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17 Aug 2006, 18:50 (Ref:1685328) | #1 | ||
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ESPN classic showing classic British GP (merged)
I posted this here so people would actually see it.....
ESPN Classic on Sunday at 4pm and 4:30pm are showing the 1977 and 1978 British grand prix here in Great Britian. The channel here is 442 on Sky Digital. |
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17 Aug 2006, 19:21 (Ref:1685352) | #2 | |
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Autosport.com say ESPN have bought the rights from the BBC.
I went to these races and so I've never seen them on TV.....NO VIDEO PLAYERS THEN! |
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17 Aug 2006, 19:27 (Ref:1685357) | #3 | |
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Oh yes, very good. Will add these to the DVD empire!
Thanks luke. |
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Good stuff, i was wondering whether they would show some old GP's.
Can we have some old CART races too please ESPN? '93 season would be great! |
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They do on the U.S. ESPN Classic. Each May they show many classic Indy 500s.
But hey atleast we get to see these classic grand prix as BBC, ITV don't show them... |
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Nice one Luke, reminder is set... let's hope i remember to watch them!
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17 Aug 2006, 20:12 (Ref:1685395) | #7 | |
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1977 Silverstone..the F1 debut of THE Villeneuve ( The one without the PINK in his Helmet design)
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17 Aug 2006, 20:15 (Ref:1685401) | #8 | |
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Excellent,now where did i put my rose-tinted specs?
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20 Aug 2006, 15:01 (Ref:1687397) | #9 | |
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It's on now then, looks very good!
Ooh! The Yellow Teapot!!! |
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20 Aug 2006, 15:15 (Ref:1687415) | #10 | |
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This is magnificent...
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20 Aug 2006, 15:55 (Ref:1687446) | #11 | ||
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I knew i would do it!!
I missed it!! No! Just catching the last 4 minutes... |
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20 Aug 2006, 16:06 (Ref:1687448) | #12 | |
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I hope they do more of these, it was first class.
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20 Aug 2006, 17:36 (Ref:1687543) | #14 | |
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Oh sensational mate.
And Silverstone was fast too. The cars looked and sounded great. The races may have been just as dull as nowadays often, but you'd never tire of those cars. They are alive. Nice opportunistic move by Reutemann on Lauda too! |
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Now you're making me jealous. Thanks guys, thanks.
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21 Aug 2006, 21:35 (Ref:1688336) | #17 | |
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Don't mention it.
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21 Aug 2006, 21:48 (Ref:1688354) | #18 | ||
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They are repeated on the weekend again chipmunky.
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21 Aug 2006, 21:49 (Ref:1688358) | #19 | |
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Oh great news. They aren't gonna show new ones, just repeats.
Don't they know I've got them taped now! |
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LOL. well I'm sure they will in the future, maybe two weeks or definately a months time.They will have to show 1987, 1991 or most ones actually that were on the BBC.
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22 Aug 2006, 07:33 (Ref:1688509) | #21 | |
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Unlikely that they will show anything from the 80s, I was initally a little surprised they are showing any old GPs. Autosport reports that these are 'pre-Concorde Agreement' races, which would explain how the BBC still have the rights to them.
I remember a few years back when the BBC were did a special to celebrate 40 years of Grandstand. Formula 1 was the only sport not to be featured, because despite the BBC coverage being partly responsible for F1's rise in popularity the rights now belong to Bernie and he wanted a substansial sum to let them show any clips. |
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Yes, all of these are pre-Concorde. They'll be showing the 1973-1980 races according to their schedule, every weekend for the next six weeks, including repeats for those like me who missed this first lot!
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Well do ITV have an archive? I know they bought the rights after 1996 but surely they may have bought their archives? In America Speed used to show classic races from the '90s... |
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ITV only have a licence to broadcast coverage, they do not have the subsequent rights to resell that footage.
Similar to showing a film - they have the rights to broadcast that film a certain number of times but they don't 'own' the film. |
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Tim....do you have any idea when the next classic GP's are on and which one's they are?
I looked on my Sky Guide and see nothing for this weekend! |
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