> In his book Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris, Lucian Randall says that the pilot of The Day Today was “completed in January 1993”. I can independently verify this; the VT clock for that pilot is dated 29th January 1993. So the pilot for The Day Today was shot in either December 1992 or January 1993. Which gives us a rough date for this particular limbo incarnation of Partridge.
Where does "December 1992" come from in this sentence? Is there a specific reason why it couldn't be October or November 1992?
(I mean, maybe it's just common sense that a programme wouldn't take that long to shoot, but I feel like the author is more confident than that given the rigorousness displayed throughout the rest of the article.)
My guess would be the common sense angle, within the context that when someone commissions you to make a pilot, you get it done, because in part, you're trying to demonstrate that you're ready to do the thing for real.
Where does "December 1992" come from in this sentence? Is there a specific reason why it couldn't be October or November 1992?
(I mean, maybe it's just common sense that a programme wouldn't take that long to shoot, but I feel like the author is more confident than that given the rigorousness displayed throughout the rest of the article.)