From: cei308@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Jet Girl)
Subject: Re: New TV stations and Teletext
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:07:35 GMT

In article <C0qwEw.7Bn@cck.coventry.ac.uk> cei352@cck.coventry.ac.uk (The Freak) writes:
>In article <C0quG8.H4x@cck.coventry.ac.uk> cei308@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Jet Girl) writes:
>>In article <C0pIGx.8FC@cck.coventry.ac.uk> api053@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Garion) writes>
>>>I have of course witnessed the new Teletext on 3 and 4....oh dear.
>>>It was supposed to take over from midnight, instead we couldn't get anything
>>>for a few hours.  The first thing I noticed was how slow it was  compared to 
>>>Oracle! 
>>
>>Yes I agree.  The new Teletext on 3 is appaling compared to Oracle.  The pages
>>such as the Arts etc seem to be updated every two weeks and are so crammed.
>>Whereas Ch4 used to have approximately 20 pages on music and theatre/books
>>Teletext has crammed this into 10 - delighting us viewers with interseting
>>facts such as Jason Donovan is working with Girlschool - whooppeee!  I do
>>hope that the gig service is still as good. Beat Box's was excellent - they
>>got the dates for Debbie Harry's Domination 91 tour before even Chrysalis
>>and it was due to this that I was able to get front row tickets for many of
>>them. 
>>
>>How about starting a BRING BACK BEAT BOX campaign???
>>
>>Concerning Steven's quip about the new Teletext not being on for a couple of
>>hours - it was in the Yorkshire region.  The franchise business has not really
>>changed YTV much - 'cept for jumping about three years in the Young Doctors 
>>and we now have Prisoner: Cell Block H on twice a week.  Hurrah!!!
>>
>>Incidently, has anyone read the After Hours pages on ITV???  Arent they hilar-
>>ious/!!!!
>
>  Yep,hilarious is certainly the word.The so called 'agony aunt' is the 
>  best.She does advice columns for men,women,and homo's.You get get better
>  advice by tuning into Radio 4 at three o clock in the morning.She doesnt
>  answer the questions set directly,but instead circles around the topic
>  giving to just a fraction of advice to the topic in question.Infact
>  she probably isnt an agony aunt at all,and is probably the cook,or cleaner
>  who is earning a bit of overtime at Televexed 3.Coz thats another thing
>  about Televexed you never see the people behind the screen.You never
>  know the agaony aunt may be as feminine and as pretty as that woman of
>  current convo Marge Proops.Now theres a sex godess.........
>  And as for Televexed 3 messing up all the time.The thing that really 
>  annoys me is when on Bamboozle (pg 358) you press the correct key
>  and the whole thing buggers up,so you have to start again.
>  Boycott Televexed 3 and 4 everyone.
>  
>
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Yes.  I'm glad somebody else thinks the After Hours pages are funny, even if 
it is only Neal *GIGGLE*  The best ones are definately the Gay Advice pages.
Entertaining stuff indeed.  Amd the Dating Pages...brilliant stuff!!!

love Joolz
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