New channel plans 'to rival' BBC, ITV

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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:12:17 GMT, (Zero Tolerance)
wrote:

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.

I'm sorry that I missed it as my memory is of quite a decent show. All filmed on
location with no studio shots (actually there were studio shots but they were in
a _radio_ studio).

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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!

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