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Title: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Simon on June 28, 2010, 22:02

A digital television channel aimed at viewers aged 50 and over will launch later this year, it has been announced.

Vintage TV will focus on music and popular culture from the 1950s to 1980s and feature some original programming.

The station, due to begin broadcasting on Sky and Freesat on 1 September, will also show new music videos for 500 songs recorded before the video age.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10438053.stm

Another four years till I start watching.    :devil:

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: sam on June 28, 2010, 22:41

 :)x

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Rodders on June 28, 2010, 23:58

Provided it doesn't focus the on the kind of 'music' that saw an entire generation completely avoid the BBC, I'm all ears (plus some other bits too).   :-\

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: GillE on June 29, 2010, 08:17

An excuse for more repeats of Last of the Summer Wine, Blue Peter, Morcambe & Wise...

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Clive on June 29, 2010, 10:18

TOTP before rap crap set in seems highly watchable to me.  8-)

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: daveeb on June 29, 2010, 10:34

Quote from: Clive on June 29, 2010, 10:18

TOTP before rap crap set in seems highly watchable to me.  8-)

Compared to rap anything is highly watchable  :o:

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Simon on June 29, 2010, 11:47

Very true!

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: GillE on June 29, 2010, 12:18

So long as the TOTP repeats don't have Steve Wright speaking over them or running asinine 'interesting facts' along the bottom of the screen.

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Clive on June 29, 2010, 14:47

The "interesting facts" were always years out of date.   :laugh:

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Simon on June 29, 2010, 15:09

So were the acts!  ;D

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Clive on June 29, 2010, 20:58

They were supposed to be!   ::)  ::)  ::)

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Simon on June 29, 2010, 21:33

:blush:

Title: Re: TV station for over-50s to open
Post by: Clive on June 29, 2010, 22:02

Yet more  ::) ::) ::)