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New channel plans 'to rival' BBC, ITV
A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to
rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. The Great British Television Channel, a venture from entertainment broker Creative Results, will launch Christmas Eve on Sky, airing daily from 4pm thereafter. Chris Tarrant and Joe Pasquale are members of the channel board, while comedian Richard Digance is the managing director. Other celeb backers include Carol Voderman, Vinnie Jones, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julian Clary, Tommy Walsh, Ronnie Corbett, Shane Ritchie and Jim Davidson. The channel will produce its own shows as well as acquiring programmes. On the planned schedule is Live From London Town, based on Sunday Night at the Palladium, which will be hosted by Billy Connolly, and It's Your Call, based on a Capital Radio show. "The UK needs an alternative to what is currently on the BBC and ITV on Saturday nights," Digance told C21 Media. "Currently there is nothing on TV that includes 'variety' as the British public perceives it to be." He added that although the station had been in development for a year, the carriage deal was only signed off a few days ago. |
{{{{Welcome}}}} wrote:
A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. And will be FTA, FTV or subscription, I wonder? -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/ BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) |
"Jomtien" wrote in message
... {{{{Welcome}}}} wrote: A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. And will be FTA, FTV or subscription, I wonder? -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/ BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) And will it be on Sky, Freeview or just on Freeview (like ITV3 will be). Regards Mike. |
"Nick Webster" wrote in message
. .. In article , says... And will it be on Sky, Freeview or just on Freeview (like ITV3 will be). Er, he said it would be on Sky in the post! HTH. -- Nick Webster If you look on Freeview ch34, it says that ITV3 will be exclusively on Freeview & cable. Regards Mike. |
"{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote in message ... A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. Chris Tarrant and Joe Pasquale are members of the channel board, while comedian Richard Digance is the managing director. Other celeb backers include Carol Voderman, Vinnie Jones, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julian Clary, Tommy Walsh, Ronnie Corbett, Shane Ritchie and Jim Davidson. That list is enough to put me off. Though I am looking forward to the show starring Vinnie Jones and Julian Clary in Celebrity Life Swap. The channel will produce its own shows as well as acquiring programmes. On the planned schedule is Live From London Town, based on Sunday Night at the Palladium, which will be hosted by Billy Connolly, and It's Your Call, based on a Capital Radio show. Is that Sunday F***ing Night at the F***ing London Palladium? It will be with Billy comparing. "The UK needs an alternative to what is currently on the BBC and ITV on Saturday nights," Digance told C21 Media. "Currently there is nothing on TV that includes 'variety' as the British public perceives it to be." Perhaps thats because the british public doesn't want 1960's variety shows. Loz |
"{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote in message ... A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. Chris Tarrant and Joe Pasquale are members of the channel board, while comedian Richard Digance is the managing director. Other celeb backers include Carol Voderman, Vinnie Jones, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julian Clary, Tommy Walsh, Ronnie Corbett, Shane Ritchie and Jim Davidson. That list is enough to put me off. Though I am looking forward to the show starring Vinnie Jones and Julian Clary in Celebrity Life Swap. The channel will produce its own shows as well as acquiring programmes. On the planned schedule is Live From London Town, based on Sunday Night at the Palladium, which will be hosted by Billy Connolly, and It's Your Call, based on a Capital Radio show. Is that Sunday F***ing Night at the F***ing London Palladium? It will be with Billy comparing. "The UK needs an alternative to what is currently on the BBC and ITV on Saturday nights," Digance told C21 Media. "Currently there is nothing on TV that includes 'variety' as the British public perceives it to be." Perhaps thats because the british public doesn't want 1960's variety shows. Loz |
"loz" wrote in message ... "{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote in message ... A new UK variety channel with major celebrity endorsements is planning to rival ITV and the BBC in primetime. Chris Tarrant and Joe Pasquale are members of the channel board, while comedian Richard Digance is the managing director. Other celeb backers include Carol Voderman, Vinnie Jones, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julian Clary, Tommy Walsh, Ronnie Corbett, Shane Ritchie and Jim Davidson. That list is enough to put me off. Though I am looking forward to the show starring Vinnie Jones and Julian Clary in Celebrity Life Swap. The channel will produce its own shows as well as acquiring programmes. On the planned schedule is Live From London Town, based on Sunday Night at the Palladium, which will be hosted by Billy Connolly, and It's Your Call, based on a Capital Radio show. Is that Sunday F***ing Night at the F***ing London Palladium? It will be with Billy comparing. "The UK needs an alternative to what is currently on the BBC and ITV on Saturday nights," Digance told C21 Media. "Currently there is nothing on TV that includes 'variety' as the British public perceives it to be." Perhaps thats because the british public doesn't want 1960's variety shows. Loz No most the British public *do* want variety shows, it's the TV compaines who do now want to show them, becuase they beleive it costs too much, and would rather show cheap programmes like 'When hairdryers go bad'! |
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:13:59 +0000 (UTC), "loz"
wrote: Perhaps thats because the british public doesn't want 1960's variety shows. I disagree. I think the channel will do very well as it's a genre that is largely missing from TV today. sPoNix |
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:36:21 +0100, "Mike GW8IJT"
wrote: If you look on Freeview ch34, it says that ITV3 will be exclusively on Freeview & cable. It's strange that ITV claim they can't put ITV3 on Sky due to it taking too long to obtain a slot from Sky yet this new channel plans to launch on Sky within 3 months! Are ITV telling porky pies? Is money a bit tight at the moment? sPoNiX |
"sPoNiX" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:36:21 +0100, "Mike GW8IJT" wrote: If you look on Freeview ch34, it says that ITV3 will be exclusively on Freeview & cable. It's strange that ITV claim they can't put ITV3 on Sky due to it taking too long to obtain a slot from Sky yet this new channel plans to launch on Sky within 3 months! Are ITV telling porky pies? Is money a bit tight at the moment? sPoNiX A new post from myself regarding this to appear very soon! -- For a great discussion: http://www.bextech.org.uk |
Chris Tarrant and Joe Pasquale are members of the channel board, while
comedian Richard Digance is the managing director. Other celeb backers include Carol Voderman, Vinnie Jones, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julian Clary, Tommy Walsh, Ronnie Corbett, Shane Ritchie and Jim Davidson. The channel will produce its own shows as well as acquiring programmes. This seems appropriate: Tony: .don't hesitate, if you have any other ideas. I'd be very interested. Alan: Got them here, got them here! [Alan reaches down and picks up a blue file.] Tony: Right. Alan: Right, OK. 'Shoestring', 'Taggart', 'Spender', 'Bergerac', 'Morse'. What does that say to you about regional detective series'? Tony: There's too many of them? Alan: That's one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is, 'people like them, let's make some more of them'. A detective series based in Norwich called 'Swallow'. Swallow is a detective who tackles vandalism. Bit of a maverick, not afraid to break the law if he thinks it's necessary. He's not a criminal, but he will, perhaps, travel 80mph on the motorway if he, for example, he wants to get somewhere quickly. [Tony Hayers shakes his head.] Alan: Think about it. No-one had heard of Oxford before 'Inspector Morse'. I mean, this will put Norwich on the map. Tony: Why would I want to do that? Alan: Yep, fair point. OK, right. 'Alan Attack!'. Like the Cook Report, but with a more slapstick approach. Tony: [Shakes his head again] No. Alan: 'Arm Wrestling with Chas and Dave'. Tony: I don't think so. Alan: Pity, because they were very keen on that one. Right, ah, now you'll like this one. 'Knowing M.E., Knowing You'. I, Alan Partridge, talk to M.E. sufferers about the condition. You know, we intersperse it with their favourite pop songs, make it light-hearted, you know, give them a platform, you've got to keep the energy up, because. [Tony shakes his head, horrified.] Alan: You don't like it? Tony: No. Alan: That's alright, that's OK. 'Inner-City Sumo'. Tony: What's that? Alan: We take fat people from the inner cities, put them in big nappies, and then get them to throw each other out of a circle that we draw with chalk on the ground. Tony: No, no it's a bad idea. Alan: Very cheap to make. Tony: No. Alan: Do it in a pub car park. Tony: [Laughing] No. Alan: If you don't do it, Sky will. Tony: Well I'll live with that. Is that it? Alan: Well, no, no. Cooking in prison. Tony: [Laughing] Oh, no. Alan: [Desperately] 'A Partridge Amongst The Pigeons'. Tony: What's that? Alan: Well, it's just a title, I mean. erm, well, opening sequence, me, in Trafalgar Square, feeding the pigeons, going "Oh God!" Tony: [Holds his hands up] No, I'm sorry, no! Stop! Alan: Whoa, whoa, whoa, erm, 'Youth Hosteling with Chris Eubank'. Tony: [Laughing and shaking head] No! [Pause] Alan: 'Monkey tennis'? |
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:07:09 +0100, "David Gouge"
wrote: Alan: Right, OK. 'Shoestring', 'Taggart', 'Spender', 'Bergerac', 'Morse'. Oddly enough AFAIK 'Shoestring' with has never been given another showing since first broadcast. You would think it would turn up on UK Gold or somewhere particularly as Trevor Eve leads the very popular 'Waking the Dead' cop series. -- Nigel Barker Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur |
Nigel Barker wrote:
Oddly enough AFAIK 'Shoestring' with has never been given another showing since first broadcast. I think I saw it on satellite a few years ago. I never saw the original transmissions at all. I can't remember which channel I saw it on though. Maybe BBC daytime? -- Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these. The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73 Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/ BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/ ---- Only the truth as I see it. No monies return'd. ;-) |
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:19:49 +0200, Jomtien wrote:
Nigel Barker wrote: Oddly enough AFAIK 'Shoestring' with has never been given another showing since first broadcast. I think I saw it on satellite a few years ago. I never saw the original transmissions at all. I can't remember which channel I saw it on though. Maybe BBC daytime? I did see a one off episode some years ago probably as part of a celebration of Bristol. It was originally a BBC series broadcast in 1979 & 1980. 21 episodes in all. -- Nigel Barker Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur |
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:37:07 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}"
wrote: No most the British public *do* want variety shows, it's the TV compaines who do now want to show them, becuase they beleive it costs too much, and would rather show cheap programmes like 'When hairdryers go bad'! The public do want variety shows, it's just that they're not terribly interested in Joe Pasquale, Richard Digance, Jimmy Tarbuck or Jim Davidson any more? :-) |
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:44:30 GMT, Nigel Barker wrote:
Oddly enough AFAIK 'Shoestring' with has never been given another showing since first broadcast. You would think it would turn up on UK Gold or somewhere particularly as Trevor Eve leads the very popular 'Waking the Dead' cop series. Shoestring was first rebroadcast on Superchannel, and was indeed also shown on UK Gold, back in the days when they used to show good programmes. It's even been repeated on BBC1 daytime, not so long ago. |
"Zero Tolerance" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:37:07 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote: No most the British public *do* want variety shows, it's the TV compaines who do now want to show them, becuase they beleive it costs too much, and would rather show cheap programmes like 'When hairdryers go bad'! The public do want variety shows, it's just that they're not terribly interested in Joe Pasquale, Richard Digance, Jimmy Tarbuck or Jim Davidson any more? :-) I'd be quite happy to watch those you mention, and I know other people too, who are always saying they wished they were on TV again. -- For a great discussion: http://www.bextech.org.uk http://www.south-east-birmingham.tk |
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:14:11 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}"
wrote: "Zero Tolerance" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:37:07 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote: No most the British public *do* want variety shows, it's the TV compaines who do now want to show them, becuase they beleive it costs too much, and would rather show cheap programmes like 'When hairdryers go bad'! The public do want variety shows, it's just that they're not terribly interested in Joe Pasquale, Richard Digance, Jimmy Tarbuck or Jim Davidson any more? :-) I'd be quite happy to watch those you mention, and I know other people too, who are always saying they wished they were on TV again. I suppose that you will be looking forward to the return of the Black & White Minstrel Show next. -- Nigel Barker Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur |
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Thus spaketh Nigel Barker:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:14:11 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote: "Zero Tolerance" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:37:07 +0100, "{{{{Welcome}}}}" wrote: No most the British public *do* want variety shows, it's the TV compaines who do now want to show them, becuase they beleive it costs too much, and would rather show cheap programmes like 'When hairdryers go bad'! The public do want variety shows, it's just that they're not terribly interested in Joe Pasquale, Richard Digance, Jimmy Tarbuck or Jim Davidson any more? :-) I'd be quite happy to watch those you mention, and I know other people too, who are always saying they wished they were on TV again. I suppose that you will be looking forward to the return of the Black & White Minstrel Show next. No I'm only in my early 30s so don't remember ever seeing them on TV, tho' again I do know people who they miss them too. I hope this variety channel offers just that variety, so there is something for everyone! -- For a great discussion: http://www.bextech.org.uk http://www.south-east-birmingham.tk |
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