Carlton Cinema (TV channel)
Carlton Cinema | |
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Launched | 15 November 1998[1] |
Closed | 31 March 2003[2] |
Owned by |
Carlton Television (Carlton Communications) |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Terrestrial | |
ITV Digital | Channel 28 |
Cable | |
NTL | Channel 309 |
Telewest | Channel 425 |
Carlton Cinema was a British digital film television channel, provided by Carlton Television. It launched in November 1998 on the ITV Digital platform, and closed down in March 2003, 5 months after Carlton went off the air in the London region, being the last ever Carlton-branded television network to do so. Its sister channels were Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Kids, and Carlton Food Network. The channel launched on cable in March 2000 as an evening only replacement for Carlton Select. The first film shown on the channel was the 1953 film Genevieve.
Closure
When the ITV Digital platform ceased broadcasting on 30 June 2002, the channel struggled to keep going. It was removed from NTL's digital channel line-up in September 2002, and Carlton was negotiating with BSkyB to get the channel onto Sky, but no deal was agreed. The closure was announced on 9 December 2002. The channel closed on 31 March 2003. On that night came the last two films on Carlton Cinema: Genevieve, which was the first film broadcast on the channel on the launch night in late 1998, and afterwards the 1981 neo-noir Body Heat. Following the conclusion of the latter, continuity announcer Fiona Goldman made the closing announcement:
Well, that was the last film on Carlton Cinema. It's been almost four-and-a-half years since we first went to air and during that time, we've shown over 4,000 films. We hope you've enjoyed watching them as much as we've enjoyed showing them. So, from our director of programmes George McKee, myself Fiona Goldman, and all the team here at Carlton Cinema, it's been a great pleasure and thank you for having been with us. Now, all we have to do is pick up the popcorn and turn off the lights.[2]
Then they aired a montage of scenes and quotes from all the films they showed, to the tune of Alice Faye's You'll Never Know, which was regularly being shown on the channel during the final two weeks of its transmission. The farewell montage concluded with the last words ever heard on the channel:
Carlton Cinema thanks all our viewers for tuning in over the last four years. We hope you enjoyed watching the films as much as we've enjoyed bringing them to you.
The final image shown was a movie theater screen curtain (one of the many icons of movie palaces during the Golden Age of Hollywood) closing, revealing (for the final time) the Carlton Cinema logo with the date of launch (15 November 1998) on the top and the date of closure (31 March 2003) on the bottom. After a final fade to black, the channel's DOG was still seen for the last 15 minutes. The channel's transmitters were finally shut down at midnight.
Films shown on Carlton Cinema
- Absence of Malice
- Across 110th Street
- Agnes of God
- All Creatures Great and Small
- All That Jazz
- An Affair to Remember
- An American Werewolf in London
- As Good as It Gets
- At Sword's Point
- Awakenings
- Bad Boys
- Barbara
- Basic Instinct
- The Battle of the River Plate
- Benny & Joon
- Best Seller
- Billion Dollar Brain
- Blame It on the Bellboy
- Bless This House
- Blow Out
- Blue Velvet
- Body Heat
- Brighton Beach Memoirs
- Bugsy Malone
- Bus Stop
- Call Me Madam
- Carousel
- Carry On at Your Convenience
- Carry On Columbus
- Carry On England
- Carry On Matron
- Chariots of Fire
- Circle of Danger
- Circle of Friends
- Citizen X
- Class Action
- Company Business
- Conan the Destroyer
- Consenting Adults
- Cottage to Let
- Coupe de Ville
- Crooks in Cloisters
- Cry Freedom
- Dance with a Stranger
- Dead Ringers
- The Devil's Own
- Diary of a Hitman
- Doctor At Large
- Double Impact
- Double Indemnity
- The Dresser
- Educating Rita
- Eleni
- The Evening Star
- Excess Baggage
- The Exorcist III
- The Fabulous Baker Boys
- The Falcon and the Snowman
- Father Goose
- The Fighting Seabees
- The Fisher King
- Five Corners
- Flaming Star
- Flying Down to Rio
- Flying Tigers
- For Queen and Country
- Foxes
- The Frisco Kid
- Gandhi
- Gattaca
- Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
- Ghostbusters
- Giant
- Gilda
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Gloria
- Gorky Park
- Guys and Dolls
- The Guns of Navarone
- Hammers Over the Anvil
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Hanover Street
- Happy Go Lucky
- Hellfighters
- Henry V
- The Heroes of Telemark
- Higher and Higher
- Hook
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- Hudson Hawk
- Ice Cold in Alex
- Indiscreet
- It's a Great Day
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Johnny Guitar
- The Jolson Story
- Juggernaut
- The Juror
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Lady Caroline Lamb
- The Last Emperor
- Laura
- Leaving Normal
- License to Drive
- The Little Foxes
- The Long Hot Summer
- Look Who's Talking Too
- Love Me Tender
- Manhattan Murder Mystery
- Mary of Scotland
- Mass Appeal
- Matinee
- Medicine Man
- Men in Black
- Meet John Doe
- Mermaids
- Midnight Cowboy
- Midnight Express
- Miracle on 34th Street
- The Missionary
- Moll Flanders
- Mr. Saturday Night
- Murder on the Orient Express
- My Best Friend's Wedding
- My Fair Lady
- My Girl
- My Life
- The Name of the Rose
- Nell
- Night Falls on Manhattan
- Not Without My Daughter
- Nuns on the Run
- The Offence
- Old Bill and Son
- On Golden Pond
- Otley
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- Pacific Heights
- Pal Joey
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Pelle the Conqueror
- People Will Talk
- Perfect
- The Philadelphia Experiment
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Pimpernel Smith
- Platoon
- The Playboys
- Please Sir!
- Pork Chop Hill
- Postcards from the Edge
- Press for Time
- Prick Up Your Ears
- The Prince of Tides
- Prizzi's Honor
- Pulp
- Punchline
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Quality Street
- The Quiet Man
- The Quiller Memorandum
- Radio Days
- Raffles
- Rain Man
- Rally Round the Flag, Boys!
- The Rare Breed
- Reach for the Sky
- Rebel Without a Cause
- The Red Pony
- The Red Shoes
- The Remains of the Day
- Return of the Killer Tomatoes
- Rio Grande
- Rising Damp
- Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
- Rocky
- Rollerball
- Roman Scandals
- Rooney
- The Rose
- Row Your Boat
- Rumble Fish
- Runaway Train
- Ruthless People
- Saigon
- Sally, Irene and Mary
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- Sapphire
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Say Anything
- Scandal
- Scorpio
- Scott of the Antarctic
- Scrooge
- The Searchers
- Second Chorus
- Second Fiddle
- The Secret of My Success
- The Secret of NIMH
- Seems Like Old Times
- Semi-Tough
- Serial Mom
- The Serpent's Kiss
- The Seventh Dawn
- The Seventh Sign
- The Seventh Veil
- The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
- Shadowlands
- Shadows and Fog
- Shake Hands with the Devil
- Shall We Dance
- The Shanghai Story
- The Shawshank Redemption
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Silkwood
- Silver Dream Racer
- Simba
- Since You Went Away
- Single Room Furnished
- Six Degrees of Separation
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Soldier of Fortune
- A Soldier's Tale
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Solo
- Some Like It Hot
- Sophie's Choice
- Soul Man
- South of St. Louis
- The Spanish Gardener
- The Spy in Black
- The Square Peg
- Stage Door Canteen
- Stage Fright
- Stanley & Iris
- Star of India
- Stay Hungry
- Stella Dallas
- Stevie
- The Stone Killer
- Storm in a Teacup
- The Story of Esther Costello
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Street with No Name
- Strictly Ballroom
- Sudden Fear
- Summer Holiday
- Summer Storm
- Suspect
- Sweetie
- Take Her, She's Mine
- Tall in the Saddle
- The Tall Men
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Taps
- Target
- Tarka the Otter
- Terror Train
- That Hamilton Woman
- That Riviera Touch
- That's Your Funeral
- Theodora Goes Wild
- There Goes My Baby
- There's No Business Like Show Business
- They Knew Mr. Knight
- They Made Me a Fugitive
- They Were Not Divided
- They Won't Believe Me
- The Thief of Bagdad
- The Thing
- This Boy's Life
- This Happy Breed
- Three Amigos
- Three Little Girls in Blue
- Three Wishes
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Thunderheart
- Tiara Tahiti
- Tiger Bay
- To Die For
- To Paris with Love
- Tommy
- Tomorrow at Ten
- Tonight and Every Night
- Topkapi
- Torch Singer
- Touch and Go
- A Town Like Alice
- Town Without Pity
- Trade Winds
- The Train
- Traveller's Joy
- Tread Softly Stranger
- The Trollenberg Terror
- Trouble in Mind
- Trouble in Store
- True Believer
- True Confessions
- True Romance
- Truly, Madly, Deeply
- Tudor Rose
- Tulsa
- Turn the Key Softly
- Turtle Diary
- Twelve Monkeys
- Twilight in the Sierras
- Twins of Evil
- Two for the Road
- Two Thousand Women
- Two Tickets to Broadway
- Two-Way Stretch
- Undercover Blues
- Underwater
- The Unholy Wife
- Union Pacific
- Universal Soldier
- Unpublished Story
- Untamed Heart
- Up to His Neck
- The Valley of Decision
- Valley of Eagles
- Valley of the Dolls
- Value for Money
- The Vampire Lovers
- Vengeance Valley
- Vice Versa
- The Vikings
- The Virgin Queen
- Vision Quest
- Viva Maria
- Voyager
- Walk, Don't Run
- The War Lover
- War of the Wildcats
- Waterloo Road
- The Way to the Stars
- The Way We Were
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- The Wedding Tackle
- Weekend at Bernie's
- The Westerner
- The Whales of August
- What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
- What Price Hollywood?
- When Harry Met Sally
- Where No Vultures Fly
- Where There's a Will
- Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
- While I Live
- Whirlpool
- Whisky Galore!
- The Whistle Blower
- Whistle Down the Wind
- White Lightning
- White Nights
- The White Tower
- White Zombie
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Wichita
- The Wicked Lady
- The Wilby Conspiracy
- The Wild Geese
- Wild in the Country
- Wild River
- Windbag the Sailor
- Windom's Way
- Winter People
- Wisdom
- Without Reservations
- Wombling Free
- The Wonderful Country
- Working Girl
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare
- The Wrong Box
- Wuthering Heights
- Year of the Dragon
- Year of the Gun
- Young at Heart
- Young and Innocent
- Young Frankenstein
- The Young Doctors
- The Young Lions
- The Young Lovers
- You're a Sweetheart
- Zardoz