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|start date=May 2003 | |start date=May 2003 (pilot), October 2003 (on-air) | ||
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|producers=Whoever wanted to! | |producers=Whoever wanted to! | ||
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After the set was used successfully for [[Children In Need 2003]] (partly to drum up interest and partly because there wasn't enough crew to do a full show) the afternoon slot finally launched in January 2004 (losing the bubble tube to give the presenters a bit more space, and to avoid having an enormous tube of water balanced above a lot of equipment). Sadly there were many problems, including the set being quite difficult to learn how to control, the music videos (taped from TMF) having to be cued from ageing VHS machines, the components of the set frequently being removed for OBs or testing and above all lack of interest or ability to hold together a two hour TV show as would be easy on the radio. The pressures of the term meant the show effectively ended once pre-production for [[Elections 2004]] really kicked in, and after a period of inactivity the set was dismantled in May 2004 during the [[YSTV Clean-Up]] when it was decided by the new officers that it was unlikely to be used in the future. The irony was that with a growing active membership and advancements in technology making hard-drive playout of the videos possible the show would have been easier to run after this point - but naturally no-one was willing to put in the effort a second time after it hadn't really worked initially. | After the set was used successfully for [[Children In Need 2003]] (partly to drum up interest and partly because there wasn't enough crew to do a full show) the afternoon slot finally launched in January 2004 (losing the bubble tube to give the presenters a bit more space, and to avoid having an enormous tube of water balanced above a lot of equipment). Sadly there were many problems, including the set being quite difficult to learn how to control, the music videos (taped from TMF) having to be cued from ageing VHS machines, the components of the set frequently being removed for OBs or testing and above all lack of interest or ability to hold together a two hour TV show as would be easy on the radio. The pressures of the term meant the show effectively ended once pre-production for [[Elections 2004]] really kicked in, and after a period of inactivity the set was dismantled in May 2004 during the [[YSTV Clean-Up]] when it was decided by the new officers that it was unlikely to be used in the future. The irony was that with a growing active membership and advancements in technology making hard-drive playout of the videos possible the show would have been easier to run after this point - but naturally no-one was willing to put in the effort a second time after it hadn't really worked initially. | ||
A gallery of Off The Cuff images can | A gallery of Off The Cuff images can be seen [[Off The Cuff gallery|here]]. | ||
{{YSTV Productions}} | {{YSTV Productions}} | ||
[[Category:Productions]] | [[Category:Productions]] | ||