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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 388419" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Oh, I'm sure the numbers change all the time depending who edits it at what time. They do give an idea, at least. I mean, we can see it wasn't a top ten show.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Somehow <em>The Bionic Woman </em>passed me by when I was young. I knew of the character, and I even had some of her annuals, but the series itself eluded me. Perhaps it was shown (or repeated) at a time when I was doing or watching something else.</p><p></p><p>Watching the series in full a few years ago, I thought it was really impressive for the time. <em>Wonder Woman </em>can be hard-going in repeats at times, but <em>BW</em> was very watchable indeed for a good part of its run.. But I won't ramble on about that here as I've already done that <a href="http://www.tellytalk.net/threads/%E2%80%9Caim-high-and-serve-nothing-but-aces%E2%80%9D-re-watching-the-bionic-woman.10261/" target="_blank">in this thread</a>.</p><p></p><p><em>Wonder Woman</em> hits the nostalgia button for me in a way that <em>BW</em> simply can't, but I think <em>BW</em> has more substance and nuance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now I found the site with the dates and times, I've actually spent a few hours exploring the series' original transmission dates in Britain. It looked something like this:</p><p></p><p><strong>Jul-Dec 1978 - Saturdays - mostly airing around 6pm</strong></p><p>These were 10 Season Two episodes (mostly post-Bruce Lansbury revamp era) beginning with <em>The Man Who Could Move The World.</em> One extra S2 episode went out at 4:10pm on 23rd December.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>January-May 1979 - Fridays - mostly airing around 7pm</strong></p><p>A few previously unaired early-S2 episode plus later episodes - mostly from S3. My part of the UK had different Friday programming, showing only 12 of these 16 episodes at around 4pm on a Sunday instead.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>January-May 1980 - Saturdays - mostly at 5:50pm.</strong></p><p>A random S2 episode, followed by most remaining S3 episodes.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Tuesday 17th June at 7pm</strong></p><p><em> The Boy Who Knew Her Secret</em> debuted as a one-off "special feature-length programme"</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Thursday January 1st 1981 at 6pm</strong></p><p>Finally saw the debut of the S2 opener <em>The Return Of Wonder Woman</em> (better late than never).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if the first season was <u>ever</u> shown in full on British terrestrial TV, though I can remember <em>The New, Original Wonder Woman</em> being shown as a standalone feature a couple of times during the Eighties and Nineties.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, I'd love to know the ratings. I'll have to do a little digging.</p><p></p><p>What I can say is that probably most people in Britain knew of the series, the character and Lynda Carter. I'm sure her appearance on a cover would have sold many magazines at the time. So it did make a huge impact in the British consciousness, even if not everyone watched it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 388419, member: 23"] Oh, I'm sure the numbers change all the time depending who edits it at what time. They do give an idea, at least. I mean, we can see it wasn't a top ten show. Somehow [I]The Bionic Woman [/I]passed me by when I was young. I knew of the character, and I even had some of her annuals, but the series itself eluded me. Perhaps it was shown (or repeated) at a time when I was doing or watching something else. Watching the series in full a few years ago, I thought it was really impressive for the time. [I]Wonder Woman [/I]can be hard-going in repeats at times, but [I]BW[/I] was very watchable indeed for a good part of its run.. But I won't ramble on about that here as I've already done that [URL='http://www.tellytalk.net/threads/%E2%80%9Caim-high-and-serve-nothing-but-aces%E2%80%9D-re-watching-the-bionic-woman.10261/']in this thread[/URL]. [I]Wonder Woman[/I] hits the nostalgia button for me in a way that [I]BW[/I] simply can't, but I think [I]BW[/I] has more substance and nuance. Now I found the site with the dates and times, I've actually spent a few hours exploring the series' original transmission dates in Britain. It looked something like this: [B]Jul-Dec 1978 - Saturdays - mostly airing around 6pm[/B] These were 10 Season Two episodes (mostly post-Bruce Lansbury revamp era) beginning with [I]The Man Who Could Move The World.[/I] One extra S2 episode went out at 4:10pm on 23rd December. [B]January-May 1979 - Fridays - mostly airing around 7pm[/B] A few previously unaired early-S2 episode plus later episodes - mostly from S3. My part of the UK had different Friday programming, showing only 12 of these 16 episodes at around 4pm on a Sunday instead. [B]January-May 1980 - Saturdays - mostly at 5:50pm.[/B] A random S2 episode, followed by most remaining S3 episodes. [B]Tuesday 17th June at 7pm[/B] [I] The Boy Who Knew Her Secret[/I] debuted as a one-off "special feature-length programme" [B]Thursday January 1st 1981 at 6pm[/B] Finally saw the debut of the S2 opener [I]The Return Of Wonder Woman[/I] (better late than never). I'm not sure if the first season was [U]ever[/U] shown in full on British terrestrial TV, though I can remember [I]The New, Original Wonder Woman[/I] being shown as a standalone feature a couple of times during the Eighties and Nineties. Yes, I'd love to know the ratings. I'll have to do a little digging. What I can say is that probably most people in Britain knew of the series, the character and Lynda Carter. I'm sure her appearance on a cover would have sold many magazines at the time. So it did make a huge impact in the British consciousness, even if not everyone watched it. [/QUOTE]
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