Now, the final episode of 'Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow',
that
was a proper sendoff. Both Ds unscriptedly screaming "WE SAVED CHILDREN'S TELEVISION" into the camera (and presumably the BBC bosses) was a sight to behold!
And they managed that despite the fact they didn't want to do it any more - despite what many YouTube commenters seem to think, claiming it was "banned".
Now, the final episode of 'Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow',
that
was a proper sendoff. Both Ds unscriptedly screaming "WE SAVED CHILDREN'S TELEVISION" into the camera (and presumably the BBC bosses) was a sight to behold!
And they managed that despite the fact they didn't want to do it any more - despite what many YouTube commenters seem to think, claiming it was "banned".
I have to ask why did dick and dom not want to continue doing the series? I know it last 4 years? but only the last three series were seen on bbc one.
I know it was probably said in jest, but Ricky Gervais' comment about how the end of T4 will have literally no effect on anybody in the world couldn't be more apt.
Watching this and the CITV documentary yesterday and seeing at how much on screen talent both have generated over the years (not to mention the off screen talent aswell) it's unbelieveable how channels are letting these institutions where big names of the future can cut their teeth die.
I've said my piece about T4 over recent months but when earlier this year OFCOM told C4 they needed to do more to attract an audience to axe a brand like T4 in favour of Saturday morning repeats of 90's comedies and a Sunday morning cookery show is just absolute nonsense IMO.
The issue is that the teenage audience simply does not exist any more. Trouble disappeared after a fairly lengthy battle trying to find an audience to replace their target audience who had vanished. CBBC's responsibility for teenagers was transferred to Switch, which was dropped, presumably meaning the BBC too have washed their hands of the ghost demographic.
It's a thing of the past, for better or for worse.
My problem with T4 (and I was firmly in the target audience for the first few years) was that the presenters always seemed to think they were so damn cool and incredibly funny, it just got in the way of actually presenting the links. Looking at that lineup from over the years and, aside from perhaps O'Leary and Taylor from the early years you'd be hard pressed to find many of them that likeable. Plus once the whole thing was pre-recorded without any interaction it seemed a somewhat futile exercise.
That said, it does seem that it's another bit of youth/kids TV that's bit the dust thanks to cookery programmes, which is always a shame.
My problem with T4 (and I was firmly in the target audience for the first few years) was that the presenters always seemed to think they were so damn cool and incredibly funny, it just got in the way of actually presenting the links. Looking at that lineup from over the years and, aside from perhaps O'Leary and Taylor from the early years you'd be hard pressed to find many of them that likeable. Plus once the whole thing was pre-recorded without any interaction it seemed a somewhat futile exercise.
That said, it does seem that it's another bit of youth/kids TV that's bit the dust thanks to cookery programmes, which is always a shame.
I have to agree there I'm a teenager myself and me or my friends were barely interested in T4 as the presenters acted as if they were so cool and they're not - they came across as annoying and that it was overly rehearsed. The program failed to keep up with the times and had nothing remotely interesting to their target audience.But the current presenters were terrible apart from jamelia and the other girl - I have forgot her name.
Watching this and the CITV documentary yesterday and seeing at how much on screen talent both have generated over the years (not to mention the off screen talent aswell) it's unbelieveable how channels are letting these institutions where big names of the future can cut their teeth die.
I've said my piece about T4 over recent months but when earlier this year OFCOM told C4 they needed to do more to attract an audience to axe a brand like T4 in favour of Saturday morning repeats of 90's comedies and a Sunday morning cookery show is just absolute nonsense IMO.
The issue is that the teenage audience simply does not exist any more.
What - all teenagers have vanished from the UK (or nobody was born between 1994 and 1999, hence all the fuss about Millennium babies!). Yes, no doubt about it the audience has fragmented over the years but C4 shouldn't be just waving them off as it's important to C4 to get the younger audience not just at the weekends, but throughout the week. Obviously they do have E4 doing that job but that doesn't mean C4 should just give up and become a home to general nothingness (which it seems to be at the moment). It's still vitally important that in terms of entertainment, comedy and drama they try to appeal to an audience younger than their terrestrial rivals, and ensure that C4 is a channel that teenagers do check out, not just skip in the EPG.
Also in losing T4 they've lost one of their last major outlets for guests and self promotion considering they have no breakfast show or daytime chat show of their own. Indeed at the moment they've only really got Alan Carr, and that's only for a few weeks at a time.
They should have a teenage chat show aimed at you've guest teenagers from 13-25 years old., And it should run 5pm to 6pm Monday to Friday and include some of the good bits from t4 but not any of the current presenters. And t4 had a yearly music festival called t4 on the beach.So they could do a music festival for the new show based on the old one. And they should produce it in house not with princess productions or any other companies.
Well it's just my views?
Looks like Freshly Squeezed has gone to as that was essentially a T4 production. I think that's survived a good six years or so rather unnoticed in the breakfast slot - indeed I never understood why they didn't at least try and flesh it out to an hour and make a bigger deal of it.
And they should produce it in house not with princess productions or any other companies.
Alas, there's no chance of that happening - C4 don't make any of their own programmes, nor are they allowed to. Everything must be commissioned from independent production companies.
