24 - episode 24 - why the schedule change
 

I was looking forward to viewing the final episode of 24 last night on BBC3
and was very disappointed to see that it was not being shown. After a rock
steady slot since this series began, I wonder what benefit the BBC was
intending by leaving the final episode till next week(10th), in what would
normally be the repeat slot. They are then repeating it on Monday 11th. WTF?

Any ideas?

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"Tiny Tim" wrote in message
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I was looking forward to viewing the final episode of 24 last night on
BBC3
and was very disappointed to see that it was not being shown. After a rock
steady slot since this series began, I wonder what benefit the BBC was
intending by leaving the final episode till next week(10th), in what would
normally be the repeat slot. They are then repeating it on Monday 11th.
WTF?

Any ideas?

Normal practice with all the series where they show the next episode on
bbc3.
Presumably to avoid annoying the vast majority who can't receive it and get
told the twist at the end by the fortunate few who can!

Ken Fowler wrote:
I was looking forward to viewing the final episode of 24 last night
on BBC3 and was very disappointed to see that it was not being
shown. After a rock steady slot since this series began, I wonder
what benefit the BBC was intending by leaving the final episode till
next week(10th), in what would normally be the repeat slot. They are
then repeating it on Monday 11th. WTF?

Any ideas?

Normal practice with all the series where they show the next episode
on bbc3.
Presumably to avoid annoying the vast majority who can't receive it
and get told the twist at the end by the fortunate few who can!

Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to premiere each show on BBC2 and then
show the repeats on BBC3? I presume BBC2 might have some sort of "seniority"
over BBC2 due to its age and availability. I never did understand why BBC3
got the first showing. Weird! (IMHO)

Perhaps I'm just too pragmatic and not as "right-on" as the trendy Beeb;-)

To get people to watch BBC3!!!, they also ran with the idea of showing
eastenders on bbc3 before bbc1

"Tiny Tim" wrote in message
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Ken Fowler wrote:
I was looking forward to viewing the final episode of 24 last night
on BBC3 and was very disappointed to see that it was not being
shown. After a rock steady slot since this series began, I wonder
what benefit the BBC was intending by leaving the final episode till
next week(10th), in what would normally be the repeat slot. They are
then repeating it on Monday 11th. WTF?

Any ideas?

Normal practice with all the series where they show the next episode
on bbc3.
Presumably to avoid annoying the vast majority who can't receive it
and get told the twist at the end by the fortunate few who can!

Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to premiere each show on BBC2 and then
show the repeats on BBC3? I presume BBC2 might have some sort of
"seniority"
over BBC2 due to its age and availability. I never did understand why BBC3
got the first showing. Weird! (IMHO)

Perhaps I'm just too pragmatic and not as "right-on" as the trendy Beeb;-)

To get people to watch BBC3!!!, they also ran with the idea of
showing eastenders on bbc3 before bbc1


So they try to encourage people to watch BBC3 and then pull the rug
from under them by withdrawing an airing at the 11th hour (in the
series as opposed to actual time). This is even more bizarre. I think
they should stop trying to be so bloody clever and just deliver a
reliable service/schedule rather than one full of surprises.

I also notice that Spooks has vanished altogether from BBC3, even though
the
final episode on BBC1 is a week from now. It was being shown a week in
advance on BBC3, wasn't it? I've already seen tonight's BBC1 episode, last
week. Is Spooks also falling into the trap of not showing the finale
early,
and in this case not repeating it at all?

This seems to me to be less an organised plan and more a disorganised mess


Great, so now spooks next week clashes with dead ringers. This is dam
anoying of the bbc. Guess its going to be a chance to try out digitv's mux
recording (dttv as opsosed to sky).

Jaime

In article ,
says...
I also notice that Spooks has vanished altogether from BBC3, even though
the
final episode on BBC1 is a week from now. It was being shown a week in
advance on BBC3, wasn't it? I've already seen tonight's BBC1 episode, last
week. Is Spooks also falling into the trap of not showing the finale
early,
and in this case not repeating it at all?

This seems to me to be less an organised plan and more a disorganised mess


Great, so now spooks next week clashes with dead ringers. This is dam
anoying of the bbc. Guess its going to be a chance to try out digitv's mux
recording (dttv as opsosed to sky).

Dead Ringers is repeated on Sunday night at about 10.45pm
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Dom Robinson wrote:


I'd started downloading it a couple of weeks before BBC3 showed the
penultimate ep, and it was taking oh so bloody long (did only one
person have it?!), and then wasn't going to bother when I saw it on
BBC3's schedule but when I saw it disappeared I forced the download
to hurry up (isn't there a way to automatically force a Kazaa
download to keep searching for more rather than only on a manual
basis?)

Use Kazaa Lite K++
www.kazaalitekpp.com


Or suprnova.org and bitorent.

In article ,
says...
Dom Robinson wrote:


I'd started downloading it a couple of weeks before BBC3 showed the
penultimate ep, and it was taking oh so bloody long (did only one
person have it?!), and then wasn't going to bother when I saw it on
BBC3's schedule but when I saw it disappeared I forced the download
to hurry up (isn't there a way to automatically force a Kazaa
download to keep searching for more rather than only on a manual
basis?)

Use Kazaa Lite K++
www.kazaalitekpp.com

Just tried to download that but it linked to codec-download.com and won't let
me go further from there. :(
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"Organiser Eric Amy hit out today after just four people showed up for
a public meeting to fight apathy in Dorchester" - Dorset Evening Echo

"Tiny Tim" wrote in message
...
I was looking forward to viewing the final episode of 24 last night on
BBC3
and was very disappointed to see that it was not being shown. After a rock
steady slot since this series began, I wonder what benefit the BBC was
intending by leaving the final episode till next week(10th), in what would
normally be the repeat slot. They are then repeating it on Monday 11th.
WTF?

Any ideas?

greater ratings for the bbc2 finale

"Tiny Tim" wrote in message
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Tiny Tim wrote:
Paul Reynolds wrote:
To get people to watch BBC3!!!, they also ran with the idea of
showing eastenders on bbc3 before bbc1


So they try to encourage people to watch BBC3 and then pull the rug
from under them by withdrawing an airing at the 11th hour (in the
series as opposed to actual time). This is even more bizarre. I think
they should stop trying to be so bloody clever and just deliver a
reliable service/schedule rather than one full of surprises.

I also notice that Spooks has vanished altogether from BBC3, even though
the
final episode on BBC1 is a week from now. It was being shown a week in
advance on BBC3, wasn't it? I've already seen tonight's BBC1 episode, last
week. Is Spooks also falling into the trap of not showing the finale
early,
and in this case not repeating it at all?

This seems to me to be less an organised plan and more a disorganised mess



IIRC one episode of Spooks on BBC1 was pre-empted and shown the following
week, but the BBC3 showing still aired. So I assumed that the BBC3 showings
finished 2 weeks before the BBC1 showings instead of 1 week before.

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