Coronation St Live episode
 

I was rather expecting someone would start a thread in one or other of these technical
groups but as one hasn't been forthcoming, here is a rare x-post by me.

I'm not a soap fan or even a TV fan but I watched the live episode simply because it was live.
If this was indeed done live it must rank as the best live dramas in UK TV history.
Frankly it was so good, practically flawless, that I somehow doubt that such a technical complex production could have been
executed in real-time. Anyone know how it was really done?



--
Graham.

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Coronation St Live episode
 

I only noticed the one mistake by Carla at the hospital





John the West Ham Fan




"Graham." wrote in message ...



I was rather expecting someone would start a thread in one or other of these
technical
groups but as one hasn't been forthcoming, here is a rare x-post by me.

I'm not a soap fan or even a TV fan but I watched the live episode simply
because it was live.
If this was indeed done live it must rank as the best live dramas in UK TV
history.
Frankly it was so good, practically flawless, that I somehow doubt that such
a technical complex production could have been
executed in real-time. Anyone know how it was really done?



--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Coronation St Live episode
 

"Graham." wrote in message
...


I was rather expecting someone would start a thread in one or other of
these technical
groups but as one hasn't been forthcoming, here is a rare x-post by me.

I'm not a soap fan or even a TV fan but I watched the live episode simply
because it was live.
If this was indeed done live it must rank as the best live dramas in UK TV
history.
Frankly it was so good, practically flawless, that I somehow doubt that
such a technical complex production could have been
executed in real-time. Anyone know how it was really done?



Maybe one of these Live shows done 20 mins earlier.
Regards
David

Coronation St Live episode
 

Graham. wrote:
I was rather expecting someone would start a thread in one or other of these technical
groups but as one hasn't been forthcoming, here is a rare x-post by me.

I'm not a soap fan or even a TV fan but I watched the live episode simply because it was live.
If this was indeed done live it must rank as the best live dramas in UK TV history.
Frankly it was so good, practically flawless, that I somehow doubt that such a technical complex production could have been
executed in real-time. Anyone know how it was really done?

The Eastenders live edition back in February consumed over 30 cameras, and
production was split over five OB trucks, each with their own director to look
after particular scenes. I'd imagine Granada adopted a very similar operation
(perhaps hired the same crews etc ?) for Coronation St ?

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Mark
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Coronation St Live episode
 

In message , David
writes


"Graham." wrote in message
...


I was rather expecting someone would start a thread in one or other
of these technical
groups but as one hasn't been forthcoming, here is a rare x-post by me.

I'm not a soap fan or even a TV fan but I watched the live episode
simply because it was live.
If this was indeed done live it must rank as the best live dramas in
UK TV history.
Frankly it was so good, practically flawless, that I somehow doubt
that such a technical complex production could have been
executed in real-time. Anyone know how it was really done?



Maybe one of these Live shows done 20 mins earlier.

Indeed. I suggested to my wife that it probably had been recorded in
real time (warts and all). She insists it was really live. Branded an
infidel, I'm still in the dog-house.
--
Ian

Coronation St Live episode
 

Ian Jackson wrote:
Indeed. I suggested to my wife that it probably had been recorded in
real time (warts and all). She insists it was really live. Branded an
infidel, I'm still in the dog-house.

They did say the same thing as the EastEnders folk did -- there was a
tape of a rehearsal ready to roll in case of disaster, and ideally the
audience would never be able to tell if it had to be used.

It did cross my mind that, if it wasn't live, someone might have
noticed that Sally wasn't wearing a hard hat despite someone being told
to fetch one before she was allowed into the wreckage!

--
Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett.
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Coronation St Live episode
 

"Ben A L Jemmett" wrote in message ...
Ian Jackson wrote:
Indeed. I suggested to my wife that it probably had been recorded in
real time (warts and all). She insists it was really live. Branded an
infidel, I'm still in the dog-house.

They did say the same thing as the EastEnders folk did -- there was a
tape of a rehearsal ready to roll in case of disaster, and ideally the
audience would never be able to tell if it had to be used.

It did cross my mind that, if it wasn't live, someone might have
noticed that Sally wasn't wearing a hard hat despite someone being told
to fetch one before she was allowed into the wreckage!

I rather liked that even if it was a mistake. In the confusion a real disaster not everything that is promised is fulfilled.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

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On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:27:10 +0000, Ian Jelf wrote:

and Granada was once more the greatest television station in the world.

Granada has not been a television station since November 2008 when it
"lost" its licence, which was transferred to ITV Broadcasting Limited.

Coronation Street has been an ITV Studios Production for at least 2 (?)
years.

Coronation St Live episode
 

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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snip
:
: The Eastenders live edition back in February consumed over 30
cameras, and
: production was split over five OB trucks, each with their own
director to look
: after particular scenes. I'd imagine Granada adopted a very
similar operation
: (perhaps hired the same crews etc ?) for Coronation St ?
:

....and it was crap for all that IMO, in comparison, could be that
Corrie is an easier set, perhaps the BBC were just trying to be
to clever, Corrie's set and story line just seemed to work
better!
--
Regards, Jerry.

Coronation St Live episode
 

"Graham." wrote in message
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: "Ben A L Jemmett" wrote in message
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snip
:
: It did cross my mind that, if it wasn't live, someone might
have
: noticed that Sally wasn't wearing a hard hat despite someone
being told
: to fetch one before she was allowed into the wreckage!
:
: I rather liked that even if it was a mistake. In the confusion
a real disaster not everything that is promised is fulfilled.
:

I'm not at all convinced that is was a mistake, if it was there
was some very good 'add-libbing' by one of the talent, did you
not notice how one of the 'firemen' was shielding her head with
his hand at one point...

What I did notice, which rather proved that it was at least being
recorded 'as live' was the horrid camera shake when the operator
almost fell over the set inside of the wrecked shop!

Silliest moment, got to have been "Fizz" giving birth (very
premature, thus very small baby...), at one point I started
wondering, was she pretending to have a baby or were the crew or
talent actually cutting her leg off without antithetic off
camera, such were her over zealous screams! :~(
--
Regards, Jerry.