03-06-2024, 11:22 PM
I suspect they went unaired because the commissioning network pulled the plug because the ratings were crap or something more interesting had come along which was an ideal excuse to drop it, as all those examples are ITV shows.
Either that or the network had to pull it. The unaired episodes of Hardwicke House were later "aired" on YouTube, which isn't a broadcast channel as such, but at least they finally came out to play, 30 odd years later.
Likewise, the American sitcom Turn-On, which they made two episodes of and only aired one, was later dumped on YouTube and apparently can also be seen in a museum somewhere in New York.
I really want to say Popetown here, which was commissioned for BBC Three and was never aired over here, though it went out on some arms of MTV Europe, and was pushed out on DVD.
Pretty sure CITV channel burnt off some episodes of the Emu Revival as well, having teased it on the main ITV block.
Either that or the network had to pull it. The unaired episodes of Hardwicke House were later "aired" on YouTube, which isn't a broadcast channel as such, but at least they finally came out to play, 30 odd years later.
Likewise, the American sitcom Turn-On, which they made two episodes of and only aired one, was later dumped on YouTube and apparently can also be seen in a museum somewhere in New York.
I really want to say Popetown here, which was commissioned for BBC Three and was never aired over here, though it went out on some arms of MTV Europe, and was pushed out on DVD.
Pretty sure CITV channel burnt off some episodes of the Emu Revival as well, having teased it on the main ITV block.