Re: 'Ballad of Big Al' in Canada?

["Gavin Rymill" <gavin@gavinrymill.com>]

> I don't know about Canada, I'm kinda confused about the title.  Here in
the U.S. we had "Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosuars Special" <

As I'm sure you all know, the TV show in question is a British production
made by the BBC.

When it was aired in the UK it was shown in two parts: The first half hour
show (the running time is 30 minutes in total because the BBC has no adverts
(commercials)) was the fictional story and its screen title was "The Ballad
of Big Al". The title that was printed in listings magazines was "A Walking
with Dinosaurs Special: The Ballad of Big Al."

The second 30 minute special was called "The Making of Big Al" and talked
about the creation of the programme.

A creative decision appears to have been made by the American network which
broadcast the show to retitle it with something more descriptive and less
ambiguous.


Gav

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