Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
for 2 nights running the bbc have put tennis over there normal scheduil,personly i find this rater disgusting over the top coverage.as a remider the bbc have 3 other channels apart from bbc 1,why couldnt they put the tennis tournement on say bbc 2 for continued coverage and keep bbc 1 for more normal pre suits of those who dont like watching tennis.
rant over.
dont forget boring football on both itv 1 and bbc 1 tonight.
and the olimpics coming soon such a bore.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#2
I'm staggered. Brian and I think alike!
Ad in today's paper "24 HD Olympic Games channels from the BBC. Available on SKY"
Bloody glad I don't have SKY. I see that the kid's channels are being shunted off for non-stop olympics.
Madness.
Terry
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#3
yes if your not a sport lover it must be a bore
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#4
Yes the BBC do fall in love with Wimbledon every year. They go way overboard with the cream teas in south London..I used to live quite near it and the whole place goes weird. The BBC buys into this..as it helped create the social frenzy in the first place. People who dont know one end of a tennis racket from another become avid fans for 2 weeks per year. What happens in the tournaments following along afterwards in Wimbledons wake...well few are interested in.
Its sort of like Royal Ascot..a place to be seen, a place to be on the trend, and of course oh so comfortably upper middle class.
The BBC got heavily criticised for going madly over the top on the Jubilee weekend as well, they have to overkill a good idea, it seems to be part of their oddball philosophy. Look at the soporific coverage of the Olympic Torch. By the time it reaches Dover we will be worn out by overkill and the sickening smiles of the holy newscasters.
I like sport myself, the football in particular, but the tennis does really take the biscuit..night and day, day and night. The football lasts an hour and a half then everyone goes home.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#5
but paulb im a sports lover, but the coverage is way over the top
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
i sometimes get interested towards the end of a closematch, got hooked on one yesterday that had gone on for over 5 hours.
the olympic torch relay is only of interest to the towns welcoming it, the overkill coverage is a total bore.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
mmmm overkill and obsession all in the same thread i am amazed.must agree that the bbc go over the top,so much so it gets into a frenzy,and has repeats in the live coverage.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#8
Presumably everybody watches TV through Freeview Sky Free Sat etc, they give you access to more channels than you could have dreamed of not so long ago including at least 4 BBC and 4 ITV channels, surely there is something you could find to watch? or would that give you nothing to moan about
Audere est facere.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#9
martin,not moaning as such,but as you say there is 4 bbc channles,surely they could dedicate at least 1 channel to the tennis.prefably not bbc 1.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#10
must be hard to get out of the chair to switch channels brian lol
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#11
thats ok kieth,have got that soted,remote control at my finger tips.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#12
Think of all that beach volleyball, Brian.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#13
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#14
don't know what you mean peter
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#15
I really do not understand why the BBC publish any programme list when Wimbledon is on, in recent years the schedule changes at their whim and blow what the non tennis fan might have planned to watch. My other gripe is the lack of information when they do alter the schedule.
Anybody else stocked up with DVDs to watch this summer.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#16
For those with a yen for something to 'watch' other than sport over the summer, but unable to stock-up on all the DVDs etc...
http://archive.org/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#17
tom,
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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#18
Paul we agree!
I lived in Wimbledon for 4 years a nightmare ,and the beer prices go up
Guest 753- Registered: 23 May 2012
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#19
Thanks for the link Tom, great site.
Downloading a James Cagney film from it now.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#20
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
