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Old 11-20-2016, 09:26 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That's because British TV is arranged in "quarterly" schedules, so a series will typically run for either 6 or 12 episodes. Might be a bit shorter - eg 10 episodes - if they're running other stuff in between the main schedules (eg at Christmas).

I see absolutely nothing wrong in a 6-episode series. There are many stories that can be told well in 6h (and a 1h programme on the BBC really is 1h, or about 57m anyway - no commercial breaks!).
That's BBC, but other channels such as STV have commercials. The problem as I see it is you get into the series and it's over.

If a series is good then 6 episodes a year is not enough.
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