Vanity rather than Varsity. Though the latter isn't amazing either ;) It was a good weekend though, and thanks for having me round again. And for introducing me to that pub which we have to go back to at some point so I can get a huge square burger... >.>
As for vast sums of money that were doubtless spent on Treasure Hunt at the time, I suppose a lot of it just has to do with how different the whole broadcast scene was in the early 80s as I think I said at the time. Channel 4 was entirely funded by the ITV companies then, so any and all ad revenue went back to the regional area it was broadcasting in. As the only 2 commercial channels in the UK were both owned by the same companies (who weren't short of a few bob, especially in the South), they were going to get 100% of any potential ad revenue whatever happened with the show, so they could throw money at a lot of things. Govt regulation also prevented them from throwing any big prizes out till well into the 90s, so more money could be spent on everything else. There'd be almost zero chance of seeing such gambles now, hence why it usually has to be a guaranteed format bought in from elsewhere, or something ultimately low risk (usually a gameshow where there's a 'potential' big prize, but it's so very rarely given out).
I've just remembered I never sorted out my York photos too. I'll probably have to do this after Nordic now.
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Date: 2014-02-26 06:40 pm (UTC)As for vast sums of money that were doubtless spent on Treasure Hunt at the time, I suppose a lot of it just has to do with how different the whole broadcast scene was in the early 80s as I think I said at the time. Channel 4 was entirely funded by the ITV companies then, so any and all ad revenue went back to the regional area it was broadcasting in. As the only 2 commercial channels in the UK were both owned by the same companies (who weren't short of a few bob, especially in the South), they were going to get 100% of any potential ad revenue whatever happened with the show, so they could throw money at a lot of things. Govt regulation also prevented them from throwing any big prizes out till well into the 90s, so more money could be spent on everything else. There'd be almost zero chance of seeing such gambles now, hence why it usually has to be a guaranteed format bought in from elsewhere, or something ultimately low risk (usually a gameshow where there's a 'potential' big prize, but it's so very rarely given out).
I've just remembered I never sorted out my York photos too. I'll probably have to do this after Nordic now.