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For a little while, when planning my next week's viewing (the plans
usually fail), I've noticed "I Dream of Jeannie (BW)" several times a
day on Rewind TV (freeview 81) - for example, 1030am and 530pm today.
I'd thought of giving it a look-in, as I don't remember it being BW.
I've just actually got round to trying it (the 5:30 p. m. one), and sure enough, it's in colour (well, I'm sure color!) - rather startlingly so,
if anything: the pink is very pink, and the oranges are very orange.

I was just puzzled why it's listed as (BW) when it isn't!

Supremely unimportant in the scheme of things.

Jeannie (Barbara Eden) is very easy on the eye ...
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"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote in news:106iqok$6o59$3@dont-email.me:

I was just puzzled why it's listed as (BW) when it isn't!

"I Dream of Jeannie" had five seasons. Season 1 was shot in
black&white, the rest are in colo(u)r.

However there are colourised versions of the b&w episodes around. The
2006 Eurpean/region 2 DVD release (which I assume you get in the UK as
well) contains those. You can easily tell them by their artificial
look. You can always turn down saturation to enjoy them in their
original format.

So if an episode from season 1 is in colour on "Rewind TV", you can
deduce they're using the colourised version of an original b&w episode.
Here's an episode list for checking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I_Dream_of_Jeannie_episodes

This list is a bit contradictory because it claims that episode 7 of
season 2 was the first one in colour, but also that all episodes from
season 2 on were in colour. I think the latter is true, because on my
DVDs all episodes from season 2 look natural, as opposed to season 1.
Also the first episode of season 2 contains a "blue Djinn", apparently
as a celebration of the show now being in full colour. It wouldn't have
made much sense in b&w.
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On 2025/8/9 10:58:34, wolfgang s wrote:

"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote in news:106iqok$6o59$3@dont-email.me:

I was just puzzled why it's listed as (BW) when it isn't!

"I Dream of Jeannie" had five seasons. Season 1 was shot in
black&white, the rest are in colo(u)r.

However there are colourised versions of the b&w episodes around. The
2006 Eurpean/region 2 DVD release (which I assume you get in the UK as
well) contains those. You can easily tell them by their artificial
look. You can always turn down saturation to enjoy them in their
original format.

So if an episode from season 1 is in colour on "Rewind TV", you can
deduce they're using the colourised version of an original b&w episode.

That would probably explain it. That one episode I saw looked very
colourful, so may have been colo(u)rised - I didn't notice at the time,
as I wasn't looking out for it. If I watch any more, I'll try to decide.
I don't know what series/episodes they are - the listing, even in Radio
Times, is minimal (just the name and the "(BW)", no details of series,
episode, or plot; I'd actually have to see them to get the copyright
date from the end credit). I've just had a look for this week, and the
next few are still _listed_ as "(BW)".

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BBC presenters that gets its name from the fact that no one is sober
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