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Originally Posted by LizH
A lot of British sitcoms still do that today ("Keeping Up Appearances" did it, as did "Black Books".)
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Not really. Most British shows are shot on one medium throughout these days, either tape or film (or, more likely than actual film, shot on tape and then having some post-production work run on it to make it
look like film, such as the new
Doctor Who, Footballers Wives, Worst Week of My Life, Coupling, Neverwhere, etc.).
Can't vouch one way or the other for
Black Books, but for the other example you cite (
Keeping Up Appearances, at least on the episodes I've seen on PBS, were shot on video throughout (even the outdoors scenes).
By 1986, most productions at the BBC were shifting towards OB ("outside broadcast", or video) for location work and moving away from film. Shows like
Doctor Who, and
'Allo 'Allo! are examples of this change.
There might've been a few exceptions to this rule, but around 1985-86, the mixed-format approach for British TV shows was drawing to a close (though several sitcoms, like
Only Fools and Horses and
Last of the Summer Wine would occasionally do a special feature-length episode entirely on film).