Why do butchers sell cooked food 285Gregoire Kretz You are getting confused. Television isn't a public service. The BBC is a public service, because it is paid for with public money. If your argument is that...
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Quite a comment on public taste but, I reckon, probably accurate. Just a bit frighteneing when seen so baldly in black and white.
Not my particular taste but well done, what I saw of it.
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Might as well raise one of my pet hates here - and I don't think it is the exclusive province of any particular station.
It is what I would call "clever television" or "interesting" broadcasting. It means some of the following.
1. The trite and irritating presenter scripts you get in nearly all the "antiques" programme.
2. "Clever" camera work like spinning the scene around in circles - round and round until I am feeling sick. Funny angles and things out of focus. "We have the technology so we will show you how clever we are". Usually getting in the way of a clear view of the topic.
3. Showing the presenter's face for most of the time when the topic of the programme - what is actually happening - is out of camerashot. I've seen the presenter, let's see what he-she is talking about.
4. Having the presenter talking over what is happening - particularly on the radio. Two instances particularly come to mind. One, back many years, the first moon landing. We were young marrieds who couldn't afford TV (there were such in those days) so were listening to the landing live on radio; avidly following the messages between the lander and the base. Then the commentator came in, seemingly to provide nothing but the sound of his own voice and then said in a rather surprised voice "Oh, they're down!". We missed the actual landing because of that twit wittering on. The other was a presentation of the ceremonies in rememberance of the Normandy landings. The US President was speaking at Plymouth and a presenter broke into the broadcast; something's happened, or something important, I thought. But No, it was just the presenter deciding to tell us that it was the US President talking. Do they think the UK public cannot work out for themselves what's going on? Oh, and another one. When the young woman who broke the solo round-the-world record came into port. We had the drama of a dark screen with the light house and just that one small wobbling light coming nearer and nearer when "they" decided that was not "interesting tv" and switched to show a party going on at the quay. They did, actually, get back to her in time before she crossed the finishing lines but what could have been more enthralling than watching that lone light coming closer and hoping she would make it? Jane
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