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Showing on True Entertainment in UK


Channel 61 on Freeview. Main page says the episode runtime is 60 minutes but it's showing in a 60-minute time slot, including 5-10mins of ad breaks, without any obvious edits (I've not seen these before so wouldn't know if anything's been cut) so wondering how they've managed it...



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Yes, it's at 11am and 8pm, that said I think the morning was is the episode shown the previous evening.

Actually, you can have too much of a good thing, and the whimsical flavour grates when shown on a daily basis. I do think they should alternate them with The Saint or The Persuaders or something so it's only twice a week.

They have moved into colour now, which is cute but detracts from the sinister atmosphere, it has turned a bit silly.

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I don't think there have been any cuts. Although the main page may say 60 minutes, most individual episodes are given as an average of 51/52 minute running time. Presumably the original series was run in a 60 minute slot with advert breaks. I certainly hope that nothing has been cut from the originals on True Entertainment.

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Quite right. The original series all went out on ITV in a one hour slot incuding commercial breaks and when BBC4 showed them on Thursday evenings several years ago, without commercials of course, fifty minutes were allotted.

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