14-01-2024, 11:01 AM
(14-01-2024, 09:20 AM)Neil Jones Wrote: Though of course this show being on the BBC we get a full hour of programme (well, 59 minutes), whereas back in the 90s it was probably closer to something like 52/53mins. So there was already a need to pad it out a little bit.I guess this is why if revived on ITV1 now it wouldn't work in an hour time slot. If I recall correctly back then there was only 2 advert breaks. Whereas now it would have a third break, which would be almost 15 minutes of adverts in an hour.
Looking at ITV guidelines this would be 46 minutes of editorial running time for an hour slot. By contrast the BBC guidelines for an hour appears to be 58 minutes.
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