Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

[Matt Barber]

I used to like the way T4 would put T4: [show] at the start. That way, 
you could figure out what you wanted to watch. It would be good if Big 
Breakfast and such did that.


 

    > What about the Doctor Who Children in Need Special (apologies
    for all the Doctor Who examples) - should they fit under both the
    Doctor Who and Children in Need brands, or just one or the other?

    NEVER mention CIN around BBC data modellers. it makes them whimper


Heh. The show-within-a-show problem that Children in Need presents 
crops up more often than you might imagine. I think kids tv shows, 
Comic Relief, and maybe T4 (?) and the old Big Breakfast show all do 
it. It always frustrates me when the TV listings have one big long 
show down in the schedule, but I only really wanted to watch a show 
within it.
 

    > Finally, it'd be nice if you could model the 'theme nights' that
    every broadcaster seems to be doing now (a tactic by the
    schedulers to hold onto viewers for hours at a time). Currently
    these don't seem to get represented on the BBC website at all,
    despite being trailed heavily on air.

    seasons (in the uk sense) are also coming soon. these will provide
    a way of grouping transmissions, ondemands and content (episodes).
    could be used for theme nights or longer seasons (radio4's current
    darwin obsession eg).


Sounds good.