Talk:BBC America/Archive 1

Canadian shows
Doesn't (or didn't) BBC America show some non-BBC, non-British shows. In particular, the Canadian shows The Kids in the Hall and Trailer Park Boys? --thirty-seven 20:29, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually I think it did show The Kids in the Hall. But I'm not really sure. I'm 95% sure they showed it atleast in syndication. --Zero Cool 05:18, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Doctor Who...
Hopefully you can help me out. Does BBC America air Boctor Who when it originally airs in the UK? Because if it does I'm going to start watching it on there rather than on Sci Fi Channel. PLEASE HELP! lol --Zero Cool 05:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The simple answer is no it does not air the episodes at the same time. In fact they are two series behind the Sci Fi channel airings (BBC A is currently airing season 1 while Sci Fi is almost done with season 3). BBC America execs foolishly turned up their noses at airing the new Dr Who series at all. Then when it was picked up by the Sci Fi channel and proved to be one of their more popular shows they had a rethink. Sci Fi undoubtedly has first rights to air further seasons of DW (at least for the time being) first with BBC A being allowed to have their showings of the episodes after they have been run on Sci Fi. At least they did not have the same attitude towards Torchwood. MarnetteD | Talk 07:32, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

The logo pictured
Could someone who knows how to do these things please change the logo that is in the infobox? This rather ugly creation (POV I know many apologies) seems to have had a short life (another fired ad exec do you think?) and is not currently being used with any advertising for this channel. MarnetteD | Talk 07:32, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Although you may not see this I just want to say thank you User:Dan69en for putting in the correct logo. MarnetteD | Talk 14:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

What does this * mean
On the show list some of the shows have a star next to it(*). What is that supposed to mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.125.219 (talk) 23:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * If you scan to the last item on the list the next line that you will see is a note, in italics, that answers your question. MarnetteD | Talk 20:15, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

EastEnders?
The History section says "When popular UK soap EastEnders was cancelled", however, the article for EastEnders says that the show is still running. Does this phrase mean "when EastEnders was cancelled from airing on BBC America", or something else? Yng varr  12:46, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes it should read that the show stopped airing on BBC America. It is still going strong in the UK. Thanks for the heads up.MarnetteD | Talk 17:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

History section
MarnetteD the history-section is written in a non-encyclopedic tone and the assertions aren't referenced. Please don't remove the requests for cleanup without doing the cleanup that they request. 91.84.88.96 (talk) 09:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Censoring and Editing are not the same thing
Every TV show or film ever made has been "edited". Unfortunately BBCA also censors its content. Gutch220 (talk) 00:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Confirmed. Compare broadcasts of Top Gear on BBC America with the same episode as seen in the UK. BBC America version has bleeps that aren't bleeped in the UK version. Usually when someone says "cock". DarkAudit (talk) 16:32, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Idents
Should we mention that BBC America now uses edited versions of BBC1's Circle idents? --Æ AUSSIE evil Æ 18:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes. Radiopathy (talk) 14:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

WP:ENGVAR, etc.
I've changed phrases and calendar items that are more common to the UK to their US counterparts. The article itself states, "BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide Americas, and available on both cable and satellite" and that BBC America is "distributed in association with Discovery Networks, the United States division of Discovery Communications and parent company of the Discovery Channel."

What say ye? Radiopathy (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

The morning news is back
According to this, the BBC World News morning simulcast returns on May 18th. Pacific Coast Highway { spring • ahead } 04:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)