Screwed Again!

[Michael Stanford]

Been waiting all through '04 for the '04 season of New Yankee Workshop to appear on Discovery Home and Leisure (Europe), not a damn thing, only re-runs. Then last week new ads. appear for the NYW. I check the website, yep the '04 season starts today. I tune up the VCR, get the snacks and a cold one ready for the off, double check the listings again just in case, yep it's the "The Butterfly Table". 2-30 comes, I hit the record button, Oh f@#$ it , the bloody planters bench again.

I bloody hate Discovery H & L when they do this. Screwed again

Mick (A confirmed Normite)

[TrailRat]

I'm with you on that one micheal. I remember them promising to show certain one and it turning out entirly different. I like the NYW even though I'm not a cabient or furniture maker. I like it for the techniques i learn, unfortunatly with so many repeats i know them by heart.

Nick

[Ray]

My cable luckily carries two PBS stations so I can watch Norm 'live' (latest season) on Sat & Sun. The other channel it is on is Home & Garden TV or HGTV. They used to have Norm on every morning then cut it back to weekends; now HGTV only has it on Sunday morning.

I wrote HGTV to complaign and received a cookie-cutter, elected official, form letter reply.

[Michael Stanford]

Just received this in the email

Dear Mike,

Thank you for contacting Discovery Home and Leisure.

You may be interested to know that the new series of 'New Yankee Workshop' will start today (11 January 2005) at 14.30,we hope that you will be able to watch. There was a technical fault yesterday with the programme this was why it was not shown as scheduled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards,

Discovery Networks Europe Viewer Relations Team.

E001984

-----Mike Stanford wrote: -----

To: mail [e-mail] From: Mike Stanford Date: 01/11/2005 12:05PM Subject: Viewer Relations

Viewer Relations

Name: Mike Stanford Email address: [e-mail]

Query: Programming

Contact Number: 01522 881099

If programming selected: Schedule

Country: UK

Channel: Home & Leisure

Cable provider: NTL

Programme title: New Yankee Workshop

Programme content: Planters Bench

Problem encountered: Other

Comments/Questions: You have advertised the new series on both your website and on the H&L channel to start Monday 10th Jan.So why did we end up with re-run of a programme from one of the first seasons of NYW?When will the new series be shown?

Date: Between: 10/01/2005 and 11/01/2005

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[Malcolm Webb]

When you and they say "new" series, is it really "new" or is that the series hasn't been shown in the UK before and is still some years behind the series in the states?

Malcolm Webb Lincoln UK

[Michael Stanford]

It's the 2004 season

Mick Lincoln, Lincs. UK