Limited Edition

Limited Edition is a light entertainment show produced for YSTV by Rowan de Pomerai and Sarah Cheyne in the year 2006/07.

Inception

In the years before LE came about, there had frequently been talk about a 'personality based' magazine show, as successfully done by stations like Stoic with their Matt and Dave Show and Foot and Mouth. The previous year, Sarah Leese and Kev Larkin had discussed the possibility of such a show but had not gone ahead for various reasonsUnverified or incomplete information including the production of The Sofa Show. The latter show was Ben Tattersall Smith's attempt in this area of programming.

So it was that plans started forming for a show to be produced in 2006/07. This would be produced and presented by Rowan de Pomerai and Sarah Leese, and ideas started forming in pub discussions and the like. However the arrival on Charlie Selby scuppered these plans, meaning Sarah wouldn't be available. Rowan still wanted to produce a show, moving on from LipSync (which he was producing at the time), but wasn't sure what to do. Eventually the idea cropped up that Sarah Cheyne might be a suitable co-producer and co-host, and when Rowan approached her she liked the idea.

Ideas began forming during the 2006 Summer Expedition, which was itself broadcast in parts as a fearure on LE. The name of the show (then mostly referred to as The Rowan and Sarah Show - hardly catchy!) was discussed over various pub meals, and many ideas were dismissed before Limited Edition was settled on. And so it was that the show was ready to begin production in the Autumn term.

Production

Whilst some episodes were better prepared than others, a high level of organisation is a strength of the show. The mood is intended to be spontaneous, and there is no script, however the flow of the show, arrangement of features and so on are carefully constructed and ordered. In earlier episodes, the presenters had a flip-chart telling them the order of the show, though NaffoCUE was later used for this purpose. (Still only displaying feature outlines though, not a script).

Production Team

Being a heavily feature-led and VT-led show, the production work involved in LE is substantial. Rowan and Sarah produced the first 2 shows themselves, with help from Sarah Leese who edited Summer Expedition. However it became apparet that the workload wasn't really sustainable, and so a search was begun for an assistant producer. Mark Froend responded to the call, and came along to episode 3 before becoming involved in producing episode 4.

The crewing of the show has always remained open, and other contributors have helped with the production, including Iain Cooke, who edited the YSTV's Outtakes feature for episodes 5-7. However the core team working closely together is generally regarded as a strength of the show's organisation and production values. It ought to be mentioned that Rowan, Sarah and Mark are all involved in other areas of YSTV, avoiding the sometimes-unpopular habit of closed teams not contributing to other areas of station life.

On-Screen Image

Limited Edition was the firstUnverified or incomplete information YSTV show to utilise a continuous on-screen logo (or DOG). The 'LE' is ever present in the lower left corner, and this was made possible by using PACT. Some features use stings to break up the show and re-inforce the branding, while most VTs include a 'buffer' at the start and end. This is a short Limited Edition logo animation, which (a) reiterates the branding again and (b) provides some dead space to allow mixing into/out of VTs without cutting off content.