ITV1 will hope the rain will cancel the whole grand prix! Intense rain for the next 20-25 minutes in Canada apparently. So it won't start until around twenty past 8 at the earliest, probably.

I'll be surprised if they elect to drop a new Toy Stories episode over an Antiques Roadshow compilation show. Coast may be a different matter at 9pm.

They just said they'll carry on waiting till it gets dark, only mid afternoon in Canada so could be a long evening for the BBC F1 team!

They should move the F1 to BBC2 at 8

Maybe they'll drop Case Histories for the week, replacing tomorrow night's episode with a repeat of New Tricks.

It has not stopped raining in South Lincolnshire if that is any help to the F1 teams

Ah, so my comment worked last night then?

New show on BBC2; compilation show on BBC1 in the 8pm hour. It makes sense to keep the Formula One on BBC1 until 9pm at least.

it did, I made refecence to it in post #275

No no no

Ah right. Well I thought I was on to a winner with that one.

I think the BBC will go with the following:

BBC1
until 9.00 Formula One
9.00 Case Histories

BBC2
8.00 James May's Toy Stories
9.00 Formula One

With Coast bumped back a week.

I hope so, that seems to make sense to me

What time did the racing stop ?

Will the F1 audience stick around or desert in droves ? BBC One basically giving their primetime schedule over to watching rain. I can do that from my bedroom window.

There was another Grand Prix I seem to recall that the other year that overran well into primetime, how did that affect the numbers ?

Race stopped at 6:45.

Just confirmed BBC1 is going to stay with the Formula One.

I cant, and for that reason this rain is cleary pubilc serrvice brodcasting at its best, providing the image or rain for those who dont have any

Padding for 90 minutes

So Case Histories will presumably have to be canned ?

If racing does start wonder how it will impact on Scott & Bailey.

If its canned,it will have to be canned tomorrow too. Bit of a nightmare day for BBC.

Pop to Op is probably mopping up the granny audience right now.

My series link is set to record coast and now it might all mess up

BBC1 F1 Text Commentary:

Just read on the F1 thread that its staying on BBC1 which I hope it does.

Same here- but for Case Histories.

Whatever they do now, there's going to be a lot of peed off people.

Race in Canada to resume at 8.50pm British time.

Lol, when I first glanced at that I thought the BBC had got the F1 contract for the next 88 years.

LOL that's looking a long way ahead.