Over the years especial before Sky and cable ITV and even BBC were able to broadcast stuff which never got network.
A few I do know were:
Scottish:
* Connections 1988 Series was never shown ( daytime)
* Planet of the Apes 74 tv series never shown even when it was repeat by other stations in 75-77.
* The young doctors,
TSW:
* Dislike second series of blockbusters.
Most famous no show across the network was the S4 Mind you Language, which only got a full run in 4 areas. Space: 1999 Series 2 was treated badly. Fame was dropped by BBC after series 4 but it never reappeared until 7 years later on sky? im sure it happened on sky aswell.
Can you think of any others were show just disappeared?
The Wiki entry for Blockbusters seems to suggest TSW had too much stuff for the 5:15pm slot which they clearly preferred over Blockbusters, so I'm not convinced it's a "dislike" as such. If they really disliked it isn't it more plausible it wouldn't have been aired at all?
There are no end of programmes that just disappear for no apparent reason both on and off the network - usually it's because they rate poorly (see a lot of early 2000s prime-time ITV for example), are considered in bad taste (Spike Milligan's The Melting Pot, Hardwicke House, Heil Honey I'm Home to name but three) or the network loses confidence.
Possibly the most infamous example may be the Australia's Naughtiest's Home Videos incident in Australia, a show pulled mid-transmission and, it is alleged, never made it out across the whole of Australia. The show was eventually aired, albeit not in its original format many years later.
Take the High Road was possibly the programme with the most variable availability throughout the ITV network, in terms of time of broadcast and region, during its entire production life.
Thames and Carlton both didn't like Emmerdale, pre-plane crash.
I remember reading from the former
Off The Telly
website Lew Grade of ATV detested World of Sport.
You could argue that stations hate programmes that bomb in the ratings, but they have to be shown for contractual reasons, with little to no promotion. I found it quite funny recently Dave showed the Chris Evans series of Top Gear, with zero promotion in peak time, safe to say they thought what we thought of it.
Not quite the same thing, but in terms of a company disliking a programme, it is said that Central didn't like Crossroads and other programmes that it 'inherited' from ATV.
Surprised it lasted as long as it did then, though of course they did try and rebrand it in it's dying days.
A change in management, never mind a change in ownership, can spell the end for a show though. I think that's what The Big Breakfast was a victim of really, and possibly Brookside too.
Thames and Carlton both didn't like Emmerdale, pre-plane crash.
Carlton kept Emmerdale at 7pm, Thames only moved the series to 7pm in 1986? There were three companies we hated Emmerdale farm. Anglia ( it believe EF killed one of its shows), Grampian ( no idea why), Scottish ( Take the high road got that 7pm slot along with anything else ) All three played out the series until Dec 1987 at 17.10, even one Sunday in October it went out on a Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmJ61whzDo All three went along with having the series at 18.30 from 1988. ( Crossroads went back to 17.10 in Scotland) Scottish still hated the series, by 1993 it was moved back to 17.10 and it stayed there for another 5 years not getting back its 19pm until 1998. useless fact I really shouldn't know
Not quite the same thing, but in terms of a company disliking a programme, it is said that Central didn't like Crossroads and other programmes that it 'inherited' from ATV.
I never did understand that, since its was still the same company with the same people bar "ITC" but 50% was still the old ATV.
These companies were in competition with each other though and getting a regular fixture into the network schedules was a big prize, especially for those outside the big 5, so it's no surprise some took against shows that claimed the territory they might have been after, and did their best to undermine it. No surprise either Thames and Carlton took against Emmerdale - back then you really couldn't have a more unsuitable commission for London.
Carlton of course tried their own soap (London Bridge), which I don't think ever really made it out of London. Did Thames ever try to venture into that territory, other than The Bill which I suspect they never considered to be a soap.
LWT detested the Sunday evening 'God' slot and were the most vocal ITV company against it because of their more limited broadcasting hours compared with the others.
Channel never broadcast TISWAS. Did they dislike it or consider it unsuitable for their audience?
