12-09-2022, 09:33 AM
(09-09-2022, 05:14 AM)W. Knight Wrote:Probably best to put it here, here's an update on Hong Kong's special programmes on the Queen (all times in HKT):(09-09-2022, 05:05 AM)Frances Wrote: Wondering whether networks in HK will run special coverage of the funeral just like 25 years ago…Without getting too political here, the SAR government is actually playing down Hong Kong's colonial days in official narratives, so I doubt the coverage would be as extensive as in the old days (when Diana died just a month after the handover). There's also no special programme changes on the channels today.
Last month TVB interrupted normal programming for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan but today nothing on its main channels Jade and Pearl until the morning news…
[*]Ch.85 (TVB Finance, Sports and Info Channel) is showing a documentary in Cantonese/putonghua tonight at 7.30;
[*]Ch.84 (TVB Pearl) is showing The King's Speech, a film on her father George VI, on Wednesday at 9.30. They're also showing a documentary of her in English on Saturday, at 8.30.
[*]No live arrangement on her funeral on Pearl yet, at least according to the online listings.
[*]As for Ch.96 (ViuTV6), the closest is a 20/20 special on Saturday night at 9.30. Like TVB, no live arrangements on her funeral yet.
[*]Nothing on two i-Cable TV FTA channels (ch.76 and 77).
Watch this space...
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