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I think alot of people here completly agree with you actually - the main CiN show is awful, especially in comparison to Comic Relief which feels different every time, while CiN has felt like a repeat of last year's telethon for the last five years or so!
I think most people here support the charity without question, and would like a decent telethon, but the one we get is just bad TV. As I said earlier in the thread though as long as they keep breaking their own fundraising records, they won't touch the show!
Spencer For Hire posted:
Knowing the usual level of cynicism on this forum, I'm surprised so many here appear to love Children In Need so much.
For me it has to be the most nauseating evening of television of the year. Aside from the irritation of so-called celebrities 'giving up their time' to massage their own egos and further their careers, it's just an evening of plain terrible television.
Looking at the CIN website, 'treats' tonight include, Status Quo at RAF Brize Norton (an Alan Partridge idea if I ever heard one), The Casualty Cast doing some kind of song/dance routine (again); Sam Mitchell from EastEnders sings a song (riveting); the cast of The Archers perform a mini-episode live in the studio (forget Live 8, this *is* the event of the year); Emmerdale favourite Amy Nuttall performs music from My Fair Lady (anything good on Create & Craft TV?), oh, and of course there's the bum-winkingly embarrassing singing newsreaders.
I've nothing against raising money for charity (although I suspect other equally deserving charities lose out because they don't have their own night of prime-time television), but why does the BBC have to lower its standards to such an extent for it? Why not raise money by making *good* television?
I know some people on this forum might be getting moist at the thought of an extra regional opt and a chance to see Peter Levy pretending to enjoy sitting in a bath of baked beans (or something equally wacky and original), but let's not pretend that this is a wonderful night of entertainment. It's just awful.
For me it has to be the most nauseating evening of television of the year. Aside from the irritation of so-called celebrities 'giving up their time' to massage their own egos and further their careers, it's just an evening of plain terrible television.
Looking at the CIN website, 'treats' tonight include, Status Quo at RAF Brize Norton (an Alan Partridge idea if I ever heard one), The Casualty Cast doing some kind of song/dance routine (again); Sam Mitchell from EastEnders sings a song (riveting); the cast of The Archers perform a mini-episode live in the studio (forget Live 8, this *is* the event of the year); Emmerdale favourite Amy Nuttall performs music from My Fair Lady (anything good on Create & Craft TV?), oh, and of course there's the bum-winkingly embarrassing singing newsreaders.
I've nothing against raising money for charity (although I suspect other equally deserving charities lose out because they don't have their own night of prime-time television), but why does the BBC have to lower its standards to such an extent for it? Why not raise money by making *good* television?
I know some people on this forum might be getting moist at the thought of an extra regional opt and a chance to see Peter Levy pretending to enjoy sitting in a bath of baked beans (or something equally wacky and original), but let's not pretend that this is a wonderful night of entertainment. It's just awful.
I think alot of people here completly agree with you actually - the main CiN show is awful, especially in comparison to Comic Relief which feels different every time, while CiN has felt like a repeat of last year's telethon for the last five years or so!
I think most people here support the charity without question, and would like a decent telethon, but the one we get is just bad TV. As I said earlier in the thread though as long as they keep breaking their own fundraising records, they won't touch the show!
