Why havent the BBC repeated Ashes to Ashes series 1?
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I only got to catch the first 3 episodes, and was looking forward to watching it when it was repeated. I've never noticed it get shown again, but was sure they'd repeat it before series 2. So now I'll not be able to watch series 2 either - thickos.
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Not with everything obviously, I would suppose that they sold a fair number of DVDs over Christmas.
Totally bonkers of course....
It's likely that series 1 will turn up again after series 2 has been on- that's what they did with Life On Mars.
No Ashes to Ashes on BBC HD again so presumably like LOM it is still not being made in HD
Is it bonkers? Surely it's good business sense to want to sell the DVDs?
Life on Mars has been released on Blu-ray. Surely must've been HD recorded?
Unfortunately not.
They have simply upscaled the existing super 16mm sd recordings so the Blurays are little better than upscaled dvd.
An improvement could have been made had they returned to the original film elements and rescanned it for HD , but this was done for Pride & Prejudice at a reportedly exorbitant cost and it was decided that the results did not warrant the outlay.
Releasing non HD material like Life on Mars onto Bluray this early into the formats life is a bad idea as people will unknowingly buy them and wonder where the quality is .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ashes-Complete-BBC-DVD/dp/B001265O6G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239954407&sr=8-1
Should that really be their top priority?
They are funded purely by the license fee aren't they? So they are there to entertain the general population as such, so surely they should be doing that instead of trying to make extra money no? Maybe its just me, but I don't think thats right, then again I don't pay the license fee, but if I did I would be annoyed.
Perhaps your rather personal view is somewhat flawed.
Repeats of shows are often timed to coincide with dvd releases - hence both A2A and LOM were released on dvd just as the series ended.
But I wonder how many are interested in getting the dvd's when you have just finished watching it on tv.
I like the policy because it means by the time I want the discs they are usually half price.
But it's happened many times over the years with repeats of Fawlty Towers and other classics just as or shortly after the dvd releases.
Someone within the industry assured me that repeats stimulate sales
Classic Doctor Who is a different ball game as is most other quite old archive tv.
These very specialised niche shows do not get repeated because basically not enough people will watch them
This has been proven many times with Classic Who , especially the B&W stuff and even Pertwee sadly.
Firstly , while Doctor Who has a dedicated following I doubt the original 26 year run is one of the biggest moneyspinners in terms of dvd sales.( not from individual titles anyway- add the entire range together for decent figures)
Those that are interested are extremely interested but the numbers are not that large compared to most other newer tv material.
And except for the last few months Dr Who has been running almost contantly for 17 years.
UK Gold ran episodes daily for about 5 years before switching to weekly , usually 2 at a weekend for the omnibus versions.
They gave up a couple of years ago then UK Drama took over and were nice enough to return to proper episodes and fill all the dvd gaps with a Tom Baker run (filled all my gaps anyway)
The fact that UK Gold took it off and shoved it to weekend pre 9am slots , and Uk Drama stopped it's 5pm screening and left it at 5am only then removed it altogether indicates the size of it's appeal to the masses
The Eccleston onwards series are a different story completely