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philC · Nutshell Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 10

Not the first time I have asked this, so apologies - but it does intrigue me.

Back in 1967 I watched season 5 on ABC Television (midlands). The teaser/tag scenes were not shown, and I was actually unaware of their existence until I watched the repeats on Channel 4 in 1982, but evidence suggests there was an awareness of them in '67.

I assume this was gained either from US screenings in 1967 or certain ITV regions carried them on original broadcast - but if the latter is the case why did the producing company (ABC) omit them? If generally omitted I can only assume this was due to timing issues, or maybe ITA were unhappy with the concept and felt it detracted from the series. They were, after all, dropped mid-season after the spring 1967 production recess.

Does anyone recall them being broadcast by any other ITV region on debut?
Phil C

Frankymole · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:19 am Post subject:

Individual ITV regions may have removed them, there were cut prints with other scenes missing returned from Scottish TV as I recall, all removed to cut down the length of the episode for their broadcast slot (ie timing reasons).
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