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Is any of Strictly Come Dancing Live TV?
Corabal
12-10-2015
They made it obvious the results show isn't live, is any of it shown live?
Alli-F
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by Corabal:
“They made it obvious the results show isn't live, is any of it shown live?”



All of Saturday night is live, then they record Sunday's show on the Saturday night after recording of live show is finished.

I think the only thing that may not be live on Saturday is opening number as they all have to change get into make-up/costumes after they've danced it. Especially obvious this week as themed
Arcana
12-10-2015
Well Alan Dedicoat says 'Live..from the BBC' in his intro on a Saturday night.
big bro geek
12-10-2015
Saturday is live apart from the opening sequence if there is a professional dance
wazzyboy
12-10-2015
I suspect there might be a slight time delay, in case anything untoward occurs...?
jeffiner1892
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by wazzyboy:
“I suspect there might be a slight time delay, in case anything untoward occurs...?”

Can't see that otherwise they'd have cut out Ramps' mike disaster surely.
dancingbearbear
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by jeffiner1892:
“Can't see that otherwise they'd have cut out Ramps' mike disaster surely.”

And Bruno's 'the hills are alive with the sound of bullshit!'

Did Zoe have to apologise for someone swearing last year, or was that on ITT (or in my head)?
katt
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by Arcana:
“Well Alan Dedicoat says 'Live..from the BBC' in his intro on a Saturday night.”

gives you a really big clue doesnt it
davegold
12-10-2015
I would imagine they have a short delay in transmission so they can blank out anything similar to the original 'wardrobe malfunction'. I'm guessing they let through the odd verbal cock-up, as demonstrated by Bruno on Saturday.
scarlotti
12-10-2015
In recent series both Bruno and Len made remarks which Tess apologised for shortly afterwards.
(It later transpired that Len had not actually f-bombed it! )

Does anyone actually have proof / verification re this time-delay mechanism, or, as I am assuming, is it just a question of "I think that....."?
fridgesoup
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by scarlotti:
“In recent series both Bruno and Len made remarks which Tess apologised for shortly afterwards.
(It later transpired that Len had not actually f-bombed it! )

Does anyone actually have proof / verification re this time-delay mechanism, or, as I am assuming, is it just a question of "I think that....."?”

I'd always assumed that live programmes were broadcast with a 10 second delay in case they needed to beep out swear words or to give them time to react to 'a situation' but now I'm not sure. There's this on the BBC iPlayer site (about subtitling):

Quote:
“For a programme that’s broadcast live (like the News) or close to live (like Mock the Week), a technician will generate the subtitles as it is being transmitted. This means you’ll often notice a delay when watching these programmes, be it live or via catch-up.”

And there's a news story about Chris Evans wanting to do the new Top a Gear live, but execs think they might have to use a time delay for fear of language slips.

Sounds like they decide on a programme by programme basis depending on how risky they think it is. Not sure Strictly would be considered high risk ...
wazzyboy
12-10-2015
I said "I suspect" though I stand to be corrected. I was thinking more of avoiding showing unfortunate incidents like when Marie Osmond fainted on DWTS, which they showed live (and kept in the recording shown on Watch) but it being broadcast live on a commercial channel they did not linger on it and quickly cut to a break.
davegold
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by fridgesoup:
“Sounds like they decide on a programme by programme basis depending on how risky they think it is. Not sure Strictly would be considered high risk ...”

Strictly has a plenty of clothes getting ripped accidentally and deliberately so I'd guess the risk of a 'wardrobe malfunction' is comparatively high. They would also take the show off air if there was a security threat in the audience, a horrible accident, and so on. Bad language is the least of their worries.

I can't see why a time delay isn't standard for these sort of live events now. The technology is there. The public understand why it is needed.
cwickham
12-10-2015
I'm not sure where I read this, so don't quote me on it, but I think a programme on a time delay can still be said to be 'live' up to a certain point - once the time delay is so long it can no longer be promoted as 'live'?
davads
12-10-2015
Originally Posted by cwickham:
“I'm not sure where I read this, so don't quote me on it, but I think a programme on a time delay can still be said to be 'live' up to a certain point - once the time delay is so long it can no longer be promoted as 'live'?”

I think I read it somewhere too. Ten minutes rings a bell, but I can't find any specific online reference to this right at this moment.
CravenHaven
13-10-2015
I have seen some dead men walking. Or shuffling
Janet43
13-10-2015
Originally Posted by davads:
“I think I read it somewhere too. Ten minutes rings a bell, but I can't find any specific online reference to this right at this moment.”

After Janet Jackson's breat was revealed at the Superbowl in 2004, the USA introduced a 7 second delay on all live broadcasts.

The BBC has editorial guidelines on time delay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidel...ve-output-full

but doesn't specify a time. They are planning a time delay when Chris Evans takes over Top Gear but, again, haven't specified how long. For all live programmes, they do say "To try and minimise the risk we should consider whether a member of the production team should be nominated to monitor the live output. It should be someone who can react quickly and effectively in the event of a problem."

There are problems for deaf viewers because the delay before subtitles appear was 5.6 seconds, and Ofcom asked the BBC for ways of reducing it to 3 seconds. With modern technology there's no reason why they couldn't delay the picture and sound broadcast that subtitles apprared without a delay in what's received on TVs.
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