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Dummy User (talk | contribs) (New page: Many of the descriptions contain a lot of in-jokes from the station team of the period, which I've tried to annotate and explain here. ---- 0600 YSTV Breakfast *Start your day with new...) |
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*The daily discussion show featuring chavs, fatties, inbreds and the lie detector. | *The daily discussion show featuring chavs, fatties, inbreds and the lie detector. | ||
These were all [[Kate Rushworth]]'s favorite topics from the Shit TV section of [[Small Screen]] | These were all [[Kate Rushworth]]'s favorite topics from the Shit TV section of [[Small Screen]] | ||
1030 | 1030 | ||
Bargain Hunt: | Bargain Hunt: | ||
*Drew trawls eBay to see if there's anything worth snapping up. | *Drew trawls eBay to see if there's anything worth snapping up. | ||
Inspired by [[Drew Perry]]'s exercise in selling a broken football goal frame as "Modern Art" on ebay. | |||
1100 | 1100 | ||
Flog It! | Flog It! | ||
*Richard leaves a load of stuff in the doorway because he wants to sell it. | *Richard leaves a load of stuff in the doorway because he wants to sell it. | ||
At the time the entrance to the station was dominated by a pile of technical equipment that was deemed to be of no use to the station but good enough to be worth selling. None of it ever got sold, however. | |||
1130 | 1130 | ||
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1530 Kat & Ben | 1530 Kat & Ben | ||
*New version of the flowerpot-based show for the 21st century, where Ben boots Bill out of his pot because he'd like his girlfriend to move in. | *New version of the flowerpot-based show for the 21st century, where Ben boots Bill out of his pot because he'd like his girlfriend to move in. | ||
At this point [[Kat Sutton]] and [[Ben Tattersall-Smith]] were going out with each other. | |||
1545 Short Change | 1545 Short Change | ||
*Everyone goes to James asking for some. | *Everyone goes to James asking for some. | ||
As in [[James Thorniley]], at the time YSTV's treasurer. | |||
1610 P169/169 | 1610 P169/169 | ||
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1635 The Story of Dave Baker | 1635 The Story of Dave Baker | ||
*Dave rescues computers from computer services, known as the 'dumping ground', and provides frequent animated sections for the show for no particular reason. | *Dave rescues computers from computer services, known as the 'dumping ground', and provides frequent animated sections for the show for no particular reason. | ||
[[Dave Baker]] was both [[Computing Officer]] and the creator of [[Learning Curves]]. | |||
1700 Blue Peter | 1700 Blue Peter | ||
*Pete, Sarah and Lucy show you how to make a new look for your own music show. | *Pete, Sarah and Lucy show you how to make a new look for your own music show. | ||
[[The Music Show]] has at this point had three face lifts and changes of title sequences in as many months | |||
1725 Bulletin | 1725 Bulletin | ||
*Very short news | *Very short news program that's hardly worth bothering with. | ||
Before it was axed, [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] got shorter and shorter due to a shortage of news. | |||
1735 | 1735 | ||
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Bailiffs | Bailiffs | ||
*A look at what might happen to URY if SBN's lawyers get their way. | *A look at what might happen to URY if SBN's lawyers get their way. | ||
At the time, URY had just lost it's major financial support from the Student Broadcast Network, which had gone bankrupt | |||
2030 | 2030 | ||
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2200 | 2200 | ||
100 Greatest Music Show Title Sequences | 100 Greatest Music Show Title Sequences | ||
See the above notes on [[The Music Show]]'s multiple title sequences. | |||
2230 | 2230 | ||
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]]. | ||
2300 | 2300 | ||
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0000 | 0000 | ||
Bona Dicta: The Bits They Tried To Ban | Bona Dicta: The Bits They Tried To Ban | ||
*By popular demand, that Al Power monologue in full. | *By popular demand, that Al Power monologue in full. | ||
The Al Power monologues were one of the many surreal things that [[Matthew Platts]] introduced into [[Bona Dicta]] | |||
0030 | 0030 | ||
Great Phone Calls to YSTV | Great Phone Calls to YSTV | ||
*No. 37: "When do you start filming Heartbeat again?" | *No. 37: "When do you start filming Heartbeat again?" | ||
One of the many things that people have rung the station's external number and asked. | |||
0035 | 0035 | ||
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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. | |||
0300-0600 | 0300-0600 | ||
YSTV News 24 | YSTV News 24 | ||
*24 minutes of news repeated till dawn. | *24 minutes of news repeated till dawn. | ||
At this time ITV News used to show the ITV 10 O'clock news bulletin on repeat all night. | |||