joe-90 Joined 28 Oct 2005 Messages 31,280 Reaction score 1,999 Country 13 Sep 2007 #1 When I was a kid just about all TV shows started at 'five to' something or 'twenty five past'. When did it change to on the hour and half past? It must have been when I was living in Oz (1970 to 1987)
When I was a kid just about all TV shows started at 'five to' something or 'twenty five past'. When did it change to on the hour and half past? It must have been when I was living in Oz (1970 to 1987)
Thermo Joined 21 Oct 2004 Messages 9,979 Reaction score 192 Location Sussex Country 13 Sep 2007 #2 its when we went metric
B big-all Joined 12 Jul 2004 Messages 22,042 Reaction score 2,410 Location Surrey Country 13 Sep 2007 #3 joe-90 said: When I was a kid just about all TV shows started at 'five to' something or 'twenty five past'. When did it change to on the hour and half past? It must have been when I was living in Oz (1970 to 1987) Click to expand... probably because the main program[the one oclock gang]started on the hour and the cartoons[andy pandy the flowerpot men ect]had to fit in!!!
joe-90 said: When I was a kid just about all TV shows started at 'five to' something or 'twenty five past'. When did it change to on the hour and half past? It must have been when I was living in Oz (1970 to 1987) Click to expand... probably because the main program[the one oclock gang]started on the hour and the cartoons[andy pandy the flowerpot men ect]had to fit in!!!
