Open Air (TV series)
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Open Air was BBC1
's flagship programme for their new daytime service which began on 27 October 1986. In 1987 an additional early morning episode was added, following the end of Breakfast Time, to help promote and inform viewers what topics would be covered in the main edition.
Open Air was similar to Channel 4
programme Right To Reply
, as it discussed all aspects of television and also tried to answer any questions which viewers had. Unlike Right to Reply
, Open Air went out live on a daily basis and had live phone-ins. The series covered all television channels and would often have programme makers and television management explaining their actions. It ended in 1990, after 4 series.
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's flagship programme for their new daytime service which began on 27 October 1986. In 1987 an additional early morning episode was added, following the end of Breakfast Time, to help promote and inform viewers what topics would be covered in the main edition.
Open Air was similar to Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
programme Right To Reply
Right to Reply
Right to Reply was a British television series shown on Channel 4 from 1982 until 2001, which allowed viewers to voice their complaints or concerns about TV programmes...
, as it discussed all aspects of television and also tried to answer any questions which viewers had. Unlike Right to Reply
Right to Reply
Right to Reply was a British television series shown on Channel 4 from 1982 until 2001, which allowed viewers to voice their complaints or concerns about TV programmes...
, Open Air went out live on a daily basis and had live phone-ins. The series covered all television channels and would often have programme makers and television management explaining their actions. It ended in 1990, after 4 series.
Presenters
- Pattie ColdwellPattie ColdwellPattie Coldwell was a British TV presenter and journalist.Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, she attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary and starting in local television as a reporter and presenter...
- Eamonn HolmesEamonn HolmesEamonn Holmes is an Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He is known for his work on UK and Irish television, notably presenting GMTV and This Morning. He is married to TV presenter Ruth Langsford.-Education:...
- Jayne IrvingJayne IrvingJayne Irving is a British TV presenter best known for appearing on the Breakfast Television show Good Morning Britain.-Career:...
- John Mundy
- Mavis NicholsonMavis NicholsonMavis Nicholson is a British writer and TV broadcaster.She was born Mavis Mainwaring and spent her childhood in Briton Ferry. She became a student at Swansea University...
- Susan RaeSusan RaeSusan Rae is a Scottish newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4. She was born in Dundee, and now lives in Suffolk and works in London. She began work with D. C. Thomson newspapers in Dundee, Scotland before taking up work on BBC Radio Aberdeen. After three years there, she left to work...
- Mike Shaft
- Bob WellingsBob WellingsBob Wellings was a BBC television presenter who worked for That's Life!, Look East and Nationwide.-References:...
External links
- TV-ark.org: "Open Air" clips (among other BBC North shows)
- http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/11723