Nobody watching "In Orbit How Satellites Rule Our World"

[2fast748]

She did a program about the moon a while ago and while it was interesting her delivery is a bit of an acquired taste.

[carmonk]

Eric Mc said:

carmonk said:

Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter with some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.

Not allways.

It dpends omn who nthe target audience is.

Fun, japes, prettiness and showmanship sells to some.

Knowledge and profesional baqckground will sell to others.

There is room for both.

BBC4 in particular, should emphasise on the latter, whilst the "showey" side of presentation shouild be the norm for BBC1. BBC2 could adopt a middle approach.

Ideally, but in practice it doesn't work like that. You're overestimating the potential audience. Horizon used to go into some depth and be far less showy, which suited me fine, but the format was changed because the audience changed. The viewers today, on average, have far shorter attention spans and possess a need for constant stimulation beyond the intellectual. That's why we have a focus on charismatic presenters like Brian Cox (who I actually like), plus the spoon-fed delivery and even the dramatisations (e.g. Berkov in the 'Infinity' episode). So whilst this isn't personally satisfying I think the BBC has moved in the right direction in order to get science to the masses, and it's one of the few things I applaud them for.

[vetrof]

I enjoyed the programme, I found her diction a bit offputting at first. But either it improved as it went on or I got used to it.

On balance I think it a very good thing that the show was presented by someone who not only understood the subject matter, but who is a professional in the field.

I know the BBC is slated for it's PC outlook, but maybe having a black woman fronting the show is a positive.

[Mr E]

vetrof said:

On balance I think it a very good thing that the show was presented by someone who not only understood the subject matter, but who is a professional in the field.

It's an excellent thing indeed.
I shall have to give it another go....

[FunkyNige]

vetrof said:

I enjoyed the programme, I found her diction a bit offputting at first. But either it improved as it went on or I got used to it.

Just watched it this morning and thought the same - diction was a bit annoying for the first 5 minutes but didn't really notice after that. Good to see an expert present a programme instead of a personality for a change!

Must've been great to be one of the pioneers of the satellite business, but with those CubeSats I guess everyone can have their fun sending bits into space. I assume his £80,000 figure mainly goes towards launching the thing?

[Eric Mc]

I bet astronomers and space station builders won't be happy with tens of thousands of shoe box sized satellites whizzing about getting in the way.