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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho,net.news.group
Subject: The Prisoner -> net.tv.pbs?
Message-ID: <1361@orca.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 00:29:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 19 00:29:18 1985
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Reply-To: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
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Summary: 

There's been some discussion on both net.tv.drwho and net.news.group suggesting
a new net.tv.bbc for such esoterica as "The Prisoner."

Not that net.tv.bbc would be a bad idea for a group (although, if created, 
it should probably swallow up net.tv.drwho).  However, I must insist that 
net.tv.bbc is completely inappropriate for "The Prisoner."  "The Prisoner" 
was an AMERICAN series.  The only thing it has in common with England 
(never mind the BBC) is that Patrick McGoohan was the creator/star, and
he's got an accent.  (British?  Welsh?  Scottish?)  The fact that "The
Prisoner" is shown on PBS may confuse certain viewers who believe that
anything that's any good on PBS (or, in fact, on any American network) must 
be British.  

I also think a net.tv.prisoner would be too limited, and would die a quick 
death once the current spate of new "Prisoner" viewers had seen the whole
series.

Therefore I propose net.tv.pbs, for discussion of "The Prisoner," "Nova," PBS
fund drives, "The Nature of Things," "This Old House," etc.  I've seen plenty 
of discussion of "The Prisoner" and PBS fund drives on net.tv.drwho that would
move over to a net.tv.pbs quite nicely, although maybe not enough to justify an
entire new group.

Followup discussion (if any) in net.news.group, please.

David D. Levine  (...decvax!tektronix!orca!davidl)          [UUCP]
                 (orca!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet)  [ARPA]