From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10gqaav$3mqhd$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2025-12-03 09:59:44 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   >> 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 originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t   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!!   
   >   
   >Our old Sky TV box can record three shows at the same time, while   
   >watching a fourth. The new box can record five shows while watching a   
   >sixth (but apparently it has quite a few complaints and bugs, so is now   
   >given away free to Sky subscribers instead of the original expensive   
   >fee). The show you're watching live can also be paused and rewound (for   
   >up to one hour), so is actually being recorded as well, but it doesn't   
   >appear in the list of recorded shows.   
   >   
   >By default, the recordings start five minutes before the show's   
   >scheduled time and end 10 minutes after the show's scheduled time. It's   
   >very rare to miss anything (except perhaps due to breaking news or a   
   >very late schedule change). You can also change the recording time to   
   >add more minutes on the end.   
   >   
   >It also has the "series link" that automatically records any new   
   >episode the next day / week. Except Sky TV's data entry can be a bit   
   >flakey, so you can end up with the same episode recorded from re-runs,   
   >episodes from a different season because the system thinks they're the   
   >same season you want, or very occasionally it misses an episode or   
   >won't allow a show to have the "series link" set.  :-\   
   >   
   >   
      
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