The Virgin Media Television thread

I just seen the EPG's for VM One & VM Two now.

Emmerdale is unchanged to begin at 7pm on VM One with the Super Cup match beginning there afterwards at 7:30pm.

The Coronation Street double bill along with the News at 8 in-between will be on VM Two.

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

had Corrie to record on link on my sky box and it never recorded the 2 eps of corrie.

I suppose the blame lies with Sky does it? ... or VM?

once before when corrie was moved to VM2 I am sure it recorded corrie automatically on series link when it was on VM2 , but not this time

Theres always catchup on the Sky. Im not sure about the cable setup.

He always seemed bored on it.

Maz2016 wrote: »

Does anyone know when Virgin Media will be announcing their Autumn/Winter schedule? They did it on Aug 23rd last year. I wonder what surprises there will be this year. It would be great to see more home produced content, we already know Ireland’s Got Talent was scrapped.

Separately, I heard Mark Cagney (former Ireland AM host) on with Ray D’arcy yesterday. Apparently his contract was not renewed. I very very rarely watched the show but seems like there is little loyalty to the staff especially as he did the job for 20 years. He said he is not bitter towards them though.

Maybe we will have a reboot of the Nightshift music show after... well, too long off air.

lertsnim wrote: »

Watch all the music videos you want on YouTube. The obsession with Nighshift is something else.

+1
This will never return

I expect the Autumn Schedule launch to include the following:

Ireland AM new presenter
Gogglebox Series 5
Red Rock (last 2 episodes)
Blood (Series 2)
The Restaurant (Series 13)
Livin With Lucy (rest of the 5 episodes they recorded last year)
Doctor In the House (Series 5)
To increase the amount of times Judge Rinder can be shown in a single day to 9 :l

And the usual ITV returnees of X Factors, Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celeb, Love Island versions set in Aus, UK Winter, UK Summer, USA etc..

Bang on about the same Champions League, Europa League, Six Nations, Horse racing coverage.

Overall, I'm not expecting much. There has been very little homeproduced programmes in the past few months, with nothing in the papers about upcoming programmes. Lots dropped in the past few year with The Sunday Show, Red Rock, Clubhouse, Ireland's Got Talent, Pat Kenny alongside cutting back on T6OCS, Xpose and ending Bank Holiday editions of Ireland AM.

lertsnim wrote: »

Watch all the music videos you want on YouTube. The obsession with Nighshift is something else.

Watch all the videos of people going on romantic holidays in exotic locations you want on YouTube. The media obsession with Love Land is something else.

icdg wrote: »

Its_steve116

Please cease disrupting threads with discussion on a programme which aired very late at night on a channel which no longer exists and most people wouldn’t remember.

You may if you wish, start one (1) separate thread on it. If you get replies to it good luck, but I won’t be allowing it to continue in the form of a conversation with yourself if it doesn’t.

Otherwise consider the matter off topic for discussion

I think I have a thread about it on my old account.

Not to name that other show explicitly, but think about it, a new music show would really benefit the Irish music economy. Irish filmmakers too. There are some really good music and film makers in this country. That "This Ain't No Disco" thing between Donal Dineen and Myles O'Reilly, if you haven't seen it, is really good; it's on YouTube for those who are interested. Same with the recent RTÉ One documentary Starboard Home; a film about Dublin with a great soundtrack from some or our finest music talent. A new similar show on VMT, not necessarily N********t, would be a good idea. There's a serious gap in the market for it.

Sadly, VMT is more interested in trashy reality TV shows.

I remember when it used to show Doctor Who, maybe it could start showing it again? At least Doctor Who is a good show and not a trashy reality show.

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Was the Europa League not on Virgin Sport this evening?
The Wolves game would have been a good watch.

They probably dont have the playoff rights because Bt didnt show any matches tonight either.

It's poor from a Munster standpoint.

Elmo wrote: »

Sunday Night on VMT one V ITV

Time | VMT one | ITV
6 | all star mr & Mrs (r) | tipping point celeb
7 | Catchphrase (r) | the chase celeb
8 | The chase celeb (r) | WWTBAM
9 | WWTBAM (as ITV at 8) |new drama
10 | the gn show (r) | news

I am not sure if the ITV Tipping Point and The Chase are repeats but why would you choose 9pm for WWTBAM and replace it with a repeat of The Chase while not airing the new ITV drama at 9.

Delving further into VMT One's schedule:
6pm All Star Mr And Mrs (S7 E6) - 6th time it will shown. First aired 7/Feb/16
7pm Catchphrase (S4 E4) - 9th time shown. First aired 30/Jul/16
8pm Celebrity Chase (S6 E11) - 3rd time shown. First aired 10/Dec/17
9pm WWTBAM - New
10pm Graham Norton Show (S22 E8) - 3rd time shown. First aired 25/Nov/17.

It's embarrassing that not only that they have no home produced programmes to show, they resort to the same ITV produced programmes on repeat.