12-06-2023, 03:16 PM
It was a shambles but it had to happen, the old network agreement should have been changed will before 2011.. People also forgot STV dropped Al Murray's Happy Hour, Moving Wallpaper, Benidorm and The Alan Titchmarsh show.
The latter was replaced by 5.30 show then shortly afterwards by the Hour, which actually rated extremely well. It also meant the first two series of the Chase were also not screened in Scotland until the Saturday repeats a few years later
Was the 12 years Drama - Missing with Gregor Fisher Which had been sitting on a shelf of 5 years waiting for a network slot,
Downton Abbey Series 1 was replaced with Brand new Taggart., which STV had to pay out of its own pocket ( there the hint where most of the money went) STV had to cut cost which resulted in Colin McCredie being let go, but the scripts were far superior not being under the control of ITV demands. Breath of fresh air, makes me wonder what other dramas could have been better if ITV just buggered off..
ITV ended up playing Taggart 3 months later on a Tuesday and STV also repeated the series.
By 2003? All STV got to make for the ITV network was Taggart & Rebus which = 8 episode if they were lucky a year. Before that STV had kids programmes, reglion, high road ( its actually 30 years ago this month network dropped the series but most of ITV company's carried on ) 2 Gameshows but then all gone. Of course STV not going to be happy with losing and having no say in the network.
The latter was replaced by 5.30 show then shortly afterwards by the Hour, which actually rated extremely well. It also meant the first two series of the Chase were also not screened in Scotland until the Saturday repeats a few years later
(12-06-2023, 11:52 AM)gottago Wrote: It was such a fascinating period to see STV really struggle, and frankly fail, to fill their schedules with some utter tosh while the rest of the country was gripped by hit series like Downton. ITV ended up putting Downton on ITV3 a few days after the broadcast so people in Scotland could still watch.
I remember they showed a 12 year old STV produced crime drama that no one remembered in place of some big new drama which wound a lot of people up, and I think they bought the Australian drama Underbelly to fill some gaps too. Didn't they fill the weekend daytime schedules with old STV produced kids shows as well?.
Was the 12 years Drama - Missing with Gregor Fisher Which had been sitting on a shelf of 5 years waiting for a network slot,
Downton Abbey Series 1 was replaced with Brand new Taggart., which STV had to pay out of its own pocket ( there the hint where most of the money went) STV had to cut cost which resulted in Colin McCredie being let go, but the scripts were far superior not being under the control of ITV demands. Breath of fresh air, makes me wonder what other dramas could have been better if ITV just buggered off..
ITV ended up playing Taggart 3 months later on a Tuesday and STV also repeated the series.
By 2003? All STV got to make for the ITV network was Taggart & Rebus which = 8 episode if they were lucky a year. Before that STV had kids programmes, reglion, high road ( its actually 30 years ago this month network dropped the series but most of ITV company's carried on ) 2 Gameshows but then all gone. Of course STV not going to be happy with losing and having no say in the network.
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