Friday Nights " Made In Britain" ?

[ibizaboy]

simple question. does anyone know why, on Friday night (10th) the last part of made in Britain with john Prescott was not shown at 9pm on channel 5 and the programme which replaced it wasn't announced as " in replacement of the scheduled programme". thanks.

[Spicerack]

Good question. I wasn't aware of this. Hope there's a nice juicy answer.

[Mamyalynne]

Haven't found out why this episode didn't go to air - the topic is here.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hxhc4v/british-made-with-john-prescott--s1-e4-ribena-and-tyrrells/

Will have another look round.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I didn't get to see "Have I got News for You" on BBC1 same time same night. Any ideas about that, guys?

[vetuste_ennemi]

What I'd recorded instead was some program with a usual set of BBC luvvies posing as comedians.

[naomi24]

Apparently they had someone on who is standing for election to the EU (or something like that) so in their usual ...cough ... unbiased manner, they cancelled.

[naomi24]

^Have I got News for You.

[naomi24]

Got that wrong. She's not standing for election to the EU. She's a changeling.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/10/heidi-allen-asks-bbc-why-did-you-pull-have-i-got-news-for-you

//Heidi Allen has called on the BBC to explain their decision to pull Friday night’s episode of Have I Got News for You just 20 minutes before it was due to air over fears her appearance would breach election impartiality rules.//

[vetuste_ennemi]

Thank you, Naomi.

How odd and pointless.

[naomi24]

I knew it was something politically irrelevant.

[ichkeria]

Heidi Allen was “pulled” because of strict rules on light entertainment regarding elections.
Had it been Saint Nigel this could have been an entertaining thread :-)

[douglas9401]

I wouldn't mind pulling Heidi Allen. :-)

[youngmafbog]

I think your probably stuck pulling something else instead Douglas :-)

[ichkeria]

Moo :-)

[gulliver1]

Agree with Douglas 07.38 . Also Heidi Allen , has challenged Farage to a live TV debate before the E/U .
Hope he accepts . Think he will meet his match there . GOOD . Go for it Heidi.

[naomi24]

Crikey! Gulliver supporting a Conservative. There's a first!

[Gromit]

I surmise that Prescott was cut for the same reason as Heidi Allen.
He is still a sitting MP. When we belatedly learned that we would have to have an election to the EU Parliament,
any TV shows with MPs as presenters would have been dropped under the strict rules regarding being unbiased.

[gulliver1]

09.57 Heidi Allen No longer a CON .

[hereIam]

Yes, go for it Nigel, you'll wipe the floor with her ..

[naomi24]

//09.57 Heidi Allen No longer a CON . //

Haha! She's succeeded in conning you! :o)