From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10gmng4$29s7d$2@dont-email.me>,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >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 it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   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!!)   
      
   usually BBC promotions.   
      
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   >Daniel70   
      
      
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