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  Wallace & Gromit Returns

Posted by: RhysJR
07-06-2024, 01:35 AM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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With some more information coming to light, I think it's right to revive this thread from the purple place.
tvliveforum.com 

Tonight has seen the title and further information revealed. The 70 minute special will be titled Vengeance Most Fowl and see the return of the evil supervillain 'chicken' Feathers McGraw.

Unsurprisingly, Ben Whitehead will rplace the late Peter Sallis as Wallace, with the extended run time meaning a bigger than normal voice cast. Peter Kay reprises his role from The Curse of the Ware Rabbit feature film as Chief Inspector (formerly PC) Mackintosh; also part of the cast are Lauren Patel and Reece Shearsmith, with cameos from Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh and Lenny Henry.

www.bbc.co.uk 

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First of all, as delighted as I was with the original announcment, the excitement has definitely increased with this evening's announcment. Though it will be the first time there is a recurring villain in its history, Feathers McGraw is the perfect one to bring back and looks as evil and cunning as ever.

The run time of 70 minute has surprised me, though I think there was rumours beforehand of it being 'feature length' or certainly longer than 30mins. Outisde of The Curse of the Ware Rabbit feature film, all the previous films were around 30 minutes in length, so this is a change in tact for the franchise. There is no mention of a specific date in the latest press release, which means that this could easily not end up on Christmas Day if the BBC One schedules desire it. I'm not that familiar with it, but are Netflix (who will be showing this globally) prone to Christmas Day releases or would they rather launch another day either side of it? Certainly the 70 minute runtime makes it far less likely that all of the big hits will premiere on Christmas Day on BBC One.

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  Shows that had unaired episodes burnt off on other channels

Posted by: Gary Baldy
03-06-2024, 10:44 PM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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Challenge is the main culprit for this- Les’s last few Family Fortunes, the last couple of Lily Savage Blankety Blanks, half a series of Supermarket Sweep, Cash Cab burnt several episodes off there too… does anyone have any more examples?

I’m curious to know if there’s any non-Challenge examples too (maybe even non-Gameshow examples), but of course if people can think of any more game shows/challenge shows they’re welcome to share them.

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  The best of the iconic 2 ident set (1991-2001)

Posted by: Lipglossed
03-06-2024, 03:11 PM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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Hello folks. Recently I have found myself thinking again and again about the Martin Lambie-Nairn idents made for BBC2 in the nineties...

   

I really can't think of a TV continuity package as admired as these. They set an incredibly high bar for what idents could accomplish, they're credited with the revival of their parent channel's fortunes, and they're memorable (and remembered) enough that they actually got brought back for a second go over fifteen years later. Now there's impact for you.

Nowadays, should you google the phrase "bbc2 idents", these ones will automatically come up as the first result, with a link to their Wikipedia page, despite the fact there have been three new packages introduced since.

I think there are many reasons why these idents are thought of so fondly. First there's the sheer variety, even from launch (which only intensified as the set grew); the distinctive colour palette; the gorgeous music; it all came together splendidly. I think the height of the set came with the 1997 rebrand which added one more special wrinkle: the very clean BBC TWO logo, which would, brilliantly, fade into the ident rather than simply appear with it. The timing of this fade adds an extra element of pleasure, especially when co-ordinated with the music and visuals (see 'Optics' and 'Duck' especially for this effect).

But then there's also the added layer of what these idents represent for the channel. 'Paint', the first-show and most-remembered, provided a visual translation of the idents' effect on the channel: shaking up a grey "dull and worthy" (Lambie-Nairn) public conception with a striking splash of colour and vividity. It's especially impressive once you note how it's all done with practical effects (though later idents would go on to use CG).

So, reflecting on this wonderful presentation package (and all of its instalments and refreshes), I thought it would be interesting to ask: which particular idents from the package do you think represent its finest?

I think the fluffy 'Dog' ident is particularly charming and while future idents would diverge more from the colour scheme introduced in 1991, it strikes a balance of visual appeal, experimentation and cohesion with the existing set, pushing boundaries into being more 'fun' and 'silly' while still cohering nicely with the existing group and allowing it to evolve. It's nice to see the idents spread their wings over time and become more experimental; it's a shame the unaired 'Warp' ident was never broadcast, but of the 2000 set I think 'Excalibur' and 'Wave Night' are utterly splendid. I've always got a kick out of some of the simpler ones too, the likes of 'Balloon' for its trilling music and 'Copper Sparks', which is just so soothing and cosy.

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  BBC News Pres: Jun 2024 - Present (BBC News Channel/BBC One)

Posted by: Admin PC
03-06-2024, 09:18 AM
Forum: News and Sport Presentation
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The launch of the new-look BBC News at One today also marks the start of a new BBC News thread.

The thread will open shortly before 1pm.

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  Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Posted by: UTVLifer
30-05-2024, 05:05 PM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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The Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR has announced today that the cities interested in hosting Eurovision 2025 have received the detailed requirements dossier this week. As of now, Basel, Geneva, St. Gallen and Zürich have all publicly thrown their hats into the ring.

In terms of the timescale for selection, SRG SSR have said that cities have until the end of June to prepare their bids, with the host city for 2025 set to be announced by the end of August

Here's the press release:
www.srgssr.ch 

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  5Select Presentation

Posted by: Andrew Wood
25-05-2024, 05:59 PM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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To mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of D-Day in June, 5Select is running a season of programming, and there's special themed idents and presentation too.

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  Outnumbered returns for Christmas

Posted by: PATV Scunthorpe
23-05-2024, 10:24 AM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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The BBC have announced the return of Outnumbered for a Christmas special on BBC One. Shaping up to be a heavy line up alongside Wallace & Gromit and Gavin & Stacey
www.bbc.co.uk 

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  D-Day at 80 events

Posted by: shropshireguy28
22-05-2024, 03:46 PM
Forum: News and Sport Presentation
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BBC have announced their D-Day events. Will their be anything at 9pm when the beacons were being lit on 6th June as I can't see anything on BBC 1?

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  Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Posted by: RhysJR
21-05-2024, 10:16 PM
Forum: News and Sport Presentation
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With less than 100 days to go, I think this deserves its own thread rather than being lumped in with the Olympics.

To the basics...
The 2024 Paralymics will take place from August 28 - September 8.
Unlike the Olympics, the ceremonies will not take place on the River Seine. The Opening Ceremony will take plac on a temporary stadium on the Place de la Concorde (which appears bigger than the Olympic venue in the same area) with the Closing Ceremony taking place at the Stade de France. As ever, the Opening Ceremony is on a Wednesday and the Closing on a Sunday.

There is no changes to the sporting roster from Tokyo.

From a broadcasting perspective, France tv will be the home nation broadcaster, as they are for the Olympics. Channel 4 will cover their fourth summer Paralympics for the UK.
OBS are promising for the first time that all 22 sports will have live coverage available, up from 19 in Tokyo. This is great to hear as the lack of coverage for some events have been a let down on the fantastic broadcasts of previous games. Channel 4's noble attempts to cover the missing events (the two camera set up for para rowing in 2016 a particular highlight) was always welcome but a properly produced is most welcome.

www.svgeurope.org 


Today, Channel 4 have announced that every single moment of the games will be broadcast via YouTube once again. The Channel 4 Sport YouTube channel will offer up to 18 simultaneous streams and over 1300 hours of coverage. This suggests that only the coverage on Channel 4 and More 4 will be made available to stream via the Channel 4 streaming platform with the bonus coverage on YouTube.

I think I'm broadly in favour of this. The YouTube navigation is generally quite good and should offer things like rewind that is unable on channel streams via Channel 4. The quotes in the press release are making a thing about YouTube being popular with younger generations; whilst that is probably true, I think a slightly broader point with YouTube streams is that they could have more casual viewers come across them, which is a positive for the Paralympics and Channel 4. This also does imply that the Channel 4 streaming platform might not be able to handle 18 bonus streams.

www.channel4.com 

As announced last year, Channel 4's coverage will be produced by Whisper Cymru from Cardiff. This will be the wider Whisper company's second Paralympics for Channel 4, after taking over from Sunset+Vine for the pandemic affected Tokyo games. This will be the biggest sport production ever based in Wales.

www.tvbeurope.com 

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  Sky axes continuity announcers from some channels

Posted by: gottago
08-05-2024, 12:26 PM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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Inevitably the next chapter in TV cost saving. Sky is slimming down the number of announcers it has from 35 to 19, though most of these are freelancers. Surprised they had as many as 35 to begin with to be honest.

The channels losing announcements altogether - except for 'dry' announcements warning about content - are Sky Max, Sky Cinema, Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature, Sky Comedy and Sky Sci-Fi. It says they already cut Sky Atlantic announcements a few years ago.

Meanwhile announcements remain on Sky Arts, Sky Crime, Sky Mix, Sky Showcase, Sky Witness and Challenge.

www.broadcastnow.co.uk 

Can definitely see other broadcasters doing this with their smaller channels in the near future.

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