13-03-2023, 04:09 PM
Sky one showed episodes from 1994-96, so they would have covered some of the era that the Channel 4 logo was on the break captions. Though while I did watch some 94-95 episodes on there (I remember seeing some of the "killer virus" storyline- something that's become far too close to home the last few years!), it was being shoved on at 3AM by the time they'd have got to episodes with the Channel 4 logo on the break caption, so I can't vouch for the whether they showed it.
All the examples I've seen of the Brookside omnibus (sadly none seem to be online any more) from the late 1995-early 1999 period was just the 4:3 episodes shown during the week cropped to 14:9 and panned upwards (so all the cropping was from the bottom of the picture). Was very strange that they did this, but it was like it for probably around 3 years!
Hollyoaks on the other hand was made in 16:9 from day 1, so the omnibus in that case did go out in a 16:9 letterbox and was showing extra picture compared to the weekday showings.
I think I might have a couple of examples comparing the Brookside omnibuses from around 1996/97 to the weekday episodes in my Metropol file upload gallery, though I'll need to dig through it to check.
Edit: dug through and found this one I did of the start of the title sequence... but I can't find the one I did from actually within the episode itself (I know I made one that compared a shot of the Dixons sat at the kitchen table), maybe I deleted it or never uploaded it
All the examples I've seen of the Brookside omnibus (sadly none seem to be online any more) from the late 1995-early 1999 period was just the 4:3 episodes shown during the week cropped to 14:9 and panned upwards (so all the cropping was from the bottom of the picture). Was very strange that they did this, but it was like it for probably around 3 years!
Hollyoaks on the other hand was made in 16:9 from day 1, so the omnibus in that case did go out in a 16:9 letterbox and was showing extra picture compared to the weekday showings.
I think I might have a couple of examples comparing the Brookside omnibuses from around 1996/97 to the weekday episodes in my Metropol file upload gallery, though I'll need to dig through it to check.
Edit: dug through and found this one I did of the start of the title sequence... but I can't find the one I did from actually within the episode itself (I know I made one that compared a shot of the Dixons sat at the kitchen table), maybe I deleted it or never uploaded it