05-02-2023, 10:40 PM
They filmed their own stuff for showing on the TV too, I've already mentioned the infamous magic rabbits, bit there were a couple of other bits too. Meadowcroft Park being the most notable.
Though admittedly, even in other soaps, what you see on people's TVs is usually other programmes made by the same company, whereas I don't think Mersey made anything other than Brookside, so I guess they needed to make their own stuff, otherwise they'd have to pay to licence footage.
On The Bill, it always seemed to be Cosgrove Hall cartoons, especially Duckula and Dangermouse, on Emmerdale in the 90s it was quite frequently The Raggy Dolls, and Corrie in the late 90s and 00s seemed to use the same few CITV clips (complete with DOG, the pre-98 DOG popped up sometimes into the 00s)- Engie Benjie and Don't Eat The Neighbours cropped up for years, even though the latter had a very short run in real life. A real bias towards kids shows for some reason, even when it wasn't kids watching TV.
Though admittedly, even in other soaps, what you see on people's TVs is usually other programmes made by the same company, whereas I don't think Mersey made anything other than Brookside, so I guess they needed to make their own stuff, otherwise they'd have to pay to licence footage.
On The Bill, it always seemed to be Cosgrove Hall cartoons, especially Duckula and Dangermouse, on Emmerdale in the 90s it was quite frequently The Raggy Dolls, and Corrie in the late 90s and 00s seemed to use the same few CITV clips (complete with DOG, the pre-98 DOG popped up sometimes into the 00s)- Engie Benjie and Don't Eat The Neighbours cropped up for years, even though the latter had a very short run in real life. A real bias towards kids shows for some reason, even when it wasn't kids watching TV.
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