From: solar.penguin@gmail.com   
      
   Daniel demanded:   
      
   > On 2/12/2025 2:19 am, solar penguin wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Dumas Walker wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> For most of the 4-part serials I have watch so far, the air time has   
   >>> been   
   >>> many more minutes than 24.  Tubi does insert commercials, which pushes   
   >>> them   
   >>> over 30 minutes.   
   >>>   
   >>> Nearly all "30-minute" British shows I watch have episodes much closer   
   >>> to   
   >>> 28 or 29 minutes, without commercials.   
   >>>   
   >>> 24 minutes sounds more like a US TV show that is meant for a 30-minute   
   >>> slot, leaving time for commercials.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But classic Doctor Who was usually 25-minutes, not 30. Remember,   
   >> it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   
   >> the rigid 30-minute blocks of weekday schedules.   
   >>   
   > What did 'they' do with all those missing 5-6 minutes?? Run Show   
   > promotions or something??   
   >   
   > (No 'ads' of course!!)   
      
    No, just went straight to the next programme, of course, same   
   as they do now.   
      
   Remember, this is the weekend we’re talking about, when BBC   
   schedules don’t follow 30-minute slots.   
      
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   solar penguin   
      
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