Teatime slot

In British television the phrase "teatime slot" refers to the hours between 5 pm and 7pm. Initially, this was a period each evening during which the BBC showed no television at all – the so-called 'toddler's truce'.[1]

In time, the BBC began to show television shows in this time slot, but with an emphasis on family entertainment.[2]

The phrase is a reference to tea as the main evening meal.

References

  1. ↑ Television and Consumer Culture: Britain and the Transformation of Modernity, p.136
  2. ↑ Simon Cowell goes for teatime slot


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