The BBC and its utter obsession with the Olympics.
Discussion
JagLover said:
To interrupt the moaning for a bit, credit where credit is due, the BBC did bring us Helen Skelton, poolside, in a rather short skirt 
Her presenting style hasn't changed since Blue Peter. Add to that the hyperbolic tear-shedding by Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington and it's enough to churn your stomach. It makes you wish the Beeb had adverts to cover the periods when they're running out of things to say.The cycling is poor too - not up to the standards of Eurosport. Sean Kelly may be incomprehensible at times, but he knows his stuff.
I'm waiting for the athletics. The regular commentators know how to present, even if the anchormen are rubbish - former Olympic champions don't always transfer to being Olympic-standard TV announcers.
JagLover said:
To interrupt the moaning for a bit, credit where credit is due, the BBC did bring us Helen Skelton, poolside, in a rather short skirt
+1 to that! Shame the next post had to be another moan.My only issue with the Beeb coverage is having to change channels for half an hour in the middle of an event then change back. Are Eastenders and News at Ten viewers incapable of tuning into another channel for 2 weeks?
GetCarter said:
Coverage is excellent, but FFS stop leading the news with it. The other day 70 dead and 100 wounded, the Lawrence Inquiry, and the longest rail strike since 1968, and the lead story was a bloody swimmer.
Yes that is my major gripe. It's as if they've deemed real news to be of no importance. I've switched to Sky for the morning news and their approach is far better with only a segment of the programme devoted to the Olympics. Al Jazeera news is also worth watching as the Olympics are hardly mentioned. Smollet said:
Yes that is my major gripe. It's as if they've deemed real news to be of no importance. I've switched to Sky for the morning news and their approach is far better with only a segment of the programme devoted to the Olympics. Al Jazeera news is also worth watching as the Olympics are hardly mentioned.
No different to football world cup etc though is it? They will lead with the most popular thing. Right now, the Olympics is more popular than yet more bad news, which we get every month every year. It's also very sadly a much more unique event (happening only once every 4 years) than some nutbar blowing stuff up in the middle east, which tragically happens far too bloody often.Some Gump said:
No different to football world cup etc though is it? They will lead with the most popular thing. Right now, the Olympics is more popular than yet more bad news, which we get every month every year. It's also very sadly a much more unique event (happening only once every 4 years) than some nutbar blowing stuff up in the middle east, which tragically happens far too bloody often.
I don't recall them naming the Breakfast programme the Football World Cup programme though. Smollet said:
I don't recall them naming the Breakfast programme the Football World Cup programme though.
Not only is an "Olympic Breakfast" a houshold term in the Uk thanks to 3 decades of the Little s
t being our motorway food, but I don't recall the World Cup being at 3 AM recently either. Honestly, just embrace it. I just watched the worlds shortest man win the woman's floor competition, It was truly awesome to watch. Before that, I watched so,me blokes paddle a boat in a fake river. It, too was interesting. I'm not sure what cack would have normally been on BBC 1 this evening, but I'm sure it'll be repeated on Dave in a month or so.
SeeFive said:
Just to cheer you up a little more, in addition to the domination of the main channels, look further down the Sky TV channel guide and you will find around 16 (didn't actually count) new channels. All BBC olympics channels showing different sports.
Thanks for that as I hadn't spotted it!The rest of you miserable feckwits, go and knit yourselves a couple of jumpers for the Winter!
blearyeyedboy said:
It does make you think why some sports aren't televised more.
For example, I'd much rather watch fencing than watch golf.
In fact, I'd probably rather watch a fence than watch golf.
Indeed. For example, I'd much rather watch fencing than watch golf.
In fact, I'd probably rather watch a fence than watch golf.
I enjoy certain sports and those I don't like I can turn over or off. That said, my wife enjoys watching rowing. Like golf but with more competitors in shot.
I'm with you about golf.
And no more criticism of Helen Skelton.
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