Small Talk

[John Himpe]

The british version of Small Talk is now airing on YTV in Canada.
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[Chris Dickson]

John Himpe (John....@hmtnet.com) wrote:
: The british version of Small Talk is now airing on YTV in Canada.

Ooh, lucky Canada.
(I'd be curious to know what you hosers think of it - and how anyone
who's seen both British and American versions rates the two.)

Bizarrely, there's a UK TV station referred to as YTV from time to time.
It's Yorkshire Television, part of the ITV network, and at least partly
responsible for BPiR.

Chris

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[Randy Amasia]

I should hope it's better than the US version. Boring.
(Granted, I only saw it for the first time last Friday.) What I
really resent is that the contestants were boring.

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[Jeremy Rogers]

In message <554sj2$a...@news.ox.ac.uk>
kebl...@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson) writes:

> John Himpe (John....@hmtnet.com) wrote:
> : The british version of Small Talk is now airing on YTV in Canada.

> Ooh, lucky Canada.
> (I'd be curious to know what you hosers think of it - and how anyone
> who's seen both British and American versions rates the two.)

I didn't think it is that bad. Miserable prizes of course, but that
is par for the course at the BBC.

> Bizarrely, there's a UK TV station referred to as YTV from time to time.
> It's Yorkshire Television, part of the ITV network, and at least partly
> responsible for BPiR.

They officially called themselves YTV on-air for a few months in the
1980s but they found out they were better off with a name rather than letters.
Incidentally children's game shows are now the only ones with ITC
restrictions - the prizes have to be moderate, and cash prizes are
not allowed. Hence the minimum 16 year age limit that applied for
Blockbusters.

Jez
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