18-01-2024, 10:24 PM
IIRC, Thames got the OB contract for The Match rather than specifically running the entire production.
On the point of off-peak repeats, HTV Wales in the pre-S4C era made a point of showing LWT sitcoms in midweek (often after 11pm if there was a Welsh language programme scheduled after News at Ten)
Of course, Channel 4 never had any pretence of sticking to the ‘split’ - one of the first night programmes, Book Four, was an LWT show going out on Tuesdays, while Thames’ launch offering was Password on Saturday afternoons.
On the point of off-peak repeats, HTV Wales in the pre-S4C era made a point of showing LWT sitcoms in midweek (often after 11pm if there was a Welsh language programme scheduled after News at Ten)
Of course, Channel 4 never had any pretence of sticking to the ‘split’ - one of the first night programmes, Book Four, was an LWT show going out on Tuesdays, while Thames’ launch offering was Password on Saturday afternoons.