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There might be another one along towards the end of the year.
![]() Meanwhile, looks like tonight's hour long Eastenders was a late scheduling decision. The big drama occurs half way through the episode so it must be two half-hour episodes joined together. I wonder if the original plan was to put a second episode on at 9pm after Masterchef as a lead-in for HIGNFY. Or maybe they just saw how low Emmerdale fell against the birthday week wedding episodes and thought "a chance for revenge <evil laugh>". Or maybe they were planning to put an episode on Easter Day as a lead-in to Jonathan Creek but Corrie got in first. |
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We will get a result, but the shows will get moved to show Cameron driving to the Palace (or maybe he will take his bike with Boris leading the way)
As the Lib Dems have said that they don't want to work with the Tories, basically it'll be a hung parliament.
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Or maybe they were planning to put an episode on Easter Day as a lead-in to Jonathan Creek but Corrie got in first.
Don't drive yourself may on conspiracy theories though when we all know most scheduling decisions at the BBC are down to incompetence. |
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The polls have been suggesting a Hung Parliament for a long time, and the polls are 'hanging' more and more as time goes on.
As the Lib Dems have said that they don't want to work with the Tories, basically it'll be a hung parliament. ![]() As I understand it in the event of a hung parliament Gordon Brown will stay as Prime Minister and have the first chance to form a majority. As Labour will probably be a weak position they will most likely offer the Lib Dems quite a lot - Vince Cable for Chancellor, a range of Lib Dem policies enacted, a range of Labour policy dropped. It's conceivable the Tories will win the election then stay in opposition. I'd say if they fail to win outright, it's the most likely outcome. It could be a very interesting few weeks and I'm not convinced the BBC need to move kids programmes to show David Cameron driving anywhere. |
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Note that Digital Spy's ratings for EastEnders should
go from 19:30 to 20:25 only as it finished exactly at 20:25.
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It's very interesting.
As I understand it in the event of a hung parliament Gordon Brown will stay as Prime Minister and have the first chance to form a majority. As Labour will probably be a weak position they will most likely offer the Lib Dems quite a lot - Vince Cable for Chancellor, a range of Lib Dem policies enacted, a range of Labour policy dropped. It's conceivable the Tories will win the election then stay in opposition. I'd say if they fail to win outright, it's the most likely outcome. It could be a very interesting few weeks and I'm not convinced the BBC need to move kids programmes to show David Cameron driving anywhere. Hung parliaments never happen. As soon as they become a possibility the undecided switch to the more likely winner to prevent it happening. Its the "Hung Parliament paradox” Read the excellent Politicalbetting.com http://politicalbetting.com/index.ph...ng-parliament/ |
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There might be another one along towards the end of the year.
![]() Meanwhile, looks like tonight's hour long Eastenders was a late scheduling decision. The big drama occurs half way through the episode so it must be two half-hour episodes joined together. I wonder if the original plan was to put a second episode on at 9pm after Masterchef as a lead-in for HIGNFY. Or maybe they just saw how low Emmerdale fell against the birthday week wedding episodes and thought "a chance for revenge <evil laugh>". Or maybe they were planning to put an episode on Easter Day as a lead-in to Jonathan Creek but Corrie got in first. Much less then ITV have with Corrie i suspect. Also Tonights EastEnders seems to have been written as a Hour-Long episode. I think the BBC should do these Dramatic hour-Long episodes more often and think with the Massive Christian/Syed reveal i could also see that going out an hour on a Thurs |
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The BBC wouldn't have moved EastEnders to sunday just to help out Creek i mean how many times have they actually done that?
Much less then ITV have with Corrie i suspect. Also Tonights EastEnders seems to have been written as a Hour-Long episode. I think the BBC should do these Dramatic hour-Long episodes more often and think with the Massive Christian/Syed reveal i could also see that going out an hour on a Thurs I cant actually think of a time Eastenders has been on a weekend apart from over Christmas. |
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I think tonight's episode were 2 x 30 minute shows put together, thus the shooting at the end of the first half hour and the episode finishing at 8:25.
I cant actually think of a time Eastenders has been on a weekend apart from over Christmas. It was written as a one-hour and the hour-longs usually finish before 8:30pm anyway to allow the BBC news headlines which came on right after the Enders theme tune. A few years ago(2007 i think) EastEnders went out a 7:30pm on a sunday (In march) to make up for the half hour missed because of Comic relief (or) sports relief |
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It felt to me like two episodes put together. If it was written as an hour-long then it wasn't written very well.
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Don't forget that ITV HD launches tomorrow on Sky and Virgin platforms. This means that, as a FYI, over night data for ITV1 as from tomorrow maybe slightly lower as a result of ITV HD.
I hope that ITV HD figures are reported immediately and that its not a few months before BARB starts taking it into account. |
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It felt to me like two episodes put together. If it was written as an hour-long then it wasn't written very well.
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Don't forget that ITV HD launches tomorrow on Sky and Virgin platforms. This means that, as a FYI, over night data for ITV1 as from tomorrow maybe slightly lower as a result of ITV HD.
I hope that ITV HD figures are reported immediately and that its not a few months before BARB starts taking it into account. |
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Hung parliaments never happen. As soon as they become a possibility the undecided switch to the more likely winner to prevent it happening. Its the "Hung Parliament paradox”
Read the excellent Politicalbetting.com http://politicalbetting.com/index.ph...ng-parliament/ Three elections and no party has ever had an overall majority. |
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Whoever said a new programme was launching on ITV1 on Sundays at 6:30pm (sorry, can't remember which documentary programme) was wrong: http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-det...ramed!/Comedy/
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The Scottish Parliament has never been anything but hung.
Three elections and no party has ever had an overall majority. |
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Whoever said a new programme was launching on ITV1 on Sundays at 6:30pm (sorry, can't remember which documentary programme) was wrong: http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-det...ramed!/Comedy/
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Because it is elected by PR of course!
But the paradox you are talking about never came into effect. People knew in 2007 that it was extremely tight between the SNP and Labour and that they would struggle to form a government, but no party surged ahead. It ended as close to a dead heat as it could be. |
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Hung parliaments never happen. As soon as they become a possibility the undecided switch to the more likely winner to prevent it happening. Its the "Hung Parliament paradox”
Read the excellent Politicalbetting.com http://politicalbetting.com/index.ph...ng-parliament/ ![]() I just noticed that Ashes to Ashes is BBC One's first hour of new 9pm drama since the final episode of Five Days on March 5 - four whole weeks ago . They really should have spaced their drama out better, after having Wallander, Hustle, Survivors and Silent Witness all crammed into January.EDIT: Just noticed in the BBC Press Pack that Watchdog is due back the week 17-23 April. It's an eight episode run, but since it'll have to take a week off for the election debate, the final episode will clash with the World Cup. Any chance the BBC could bump it back a week or will they just shove it onto BBC2. Hopefully the revamp (of the revamp) will be better than last autumn's effort. |
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Erm, try Februrary 1974. Anyway, enough politics - I come here for a break from my degree
![]() I just noticed that Ashes to Ashes is BBC One's first hour of new 9pm drama since the final episode of Five Days on March 5 - five whole weeks ago . They really should have spaced their drama out better, after having Wallander, Hustle, Survivors and Silent Witness all crammed into January. |
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I got the feeling tonight's EastEnders was two episodes joined together. It was only 54 minutes!
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BBCqt is trending 3rd worldwide! It's US tweet time as well. Above Justin Bieber, Easter and Whatafool!
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And because Scottish politics is more fractured - 4 main political parties all with a healthy share of the vote.
But the paradox you are talking about never came into effect. People knew in 2007 that it was extremely tight between the SNP and Labour and that they would struggle to form a government, but no party surged ahead. It ended as close to a dead heat as it could be. |
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There is a politics forum for all this talk you know!
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