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Old 03-12-2016, 14:16
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I find this so annoying, especially since so many of the titles that get reused belonged to my favourite shows first time round. The latest example is In Plain Sight, a new 3-part drama starting on ITV this coming Wednesday, only a few months after the same channel was showing old repeats of the US series of that name.
Others that I can think of: The Tube - once a must-see music show, more recently a BBC documentary about the London underground; Who Dares Wins - once the sketch show which helped to launch the careers of Tony Robinson, Jimmy Mulville and Rory McGrath, now some programme about the SAS (well, I do realise it was their slogan in the first place). Of course whenever I see these titles in the tv listings, I get excited for a moment before I realise.

What other examples do you know of?
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Old 03-12-2016, 15:08
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Supercar.

An early predecessor to Thunderbirds et al.

Then something to do with cars (non flying).


ETA: It's much worse with films.
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Old 03-12-2016, 16:46
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Weren't there two separate Juliet Bravo's?
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Old 03-12-2016, 18:02
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Weren't there two separate Juliet Bravo's?
No, there were two lead actresses.

It was the same programme, though.

The second actress played a different character (with the same rank) in precisely the same setting.
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Old 05-12-2016, 00:13
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Heartbeat

Also Daybreak and Good Morning Britain had been used by TV-AM back in the day.
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Old 05-12-2016, 00:31
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Who Dares Wins - once the sketch show which helped to launch the careers of Tony Robinson, Jimmy Mulville and Rory McGrath, now some programme about the SAS (well, I do realise it was their slogan in the first place).
Except that;

Who Dares Wins: sketch show
SAS: Who Dares Wins: what it says on the tin
National Lottery Who Dares Wins: gameshow

If your TV guide doesn't differentiate between them get one that does.
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Old 05-12-2016, 00:38
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Crossroads

When the show finished it came back about ten years later with a new cast
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:56
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Dark Angel.
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Old 06-12-2016, 19:28
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Crossroads

When the show finished it came back about ten years later with a new cast
That's not two separate, unconnected shows with the same title, it's the same programme.
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Old 06-12-2016, 19:35
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Supercar.

An early predecessor to Thunderbirds et al.

Then something to do with cars (non flying).


ETA: It's much worse with films.
Obviously, the problem gets even more worse with episode titles getting reused by various shows.
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Old 06-12-2016, 19:46
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When I'm flicking through the EPG at the weekend I see a show listed called Caught Red Handed. I don't believe that has any connection to the BBC Daytime show hosted by Dominic Littlewood.
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Old 06-12-2016, 19:59
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Also, a bit of a cheat but John Peel used to do a radio show called Top Gear. I don't think it was to do with cars...
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Old 06-12-2016, 20:20
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When I'm flicking through the EPG at the weekend I see a show listed called Caught Red Handed. I don't believe that has any connection to the BBC Daytime show hosted by Dominic Littlewood.
It doesn't but it precedes it by a year so who's been caught red handed reusing titles now then?
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Old 07-12-2016, 08:17
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Jericho: was first a detective series starring Robert Lindsay, then a US SF show, then a British historical drama.
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Old 07-12-2016, 08:21
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Obviously, the problem gets even more worse with episode titles getting reused by various shows.
Indeed, if you look up a film on IMDB, you often find the film you are looking for, a 'short' and half a dozen episodes of various series with the same name.
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Old 07-12-2016, 13:53
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Conviction. Short lived Law and Order spin-off focusing on ADA Cabot, also the title of a series currently on Sky Living starring Hayley Atwell as head of the Conviction Integrity Unit which investigates old cases as to whether the conviction is solid.
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:28
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American Gothic.

One season Supernatural show from the 1990's and a mystery show from 2016 (also cancelled after one season).
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