Post by darrenlee on Sept 26, 2018 19:03:56 GMT
All regular series episodes broadcast by 4 Extra have been essentially the same as the archive.org episodes - they are all '30-minute' episodes. The only variation I noticed is that s2e7 when broadcast with the title 'From 06/03/2009' was 30.03 mins but more recently when broadcast as 'From 20/8/1972' was only 29.37 mins. This was entirely down to a difference in the length of the theme tune at the end. I assume there is a similar thing going on with the archive.org s1e1 (30.29 mins), which is longer than the other episodes because of the longer version of the theme tune at the end. One might argue about which version is 'correct', but I for one am not hugely bothered (the approx. 29.40 min episodes must be more convenient for the schedulers).
To summarise, my working hypothesis is that 4 extra has broadcast in full and in excellent quality all episodes except s1e1, s1e3 and s2e4 (which have not been broadcast at all) and s1esp, which has been broadcast with the last sketch cut.
I imagine the main problem with re-instating the cut sketch in the Christmas episode is there being sufficient will! I am reminded of the final episode of The Burkiss Way which was unnecessarily broadcast in its drastically cut 15 minute version for years (despite earlier being included in its full form in the 3-hour programme 'Celebrate The Burkiss Way') and has only recently started being broadcast uncut as part of the series.
EDIT: Having heard the final Burkiss Way today, I should correct what I said above. It's still being broadcast 3 and a half minutes shorter than the presumably uncut version on 'Celebrate ...' (and archive.org) and I don't think it was ever as short as 15 minutes!
To summarise, my working hypothesis is that 4 extra has broadcast in full and in excellent quality all episodes except s1e1, s1e3 and s2e4 (which have not been broadcast at all) and s1esp, which has been broadcast with the last sketch cut.
I imagine the main problem with re-instating the cut sketch in the Christmas episode is there being sufficient will! I am reminded of the final episode of The Burkiss Way which was unnecessarily broadcast in its drastically cut 15 minute version for years (despite earlier being included in its full form in the 3-hour programme 'Celebrate The Burkiss Way') and has only recently started being broadcast uncut as part of the series.
EDIT: Having heard the final Burkiss Way today, I should correct what I said above. It's still being broadcast 3 and a half minutes shorter than the presumably uncut version on 'Celebrate ...' (and archive.org) and I don't think it was ever as short as 15 minutes!