SD : BBC2 Wales v BBC2 England.

[RichardCoulter]

I may be spending some time in Wales whilst the Welsh snooker is on.

This means that BBC2 Wales will be showing snooker instead of the networked programmes, one being Are You Being Served that I want to see.

Does VM in Wales give you the choice to watch BBC2 England instead of BBC2 Wales?

Does Freeview too?

Thanks.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Does VM in Wales give you the choice to watch BBC2 England instead of BBC2 Wales?

Yes it does but I've never had cause to watch that over our version. Channel 865.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Russ

Yes it does but I've never had cause to watch that over our version. Channel 865.

Thanks Russ.

It is VM downstairs and Freeview upstairs where I am staying. Do you get the choice of variant on Freeview too?

[Russ]

No idea, I've not had Freeview for about 6 years. Most likely though.

Freeview only broadcasts the correct region according to the transmitter you're tuned to. If you want a full selection of regional variations you need cable or Freesat.

[nodrogd]

If you live in a broadcast overlap area on the Welsh border, you may be able to stick up an additional DTT antenna pointing at an english transmitter and get a choice of region. Otherwise satellite or cable is the only option.

[RichardCoulter]

Thanks, that answers my questions

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I may be spending some time in Wales whilst the Welsh snooker is on.

This means that BBC2 Wales will be showing snooker instead of the networked programmes, one being Are You Being Served that I want to see.

Does VM in Wales give you the choice to watch BBC2 England instead of BBC2 Wales?

Does Freeview too?

Thanks.

If you like Snooker the Welsh snooker is being shown on Channel 991 (UK Wide).
And also on Eurosport (From Channel 521).

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

If you like Snooker the Welsh snooker is being shown on Channel 991 (UK Wide).
And also on Eurosport (From Channel 521).

Thanks, but it's the snooker that i'm trying to avoid!

I didn't know that it was on the BBC Red Button service. In that case, there shouldn't be any need for BBC2 Wales to displace network programmes

[Russ]

They're not displacing anything, they're showing content most likely to be relevant to the audience.

You're in Wales, it'll show programming connected to Wales just like they always do for you while you're in England.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Thanks, but it's the snooker that i'm trying to avoid!

I didn't know that it was on the BBC Red Button service. In that case, there shouldn't be any need for BBC2 Wales to displace network programmes

Nations and regions have always had a certain amount of freedom to deviate from the London schedule. Nations have more freedom than the regions do.

I suspect the nations and regions have very little influence over what goes on the red button, they probably don't get much advance notice of what's going to be on it either.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Russ

They're not displacing anything, they're showing content most likely to be relevant to the audience.

You're in Wales, it'll show programming connected to Wales just like they always do for you while you're in England.

True, but in my experience most people actually prefer to receive the networked programming. This appears to be more the case in Scotland than anywhere else for some reason. STV tried dropping popular shows on ITV and replacing them with content with a local theme and there was uproar!

I know a number of people in NI who dislike the fact that something they want to watch is delayed because something like a politics programme has been inserted into their schedule.

Of course, with the advent of satellite and, to an extent cable, this is no longer a problem for some people as they have the choice.

Originally Posted by Chris

Nations and regions have always had a certain amount of freedom to deviate from the London schedule. Nations have more freedom than the regions do.

I suspect the nations and regions have very little influence over what goes on the red button, they probably don't get much advance notice of what's going to be on it either.

That probably explains the duplication then. I was coming from the angle that, now that everybody has digital TV, they will have the red button service, with no need to displace network programmes.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

True, but in my experience most people actually prefer to receive the networked programming.

In my experience around here, people prefer to have the choice.

[Doug P]

I would love to have BBC2 Wales in England....we have BBC1 Wales on VM.

I like the choice to ditch BBC2 Scotland when Newsnight is on. Scotland splits away from the main schedule at 11pm for 'Newsnight Scotland' which means we miss excellent reportage from somewhere around the world in favour of some horrible, parochial nonsense that deserves no place in the schedules outside of 'Reporting Scotland' at 6.30pm.

But thanks to the miracle of satellite we can choose to watch BBC2 England instead and keep up with Newsnight as viewed by the other 55-odd million people in England, Wales and NI.

Actually, there's no regionalisation on BBC2 HD at the moment so it's easier, you don't have to go into the 900s to find the alternative as the single BBC2 HD stream for the whole UK is on 109.