15-12-2022, 08:29 AM
I’ve noticed there’s a definite picture “glitch” at 11:14 and 12:46 which is when the “interference” starts and finishes. Someone realising that whatever they were doing was going out on TX and flicking a switch? I’ve also just noticed the random slides of faces, people and the Jobcentre - it looks like these could be part of, or intended to be part of, another show. The “isn’t this educational?” text could be just a coincidence and not a deliberate reaction to the Geography programme! So I suspect you’re on the right lines, Steve.
I’m now very doubtful these captions/images were burnt onto the film/VT, so I really don’t understand why this episode was given a repeat showing in the middle of the Easter Holidays. You can hear Philip Elsmore’s (local) explanation for the repeat here at about 02:42. 90 seconds of interference, no matter how “inappropriate” it may have been, surely doesn’t warrant the whole episode being shown again (and, as stated above, it had already - if all went to plan - had an encore TX the following day). I wonder if some regions cut away from the broadcast if they noticed what was going on, perhaps fearing a profanity or the suchlike, and therefore lost a few minutes of the programme?
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I’m now very doubtful these captions/images were burnt onto the film/VT, so I really don’t understand why this episode was given a repeat showing in the middle of the Easter Holidays. You can hear Philip Elsmore’s (local) explanation for the repeat here at about 02:42. 90 seconds of interference, no matter how “inappropriate” it may have been, surely doesn’t warrant the whole episode being shown again (and, as stated above, it had already - if all went to plan - had an encore TX the following day). I wonder if some regions cut away from the broadcast if they noticed what was going on, perhaps fearing a profanity or the suchlike, and therefore lost a few minutes of the programme?
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