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Old 04-01-2017, 21:25
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So was all comedy cancelled when George VI died?
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Old 04-01-2017, 21:41
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The Queen will never die until the white Fiat Uno that acts as her phylactery is destroyed.
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Old 04-01-2017, 21:49
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There'll be no such law, just speculation that the funeral would probably happen 12 days after the death, so the BBC would be unlikely to go back to normal programming in the interim. Can't see them pulling everything though, there are limits to how much you can stretch "Queen still dead".
I doubt it. They'll no doubt try to measure the nation's sentiment and run a few specials through the week.

While nowhere near as major as the Queen, it's interesting the programming on the evening of Diana's funeral. It seems the BBC felt we needed cheering up.

18:30 The Wrong Trousers
Nick Park's Oscar-winning animated feature about a humble inventor who tackles a villainous penguin, with the help of his crafty dog

19:00 Film: Free Willy
A young boy races against time to free a captive killer whale from a marine park. Sentimental family drama starring Jason James Richter and Lori Petty. (1993)

20:45 Only Fools and Horses
More wheeler-dealing comedy with dodgy Del and the Trotter clan

21:00 Nine O'Clock News Subtitled
With Martin Lewis Followed Regional News and Weather

21:35 News
Followed by Newsline and Weather

22:00 Farewell to the People
A look back over the day's events

23:00 Pat and Margaret
A US soap star is reunited with her long-lost sister while on a trip to Britain. Comedy drama with Julie Walters and Victoria Wood
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:01
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I can't see how they can possibly pull everything for 12 days when she dies. There's not enough worth showing in that time to justify it. There'll be various 'specials' which will basically all say the same thing, and as someone else said, there's only so much you can say about the Queen dying without basically interviewing everyone in the country about how sad they are (or people like me, who'd be more likely to laugh if someone asked me if I was sad about it, how it affected me etc).

With everyone having access to news channels there's not even a reason for wall to wall coverage on ANY channel. Just stick a banner on for a couple of hours saying to switch to a news channel and let every single channel carry on as normal (same goes for radio, let them play whatever music they want, when they want, carry on showing comedies etc rather than basically forcing every radio/tv channel to only play miserable music, nothing funny allowed etc. Not everyone will give a flying monkeys snot about her dying and not everyone who does care will want to be almost encouraged to be miserable by wall to wall coverage and miserable music etc. After an hour or so everything just becomes a repeat anyway of people saying how sad they are blah blah blah.

I just hope if she dies that she does it after the football season has finished as there's no risk then of all football being stopped and every game having a minutes silence before it just because of her dying. Then again if I was at a game I'd probably just browse the internet during the minutes silence, so it's all good.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:19
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I've heard channel five will have Paul Burrell.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:27
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It's irrelevant, BBC is legally obligated to pull everything for 12 days after.
Cite source please.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:38
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What a load of ****ing disrespectul cretin ***** you all are! She is the Head of State and you wouldn't even equal her worst shit! I hope you all rot in hell! Goodnight and ****ing goodbye!
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:47
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Cite source please.
To quote the west wing- The London Daily Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ies-12-9539639

They say comedy, but I'm pretty sure the telegraph previously reported it'd be more than that.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:48
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Cite source please.
There is none, it's not true.

Even any embargo would be voluntary

You might find the broadcasters have a representative on the palace panel for her death preparations and there might have been some kind of agreed stance for programming there but it would just really copy what they did for Diana & QM.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:51
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I can't see how they can possibly pull everything for 12 days when she dies. There's not enough worth showing in that time to justify it. There'll be various 'specials' which will basically all say the same thing, and as someone else said, there's only so much you can say about the Queen dying without basically interviewing everyone in the country about how sad they are (or people like me, who'd be more likely to laugh if someone asked me if I was sad about it, how it affected me etc).

With everyone having access to news channels there's not even a reason for wall to wall coverage on ANY channel. Just stick a banner on for a couple of hours saying to switch to a news channel and let every single channel carry on as normal (same goes for radio, let them play whatever music they want, when they want, carry on showing comedies etc rather than basically forcing every radio/tv channel to only play miserable music, nothing funny allowed etc. Not everyone will give a flying monkeys snot about her dying and not everyone who does care will want to be almost encouraged to be miserable by wall to wall coverage and miserable music etc. After an hour or so everything just becomes a repeat anyway of people saying how sad they are blah blah blah.

I just hope if she dies that she does it after the football season has finished as there's no risk then of all football being stopped and every game having a minutes silence before it just because of her dying. Then again if I was at a game I'd probably just browse the internet during the minutes silence, so it's all good.
Then all football teams would do the minutes silence in the new season
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:01
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What if the Queen's death was announced during a F1 race or support races exclusively live on Sky Sports F1, would the channel have to leave coverage given that other countries take Sky UK's broadcast or for that reason be allowed to continue till after the podium then move away as most other countries just take our commentary and race feed not pre/post race.

Won't be a problem if occurred during practice or qualifying as the points are awarded for race.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:02
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Then all football teams would do the minutes silence in the new season
I for one hope it's a week where Celtic are playing an English team in the CL, because that would be funneeee

Anyone who actually believes the BBC wouldn't pull their schedule to show Parliament swearing allegiance to Charlie boy etc. is living in la-la land. 'No we're not showing these never seen before historic events. Here is a rerun of Escape to the Country instead'
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:11
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What is the Protcool for Radio Station, i think more of Commerical Radio and possibly bbc local stations too
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:12
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Some here will be disappointed to see that she seems to be getting over her cold.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:13
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What if the Queen's death was announced during a F1 race or support races exclusively live on Sky Sports F1, would the channel have to leave coverage given that other countries take Sky UK's broadcast or for that reason be allowed to continue till after the podium then move away as most other countries just take our commentary and race feed not pre/post race.

Won't be a problem if occurred during practice or qualifying as the points are awarded for race.
I think going on past major Royal deaths they just put a strap/aston on screen for all Sky Channels saying to turn to Sky One/Sky News for a major news announcement. Sky 1 takes Sky News coverage. QVC went off air
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:13
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What a load of ****ing disrespectul cretin ***** you all are! She is the Head of State and you wouldn't even equal her worst shit! I hope you all rot in hell! Goodnight and ****ing goodbye!
Oh my! Really! I really don't understand what the issue is for goodness sake it is a forum, it is 2017 not 1517 no one gets hurt and it is someone asking a question as she is 90 and not well.
Is it a question of people taking themselves too seriously and thinking that they are more important than they really are, and maybe being too precious in this blame society.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:16
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What if the Queen's death was announced during a F1 race or support races exclusively live on Sky Sports F1, would the channel have to leave coverage given that other countries take Sky UK's broadcast or for that reason be allowed to continue till after the podium then move away as most other countries just take our commentary and race feed not pre/post race.

Won't be a problem if occurred during practice or qualifying as the points are awarded for race.
Think channels like Sky Sports F1 don't have to show the death, Through they could flash up breaking news on Sky News now.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:22
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Oh my! Really! I really don't understand what the issue is for goodness sake it is a forum, it is 2017 not 1517 no one gets hurt and it is someone asking a question as she is 90 and not well.
Is it a question of people taking themselves too seriously and thinking that they are more important than they really are, and maybe being too precious in this blame society.
She's not not well anymore and made a public appearance this morning.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:28
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To quote the west wing- The London Daily Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ies-12-9539639

They say comedy, but I'm pretty sure the telegraph previously reported it'd be more than that.
Even that doesn't say the BBC is legally obliged to do anything.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:31
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What is the Protcool for Radio Station, i think more of Commerical Radio and possibly bbc local stations too
An emergency tone alerts presenters. BBC has a Radio Alert Transmission System and the entire network will switch to Radio 4 coverage. Commercial radio has an alarm that come on the IRN feed and switch to that.

The trouble with commercial radio is so many stations leave/join or jocks come and go as freelancers that it'd be a miracle if that goes off without a hitch.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:32
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She's not not well anymore and made a public appearance this morning.
Yeah I understand that, I was really trying to give my opinion on this being a forum and that the OP was asking a question which was based on the Queen being ill and not being disrespectful.
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:33
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I think going on past major Royal deaths they just put a strap/aston on screen for all Sky Channels saying to turn to Sky One/Sky News for a major news announcement. Sky 1 takes Sky News coverage. QVC went off air
The issue with putting a strap up would be that world feed isn't produced by Sky and sky are only allowed to use own straps when audio cuts away to someone other than commentary team or Ted Kravitz in pit lane or are showing a replay from own angle.
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The issue with putting a strap up would be that world feed isn't produced by Sky and sky are only allowed to use own straps when audio cuts away to someone other than commentary team or Ted Kravitz in pit lane or are showing a replay from own angle.
Sky can quite obviously add graphics to the channel without contaminating the feed taken by international broadcasters. How else do you think the Sky Sports F1 DOG gets on the screen?
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Old Yesterday, 00:06
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Some here will be disappointed to see that she seems to be getting over her cold.
I don't think Charlie even posts here.
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Old Yesterday, 00:43
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The issue with putting a strap up would be that world feed isn't produced by Sky and sky are only allowed to use own straps when audio cuts away to someone other than commentary team or Ted Kravitz in pit lane or are showing a replay from own angle.
As has been said, Sky HQ master control room can put a strap up across any channel - it just goes on top of the incoming programme feed rather than being put up by the source of the broadcast. Every broadcaster has an MCR who monitor and are in overall control of a channel or group of channels 24/7 - they can go to black, break programming to switch to a studio feed, or play in emergency/breakdown programming or stills.
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