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    From The Other John@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 17 22:21:01 2023
    Tonight's ITV crime drama 'Redemption' had 'End of Part One', 'Part Two'
    etc captions, something I've not seen for years.

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to The Other John on Fri Mar 17 22:52:44 2023
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:21:01 -0000 (UTC)
    The Other John <nomail@home.org> wrote:

    Tonight's ITV crime drama 'Redemption' had 'End of Part One', 'Part
    Two' etc captions, something I've not seen for years.


    Don't shout, it might catch on!
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  • From NY@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Mar 18 08:36:41 2023
    On 17/03/2023 22:52, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:21:01 -0000 (UTC)
    The Other John <nomail@home.org> wrote:

    Tonight's ITV crime drama 'Redemption' had 'End of Part One', 'Part
    Two' etc captions, something I've not seen for years.


    Don't shout, it might catch on!

    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts end?

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  • From The Other John@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 09:24:07 2023
    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 08:36:41 +0000, NY wrote:

    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts
    end?

    I suspect with the introduction of the 'sponsor's message'.

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to The Other John on Sat Mar 18 10:24:56 2023
    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:24:07 -0000 (UTC)
    The Other John <nomail@home.org> wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 08:36:41 +0000, NY wrote:

    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts
    end?

    I suspect with the introduction of the 'sponsor's message'.


    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The Johnny
    Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to pick up
    a pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the sponsor
    of the show. Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to The Other John on Sat Mar 18 12:24:58 2023
    Well some must as on the AD track on some channels you hear, end of part x andyest often no start announcement. On many of the streaming channels like
    the Samsung ones you seem to just get a sudden chop out and back. I suppose
    its just a timer.
    Incidentally, how do the channels supplied by Samsung TV fund themselves?
    They all have ad breaks, but many are containing one advert, or maybe a couple, the rest is a padded out caption of some sort with a loop of music. Also, all channels are now getting unwatchable due to the numbers and frequencies of add breaks in them, its almost impossible to follow them.
    That variable spacing should never have been allowed by Offcom.
    Brian

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    "The Other John" <nomail@home.org> wrote in message news:tv2p4d$25bg7$1@dont-email.me...
    Tonight's ITV crime drama 'Redemption' had 'End of Part One', 'Part Two'
    etc captions, something I've not seen for years.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 12:27:00 2023
    It did not end so much as fade away. I think it happened when you were
    allowed to have loads more breaks per hour and most sandwiched into the last third of the show.
    Brian

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    "NY" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:0ZScna_8VruE5Yj5nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk...
    On 17/03/2023 22:52, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:21:01 -0000 (UTC)
    The Other John <nomail@home.org> wrote:

    Tonight's ITV crime drama 'Redemption' had 'End of Part One', 'Part
    Two' etc captions, something I've not seen for years.


    Don't shout, it might catch on!

    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts end?

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Mar 18 12:30:49 2023
    So could we come up with some likely sponsors for certain films or shows?
    Maybe the next time 50 shades of Grey comes on it will be sponsored by a
    rope maker or gorilla tape or love honey. Then we could have was films sponsored by the armed forces, or crime dramas sponsored by anti theft
    device makers?
    Brian

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    "Davey" <davey@example.invalid> wrote in message news:tv43ho$2enik$1@dont-email.me...
    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:24:07 -0000 (UTC)
    The Other John <nomail@home.org> wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 08:36:41 +0000, NY wrote:

    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts
    end?

    I suspect with the introduction of the 'sponsor's message'.


    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The Johnny Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to pick up
    a pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the sponsor
    of the show. Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Mar 18 12:41:07 2023
    On 18/03/2023 10:24, Davey wrote:
    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The Johnny Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to pick up
    a pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the sponsor
    of the show. Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.


    The funniest is the way Formula 1 drivers have to keep changing their
    baseball cap depending on which sponsor is paying them for whatever they
    are doing.

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  • From The Other John@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Mar 18 15:15:09 2023
    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:24:56 +0000, Davey wrote:

    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The Johnny Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to pick up a
    pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the sponsor of the
    show.
    Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.

    One of my memories of 'sponsor's message' was when I worked for ATV at our
    Wood Green Empire TV Theatre and we recorded a London segment for an
    American talk show (can't remember which one from about 1962) which had an
    'in show announcer' which was Shaw Taylor of Police Five fame. He was
    required to say 'and now for a word from our sponsor' which happened to be
    a flooring manufacturer called Sandran and he had to say something like
    'Please contact your local Sandran franchise merchandiser'. He rehearsed
    it several times then screwed it up on the take!

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 22:44:23 2023
    I notice on Channel 5's reincarnation of Challenge Anneka tonight, the companies' names and badging seemed much more prominent in the previous
    series.

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  • From Roderick Stewart@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 19 08:37:55 2023
    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:24:56 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
    wrote:

    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The Johnny >Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to pick up
    a pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the sponsor
    of the show. Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.

    Have you seen YouTube recently?

    Rod.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Roderick Stewart on Sun Mar 19 09:05:55 2023
    Roderick Stewart wrote:

    Davey wrote:

    it was so blatant.

    Have you seen YouTube recently?

    Something wrong with your "L" key?

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to Roderick Stewart on Sun Mar 19 09:35:19 2023
    On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:37:55 +0000
    Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:24:56 +0000, Davey <davey@example.invalid>
    wrote:

    My favourite example of the 'sponsor's message' was watching The
    Johnny Carson Show in America, and seeing Johnny reach behind him to
    pick up a pack of Corn Flakes and display it on his desk as the
    sponsor of the show. Cringe.
    It was like watching some children's show, it was so blatant.

    Have you seen YouTube recently?

    Rod.

    No.
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  • From Vir Campestris@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 21 12:12:45 2023
    On 18/03/2023 08:36, NY wrote:
    Silly question: when and why did the practice of numbering the parts end?

    At a guess to allow easy re-editing into different length episodes.

    Andy

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