Re: Railway Adventures TV Series

[David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>]

geoffrah@NOSPAMhotmail.com wrote:
> 
> I think a lot of people are missing the point.
> Yes, all readers in this newsgroup would have liked a show that was
> about railway journeys and trains, and not some travel advertorial.
> 
> Unfortunately, such a program would not be attractive to TV execs
> because such a program would not be attractive to advertisers  (who
> ultimately finance the shows we see on TV). Hence we get the crappy
> advertorial as described by the Canberra Times TV reviewer. Oh for the
> days when we had a strong (and well funded !) national broadcaster
> *sigh*

Agreed. Had the ABC or BBC made the series...... :)

Cheers
David