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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 443413" data-attributes="member: 23">ITV&#039;s purchasing and distribution of programmes is one of those areas that seems like a rabbit hole. I&#039;m guessing each ITV region had different negotiations or contracts and of course each treated their imported series (especially Australian ones) very unevenly until the late Eighties (with Return To Eden a possible exception). It means we&#039;ll never truly be able to know how many people watched shows like ACP or S&amp;D because there are no collective figures.Then, of course, there was the year when most regions dropped ACP altogether so they could sync up on Richmond Hill.That does sound like something that could have caused a little panic for ITV... especially if it was due to air at a time when it mirrored something going on in the news.It is the kind of scene that fits. Nothing says A Country Practice more than two doctors rolling round in a muddy cowfield.I remember a scene with a party hat was used as the &quot;funny&quot; credits clip for those two when I was watching it, which probably narrows down my viewing era. I&#039;m quietly confident it would have been somewhere around Season Four or Five.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 443413, member: 23"] ITV's purchasing and distribution of programmes is one of those areas that seems like a rabbit hole. I'm guessing each ITV region had different negotiations or contracts and of course each treated their imported series (especially Australian ones) very unevenly until the late Eighties (with [I]Return To Eden [/I]a possible exception). It means we'll never truly be able to know how many people watched shows like [I]ACP[/I] or [I]S&D[/I] because there are no collective figures. Then, of course, there was the year when most regions dropped [I]ACP[/I] altogether so they could sync up on [I]Richmond Hill.[/I] That does sound like something that could have caused a little panic for ITV... especially if it was due to air at a time when it mirrored something going on in the news. It is the kind of scene that fits. Nothing says [I]A Country Practice[/I] more than two doctors rolling round in a muddy cowfield. I remember a scene with a party hat was used as the "funny" credits clip for those two when I was watching it, which probably narrows down my viewing era. I'm quietly confident it would have been somewhere around Season Four or Five. [/QUOTE]

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