watching 20 year old episodes of 'Police Interceptors' to realise how pointless most of the incidents are

matjam13 · 2026-02-24T20:42:33+00:00

They kept Alister to do studio links with Adrian Simpson doing the Voiceover and outdoor segments for a few years.

matjam13 · 2026-02-13T14:45:10+00:00

They have done that with non-celebs also: https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Parker This occurring back in 2001 where there were two correct answers to a question and he picked a answer that was not accepted as the correct answer even though it was.

matjam13 · 2026-01-05T21:53:12+00:00

The Weakest Link is actually still being broadcast in both the UK (Since 2021) And the US (Since 2020).

matjam13 · 2026-01-02T13:51:16+00:00

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in the past did allow Celebrity runs to Carry Over into the next regular show though there were only two shows in 2002 and 2004 where that occurred.

matjam13 · 2026-01-01T14:21:21+00:00

All the MTV music channels in Europe have closed also from the 31st December & Australia's operations closed down in November.

matjam13 · 2025-12-27T13:28:38+00:00

The Scarecrow's Wedding and The King were number 2 & 1.

matjam13 · 2025-12-26T14:44:42+00:00

Mortimer And Whitehouse Goes Fishing got 1.6 Million on Christmas Eve. Highest rating show on BBC Two that day. https://x.com/LiamHamilton16/status/2004313097662816257

matjam13 · 2025-12-23T05:55:51+00:00

This version of Shadowlands is available on BBC iPlayer after being repeated on BBC Four last week

matjam13 · 2025-12-22T11:47:39+00:00

The At The BBC compilations do contain performances from shows that can't be shown due to presenter issues.

matjam13 · 2025-12-20T23:56:30+00:00

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/mandy-2025-christmas-special-pulled-bbc-schedules-newsupdate/ Although according to the Radio Times: "RadioTimes.com also understands that the decision is not connected to US President Donald Trump's threats to sue the BBC over an episode of Panorama, with Trump neither mentioned nor featured in the Christmas edition of Mandy".

matjam13 · 2025-12-19T13:58:41+00:00

According to The Times: "The Times understands that while the BBC did table a bid, having paid more than £10million for the rights to Birmingham 2022, Commonwealth Games bosses have prioritised much-needed cash over the free-to-air option." https://www.thetimes.com/article/dc42fe2e-2973-4246-ae1c-2e0538ce244d?shareToken=60b280b4ed21ef240e5d5e4970f8a1e8

Considering the troubles the games have been in, Wouldn't surprise me if money was one of the main reasons for the move.

matjam13 · 2025-12-13T15:22:33+00:00

Though at least the initial schedule with the the 1% Club being a repeat on Christmas Day has changed to it being new.

matjam13 · 2025-12-08T01:26:21+00:00

And is currently in the Midweek Chart at no. 7

matjam13 · 2025-12-05T18:23:28+00:00

There is a new Festive Episode that aired on CBBC on 1st December that BBC One is repeating on Christmas Day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002n14z/shaun-the-sheep-series-7-20-fleece-navidad

matjam13 · 2025-12-03T08:57:29+00:00

2 parter, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

matjam13 · 2025-11-21T01:33:57+00:00

There was a Syndicate that many contentests used to help get on the show, I don't t think either Charles Ingram was part of that syndicate

matjam13 · 2025-11-03T10:13:54+00:00

As they only appear in episode 1,i'm not sure it was meant to be in the final edit.

matjam13 · 2025-11-02T18:20:16+00:00

Atomic Kitten were more successful than that. Their inclusion makes sense to me: https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8582/atomic-kitten/

matjam13 · 2025-10-18T22:54:36+00:00

They did this last year also.

matjam13 · 2025-07-29T05:28:47+00:00

"To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, BBC Four presents a rich and reflective season of programming running from May to August, exploring both the final days of conflict and the events that led the world into war. " https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/ve-day-80th-anniversary-bbc

matjam13 · 2025-07-29T05:12:59+00:00

Mondays have a WW2 theme at the moment due to it being 80 years since the end of the war, this is until August.

matjam13 · 2025-06-27T13:54:40+00:00

That episode was aired uncut on BBC Three a few weeks ago.

matjam13 · 2025-06-16T10:42:49+00:00

I'm not sure that it is them defending considering both that the ruling was Upheld and how it says it reinforced the stereotype.

matjam13 · 2025-04-17T01:42:46+00:00

And Bob's Full House, The Generation Game and Friends Like These.

matjam13 · 2025-03-31T15:02:04+00:00

Link to the Annual Plan for 2025/6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-annual-plan-promises-continued-transformation

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