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The Daily Politics | The Daily Politics | ||
*Like Bona Dicta, but every day. Fun. | *Like Bona Dicta, but every day. Fun. | ||
The [[Matthew Platts]] era Bona Dicta was often poorly crewed. | |||
1230 | 1230 | ||
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Still of Greg Dyke With The Caption 'He Likes YSTV' | Still of Greg Dyke With The Caption 'He Likes YSTV' | ||
*Because we can. | *Because we can. | ||
Greg Dyke gave YSTV two interviews in 2004-5. | |||
1400 | 1400 | ||
Ozzy Atton: A Celebration | Ozzy Atton: A Celebration | ||
*Clips from Elections 2003,4 and 5; Bona Dicta; YSTV Week and Battle of the Bands. No particular reason, though, just to celebrate the man. | *Clips from Elections 2003,4 and 5; Bona Dicta; YSTV Week and Battle of the Bands. No particular reason, though, just to celebrate the man. | ||
At the time there was a campus-wide gag on reporting the impending trial of Mr Atton. | |||
1529 | 1529 | ||
The Best of Off The Cuff | The Best of Off The Cuff | ||
It wasn't very good... | |||
1530 | 1530 | ||
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Neighbours | Neighbours | ||
*Day-to-day quarrels and romance between YSTV and Ents. | *Day-to-day quarrels and romance between YSTV and Ents. | ||
YSTV and Ents lived next door to each other (and still do). | |||
1800 | 1800 | ||
[[The Simpsons]] | [[The Simpsons]] | ||
*Because we've always shown it so we better carry on showing it. | *Because we've always shown it so we better carry on showing it. | ||
In 2003 there was a minor internal controversy when [[The Simpsons]] was dropped from the YSTV schedules, as although a popular show it had become a bit of a campus joke that "all YSTV ever shows is [[The Simpsons]]". A compromise was reached where it would be shown once a week, instead of every day. | |||
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GoodrickeEnders | GoodrickeEnders | ||
*There's shock in the college when the vending machine is out of Diet Coke Lemon, and the JCRC return big telly on time. Meanwhile C block residents attempt to construct doors to complement the frames already in place. | *There's shock in the college when the vending machine is out of Diet Coke Lemon, and the JCRC return big telly on time. Meanwhile C block residents attempt to construct doors to complement the frames already in place. | ||
Goodricke JCRC often borrowed [[Big Telly]] for karaoke (for free) and would not return for days afterwards. When putting up posters around campus one Freshers' Week, YSTV members found a signs in C block promising that their kitchen furniture would be delivered soon...in week 2. | |||
2000 | 2000 | ||
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Meet the Ancestors | Meet the Ancestors | ||
*1/6: Michael Prior-Jones | *1/6: Michael Prior-Jones | ||
Michael had left two years earlier and had become something of a legend in YSTV. | |||
2100 | 2100 | ||
Flinders: A Warning From History | Flinders: A Warning From History | ||
*Landmark documentary series about one of the greatest threats to face YSTV. Followed by Desperate Directors. | *Landmark documentary series about one of the greatest threats to face YSTV. Followed by Desperate Directors. | ||
Referring to the leadership hoo-ha of summer 2004 | |||
2200 | 2200 | ||
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Bufton and Hughes Unplanned | Bufton and Hughes Unplanned | ||
*A look at the early days of [[Small Screen]]. | *A look at the early days of [[Small Screen]]. | ||
[[Small Screen]] was fairly unstructured when it began... | |||
2300 | 2300 | ||
Question Time | Question Time | ||
*Why is the clock sometimes black and white? | *Why is the clock sometimes black and white? | ||
It still is... | |||
*Why is the clock always wrong? | *Why is the clock always wrong? | ||
It had a reputation for being wrong in this period as no-one could be bothered to re-set it. | |||
*Why do we carry on meeting at YSTV fifteen minutes before the meeting when we all know where we're going? | *Why do we carry on meeting at YSTV fifteen minutes before the meeting when we all know where we're going? | ||
It started early in the academic year to help new members find their way to the meeting room but even when the meeting room for the term was in Derwent or Langwith, we'd still all go to Goodricke to walk over there together. Madness. | |||
*Why is there a photo of Joe Pasquale pinned to the wall by the monitor rack? | *Why is there a photo of Joe Pasquale pinned to the wall by the monitor rack? | ||
I still don't know! | |||
*Where did those holes in the floor come from? | *Where did those holes in the floor come from? | ||
Ditto! | |||
*Why not have circuit three before one and two because it is used more? | *Why not have circuit three before one and two because it is used more? | ||
I still wonder. | |||
*Dan Smarg: true or false? | *Dan Smarg: true or false? | ||
Dan had spent a lot of time using YSTV equipment to make a "film" in summer 2004, before promptly disappearing and giving YSTV no credit when it was finally released. | |||
0000 | 0000 | ||
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0200 | 0200 | ||
YSTV Learning Zone: Soldering with Richard | YSTV Learning Zone: Soldering with Richard | ||
Inspired by the discovery of a program called "[[Soldering with Adrian]]" seen on an archive compilation tape. | Inspired by the discovery of a program called "[[Soldering with Adrian]]" seen on an archive compilation tape, and [[Richard Ash]], the [[Technical Director]] of the period. | ||
0300-0600 | 0300-0600 | ||