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[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

once again, ITV rolls out the obligatory Bond movies at xmas (there's 2 this yr, prob to make up for the lack of them on Bank Holidays). This xmas day there's Tomorrow Never Dies while on boxing day (i think) ITV are showing Moonraker. Such a lot to look forward to this yuletide season!!

[CommanderBond]

whats ITV?? Is it a British station???

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

yes, thats why i posted this, erm, post in the Britain and UK section...i don't know what US TV are doing about Bond this xmas.

[Qwerty]

Yes, CommanderBond, ITV is a station that shows the Bond films in the UK, I believe. BBC is also another one, I think.

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

when was the last time the BBC showed a Bond movie??? its usually ITv who wheels out the Bond at xmas and new year.

[Qwerty]

Originally posted by The Girl With The Golden Gun
when was the last time the BBC showed  a Bond movie??? its usually ITv who wheels out the Bond at xmas and new year.

I'm sorry, I may be wrong, I just recall hearing a while ago that BBC sometimes shows Bond films or specials, although I could be wrong.

[CommanderBond]

We Americans are having a bond marathon on Spike t.v.

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

see? i knew it. ITV shows 2 bond movies and u guys in the states get a whole marathon!! mind u, ITV have done Bond "seasons" for about 2 years running now, so i don't really blame them - they're all Bonded out, haha

[DLibrasnow]

Spike TV is showing all the Connery, Moore and Dalton films and OHMSS in their usual Bond marathon (they did the same thing over the 4-day Thanksgiving holiday).

Really, in this age of mass DVD acceptance does it really matter though

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

yes, why watch the paltry ITV offerings when u can have ur own DVD marathon at home? haha!

[DLibrasnow]

Exactly......

I do believe you are correct on ITV having sole rights to the Bond movies in the UK Golden Girl.

Leslie Halliwell was in charge of all movie purchases for ITV for years and years and apparently the BBC rejected the Bond movies as below them way back when which allowed Halliwell to snatch them up for ITV.

[Dunph]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I still think it's amazing that these (relatively) ancient films still get shown at prime time during peak seasons, pull in millions of viewers and are treated with some reverence by ITV. And you're right about ITV having sole rights, too DLib.

[Bondian]

Watching a Bond Movie on tv these day's is like making love on a 'traffic light', go, get ready and stop.


Cheers,

Ian

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by DunphBoy007
And you're right about ITV having sole rights, too DLib.

Yes, years ago the BBC rejected the television rights to the 007 movies and I am sure they have been regretting it ever since.

[CommanderBond]

I would be if i was the BBC.

[DLibrasnow]

I am not sure how UK television is now but when I was growing up ITV would show a Bond movie on every bank holiday. In those pre-DVD and pre-VCR days that was a real highlight for me.

[Lancaster]

I don't enjoy watching Bond films on ITV anymore. I agree that when I was growing up it was a highlight and I taped them all from the TV. It is only when I bought the VHS that I realised how cut these were. It is good that they are still shown and still considered a crowd puller, however, I would rather watch on DVD.

[DLibrasnow]

I used to tape them all from ITV and I would cut out the listings and 007 artwork from the "TV Times" magazine and tape them onto the box.

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

ITV still like to get the odd Bond movie in on most public holidays (xmas, bank hols) and they think they can get away without showing them only if they run a Bond "marathon"!!

Lancaster pointed out how edited the TV versions are in comparison to the vids and DVD, which raises the issue of the headbut on the Goldeneye DVD..

[DLibrasnow]

Is it true they cut the headbutt from the British version of GoldenEye?

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

yes..was it only the British version? Does the US version keep it in?

[DLibrasnow]

Yes it does.

[DLibrasnow]

I've noticed the UK censor is a lot more sensitive about violence.

In the US version of Licence to Kill we actually see Lupe getting whipped by Sanchez on the island while we hear her lovers screams off camera.

If memory serves me correctly though in the UK version of Licence to Kill the scene ends as Sanchez is taking out the whip.

[Qwerty]

Really Snow, I know the UK censor goes crazy over violence, but I never knew they did that much in LTK! Very interesting!

[The Girl With The Golden Gun]

hmm, what do the censors think we are, a bunch of sissies????

[DLibrasnow]

Evidently....I think LTK is the most censored of any of the Bond movies....the shark attack on Felix Leiter is also heavily edited (and shorter) in the UK version of the movie. It was quite an eye opener when I saw the US version of LTK.