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BBC announcers go bananas

(January 2003)

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GL
Glorfindel
You say we're missing the bigger picture.. can there be a bigger picture to such a trivial issue? Let's face facts. Television? It's evolving. Never a truer word said. I say let it evolve and let's stop worrying about whether our CA is recommending we have Zs or sleep...

Mark (or should I say kraM?), that is a thoroughly rational and mature opinion that accurately reflects the reality of the situation.

As such, it has absolutely no place on this forum. Hang your head in shame, man!

You should be bemoaning the fact that TV isn't still exactly how it was when you were eight years old, and despairing that BBC announcers are daring to try and connect emotionally with the viewers instead of remaining utterly aloof (as is only right and proper) and telling us, in as dry and patrician a manner as possible, that middle-class viewers or higher should switch to BBC-2 immediately for a documentary about peat as the following programme contains gutter humour and expletives and is only suitable for manual workers and council house children.

Except for viewers in Devon, who have cow-fondling from Bovey Tracey.

I expect better next time... Wink
SL
Simon_Luxton
Quote:
This from the person who believes each channel should closedown during the day for a testcard. What benefit would that bring anyone!? Television is a medium for broadcasting PROGRAMMES not bloody test cards!!


When have I ever said that? Now you're putting words in my mouth. By all means have the test card on overnight though!
PH
Phil
Simon_Luxton posted:
I'll admit I've been brought up with traditional "Now on BBC1" style announcments; I've never questioned them, and they still have a valid place in 2003.

I'm sorry but the idea of being "brought up" with traditional "Now on BBC1" annos made me almost wet myself! What on Earth does that mean?!?!

*wonders if Simon is actually about 90*
BA
Banksey Founding member
Phil posted:
Simon_Luxton posted:
I'll admit I've been brought up with traditional "Now on BBC1" style announcments; I've never questioned them, and they still have a valid place in 2003.

I'm sorry but the idea of being "brought up" with traditional "Now on BBC1" annos made me almost wet myself! What on Earth does that mean?!?!

*wonders if Simon is actually about 90*


I gather his first words were "Good Evening Lookers, this is the Beeb Beeb Ceeb televisual servyis fraum the Alexandra Pallyass".

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