A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting 
from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they 
broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 
3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at 
last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some 
odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
information?
-- 
John Hall

      "I am not young enough to know everything."
                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"John Hall"  wrote in message 
news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> -- 
> John Hall
>
>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.

Dave

*Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

"John Hall"  wrote in message 
news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> -- 
> John Hall
>
>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.

Dave

*Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
> 
> 
> 
Hopefully when Virgin 1 launches later this year, they'll broadcast them 
like Sky used to many years ago - an episode every day at a fixed time 
(5pm if I remember rightly).

I suspect they bought Star Trek to be their main 'filler' programme 
(like E4 has Friends and Sky has the Simpsons) and as I doubt they'll 
have that many other programmes at launch, they'll need a lot of filler.

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek, 
it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go for a 
Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever reason, is 
the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish that 
they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this 
shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half an 
hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the aforementioned 
world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph final - who 
cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was 
regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.

Aaron

In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
synaptyx  typed:
> David Wilcox wrote:
>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>> (1854-1900)
>>
>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>> *Honestly. Dave
>>
>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
> that
> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
> final - who
> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> Aaron

Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
with that image until lunchtime!!

Dave

David Wilcox wrote:
> In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>> David Wilcox wrote:
>>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>>> John Hall
>>>>
>>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>>> (1854-1900)
>>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>>> *Honestly. Dave
>>>
>>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
>> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
>> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
>> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
>> that
>> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
>> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
>> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
>> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
>> final - who
>> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
>> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>>
>> Aaron
> 
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!
> 
> Dave 

A Krytenism, blame Red Dwarf. I sometimes go Dwarf when I get upset.

Aaron - Smeghead ;)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting 
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they 
> broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 
> 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at 
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some 
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> information?

They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also 
rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

On Jul 11, 11:21 am, "David Wilcox"  wrote:
> Innews:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> > David Wilcox wrote:
> >> "John Hall"  wrote in message
> >>news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
> >>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
> >>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
> >>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
> >>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
> >>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
> >>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
> >>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
> >>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
> >>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
> >>> John Hall
>
> >>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
> >>> (1854-1900)
>
> >> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> >> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
> >> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
> >> *Honestly. Dave
>
> >> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> > With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> > it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> > for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> > reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish
> > that
> > they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> > shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> > an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> > aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph
> > final - who
> > cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> > regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> > Aaron
>
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!

The worrying thing is that I hadn't realised there was a *right*
direction. That's where I have been going wrong all these years.
Thankfully, the nipple piercings are on universal joints, so it's not
been too painful...

Paul.

"John Hall"  wrote;

> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

The Tuesday & Wednesday morning shows were also on BBC2.

> When they broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the
> middle of Series 3, IIRC.

Last episode shown was 'The Ensigns Of Command' (S3 Ep.2)

> Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any
> information?

They have not resumed, I wrote to them a month or so after the last
broadcast episode and asked them what had happened to TNG repeats.  The
response was typical of the BBC, something along the lines of "We have no
plans to show TNG at present", "Our scheduling is only planned up to two
weeks in advance." and best of all "We suggest you check out the Star Trek
website." !!!

So I ended up buying all seven seasons on DVD and am very pleased that I
did. I have been watching them (continuing from where the BBC abandoned it)
whenever I get a free hour or two.

--
Louise

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> > A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> > from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> > subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> > showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> > presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they
> > broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series
> > 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> > last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> > odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> > information?
> 
> They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
> rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

TNG  appears to be showing on Sky One at present, also in the early
hours of the morning (and at lunchtime at the weekend), so maybe Sky
have the TNG rights at the moment?

One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Given the episode description for the second Saturday episode is "McCoy
and Spock are thrown into a race against time to save Kirk from the
spell of a beautiful alien", how many possible candidates are there for
which one it is?

Answers on the back of a bottle of Saurian brandy....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

In article ,
 Mark Myers  writes:
>They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
>rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

Yes, I'd spotted the TOS showings (unhelpfully shown in many programme
listings simply as "Star Trek", which I assumed would be TOS but which
need not have been).
-- 
John Hall

     "I am not young enough to know everything."
                                                 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"David Wilcox"  wrote in message 
news:5fjo4hF3d4503U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since 
>>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to 
>>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
>
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.


ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....

"big dom"  wrote in message
news:zKali.27585$3j1.21438@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "David Wilcox"  wrote in message
> news:5fjo4hF3d4503U1@mid.individual.net...
> >
> > "John Hall"  wrote in message
> > news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
from
> >>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> >>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> >>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes
presumably
> >>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for
the
> >>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since
> >>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to
> >>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
I've
> >>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> >> -- 
> >> John Hall
> >>
> >>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>                                                  Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
> >
> > You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> > still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> > first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
>
>
> ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....
>
>

LOL. Although not at the time. :-/

Dave

"John Hall"  wrote in message 
news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> -- 
> John Hall
>
>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.

Dave

*Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
> 
> 
> 
Hopefully when Virgin 1 launches later this year, they'll broadcast them 
like Sky used to many years ago - an episode every day at a fixed time 
(5pm if I remember rightly).

I suspect they bought Star Trek to be their main 'filler' programme 
(like E4 has Friends and Sky has the Simpsons) and as I doubt they'll 
have that many other programmes at launch, they'll need a lot of filler.

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek, 
it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go for a 
Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever reason, is 
the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish that 
they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this 
shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half an 
hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the aforementioned 
world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph final - who 
cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was 
regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.

Aaron

In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
synaptyx  typed:
> David Wilcox wrote:
>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>> (1854-1900)
>>
>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>> *Honestly. Dave
>>
>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
> that
> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
> final - who
> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> Aaron

Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
with that image until lunchtime!!

Dave

David Wilcox wrote:
> In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>> David Wilcox wrote:
>>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>>> John Hall
>>>>
>>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>>> (1854-1900)
>>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>>> *Honestly. Dave
>>>
>>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
>> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
>> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
>> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
>> that
>> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
>> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
>> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
>> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
>> final - who
>> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
>> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>>
>> Aaron
> 
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!
> 
> Dave 

A Krytenism, blame Red Dwarf. I sometimes go Dwarf when I get upset.

Aaron - Smeghead ;)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting 
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they 
> broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 
> 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at 
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some 
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> information?

They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also 
rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

On Jul 11, 11:21 am, "David Wilcox"  wrote:
> Innews:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> > David Wilcox wrote:
> >> "John Hall"  wrote in message
> >>news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
> >>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
> >>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
> >>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
> >>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
> >>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
> >>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
> >>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
> >>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
> >>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
> >>> John Hall
>
> >>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
> >>> (1854-1900)
>
> >> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> >> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
> >> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
> >> *Honestly. Dave
>
> >> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> > With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> > it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> > for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> > reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish
> > that
> > they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> > shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> > an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> > aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph
> > final - who
> > cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> > regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> > Aaron
>
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!

The worrying thing is that I hadn't realised there was a *right*
direction. That's where I have been going wrong all these years.
Thankfully, the nipple piercings are on universal joints, so it's not
been too painful...

Paul.

"John Hall"  wrote;

> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

The Tuesday & Wednesday morning shows were also on BBC2.

> When they broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the
> middle of Series 3, IIRC.

Last episode shown was 'The Ensigns Of Command' (S3 Ep.2)

> Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any
> information?

They have not resumed, I wrote to them a month or so after the last
broadcast episode and asked them what had happened to TNG repeats.  The
response was typical of the BBC, something along the lines of "We have no
plans to show TNG at present", "Our scheduling is only planned up to two
weeks in advance." and best of all "We suggest you check out the Star Trek
website." !!!

So I ended up buying all seven seasons on DVD and am very pleased that I
did. I have been watching them (continuing from where the BBC abandoned it)
whenever I get a free hour or two.

--
Louise

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> > A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> > from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> > subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> > showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> > presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they
> > broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series
> > 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> > last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> > odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> > information?
> 
> They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
> rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

TNG  appears to be showing on Sky One at present, also in the early
hours of the morning (and at lunchtime at the weekend), so maybe Sky
have the TNG rights at the moment?

One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Given the episode description for the second Saturday episode is "McCoy
and Spock are thrown into a race against time to save Kirk from the
spell of a beautiful alien", how many possible candidates are there for
which one it is?

Answers on the back of a bottle of Saurian brandy....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

In article ,
 Mark Myers  writes:
>They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
>rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

Yes, I'd spotted the TOS showings (unhelpfully shown in many programme
listings simply as "Star Trek", which I assumed would be TOS but which
need not have been).
-- 
John Hall

     "I am not young enough to know everything."
                                                 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"David Wilcox"  wrote in message 
news:5fjo4hF3d4503U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since 
>>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to 
>>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
>
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.


ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....

"big dom"  wrote in message
news:zKali.27585$3j1.21438@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "David Wilcox"  wrote in message
> news:5fjo4hF3d4503U1@mid.individual.net...
> >
> > "John Hall"  wrote in message
> > news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
from
> >>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> >>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> >>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes
presumably
> >>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for
the
> >>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since
> >>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to
> >>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
I've
> >>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> >> -- 
> >> John Hall
> >>
> >>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>                                                  Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
> >
> > You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> > still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> > first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
>
>
> ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....
>
>

LOL. Although not at the time. :-/

Dave

"John Hall"  wrote in message 
news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> -- 
> John Hall
>
>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.

Dave

*Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
> 
> 
> 
Hopefully when Virgin 1 launches later this year, they'll broadcast them 
like Sky used to many years ago - an episode every day at a fixed time 
(5pm if I remember rightly).

I suspect they bought Star Trek to be their main 'filler' programme 
(like E4 has Friends and Sky has the Simpsons) and as I doubt they'll 
have that many other programmes at launch, they'll need a lot of filler.

David Wilcox wrote:
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>> the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>> thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>> Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, 
>> the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the 
>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>> failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
> 
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
> 
> Dave
> 
> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)

With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek, 
it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go for a 
Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever reason, is 
the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish that 
they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this 
shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half an 
hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the aforementioned 
world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph final - who 
cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was 
regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.

Aaron

In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
synaptyx  typed:
> David Wilcox wrote:
>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>> (1854-1900)
>>
>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>> *Honestly. Dave
>>
>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
> that
> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
> final - who
> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> Aaron

Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
with that image until lunchtime!!

Dave

David Wilcox wrote:
> In news:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>> David Wilcox wrote:
>>> "John Hall"  wrote in message
>>> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
>>>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
>>>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
>>>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
>>>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
>>>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
>>>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
>>>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
>>>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
>>>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
>>>> John Hall
>>>>
>>>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
>>>> (1854-1900)
>>> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
>>> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
>>> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
>>> *Honestly. Dave
>>>
>>> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>> With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
>> it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
>> for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
>> reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish 
>> that
>> they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
>> shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
>> an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
>> aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph 
>> final - who
>> cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
>> regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>>
>> Aaron
> 
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!
> 
> Dave 

A Krytenism, blame Red Dwarf. I sometimes go Dwarf when I get upset.

Aaron - Smeghead ;)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting 
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
> showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they 
> broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 
> 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at 
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some 
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> information?

They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also 
rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

On Jul 11, 11:21 am, "David Wilcox"  wrote:
> Innews:5fjp3bF3aroq6U1@mid.individual.net,
> synaptyx  typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> > David Wilcox wrote:
> >> "John Hall"  wrote in message
> >>news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes
> >>> starting from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday
> >>> afternoons and subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and
> >>> Wednesday mornings. The showings were interrupted for school
> >>> holidays, when programmes presumably thought more suitable for
> >>> children were shown. When they broke off for the Easter holidays,
> >>> they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since then, the
> >>> showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to the
> >>> point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
> >>> I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information? --
> >>> John Hall
>
> >>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>>                                                  Oscar Wilde
> >>> (1854-1900)
>
> >> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> >> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to
> >> cancel first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!!
> >> *Honestly. Dave
>
> >> *Well OK, maybe not Tiddlywinks but you know what I mean. :-)
>
> > With the Internet and DVD making it fairly easy to get a hold of Trek,
> > it seems that the terrestrial TV channels are the last place to go
> > for a Trek fix. But for some people Terrestrial TV, for whatever
> > reason, is the only way to see SF shows (not just old Trek shows). I wish
> > that
> > they'd treat SF with a little more respect. Most recently, all this
> > shuffling of Doctor Who by 15 minutes here, 10 minutes there and half
> > an hour the next week (if not canceled completely for the
> > aforementioned world Tiddlywinks championships, or was it the Joseph
> > final - who
> > cares), really spun my nipple-nuts in the wrong direction. I was
> > regularly missing the first few minutes of shows.
>
> > Aaron
>
> Spun your nipple nuts!?! :-/ Did you have to? Now I have to live
> with that image until lunchtime!!

The worrying thing is that I hadn't realised there was a *right*
direction. That's where I have been going wrong all these years.
Thankfully, the nipple piercings are on universal joints, so it's not
been too painful...

Paul.

"John Hall"  wrote;

> A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

The Tuesday & Wednesday morning shows were also on BBC2.

> When they broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the
> middle of Series 3, IIRC.

Last episode shown was 'The Ensigns Of Command' (S3 Ep.2)

> Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any
> information?

They have not resumed, I wrote to them a month or so after the last
broadcast episode and asked them what had happened to TNG repeats.  The
response was typical of the BBC, something along the lines of "We have no
plans to show TNG at present", "Our scheduling is only planned up to two
weeks in advance." and best of all "We suggest you check out the Star Trek
website." !!!

So I ended up buying all seven seasons on DVD and am very pleased that I
did. I have been watching them (continuing from where the BBC abandoned it)
whenever I get a free hour or two.

--
Louise

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0100, John Hall said...
> > A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
> > from the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> > subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> > showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes 
> > presumably thought more suitable for children were shown. When they
> > broke off for the Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series
> > 3, IIRC. Since then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at
> > last - I get to the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some
> > odd hour, and I've failed to spot this? Does anyone have any 
> > information?
> 
> They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
> rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

TNG  appears to be showing on Sky One at present, also in the early
hours of the morning (and at lunchtime at the weekend), so maybe Sky
have the TNG rights at the moment?

One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Given the episode description for the second Saturday episode is "McCoy
and Spock are thrown into a race against time to save Kirk from the
spell of a beautiful alien", how many possible candidates are there for
which one it is?

Answers on the back of a bottle of Saurian brandy....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

In article ,
 Mark Myers  writes:
>They are showing TOS in the early hours at the weekend, scheduling also
>rather unpredictable. It's the BBC, it's what they do.

Yes, I'd spotted the TOS showings (unhelpfully shown in many programme
listings simply as "Star Trek", which I assumed would be TOS but which
need not have been).
-- 
John Hall

     "I am not young enough to know everything."
                                                 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"David Wilcox"  wrote in message 
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>
> "John Hall"  wrote in message 
> news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
>>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting from 
>>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and 
>>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The 
>>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes presumably 
>>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for the 
>>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since 
>>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to 
>>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and I've 
>>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
>> -- 
>> John Hall
>>
>>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
>>                                                  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
>
> You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.


ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....

"big dom"  wrote in message
news:zKali.27585$3j1.21438@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "David Wilcox"  wrote in message
> news:5fjo4hF3d4503U1@mid.individual.net...
> >
> > "John Hall"  wrote in message
> > news:7CtviwIsXKlGFwMx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> >>A year or so ago, the BBC began rebroadcasting TNG episodes starting
from
> >>the very beginning, initially on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons and
> >>subsequently on BBC1 on (bizarrely) Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The
> >>showings were interrupted for school holidays, when programmes
presumably
> >>thought more suitable for children were shown. When they broke off for
the
> >>Easter holidays, they had reached the middle of Series 3, IIRC. Since
> >>then, the showings have seemingly not resumed. Now - at last - I get to
> >>the point. Could the broadcasts have restarted at some odd hour, and
I've
> >>failed to spot this? Does anyone have any information?
> >> -- 
> >> John Hall
> >>
> >>      "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >>                                                  Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
> >
> > You are experiencing BBC Trek syndrome. It would seem they
> > still treat it exactly the same as they always did. They used to cancel
> > first run episodes for the world Tiddlywinks championship!! *Honestly.
>
>
> ah yes and the seemingly eternal wait for BOBW part II.....
>
>

LOL. Although not at the time. :-/

Dave

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> 
> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> > 
> > One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> > remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> 
> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
Alzheimers. D'oh!

.....Sorry, what was the question again?

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Mark Myers  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>
>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
>>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>
>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>
> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> Alzheimers. D'oh!
>
> ....Sorry, what was the question again?

What's your credit card number ;0)
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Mark Myers  wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> >>>
> >>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> >>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> >>
> >> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
> >
> > No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> > Alzheimers. D'oh!
> >
> > ....Sorry, what was the question again?
> 
> What's your credit card number ;0)

It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece of
plastic.

And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)

Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>> Mark Myers  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>>>
>>>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try
>>>>> to remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>>>
>>>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>>>
>>> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish
>>> with Alzheimers. D'oh!
>>>
>>> ....Sorry, what was the question again?
>>
>> What's your credit card number ;0)
>
> It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece
> of plastic.

<grin>

> And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)
>
> Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

<grin>
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> 
> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> > 
> > One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> > remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> 
> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
Alzheimers. D'oh!

.....Sorry, what was the question again?

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Mark Myers  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>
>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
>>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>
>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>
> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> Alzheimers. D'oh!
>
> ....Sorry, what was the question again?

What's your credit card number ;0)
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Mark Myers  wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> >>>
> >>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> >>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> >>
> >> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
> >
> > No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> > Alzheimers. D'oh!
> >
> > ....Sorry, what was the question again?
> 
> What's your credit card number ;0)

It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece of
plastic.

And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)

Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>> Mark Myers  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>>>
>>>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try
>>>>> to remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>>>
>>>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>>>
>>> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish
>>> with Alzheimers. D'oh!
>>>
>>> ....Sorry, what was the question again?
>>
>> What's your credit card number ;0)
>
> It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece
> of plastic.

<grin>

> And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)
>
> Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

<grin>
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> 
> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> > 
> > One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> > remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> 
> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
Alzheimers. D'oh!

.....Sorry, what was the question again?

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Mark Myers  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>
>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
>>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>
>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>
> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> Alzheimers. D'oh!
>
> ....Sorry, what was the question again?

What's your credit card number ;0)
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Mark Myers  wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> >>>
> >>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> >>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> >>
> >> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
> >
> > No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> > Alzheimers. D'oh!
> >
> > ....Sorry, what was the question again?
> 
> What's your credit card number ;0)

It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece of
plastic.

And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)

Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>> Mark Myers  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>>>
>>>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try
>>>>> to remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>>>
>>>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>>>
>>> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish
>>> with Alzheimers. D'oh!
>>>
>>> ....Sorry, what was the question again?
>>
>> What's your credit card number ;0)
>
> It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece
> of plastic.

<grin>

> And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)
>
> Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

<grin>
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> 
> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> > 
> > One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> > remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> 
> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
Alzheimers. D'oh!

.....Sorry, what was the question again?

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Mark Myers  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>
>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
>>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>
>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>
> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> Alzheimers. D'oh!
>
> ....Sorry, what was the question again?

What's your credit card number ;0)
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Mark Myers  wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> >>>
> >>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> >>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> >>
> >> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
> >
> > No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> > Alzheimers. D'oh!
> >
> > ....Sorry, what was the question again?
> 
> What's your credit card number ;0)

It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece of
plastic.

And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)

Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>> Mark Myers  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>>>
>>>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try
>>>>> to remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>>>
>>>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>>>
>>> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish
>>> with Alzheimers. D'oh!
>>>
>>> ....Sorry, what was the question again?
>>
>> What's your credit card number ;0)
>
> It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece
> of plastic.

<grin>

> And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)
>
> Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

<grin>
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> 
> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.

Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

-- 
Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

Mark Myers  wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> > 
> > One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> > remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> 
> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.

No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
Alzheimers. D'oh!

.....Sorry, what was the question again?

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Mark Myers  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>
>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
>>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>
>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>
> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> Alzheimers. D'oh!
>
> ....Sorry, what was the question again?

What's your credit card number ;0)
-- 
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Mark Myers  wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
> >>>
> >>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try to
> >>> remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
> >>
> >> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
> >
> > No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span of a goldfish with
> > Alzheimers. D'oh!
> >
> > ....Sorry, what was the question again?
> 
> What's your credit card number ;0)

It's a long sequence of digits, embossed on a small rectangular piece of
plastic.

And I thought *I* was forgetful :-)

Or I think I did, I can't quite remember....

-- 
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Carol Hague wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>> Mark Myers  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:19:30 +0100, Carol Hague said...
>>>>>
>>>>> One of Saturdays TOS episodes is "The Empath" - I'll have to try
>>>>> to remember to watch that as I don't think I've seen it before.
>>>>
>>>> Did you? It's a bit of a weird one.
>>>
>>> No, because I'm a total eejit with the memory span o