The BBC had a slew of major drama flops back in the day. A Year in Province being one. But hang on a minute. In Poland, they cancelled social engagements for Eldorado's sun, sex and sangria. In Latvia, the ultimate TV dinner viewing is Seaforth which cost the BBC a fortune, and the BBC axed after one series, and which took such a critical battering its star left the country to join an American cult. 😂 Eldorado proved substantially more popular than Baywatch in Russia. I was told that by someone who worked for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, at the time. So even if a show flops in the UK, the BBC gets ample returns back in foreign countries. 😊
@VideoTasties Seaforth was costly at £1m per ep. Rhodes was a very good drama about the first transcontinental Globalist, Cecil B. Rhodes and that did better in other territories. Rhodes went up against London's Burning on ITV. The BBC knew how to spend cash.
I remember the others, but don't remember Seaforth or Westbeach at all ; it's amazing that the Beeb spent so much money on those shows, as they looked so cheap, being shot on videotape. I watched an episode of The Singing Detective the other night and it looked genuinely cinematic, but probably cost the Beeb a whole lot less.
@FranzSanchez-ky9up The Singing Detective did cost the BBC quite a bit back in the day. The BBC turned to the Australian Broadcasting Corp to carry some of the cost of the production. Often, the BBC would budget the production and split it between whoever was willing to carry the cost. The BBC's sister company,CBC, often co-produced BBC series like Dr. Who and other drama series. Another one was WGBH Boston, who did documentary and drama serials with the BBC.
@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 I'm not too surprised that they spent a fair bit on "Detective". I know they spent a hefty amount on Potter's infamous Blackeyes. It was shot on 35mm film and it's worthy of a blu-ray release, but who knows what happened to the original negative... or sadly, even remembers Dennis Potter nowdays ; his legacy seems largely forgotten.
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Saturday 1st May 1993
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So watchable compared to what we get today
Which is a shame
Eerie that Holly Woodlawn is on the thumbnail because I just finally watched Trash and Women In Revolt starring her for the first time a few days ago.
Had to google that name
The BBC had a slew of major drama flops back in the day. A Year in Province being one. But hang on a minute. In Poland, they cancelled social engagements for Eldorado's sun, sex and sangria. In Latvia, the ultimate TV dinner viewing is Seaforth which cost the BBC a fortune, and the BBC axed after one series, and which took such a critical battering its star left the country to join an American cult. 😂 Eldorado proved substantially more popular than Baywatch in Russia. I was told that by someone who worked for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, at the time. So even if a show flops in the UK, the BBC gets ample returns back in foreign countries. 😊
I remember those but never watched them
@VideoTasties Seaforth was costly at £1m per ep. Rhodes was a very good drama about the first transcontinental Globalist, Cecil B. Rhodes and that did better in other territories. Rhodes went up against London's Burning on ITV. The BBC knew how to spend cash.
I remember the others, but don't remember Seaforth or Westbeach at all ; it's amazing that the Beeb spent so much money on those shows, as they looked so cheap, being shot on videotape. I watched an episode of The Singing Detective the other night and it looked genuinely cinematic, but probably cost the Beeb a whole lot less.
@FranzSanchez-ky9up The Singing Detective did cost the BBC quite a bit back in the day. The BBC turned to the Australian Broadcasting Corp to carry some of the cost of the production. Often, the BBC would budget the production and split it between whoever was willing to carry the cost. The BBC's sister company,CBC, often co-produced BBC series like Dr. Who and other drama series. Another one was WGBH Boston, who did documentary and drama serials with the BBC.
@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 I'm not too surprised that they spent a fair bit on "Detective". I know they spent a hefty amount on Potter's infamous Blackeyes. It was shot on 35mm film and it's worthy of a blu-ray release, but who knows what happened to the original negative... or sadly, even remembers Dennis Potter nowdays ; his legacy seems largely forgotten.
not 1990 from around 1993
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@@VideoTasties no problem