16-04-2023, 03:57 PM
SM:TV and CD:UK shared the same studio and sets (you can see the characters from the SM:TV titles behind the CD:UK performances for example), that was the case through all of SM:TV's life. Apart from the last few months when they were in Riverside when SM:TV and CD:UK had different studios, but SM:TV still made use of CD:UK's sets for music performances and some sketches.
You do have the rather bizarre situation now where the rights to SM:TV and CD:UK are entirely separate, even though they were basically two segments of the same show (SM:TV was basically an afterthought and intended to be a CD:UK pre-show, though it very quickly moved away from that). It means they weren't able to use any CD:UK footage in the story of SM:TV that ITV showed a couple of years back, even though both shows were very much linked.
You do have the rather bizarre situation now where the rights to SM:TV and CD:UK are entirely separate, even though they were basically two segments of the same show (SM:TV was basically an afterthought and intended to be a CD:UK pre-show, though it very quickly moved away from that). It means they weren't able to use any CD:UK footage in the story of SM:TV that ITV showed a couple of years back, even though both shows were very much linked.