Just how thick do they think we are?!?!?

[Funkycoldribena]

"Do NOT try this at home".

[poing]

Funkycoldribena said:

"Do NOT try this at home".

This! Most of the time it's not even technically possible to try it at home. I hate the was it's put as well, like it's an order not to try it rather than a suggestion.

[IrateNinja]

Jasandjules said:

I keep watching shows where they seem to think a goldfish is rather better qualified to follow the show than the viewer. I saw a show about B&Bs (four in a bed) where the process was something like - the room was £70, Mick and Sarah (these names have been invented to protect the innocent) have paid £65. That leaves a shortfall of £5. Really? You had to tell us this masterful piece of mathematics? We could not work it out ourselves?

My old house mate once had a girlfriend who was genuinely the thickest person I have ever met. She came home from work one day delighted that she had managed to read the inside of a birthday card to a customer correctly, without faltering.

Maths was not exactly her strong point either. So yes, some human adults have to be told seventy minus sixty-five equals five.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Antiques Roadshow bugs me.

"So, it's a lovely piece of furniture, would you like to know what it's worth?"
"Not at all, I fking humped it all the way down here an 2 buses and 3 trains for the good of my health, you sanctimonious tt."

Of course they want to know what it's worth, fking spit it out and stop pissing about.

[RobDickinson]

Jasandjules said:

I keep watching shows where they seem to think a goldfish is rather better qualified to follow the show than the viewer. I saw a show about B&Bs (four in a bed) where the process was something like - the room was £70, Mick and Sarah (these names have been invented to protect the innocent) have paid £65. That leaves a shortfall of £5. Really? You had to tell us this masterful piece of mathematics? We could not work it out ourselves?

Or like Dragon's Den - Peter says "I'm Out". The voiceover man then says " Peter Jones has just declared he is out". Really? Yes I figured that out all by myself.....

This is p***ng me off more and more of late.

Or when they repeat whats just been said, again. Like on Dragons Den.

[Antony Moxey]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Antiques Roadshow bugs me.

"So, it's a lovely piece of furniture, would you like to know what it's worth?"
"Not at all, I fking humped it all the way down here an 2 buses and 3 trains for the good of my health, you sanctimonious tt."

Of course they want to know what it's worth, fking spit it out and stop pissing about.

That's not what bugs me about the show. I don't want the first ten or fifteen minutes spent telling me about the location and its history, that's nothing to do with antiques. Nor do I want to see stuff from the sixties or later either, that's nothing to do with antiques. I don't want stuff from private collections or from the locations - yes, we know it'll be worth tens or even hundreds of thousands, but that's not the point of the show. And finally, no I don't want to see what the experts have themselves or try to pick the most expensive item out of the three on the table. Save that for the punters stuck in a four hour queue waiting to see if their junk shop rubbish they found in granny's attic is worth owt.

In short, can it revert to being about genuine antiques that ordinary members of the public own whereby the expert gives them a bit of history about the piece and a valuation, all the rest is unnecessary nonsense.

[HOGEPH]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Antiques Roadshow bugs me.

"So, it's a lovely piece of furniture, would you like to know what it's worth?"
"Not at all, I fking humped it all the way down here an 2 buses and 3 trains for the good of my health, you sanctimonious tt."

Of course they want to know what it's worth, fking spit it out and stop pissing about.

And they never say, "Well it's worth fk all!"

(c) Smith & Jones

[TwigtheWonderkid]

HOGEPH said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Antiques Roadshow bugs me.

"So, it's a lovely piece of furniture, would you like to know what it's worth?"
"Not at all, I fking humped it all the way down here an 2 buses and 3 trains for the good of my health, you sanctimonious tt."

Of course they want to know what it's worth, fking spit it out and stop pissing about.

And they never say, "Well it's worth fk all!"

(c) Smith & Jones

They do occasionally. I recall the look of fury on a woman's face when her priceless oil painting was declared a fake. Expert as good as said "if you hold it to the light, you can see the numbers under the paint."

[Issi]

What I hate with a passion is where you are watching somebody doing a task, such as opening an oven door, and then the camera cuts to the person who had opened the oven door sitting in a studio, who then states 'So, I opened the oven door'.

And why do they insist on showing the highlights of the show that you are just about to watch in the first five minutes!

[croyde]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Antiques Roadshow bugs me.

"So, it's a lovely piece of furniture, would you like to know what it's worth?"
"Not at all, I fking humped it all the way down here an 2 buses and 3 trains for the good of my health, you sanctimonious tt."

Of course they want to know what it's worth, fking spit it out and stop pissing about.

My feelings exactly. When you think a one hour show is less than 45mins after adverts, I wonder how much more of the programme is lost by recaps and what's going to happen next?

They even do this on the BBC shows where there are no adverts.

[madbadger]

Jasandjules said:

I keep watching shows where they seem to think a goldfish is rather better qualified to follow the show than the viewer. I saw a show about B&Bs (four in a bed) where the process was something like - the room was £70, Mick and Sarah (these names have been invented to protect the innocent) have paid £65. That leaves a shortfall of £5. Really? You had to tell us this masterful piece of mathematics? We could not work it out ourselves?

Or when they repeat whats just been said, again. Like on Dragons Den.

[abucd4]

Someone has already said this but I noticed this most on the Stacey Dooley docs frequenting the BBC of late. They're so dumbed down I cringe watching it, not once has she asked an intelligent question yet. Such a shame as a the context is usually very interesting!

[FreeLitres]

[Scot]Am oot.[/Scot]

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[Jezzerh]

Lol aren't we a happy lot! I detest all of these kind of programmes but come dine with me is especially bad as the voice over says stuff like ' he melts the chocolate in a pan'. No st, I can actually see him doing it on the screen with my own human eyes!! Arrrggghhhhh.

[voyds9]

Quite like the "Four weddings" voice over

Sarcastic bloke taking general swipes at everything that has been said.

(It's the wife that watches it, honest.)

[Justayellowbadge]

Four Rooms seems to feel the need to restate the premise of the show half a dozen times an episode.

[Jasandjules]

voyds9 said:

Quite like the "Four weddings" voice over

Sarcastic bloke taking general swipes at everything that has been said.

(It's the wife that watches it, honest.)

Oh no, the sarcastic comments (as per Come Dine With Me) are great, it is the voiceovers where they appear to think we would struggle to compete with a goldfish in a memory and IQ test...

[Oakey]

ITN News tonight, talking about the naming of the Royal baby:

"...and Diana, after Diana Princess of Wales, who would have been the Princesses grandmother..."

NOOOOOO! You don't say!

Edited by Oakey on Monday 4th May 19:40

[Sharted]

'If you have been affected by tonight's show'

Yeah right losing sleep over Eastenders.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Oakey said:

ITN News tonight, talking about the naming of the Royal baby:

"...and Diana, after Diana Princess of Wales, who would have been the Princesses grandmother..."

NOOOOOO! You don't say!

Edited by Oakey on Monday 4th May 19:40

She's been dead nearly 18 years. Many younger viewers may have no idea who she was.