From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article <10gp1mi$36hes$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 wrote:
>On 3/12/2025 12:54 am, solar penguin wrote> 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 it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t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.
>>
>Here, in Australia, the (for example) 7:30 - 8:30 program often starts
>at 7:35 .... so, in theory, at the end of that program, you can't change
>channels because you'll have missed the first few minutes of the (other
>channels) program.
>
>So your "locked in" .... unless you are watching on a PVR, when you miss
>out on the final five minutes!!
You can on ly hope for accuracy.
>--
>Daniel70
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