07-04-2023, 12:06 PM
We've seen it before where the only copies of things (so far as ITV are concerned) is seemingly what actually went out on ITV. Repeats of ITV gameshows from 2001/2 on Challenge have the ECP design of the time on them for example - seemingly a "proper credit" copy isn't available for whatever reason. Same with some home media releases of programmes of that time, I'm sure it was stated they were the broadcast copies with the ECP design, though some of that would have aired internationally.
Of course bigger juggernauts like Corrie are probably the exception to the rule and justify the effort to having "proper" credits for international airing. I dare say with the current ECP on ITV its much less of an issue and of course the only edit is the whole "back in half an hour" thing, though as James2001 says above, those seem to ended up on the Network DVD.
Textless episodes/broadcasts/segments turn up on occasion of all kinds of things when they probably shouldn't, but of course its often the case the other way round that causes the issues - as the compilation episodes of Not The Nine O'Clock News proved, rendering certain portions unusable as they were covered in credits with no clean elements.
Of course bigger juggernauts like Corrie are probably the exception to the rule and justify the effort to having "proper" credits for international airing. I dare say with the current ECP on ITV its much less of an issue and of course the only edit is the whole "back in half an hour" thing, though as James2001 says above, those seem to ended up on the Network DVD.
Textless episodes/broadcasts/segments turn up on occasion of all kinds of things when they probably shouldn't, but of course its often the case the other way round that causes the issues - as the compilation episodes of Not The Nine O'Clock News proved, rendering certain portions unusable as they were covered in credits with no clean elements.