Originally Posted by iaindb:
“According to Wikipedia, recording of series 3 concluded in August. Do you think it might be moved back to BBC2?”
“According to Wikipedia, recording of series 3 concluded in August. Do you think it might be moved back to BBC2?”
I suppose it might move. They don't seem to be in a rush to schedule it.
Citizen Khan was recorded in September and October, and that's already been shown.
Still Open All Hours finished recording earlier this month, but there was a delay with some of the studio dates. Recordings were supposed to have been finished in November
Originally Posted by Score:
“I think it might have taken them by surprise just how badly SOAH held up last night. I knew Corrie would dent it but thought it could still do around 4m in that sandwich. I think it'll do better on Sunday as the sandwich will be stronger and Corrie is out of slot so some might not realise it's there.
It does feel like poor scheduling though and it's a weird fit between EastEnders and Sherlock. I'd have been tempted to hold it back a week, although the scheduling is odd then too. I can see it getting a bit lost at 8.30pm starting half an hour into Endeavour. Swapping it with Antiques Roadshow would make more sense. Unless the plan is to start Midwife at 7.30pm this year too to get the jump on ITV's 2 hour dramas, but that would surprise me as it would do more damage to the rest of the night than it would be worth.
They don't seem to have much regard for SOAH though. I suspect some within the BBC don't have much regard for it, much like with Mrs Brown's Boys, which never seems particularly carefully scheduled. It's odd really as its not like they've got an abundance of hit sitcoms”
“I think it might have taken them by surprise just how badly SOAH held up last night. I knew Corrie would dent it but thought it could still do around 4m in that sandwich. I think it'll do better on Sunday as the sandwich will be stronger and Corrie is out of slot so some might not realise it's there.
It does feel like poor scheduling though and it's a weird fit between EastEnders and Sherlock. I'd have been tempted to hold it back a week, although the scheduling is odd then too. I can see it getting a bit lost at 8.30pm starting half an hour into Endeavour. Swapping it with Antiques Roadshow would make more sense. Unless the plan is to start Midwife at 7.30pm this year too to get the jump on ITV's 2 hour dramas, but that would surprise me as it would do more damage to the rest of the night than it would be worth.
They don't seem to have much regard for SOAH though. I suspect some within the BBC don't have much regard for it, much like with Mrs Brown's Boys, which never seems particularly carefully scheduled. It's odd really as its not like they've got an abundance of hit sitcoms”
Yes, 8.30pm on Sundays seems an odd slot for Still Open All Hours, with there being no 8.30 junctions on BBC Two or ITV (I don't know whether Channel 4 or Channel 5 have any).
Didn't Life of Riley get finished off by being moved to an 8.30pm slot on Wednesdays, where no other channels had junctions?
I'm not sensing a lot of love for Mrs Brown's Boys with the way they schedule it, either. The last three new episodes haven't been in great slots (a late one on NYD 2016, a random July Saturday slot for the live episode, and another late slot on Christmas Day). The NYD 2017 slot at 10pm is the best it's had for a while.
I get the feeling the writers of both shows might be starting to run out of ideas, though.
I'm hoping it will be closer to 6m than 5m, perhaps just over rather than just under. 
