Chronicles of Narnia (bbc)

[drush9999]

2" tape recorded TV programmes looked way better than the later 1" tapes they switched too in the 80s. I remember the difference as a child as broadcast too.
Compare Monty Python from the 70s to Blackadder in the 80s, it's quite stark to me.

[Kieran Seymour]

Originally Posted by drush9999

2" tape recorded TV programmes looked way better than the later 1" tapes they switched too in the 80s. I remember the difference as a child as broadcast too.
Compare Monty Python from the 70s to Blackadder in the 80s, it's quite stark to me.

It wasn't helped by the fact that editing 1" was so much easier - they had the new capability and they used it extensively. Well, you would, wouldn't you?

It was good in that it made for more dynamic, faster-paced productions but, from a purely technical standpoint, 1" was a step down - particularly when the final broadcast edits could be two, three or sometimes even more generations down from the source.

Still, it is what it is, and at least on BD we theoretically get the productions in as good a quality as the source will allow. And there is the fact that a lot of these shows came out on DVD a good twenty years ago, so they're due a brush up and some more advanced encoding.

[Grazey1]

Looks like they went back to Llanvihangel Court for the making of. Got all 4 siblings together as well

https://x.com/chrischapman81/status/...403269306?s=46