Re: Railway Adventures TV Series

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote:

> 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

Don't you mean the ALPBC? 8-)

John
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