I remember this distinctly and especially that it was reported that the BBC paid a lot of money to secure the UK television premiere of Batman, and it was one of the last times that audiences experienced the excitement of seeing such a new and recent blockbuster on the BBC for the first time as after this we entered the era where people saw such films first on satellite and cable television and the terrestrial channels could no longer compete on scoring the exclusive first showings of such movies.
I remember this distinctly and especially that it was reported that the BBC paid a lot of money to secure the UK television premiere of Batman, and it was one of the last times that audiences experienced the excitement of seeing such a new and recent blockbuster on the BBC for the first time as after this we entered the era where people saw such films first on satellite and cable television and the terrestrial channels could no longer compete on scoring the exclusive first showings of such movies.