21-04-2024, 11:07 PM
I remember back in 1982 (yes, I’m that old!) that when the Central TV series We’ll Meet Again was shown, it always had a silent Central frontcap. (Actually, if you turned the sound up on your TV you could very faintly hear the jingle). So it does appear to have been a deliberate choice for Central to air silent frontcaps on some programming. The fact the same thing happens on the DVDs of Auf Weidersehen Pet suggests these were burnt onto the tapes and not added live.
It’s been suggested that this is linked in some ways to the programmes being made prior to 1982 (ie. by ATV) but AWP is from 1983 so that’s not the case. Also, from what I saw, Central merely covered up the ATV zoom frontcaps live with their animated frontcap, a still Central Presents slide, or - in the case of schools programmes until the end of 1984*, the Central Presents slide fading into the ATV zoom and jingle.
*From 1985, all ATV schools programmes still being repeated were re-edited with Central animated frontcaps and still endcaps.
I’m curious to know why the ATV zooms and endcaps were kept intact on schools programming but covered up, one way or another, on repeats of other ATV programmes. Was there legally any difference?
It’s been suggested that this is linked in some ways to the programmes being made prior to 1982 (ie. by ATV) but AWP is from 1983 so that’s not the case. Also, from what I saw, Central merely covered up the ATV zoom frontcaps live with their animated frontcap, a still Central Presents slide, or - in the case of schools programmes until the end of 1984*, the Central Presents slide fading into the ATV zoom and jingle.
*From 1985, all ATV schools programmes still being repeated were re-edited with Central animated frontcaps and still endcaps.
I’m curious to know why the ATV zooms and endcaps were kept intact on schools programming but covered up, one way or another, on repeats of other ATV programmes. Was there legally any difference?
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