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The BBC showing the programme on both prime channels? While I understand the relevance of one news special taking up airtime I don't understand it being on both.
My best bit is when Joe Wilkinson threw a potato into a golf hole in one go. He took the applause and adulation from the audience. They then showed his toe was on the red carpet and he was disqualified. Would his fellow competitors allow it? They had a vote. Doc Brown and John Richardson said no way - disqualify him. When Greg said Joe was disqualified, Doc Brown said "Oh that's harsh" What a barsteward.
Joe Wilkinson does a magnificent disappointed child look. And a decent poem too.
Skip to 1m10s if you don't like Katherine Ryan (which condition I do not understand).
Ridiculous. Not surprised they are getting complaints.
Prediction: there will be thousands of complaints, roughly 50% of idiots will be complaining that there wasn't enough of it(despite it being on all BBC channels) the other 50% of idiots will be complaining that there was too much.
The Daily Mail will ignore this and run with 'BBC receives millions of complaints'.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
CH5 doing the river mossel in Germany with its bridges and canal locks. I did my degree in Civil Engineering. Thatcher only wanted to build motorways so I abandoned that and went into computers. I still love Engineering especially bridges and railways. Taskmasters good tho'.
I came to engineering, physics, creation of energy etc late in life when I studied the OU's Technology Foundation course in 1993-4 when in my 40s, with the sole intention of wanting to learn to use a computer.
All the computer stuff was outdated within a year (Framework on a borrowed early model of an Amstrad anyone?!) but the totally unexpected fascination with power stations, the electricity industry, and many forms of engineering has stayed with me ever since. Love all the 'Yesterday' etc progs on Abandoned Engineering, Impossible Engineering, shipbuilding, manufacture of Rolls Royce engines etc etc.
Edit - oh, and the various types of bridge construction too!
I'm not quite sure what anyone else was expecting the coverage to be like today - the real test will be if it's still like this by Monday - lest we forget, during Diana Week (aka The Week Britain Went Out Of It's Tiny Mind) they kept it going for a week.
Plus, as others have said, it's the BBC and therefore more likely to attract criticism elsewhere. ITV could have shown twelve hours of On The Buses repeats, interspersed with a Take Me Out Royal Death Special and Ant and Dec saying direct to camera that they were glad Phil's gone, and the Daily Mail will still be more concerned that Maxine Croxall was wearing the correct shade of black when she announced it on the BBC earlier.
It is what it is. And to be honest, it's not like when Diana died in 1997 - everybody has seventy channels, most of which were carrying on as normal, DVD's, streaming services etc. You just have to laugh at those on social media demanding respect is shown, and then throwing a fit because Emmerdale has been binned.
I'm not quite sure what anyone else was expecting the coverage to be like today - the real test will be if it's still like this by Monday - lest we forget, during Diana Week (aka The Week Britain Went Out Of It's Tiny Mind) they kept it going for a week.
Plus, as others have said, it's the BBC and therefore more likely to attract criticism elsewhere. ITV could have shown twelve hours of On The Buses repeats, interspersed with a Take Me Out Royal Death Special and Ant and Dec saying direct to camera that they were glad Phil's gone, and the Daily Mail will still be more concerned that Maxine Croxall was wearing the correct shade of black when she announced it on the BBC earlier.
It is what it is. And to be honest, it's not like when Diana died in 1997 - everybody has seventy channels, most of which were carrying on as normal, DVD's, streaming services etc. You just have to laugh at those on social media demanding respect is shown, and then throwing a fit because Emmerdale has been binned.
My issue is both channels at once. Ridiculous.
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WRONG SECTION. Phil / Gav, please move. (n/t) on 00:36 - Apr 10 with 1533 views
I just did this - thought it was just about acceptable for the blanket coverage on the day the news broke but to cancel Sounds of the 60s on radio 2 AND 6music on the next morning triggered me!
I wondered if there's something in their charter which means they're not actually allowed to put out "ordinary" programmes in situations like this? 🤔
Binning off the latest episode of '5 Red Herrings' by Dorothy Sayers at 01.00 this morning on R4Extra was definitely OTT tho!
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