2012 episodes to be across one week?

[Brendan Moody]

No one but a small group of devoted fans gets up in arms about not knowing the exact scheduling of programs weeks in advance or the general scheduling months/years in advance. (And no one but a small group of devoted fans illegally downloads episodes off the Internet.) If the BBC stood any chance of being meaningfully hurt by the confusion over either of these "issues," they would do something about it. But they don't, and they won't.

 

[VDCNI]

And it's not just the BBC - all British TV works like this and it's only on DW & Torchwood because of the International showings that anyone really cares.

 

[Starkers]

No one but a small group of devoted fans gets up in arms about not knowing the exact scheduling of programs weeks in advance or the general scheduling months/years in advance. (And no one but a small group of devoted fans illegally downloads episodes off the Internet.) If the BBC stood any chance of being meaningfully hurt by the confusion over either of these "issues," they would do something about it. But they don't, and they won't.

I'm not sure this is strictly the case, I know plenty of people(who aren't devoted fans) who get as annoyed as I do when the beeb start trailing something and it looks interesting, but then all they say at the end is 'coming soon.' And there are plenty examples of them making a pig's ear of their sheduling. An awful lot of people missed the second episode of Outcasts because all there was saying the next episode was the following night was a v/o as the episode ended. Ok there is iplayer etc but again I know plenty of people who still just watch tv as it happens--hell I do that most of the time.

The BBC is a wonderful organisation that, in so many ways is incredibly slick, but it also (like any big organisation) gets hung up by rules and beaurocracy sometimes.

 

[Brendan Moody]

Well, like any large organization the BBC makes mistakes from time to time, and I've got no particular interest in defending it. But, setting aside anecdotal evidence, however annoyed people may be by the BBC's approach scheduling, there's no reason to suppose that shows lose viewers because of it. The audience drop between the first and second episodes of Outcasts was pretty standard for a new drama, especially one with terrible reviews.

 

[Starkers]

I dunno, I don't think it helped (but I'm not claiming it was the only reason, or even a major reason why the show lost viewers) hell I was taken aback by hearing it was on Tuesday and usually I'm on the ball about such things.

 

[intrinsical]

Mr Steven Moffat just tweeted this "Do I need to tell you that you can ignore the Private Eye story? No? Good! I look forward to this being called a rant."

 

[Starkers]

Didn't he tweet that days ago?

 

[Mr Awe]

okay, am I the only one completely stumped as to why the beeb is screwing so badly with a program that's obviously extremely popular (and no doubt making them bucket loads)?

No, I'm with you too. The BBC has already fallen way behind the times with it's outdated, . . .

I'm with you guys too. Disorganized and unprofessional, as I posted before. The environment of confusion and lack of clarity also breeds rumors, which can also be destructive. They need to get their act together.

Mr Awe

 

[StCoop]

Didn't he tweet that days ago?

Methinks the Lady doth protest too much.

Though I'm still looking forward to seeing how they handle the eventual "Good news, everyone!" Press Release.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Didn't he tweet that days ago?

Methinks the Lady doth protest too much.

Though I'm still looking forward to seeing how they handle the eventual "Good news, everyone!" Press Release.

The BBC will get Morbo to deliver the news.

 

[StCoop]

The BBC will get Morbo to deliver the news.

Hypnotoad says, "There are no problems with the Series."

 

[Starkers]

There are no problems with the series...

Phew, that's ok then!

 

[Peacemaker]

There are no problems with the series...All hail the Hypnotoad!

 

[The Wormhole]

Didn't he tweet that days ago?

Methinks the Lady doth protest too much.

Though I'm still looking forward to seeing how they handle the eventual "Good news, everyone!" Press Release.

The BBC will get Morbo to deliver the news.

"Doctor Who fans give Morbo gas."

 

[diankra]

has everyone forgotten that Private Eye is a (supposedly) satirical magazine and therefore could just be taking the piss?

That could give a misleading impression of it to anyone outside the UK who's never seen it. Yes, there's eight pages or so of Onion-style cartoons and fake news items (including some by Big Finish writer Nev Fountain).
But its news pages, whether they're covering tax frauds, political corruption or just self-indulgent TV production, tend to be in-depth, well-researched and based on leaks from insiders (its pseudonymed specialist columnists have often turned out to High Court judges, top level QCs, etc etc). If Watergate had happened in England, Deep Throat would have gone to the Eye.

It gets sued a lot because it's willing to take more of a risk on how early to publish, but that means it's broken more than its fair share of stories - and when it's lost libel cases, it's often been proved right anyway with hindsight (eg, Robert Maxwell was as big a crook as the Eye repeatedly alleged). I'd hate it if who ended up on the wrong side of the Curse of Gnome.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

TV Cream has "found" Ian Levine's long-awaited "Doctor in Distress 2011." Cover your ears!

 

[StCoop]

In case you weren't confused enough already here's Moffat talking in France.

http://www.a-suivre.org/levillage/filinfo.php?date=2011-07#fil1370

This is the most interesting bit: "Contrairement à ce que vous avez peut-être entendu, il y aura le même nombre d’épisodes l’an prochain’. Il y aura bien le même nombre d’épisodes. Mais c’est vrai qu’il y aura un changement du mode de diffusion."

So could we get eight regular episodes plus a five part one-week mini-series, making Private Eye sort-of right again?

 

[captcalhoun]

i dunno, i don't speak freaky-deaky French.

 

[StCoop]

i dunno, i don't speak freaky-deaky French.

It's hardly difficult to learn, but just for you...

"Contrary to what you may have heard, there will be the same number of episodes next year. There will be the same number of episodes. But it's true that there will be a change in the manner of transmission."

 

[JoeZhang]

has everyone forgotten that Private Eye is a (supposedly) satirical magazine and therefore could just be taking the piss?

That could give a misleading impression of it to anyone outside the UK who's never seen it. Yes, there's eight pages or so of Onion-style cartoons and fake news items (including some by Big Finish writer Nev Fountain).
But its news pages, whether they're covering tax frauds, political corruption or just self-indulgent TV production, tend to be in-depth, well-researched and based on leaks from insiders (its pseudonymed specialist columnists have often turned out to High Court judges, top level QCs, etc etc). If Watergate had happened in England, Deep Throat would have gone to the Eye.

It gets sued a lot because it's willing to take more of a risk on how early to publish, but that means it's broken more than its fair share of stories - and when it's lost libel cases, it's often been proved right anyway with hindsight (eg, Robert Maxwell was as big a crook as the Eye repeatedly alleged). I'd hate it if who ended up on the wrong side of the Curse of Gnome.

Yeah - it is very very clear in private eye what is a piss-take and what is a serious news story. Private Eye has broken some very big stories over the Years.