23-05-2022, 02:30 PM
(23-05-2022, 02:15 PM)James2001 Wrote: Presumably there must have been a feed coming from Yorkshire, presumably for another programme that day, and they cut to it by accident.
Was CITV still taking feeds from originating regions rather than playing shows out themselves (apart from Central shows, of course) at this point? Would have been quite a complicated setup, with the feeds being sent to Central, then sent from them to the network, I've seen clips of a fair few CITV breakdowns over the years when it's gone wrong.
IIRC the inaugural episode of Sooty & Co was delayed for a short while and the CA had to fill while, I presume, Granada were having issues. They made up for lost time by cutting the credits sequence short and fading to a Granada endcap. I can only assume that would've been Granada's playout, rather than Central going through to the efforts of sourcing one themselves.