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RE: Michael Parkinson dies - KatsKaravan - 20-08-2023
This is interesting as my understanding was LNN were ready to go 16:9 as far back as 2001. I read some time ago at TV Forum that ITV/ITN put them off doing so. I don't know why. Perhaps ITN thought it would make opting between 4:3 national news and 16:9 London news awkward? Though LNN were allowed to produce the weather in widescreen.
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - Bluecortina - 20-08-2023
(20-08-2023, 03:02 PM)nwtv2003 Wrote: I think it was 2004 when GMTV started broadcasting its main programme in 16:9, but I’m sure they shared their main studio with ITV Sport (at least for football) and their coverage was 16:9 from quite early on, but only digital viewers saw it in that format. Same also went with the BBC for a good number of years of course.
GMTV got a 'good' rate for their facilities , but as part of that they were reminded that outside their broadcast hours TLS could market their studio facilities to other 3rd parties.
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - VMPhil - 22-12-2023
(18-08-2023, 10:46 PM)XIII Wrote: I suspect it being 15 years old and 2 hours long makes it unlikely it'll be shown.
Apparently not because it’s on right now on ITV1! I was not expecting that.
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - Mick Lee - 22-12-2023
(22-12-2023, 10:33 PM)VMPhil Wrote: Apparently not because it’s on right now on ITV1! I was not expecting that.
I wasn’t expecting a 2 hour programme from 2007 to be aired in primetime and delay the news by almost a hour! That’s rather refreshing from ITV1. Almost like something you’d see on a FAST channel.
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - tellyblues - 23-12-2023
It's easier for ITV to fit this kind of thing around Christmas and I dare say it has rated better than some new show.
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - Omnipresent - 23-12-2023
A number of episodes of Parkinson are now on ITVX:
https://www.itv.com/watch/the-best-of-parkinson/L4010
RE: Michael Parkinson dies - JMT1985 - 23-12-2023
(23-12-2023, 04:14 PM)Omnipresent Wrote: A number of episodes of Parkinson are now on ITVX:
https://www.itv.com/watch/the-best-of-parkinson/L4010
ITV doesn't have the best selection as Parky was only at ITV from 2004 until 2007, whereas the BBC have a vast archive of truly classic Parkinson shows from 1971 to 1982 and 1998 to 2003 to pick from.