Things you no longer see or hear on TV

[fynger]

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The Potters Wheel " interlude "

[Arran]

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Promos seem to be quite rare nowadays but were ubiquitous in the 1990s. They could be for individual programmes or new programmes for a new season.

Evening line ups have gotten rarer as well.

[Richard1978]

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I remember there sometimes used to be a long series of trailers for a new season lasting 2-3 minutes.

[Big Tim]

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Public Information adverts. They were regular fixtures in the 80's.

[Arran]

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There's quite a big cult following for public information films. Any idea why they stopped being produced?

[Big Tim]

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I'm not sure, I would guess at funding being pulled, but there's probably some other reason. I seem to remember quite a few from childhood, they were all quite eerie and haunting, but I suppose that proves they got the message across well - Gas Leaks / Flying kites near electricity pylons / Saying no to strangers / chip pan fires all still stick in my mind now.

[angliaknight]

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What is very rare these days in tv drama series is trying out new formats/ideas, they tend to rely on the same and safe proven formats, more so in the U.S, look at Law and order with its various spin-offs, same said with NCIS and others, here in the U.K. Corrie is often aired twice in a night, extended episodes of Emmerdale.
No executive would commission a series like The strange world of gurney slade any more, ok it launched prime time back then and was quickly pushed into a late night graveyard slot and was perhaps ****, or genius, who knows but it was an idea which came to fruition and is still talked about today.The prisoner is another example of risk taking,throwing down a huge gauntlet of follow that, the final 2 episodes were so off the wall and avant gard they have never been equaled even the attempted remake missed the target by miles. Granadas gritty 60s series The corridor people would never see the light of day now, or the bizzare over the top series of short stories The liars starring William Mervyn would never be commisioned, to see a segment to know what i mean see a segment on youtube re' the bicycle.Low budget sci fi was attempted on The adventures of don quick, starring Ian Hendry again quickly relegated to a late night slot, but at least they took risks and tried different ideas on broadcast drama series. HTVs sunday tea time series King of the castle again pushed the envelope with surreal images and ideas, same can be said of many Avengers episodes.
Iv'e always thought trawling the archives and screening classics between 2.00am and 6.00am on itv would be a good idea if it wasn't for the copyright problems that would ensue, at least it would be better than Nightscreen and repeats of Jeremy Kyle at 5.00am.

[Markxist]

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There's quite a big cult following for public information films. Any idea why they stopped being produced?

Public Information Films, or PIFs, were made by a specific government film department, the Central Office of Information, which closed in 2011. When the department closed, the production of PIFs concluded, though admittedly they were few and far between in later years anyway. You can still see some either just before 'closedown' on BBC1 to the changeover to News 24, or even during News 24 - it's usually very short films about driving awareness, like tyres on wet roads and 'think bike'

[Arran]

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"Fantastic film except for viewers in Scotland"

[Pussywillow]

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'Harlech Tv' logo and ping.

[angliaknight]

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ITV regional logos
Anglia's birthday announcements during kids tv
childrens tv @ tea time.
Saturday morning tv, now its either cooking or 3 hours of Kyle.
Actually gathering round the set with the family to watch an evenings viewing.
Cartoons at night when they had to fill a time slot before the next prog'.
When an American drama show was something special in the schedule, eg the last episode of The fugitive,
Daytime tv in the school holidays, remember Robinson crusoe on BBC.
Trying to pick-up an additional ITV station outside your area,we got Anglia but i used to attempt to get Granada at 6.05pm for Beverly hillbillies or Cannonball instead of About anglia our local news prog'.
Wrestling on itv.
ITC drama series, which Lew grade sold to the American networks.
When tv had heroes for kids eg Robin hood, William tell, Ivanhoe, Lone ranger.
Animal stars of tv, eg Rin tin tin, Champion the wonder horse ,Flipper, Skippy, Littlest hobo, Lassie.
Watch with mother, who remembers Flowerpot men, andy pandy.
Gerry anderson supermarionation series, Fireball xl5, Supercar, Stingray and ofcourse Thunderbirds aired in the evenings.
Break bumpers.
Closedown announcements after the epilogue.
Controversy after screening of a particular episode, eg the uproar following the violent scenes in Big breadwinner hog, the first topless scene on tv in The gold robbers, outrage after the first few episodes of The strange world of gurney slade, Swearing on Tiswas, and nudity/bad taste on O.T.T,and BBC refusing to air episodes of Star trek.. Platos stepchildren and Whom gods destroy, and the fallout caused by Fallout the final episode of The prisoner.
TV Theme songs at the start and finish.
Hope iv'e jogged some memories, answers on a post card please.

[Big Tim]

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Still see them on rare occasions, but I seem to remember them more in the 80's/90's: apologies or explanations before or after a programme if there had been complaints regarding the previous episode, such as inaccuracies, slurs on people/groups, portrayal of products in an unfair manner etc.

One example, albeit more recently, would be the character of "Keith Lard" in "Phoenix Nights" and "That Peter Kay Thing", who apparently bore a remarkable similarity to a real life fire safety officer in the same area where these comedies were filmed (Bolton). There was an apology aired, and compensation in the form of a payout to charity was made. This apology also appears prior to the episodes featuring this character of the DVD releases of these programmes too.

[zabadak]

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@angliaknight

TV themes at the end which are allowed to complete without interruptions about what's on next!!!

[darren]

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Yes thats a good point not like one cant check the listings to see whats on next.

It prob makes itv etc more money telling u whats on nxt. Ggrr

@angliaknight

tv themes at the end which are allowed to complete without interruptions about what's on next!!!

[Niggit]

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Oh, wow - seeing those regional logos was really nostalgic!! Even now, I can't see the Anglia one without hearing, "From Norwich - it's the quiz of the week..."