 views

VM 13 May - 14 MayVMPhil

Joint PSB Streaming Service

A combined app VOD service would make it more likely to be added to more devices. For example, Android TV has France.tv, but not MyTF1, nor 6play (M6).

By A former member

8 replies

665 views

LL 13 May - 14 MayLondon Lite

BAFTA TV Awards

A load of drivel from someone who’s clearly never seen it before. As reality shows go it is by the far the best produced, has an exceptional story and casting team and has remarkably high production...

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By Andrew

25 replies

885 views

GO 13 Maygottago

25 years since ITV Schools ended.

The videos my friend watched at break time tended to be history, geography, science, or fun stuff rather than Look and Read or maths and English. Many of which were never shown in lessons. There was...

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By robertclark125

209 replies

9,455 views

RI 14 May - 10 JulRiaz

Another reboot for Channel 5

Former BBC gameshow to return this summer

The game itself was pretty similar from what I remember, except with a variable number of quiz questions in each box. The big problem with The Colour of Money was all the filling - the actual...

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By Jaskers1983

17 replies

1,554 views

IS 15 May - 17 MayInspector Sands

STV to shut STV2 Local Stations

Assets to be sold to That's Media

The Northern & Shell Building has always been a business that rents space to other companies. One of the ways in which Desmond benefited significantly from various takeovers was by charging them...

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By DVB Cornwall

117 replies

7,401 views

WH 16 May - 7 JulWhataday

Favourite TV Closedowns and Handovers

It did! Other memories include the nightclub themed signpost they did at the start of TX over Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It." Can't find a copy of that anywhere. I had a real thing...

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By Bennyboy1984

92 replies

5,924 views

JM 21 May - 28 SepJamesM0984

Colour Bars - Sky 568

Funny, I found a list of channel changes from 1st May on a516digital.com which says Gospel Channel is 586, but the Gospel Channel website says it's 587. Love World TV claims they're on 586, but other...

By A former member

7 replies

516 views

DA 24 Maydavidhorman

CITV at Gas Street

The Art Attack twice weekly thing was done in 2000, the year before the stripped programming thing started. I suppose copying Nickelodeon's programming thing was a trial, by that point CITV had...

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By Mr Zzzap

169 replies

9,786 views

NJ 27 May - 9 Apr 2019Neil Jones

ITV To Buy Share In UKTV?

Potential £1bn Joint Deal With The BBC

C4 have long sold the advertising for UKTV so would not want to lose that to ITV.

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By PFML84

17 replies

2,311 views

BR 29 May - 2 JulBrekkie