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Star Trek: The Next Generation

UK first air dates on Sky TV

Thread starter SpocksOddSocks
Start date Jul 2, 2015

SpocksOddSocks

Fleet captain.

Jul 2, 2015

I've been trying to get to grips with when I first saw TNG on television. IMDB and Memory Alpha (plus all other sources I can find) tend to give the first UK air date as one that corresponds to when an episode was first shown on BBC2 (ie. around 3 years after the US). For the first 3 series, this will be the correct first air date. However, at some point after that (I think from series 4), Sky obtained first showing rights and some catchup started. (BBC2 continued to show it with the same 3 year delay). I was wondering if anyone on the board has further information regarding this either from recollection or from knowing where to look? All I can really go on at the moment is that I suspect All Good Things was shown before the UK release of Generations which Google searches turn up as 17 February 1995. (I know it's a rather unusual thing to be thinking about, but I was just rather interested in thinking about how old I was when I saw each episode the first time around)

No longer living the Irish dream.

I remember going to mates house in 89 or 90 and he had Next Gen on on Sky, this was before they were on BBC2 and before I got into Star Trek.

Dimesdan said: I remember going to mates house in 89 or 90 and he had Next Gen on on Sky, this was before they were on BBC2 and before I got into Star Trek. Click to expand...

Try memory alpha http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds,_Part_II_(episode)

Rear Admiral

I can't recall the dates but it was on at 5pm on SKY 1. I have fond memories of coming home from school and watching it.

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/mivana/mediaplayer.php?id=fcb93877b788d9d74f8f8886456974dd&media=skyone_irresistible1992&type=mp4

MacLeod said: Try memory alpha http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds,_Part_II_(episode) Click to expand...

Shazam! said: http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/mivana/mediaplayer.php?id=fcb93877b788d9d74f8f8886456974dd&media=skyone_irresistible1992&type=mp4 Click to expand...

Okay. It's a promo for programmes on SKY 1 (which includes TNG) dated sometime in 1992. Also, from Memory Alpha: Sky 1 (formerly Sky One and Sky1) is a television broadcaster of Star Trek in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky obtained the first run rights for Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1992; prior to that the first run rights in Britain had been with the BBC, who had broadcast every episode from "Encounter at Farpoint" to "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", excluding "The High Ground". In addition to the first run rights for the rest of the series made to date, Sky 1 also acquired rerun rights to the episodes previously shown by the BBC and a TV movie version of "Unification I", which was shown on an exclusive "movie" channel rather than as part of the main run of the series. The Next Generation was initially run on Sky 1 from "Encounter at Farpoint" being shown five nights a week at 5 pm, with "Family" shown the day after the Sky showing of "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" and the series then running all the way up to "Timescape". After this, "Encounter at Farpoint" was shown and the whole series was run again. "Descent" was held over to act as the premiere to the seventh season, which was run on Sunday evenings at 7 pm once it had completed production and was available to be shown. This was also the time slot used for the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Shazam! said: Okay. It's a promo for programmes on SKY 1 (which includes TNG) dated sometime in 1992. Also, from Memory Alpha: Sky 1 (formerly Sky One and Sky1) is a television broadcaster of Star Trek in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky obtained the first run rights for Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1992; prior to that the first run rights in Britain had been with the BBC, who had broadcast every episode from "Encounter at Farpoint" to "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", excluding "The High Ground". In addition to the first run rights for the rest of the series made to date, Sky 1 also acquired rerun rights to the episodes previously shown by the BBC and a TV movie version of "Unification I", which was shown on an exclusive "movie" channel rather than as part of the main run of the series. The Next Generation was initially run on Sky 1 from "Encounter at Farpoint" being shown five nights a week at 5 pm, with "Family" shown the day after the Sky showing of "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" and the series then running all the way up to "Timescape". After this, "Encounter at Farpoint" was shown and the whole series was run again. "Descent" was held over to act as the premiere to the seventh season, which was run on Sunday evenings at 7 pm once it had completed production and was available to be shown. This was also the time slot used for the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Click to expand...

Lieutenant Commander

Jul 3, 2015

SpocksOddSocks said: Dimesdan said: Though there used to be a German channel that you could pick up that I remember seeing some on later, but because were had no listings for it wouldn't have known if they were showing it earlier. (It was on English with German subtitles). Click to expand...

Beta-Z said: SpocksOddSocks said: Maybe you meant Dutch channel (Ned1 or Ned2), they used to air them not long after the US premiere with dutch subtitles. Click to expand...

Trek Survivor

Trek Survivor said: Dimesdan said: I remember going to mates house in 89 or 90 and he had Next Gen on on Sky, this was before they were on BBC2 and before I got into Star Trek. Click to expand...

Jul 4, 2015

SpocksOddSocks said: I'm going to have a good look at the German episode titles at some point. I'm liking " Rikers Versuchung" for "Hide and Q" Click to expand...