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From: ayoung@cck.coventry.ac.uk (ABIGAIL RUTHERFORD YOUNG)
Subject: Inspector Morse
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:03:16 GMT


     can anybody pleasse tell me how many episodes of Inspector
      Morse  there have been.? Thanks.
From: maton@herald.usask.ca (Terry Maton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: BBC World Service Shop
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:58:56 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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From article <1993Jan4.191129.20620@ils.nwu.edu>, by wallis@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Mindy Wallis):
> Does the BBC World Service Shop have a catalog and/or a mail order
> department?  If so, can anyone supply me with an address?
> 
> -------
> Mindy
> wallis@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
> Institute for the Learning Sciences
> Northwestern University
> 
>
I think you already have the address, but as pointed out 'due to
licencing restriction' you cannot get video or audio tapes sent to
North America.

Let me suggest Video Collectables US 1-800-268-3891, CAN 1-800-387-5758

The will send you a catalog which has lots of BBC stuff and also stuff
from the Independant TV in Britain.

Terry
 
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From: maton@herald.usask.ca (Terry Maton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Come back Thames all is forgiven!
Date: 6 Jan 1993 14:38:08 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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From article <726268416snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk>, by tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins):
> 
> In article <726195444snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk> I wrote:
> 
>> Well we've suffered Carlton now for two days and I wish that Thames hadn't
>> lost the franchise!
>

Could someone please post an article outlinig the details of the companies
who lost their franchise and the new companies taking over?

Thanks!

Terry 
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From: langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: (WS)  UK Programme Contracts
Date: 10 Jan 93 23:51:02 GMT
Organization: Information Builders, Inc.

In article <tal691.726700415@huxley> tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald) writes:

> I wondered if anyone knows anything about the contracts 
> regarding the rebroadcasts rights to British programmes.  
> I have some vague idea that the BBC have contracts that 
> restrict programmes to two repeats or broadcasts within 
> three years, whichever comes first.  I believe that other 
....
> credescence to this theory.  These contracts are also 
> why there are no repeats of _Monty Python_, _Blake's 
> Seven_, or the first two series of _Red Dwarf_ to name a 
> few, as these contracts have been fulfilled.  (Also, 

You are probably right, but remember, if they sold 'infinite repeat
rights' to a station, there would be no profit in that.

The contracts must be renewable, since I have seen "Are You Being
Served", "Allo Allo", "Monty Python", and many, many many programs
DOZENS of times. In fact, Red Dwarf I & II and Monty Python are
currently running on various stations in the US. However, MTV bought
the Monty Python rights, and the Local PBS stations were not allowed
to renew. Now, Comedy Central has the rights.

> release of these programmes on video tape is a far more 
> profitable venture than renegotiating repeat rights.)  

Well, it could be they just don't want to pay to show them. Fawlty
Towers, Monty Python, and Are You Being Served are all on American
Video, but they are still run on TV. Maybe they will re-run them in
the near future.
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From: Benjamin.Dobson@newcastle.ac.uk (Ben Dobson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Anna Lee: Headcase
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:50:41 GMT
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.


>So then, what did people think of this? Since it was up against Gallowglass
>on BBC1 I don't know how many will have watched either.
I decided to watch it (against my better judgement) and I found it totally 
unexciting.  The plot was just too predicatable and I found the character of
Anna Lee totally unbelievable.  It really was a waste - mind I could have
expected that from an ITV channel - was it produced by a new franchise I ask
myself.  I missed the end as I dozzed off after about 3/4 hour only to awake to
find myself in hell, ok then, near as dammit (beadle and YBF). What ever happened 
to *quality* telly on ITV.  Answers on a postage stamp to IBA,London...

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From: EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P (eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Teething probs for new teletext
Date: 5 Jan 1993 09:50:40 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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> From: sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock)
> Subject: Re: Come back Thames all is forgiven!
> 
> Then of course, there is teletext on 3/4 which is a complete disaster,
> where is the clock on channel 4 pray tell?  And how come the other day I
> put on ITV and got teletext on 4 and on Ch4 there was none at all?
> Teething problems?  I'll say!

Apparently, the coloured Fastest buttons are not working on about 50pc
of TV sets too, since the changes.  Also subtitles are not being transmitted
properly for ITV programmes - the teletext providers are trying to blame
this on the ITV companies, but the ITV companies says it's Teletext's
fault!  Also, the clock on Channel Four only seems to update once every
minute. Another thing I noticed the other day on ITV teletext was that the
"now and next" box (supposed to tell you what progs are on currently and
next) was stuck at the programmes for 2.30pm even though it was now 6.30!
The organisation is also crap. Having the "in depth" features on Channel
4 is daft.  When it goes off the air at night, you're left with only about
2 items of news on ITV!

What a complete botch!  On the last day of ORACLE with all the writers saying 
goodbye on their respective sections, I felt quite bad.
From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Citizen Smith
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:01:19 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <nrp.726831776@reading> nrp@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk ("Experimental convalescent bacon acne" Neilski) writes:
>zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:

>>No, but I did see her in something else recently: can't recall.....

>So Haunt Me

Nah, didn't watch it.

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From: kamp@lenti.med.umn.edu (Lisa Kamp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: The unthinkable....
Date: 5 Jan 93 22:42:35 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota


  The unthinkable has happened, our PBS station is dropping East
Enders (apparently it costs too much).  At this point, Mark is
going to move in with Rachel, Rachel and Cathy are going to confront
Wilmott-Brown, Arthur is depressed, Sharon and Grant are living at
the Vic... and on and on.  Would someone PLEASE e-mail the current
status on the gang since PBS doesn't think it's necessary to give the
viewers a clue as to what happens on the show?  Actually, I shudder
at the thought of having to go cold turkey, I never could get into
Good Neighbors....
From: prestonm@cs.man.ac.uk (Martin Preston)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: What is Teletext 3/4?
Keywords: teletext, itv
Date: 6 Jan 93 11:21:15 GMT

Does anyone know who owns the new independent teletext service?. The region
i've seen has "Yorkshire" plastered all over it. Does this mean that it
actually has regional offices, and if so how are they organised, do they
each contribute to the local television station, or to some central
Teletext office?

Like everyone else i've experienced problems with the "service", Fastext
not working, garbage appearing on the screen when i change channels, as
the TV set tries to find the name of the teletext on that channel, and so
on. So i'm mildly curious who i could blame!

Martin
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From: ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: More teletext problems
Date: 12 Jan 1993 10:34:19 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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In article <9301121008.AA09965@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P (eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk)) writes:
> 
>During the transmission of "Anna Lee", I switched on the ITV subtitles to see
>if they were working yet.  To my surprise they were.  Then I tried to access
>some of the more regular pages and all I could get was complete gibberish.
>You would select one of the TV page, get it momentarily and then it would
>be half-overwritten with sport or something like that.  The clock was
>going wild....it was ticking 2 seconds forward and then a second back. Then
>**:** ** appeared where the time was...and I gave up.
>
>Dunno whether this happened elsewhere.  I was watching Anglia on the Sandy
>Heath transmitter.
>

This has happened at least 3 times where I am (Meridian region) so
it's not just an isolated problem. Although it doesn't happen to all
reagons at the same time (I can also pick up London transmisions).

What has happened when I've seen this is that you tend to get
a mix of about 4 pages all merged together (about 4 line of one
page, then about 4 lines of another page, and so on), and the
clock flicks between 2 values. It often takes some time before
it gets sorted out as well (as do all problems, the Cinema
listings for Barrow-in-Furness are still displayed in the
Meidian local cinema listing, or now there are some blank pages as
well, so they are obviosly doing something about it - sorting it out
not being that something :-) )

What I have noticed about the new service (using the word survice in a
loose sense) is that a lot of so called 'information' pages (eg
travel, etc.) are basically just adverts for 0891 numbers. For example
the motworway travel list contains a very small subset of motorways
(basically just M1, M3, M4, M5 and M6) and then a bit at the bottom
saying something like 'For more information ring 0891.......').

What would be interesting would be to find out what the level of
technical service they are required to provide by their licence from
the ITC (they claim (on page 691 I think) that there is a level they
must reach) I can't see them seaching any level set, unless that level
is very low.

Oh! And one thing, which I havn't tried myself yet (only heard about
it yesterday). Apparently page 600 on ITV (not C4) contains a local
test service (basically just a test page as far as I can see).
Possibly something to come... After they sort out all their current
problems (will this be before the turn of the century ???).

Ian

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From: ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: What is Teletext 3/4?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 11:45:05 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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Keywords: teletext, itv

In article <prestonm.726319275@cs.man.ac.uk> prestonm@cs.man.ac.uk (Martin Preston) writes:
>Does anyone know who owns the new independent teletext service?. The region
>i've seen has "Yorkshire" plastered all over it. Does this mean that it
>actually has regional offices, and if so how are they organised, do they
>each contribute to the local television station, or to some central
>Teletext office?

The company is called Teletext Ltd. Address is given on several pages
(try 108, and 691 (ish)). The teletext service on ITV has always been
regionalised, but under Oracle it was only pages 200-299 that were
region specific. But even then the regional pages of Oracle were all
supplied by Oracle (apart from pages 201-208 in the TVS/Channel
regions which were the only regional news pages supplied, and they
were from the TVS news rooms, these have now been moved to Teletext on
4 (oddly) and now supplied by Maridian news rooms). Have any other ITV
regions started supplying regional news pages yet?

Now the complete service is regionalised, which just seems to mean
that there are more problems for them to sort out.

>
>Like everyone else i've experienced problems with the "service", Fastext
>not working, garbage appearing on the screen when i change channels, as
>the TV set tries to find the name of the teletext on that channel, and so
>on. So i'm mildly curious who i could blame!

That will, I guess, be mainly on CH4, due to the cock up of page 100
on Teletext on 4. I'm sure they'll sort that out eventually if enough
people complain because it is a rather big problem.

Ian
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From: mbraun@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Matthew Braun)
Subject: Re: Stupid Censorship of Smith & Jones
Keywords: dumb, senseless
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Urbana Design Center
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:29:25 GMT

langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein) writes:

>IN the current S&J, Mel was playing a reporter who was visiting the
>set of a movie, and was visiting Warren Beatty. The movie was
>'Garfield', and proceeded to refer to Garfield as a 'Pussy', but that
>word was censored. Now, considering on AYBS, Mrs. Slocumb is always
>talking about her pussy, and having as strong a double meaning as used
>here, it is never censored.
>Another Double meaning censored was when Mel was talking about sucess,
>"Does it come easy, or does it come hard", which they censored the the
>word 'come'. The final censor was in reference to him in "Dick Tracy".
[Some stuff deleted...]
>NO reason, they recycle the opening credit sequence and superimpose
>the credits. (Blame the distributor)
 I think you've hit the nail on the head right here.  I'd bet that it's the
distributor who's doing the bleeping--not your local station.  They just
showed that episode tonight (on WILL in Urbana, IL) and we got the exact
same bleeps as you did.

>Oh, and they hacked it down to under 20 minutes. (19 today)
Yep, they've all been like that here.  When were these skits originally
done?  Didn't A&E (the Arts & Entertainment channel) show some of them a
few years ago? Have they just spliced new bits and old bits together to
make a new show?
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From: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Blue Velvet on BBC2
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:13:49 GMT
Reply-To: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (Duncan Langford)
Distribution: uk
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

In article <1993Jan11.134539.15307@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> cmbox@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Chris Box) writes:
>u0f98@keele.ac.uk (DJ Robinson) writes:
>
>>Last night on BBC2, Blue Velvet was shown uncut and in widescreen. Can
>>anyone confirm that it was full widescreen since it seemed that either
>>bits were cut off the sides slightly or my TV overscans a little bit.
>
>If you watched the "Moving Pictures" show beforehand, you'll have
>noticed that the clips of Cinemascope films had larger areas of black
>at the top and bottom of the frame. Blue Velvet was somewhere in between
>full 'scope ratio and TV 4:3 ratio.

I thought it was trimmed a little, too; but even so it looked just
fine on our (rented) Phillips widescreen TV. Are BBC going to
make a habit of showing films in the letterbox format? It makes such
an amazing difference... even if the damn film WAS in mono from
our transmitter (grumble, grumble..)

- duncan
From: vidynath@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Allo Allo finally finishes
Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:51:15 GMT
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Summary: Can anyone post an episode list?

I tried it once before, but got nowhere. But here goes:

Can someone post an episode list for Allo Allo? 

Thanks in advance.


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From: tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: (WS)  Japanese animation on Channel 4
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:52:53 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
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Hello folks.
 
Being a Japanese animation enthusiast, I was interested to
learn that Channel 4 had the rights to several of the best
films by Hayao Miyazaki:
 
  _My Neighbour Totoro_, _Kiki's Delivery Service_, and (I
  think) _Laputa_.
 
Can anyone on r.a.t.u please mail or post me with any details
or scheduling?  They were supposed to be shown during
Christmas/New Year, but apparently were not scheduled.
 
Thanx muchly in advance.
 
Widya Santoso
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From: stevep@hpscit.sc.hp.com ()
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Subject: Re: Teething probs for new teletext
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:58:17 GMT
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I'm also not too keen on the changes BBC made to Ceefax, I find the limited
number of pages on BBC1 too limited, the larger number of pages on BBC2 means
the access times are too long. I thought the balance they had before was OK.

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From: dplumb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Dave Plumb)
Subject: Re: Has running ST:TNG been a plus for S
Cc: dplumb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Reply-To: dplumb@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:45:00 +0000

> ST:NG still doesn't seem to be in stereo, though. Sigh. 
Because Sky bought the BBC's copy, and at the time, they had no need for 
Stereo transmissions. 
 
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From: u0f98@keele.ac.uk (DJ Robinson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.video.releases
Subject: Blue Velvet on BBC2
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:15:11 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Keele University, England


Last night on BBC2, Blue Velvet was shown uncut and in widescreen. Can
anyone confirm that it was full widescreen since it seemed that either
bits were cut off the sides slightly or my TV overscans a little bit.
	Dom
From: markc@compnews.co.uk (Mark Cooper)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Has running ST:TNG been a plus for Sky?
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:35:43 GMT
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The reason that UK Gold finds it so easy to transmit BBC programmes is because it's part-owned by the Beeb, along with Thames - hence the ITV programmes, too...

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From: les@uvo.dec.com (Les Carleton)
Subject: Baywatch - The Movie
Reply-To: les@uvo.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation CSC/UK
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:27:07 GMT


And ... the question of the week

Just how did David Hasslehoff get somebody out of an upside-down canoe then
get into it whilst aquiring a life jacket and helmet (from nowhere?) *AND*
get the spraydeck onto the canoe without it sinking or taking more than 10 
seconds!!!

I belived it ... NOT!

..Les...
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