Granada treated Richmond Hill quite badly too. Initially it was shown as a Networked show across the ITV Network from Autumn 1988 twice a week on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. It lasted one season in Australia before it was axed. The regions then broke away from the Network slot and Granada reduced to once a week on a Wednesday. It lasted a while then finished. It was then brought back again for three weeks then taken off again. Eventually it had a Sunday early afternoon slot on Granada and finished in February or March 1991.
I don't know if we were the last to see it or if other regions had finished earlier or later?
Richmond Hill was intended to be fully networked, but the very week it was due to start in the UK, Network Ten announced its cancellation.
For that reason I believe Granada decided not to screen it (it was billed in the TV Times but didn't appear) but relented a couple of weeks later and, as you say Ben, ran it behind the rest of the network and eventually just once a week. It therefore lasted significantly longer in Granadaland.
I don't think any other regions particularly broke away from the network schedule, except for YTV who screened the last episode before everyone else. YTV showed the last three episodes Wednesday through to Friday, but the rest of the network (bar Granada) showed the last episode in the usual Wednesday slot the following week.
Channel 4 originally backed out of showing
The Maltese Double Cross
, a film that questioned the case against Libya over the bombing of Flight 103, after relatives of the victims protested about the film. They did eventually show an edited version, with the most questionable parts removed, but still received criticism over their decision to screen it.
C4 refused to show two documentaries about the 7/7 bombings. They have yet to be broadcast.
Channel 4 originally backed out of showing
The Maltese Double Cross
, a film that questioned the case against Libya over the bombing of Flight 103, after relatives of the victims protested about the film. They did eventually show an edited version, with the most questionable parts removed, but still received criticism over their decision to screen it.
C4 refused to show two documentaries about the 7/7 bombings. They have yet to be broadcast.
Why did C4 commission them then ? On what grounds are they not being shown ?
In the early 1990s BBC Scotland refused to show Schofields Europe, preferring to show some regional programme instead. However, this resulted in a backlash in Scotland, which ended up on Points of View. The result was, once the regional series BBC Scotland were showing finished, they did then go on and show Schofields Europe.
There was also an occasion on ITV where there was a flip reverse of this, in the mid 1990s. There were no british teams left at the start of the Champions League knockout stages. ITV decided therefore to only show the highlights on a Tuesday evening, and no live coverage of the knockout rounds, until the final. Except, STV decided they would do so, and they had live coverage of matches, with Alan Parry doing the commentary.
There was also an occasion on ITV where there was a flip reverse of this, in the mid 1990s. There were no british teams left at the start of the Champions League knockout stages. ITV decided therefore to only show the highlights on a Tuesday evening, and no live coverage of the knockout rounds, until the final. Except, STV decided they would do so, and they had live coverage of matches, with Alan Parry doing the commentary.
Yorkshire TV refused to show an FA Cup Final replay in 1983 (back then, if the Saturday match ended as as draw, there was a replay on the following Thursday). Man U v Brighton, so (according to YTV) no local interest.
The Beeb showed it of course, so actually YTV probably ended up with more viewers, than they would have got showing the match
Going on from that Markymark, wasn't there an occasion when one of the Sheffield teams won a shock League cup final win, and ITV Sport made a 30 minute highlights programme as an extra show, which all regions took, except Yorkshire, who, for some reason, declined to show it? I believe YTV never lived that decision down.
:-(
A former member
It was claimed ytv only cared about leeds/ west yorkshire and not south yorkshire.
Also bbc scotland moved friday wogan during 91 and 92 to late night.
I'm not sure Scottish had it in for Emmerdale or any other show as such. On franchise renewal in the 90s they took a decision to replace the 7pm show each night - no matter what it was - with Scottish programming. This led to very worthy shows like Scottish Action - the sort of thing you'd normally put on against EastEnders, or on Sunday afternoon - making an appearance in primetime. I remember by this point The Sun's TV guide had a primetime section on the ITV part of the listings as all other ITV stations had agreed to go with a clear line-up, and the inevitable "not Scottish" line beside one programme a night.
One that comes to mind was the cancellation of TMWRNJ when Jane Root came in as controller of BBC Two, apparently because she didn't like Lee and Herring. According to Richard Herring, a third series was getting a lot of support in the comedy department and from the previous controller but when Steve Coogan introduced him to her at a party and she immediately turned her back and blanked him, he knew they wouldn't get another series.
There's also an apocryphal story about Stewart Lee asking about giving The Goodies a repeat run and Root replying "No, we're not going to repeat any of your shows".
One that comes to mind was the cancellation of TMWRNJ when Jane Root came in as controller of BBC Two, apparently because she didn't like Lee and Herring. According to Richard Herring, a third series was getting a lot of support in the comedy department and from the previous controller but when Steve Coogan introduced him to her at a party and she immediately turned her back and blanked him, he knew they wouldn't get another series.
There's also an apocryphal story about Stewart Lee asking about giving The Goodies a repeat run and Root replying "No, we're not going to repeat any of your shows".
Reminds me of a similar story that Richard Herring told that a TMWRNJ edited highlights was due to go out but no no one told Stewart Lee, a show was then frantically edited and went out in the same evening.
Going on from that Markymark, wasn't there an occasion when one of the Sheffield teams won a shock League cup final win, and ITV Sport made a 30 minute highlights programme as an extra show, which all regions took, except Yorkshire, who, for some reason, declined to show it? I believe YTV never lived that decision down.
Not quite. IIRC Sheffield Wednesday were at Wembley, and the game went in to extra time, just as the throphy presentation was starting, YTV ended coverage and moved on to another programme.
Hence, the Owls 'fanzine' was named 'Rise of the monster trucks' as it was that show, that YTV pulled away from Wembley to show.