General Chat

Thanks for that Kath, I usually have disagreement over my opinions.
Deanna X

I agree with you wholeheartedly Deanna regarding Gordon Brown.

I think a lot of Liberal Democrat voters will think twice before voting the same way in the future.

Kath. x

Thanks Zena, 8.00 tonight?
So what have they moved for that?

I don't think Gordon Brown was conscious of Eastenders and Holby City being on at that time. I think he was waiting to see what happened over the offers made to Clegg.... God help us, I hope it works, although I have my doubts.
We have managed to get rid of a very good man.
We may be very sorry in the future.

Anyway.... welcome back Eastenders and Holby....
Deanna X

Contrary Mary, my sentiments entirely. He had all bloomin' day to do it. So what does he do, to get maximum impact. Waits until Eastenders is on. Typical, of a policitian. Self,self and thrice self.LOL
Julia in Derbyshire

Thank you for letting us know Zena :-)
Good news for us but according to the Radio Times web site, not such good news for Waterloo Road fans as that is now scheduled for a 'later' date lol :)

I too missed my usual Eastenders and Holby......and I'm not a happy bunny! lol.

Proof if ever it was needed that politicians are out of touch with us mere mortals!! Gordon Brown had ALL DAY to resign....so what time did he decide to do it??......yes, while we all wanted to watch our favourite programmes! :-))

Mary

Many Thanks Zena for letting us know this information.
Julia in Derbyshire

I have just heard on bbc tv they are playing holby city at 8.00 tonight.

Zena

You're right Dianna,they don't care.
I wouldn't have minded if they had immediately rescheduled and made sure that the new day/time was made clear. What annoys me the most is that we could all miss it when it is shown if we don't happen to notice when it's on.
At least we shall know in advance when it's sport as Julia says. Or a warning given that programmes may change if something overuns.

I agree with all that has been said, and you are quite right Deanna, with forthcoming events. Why did this programme get shelved, just so they could show aerial views of a car taking Cameron to see the Queen. It beggars belief. At least when the future sporting events are going to be shown, Urgggggh, we are prewarned with the proscribed published schedules, eg Daily Paper, Radio Times. That is, until the football goes into extra time, etc.
Julia in Derbyshire

I don't think they really care if we miss it or not Christine.

And while I am still upset about it may I just remind you all... this is just the beginning.
Wait until the Olympics, the foot ball, the tennis, and anything else in the pipeline, to start!

I would not have minded so much, but there is a NEWS STATION on all the time. There was no need to cut any programmes.

Ah well, who is going to listen to the likes of ME?

Deanna X

I have just e-mailed the BBC and asked them HOW, if they haven't decided yet when they are going to reschedule Holby City, I can be sure not to miss the programme unless I sit watching the BBC1 24 hours a day.

It took ages to get to the actual message box and when I did I was only allowed a certain number of characters. I ended up having to use abbreviated speech but I think I managed to get my point across. Then, after I had sent it, a box came up advising me that they can't answer everything but if they can answer my query they will get back to me. How rude is that - I may not even get an acknowledgment saying that they don't know !!

Phewwww - it wasn't easy to find but I finally found this under FAQ's on the TV section of the BBC homepage.

Why did the BBC One schedule for 11 May 2010 change?
In order to provide coverage of Gordon Brown's resignation and David Cameron's succession as Prime Minister, it was necessary to make some changes to the BBC One evening schedule. These were as follows:

19.18: BBC News Special

21.00: Luther (As billed)

Please note that EastEnders and Holby City were dropped from the schedule. EastEnders will now be broadcast at 19.30 on BBC One on 12 May 2010. A date of broadcast for Holby City is still to be confirmed.

Chris

Well said again Julie.

There was so much coverage on the BBC last night about the events, aerial shots of the silver Jag taking Cameron to the palace, interview from commentator to 'studio guest' , ascertaining that it was a silver Jag, it was endless and inane, and very cringeworthy.
Now, I do not mean this disrespectfully, but anyone just turning on the TV, would be forgiven for thinking something had happened to the Queen.
As usuall, the Beeb, over-egged the pudding. And it was mine and everybody else's money they were using, to do so.
Just my opinion.
Julia in Derbyshire

Yes, I hadn't thought of that either Kathleen. Why have a news programme and STILL interrupt the main channel.

Hi Island :-)

I agree with you Island too. I think ITV managed to squeeze in their programmes, not sure though.

I think that now most people have 24 hour news channels that there is no need to disrupt ordinary programmes on the other channels. It's not that I'm not interested in politics - I am - but I want to be able to watch other things as well.

Kath. x

Thanks again Kathleen.
I agree with Julia though, I do think it's bad if they are just going to miss out an episode unless you watch it on iPlayer. There are probably loads of people like we used to be whose internet isn't fast enough to watch it.

No, we didn't watch it live. Like you we expected it to be recorded, but all we got was the political stuff. It was on iPlayer just after the time the programme was due to finish (if it has actually been shown). I didn't see any announcement that it wouldn't be on so not sure how they will let people catch up.

We can watch iPlayer on the tv, but if not just go to www.bbc.co.uk and you will find iPlayer on there. Programmes are on there for different lengths of time but some are on for up to a month.

Kath. x