Shame but unsurprising. What was a humble film review programme was seen by the BBC as a nuisance if anything. They wanted to jazz it up but Barry Norman and Jonathan Ross did the right thing and just let the films do the talking.
It had an awful time slot as of late too. It really should have ended ten years ago when Ross left. Still disappointing to see the BBC let a 44 year old show go out with barely a whimper.
Hasn't the BBC News Channel got a weekly film review show with Gavin Esler, or is that the one Inspector Sands mentions in his post, presented by Simon Mayo?
I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion format introduced with Claudia Winkleman that gave the show a new life. The basic idea remained the same but it allowed interaction and on screen discussion demonstrating the power of individual opinion; one film’s best picture Oscar could be another person’s rotten tomato winner.
Hasn't the BBC News Channel got a weekly film review show with Gavin Esler, or is that the one Inspector Sands mentions in his post, presented by Simon Mayo?
It's a separate show, the Simon Mayo one is on Radio 5.
The news channel one is usually Gavin Estler and Mark Kermode, though there can be other presenters some weeks.
Useless fact, I was on the same flight as Mark Kermode a couple of years back, he was about 5 rows in front of me.
Hasn't the BBC News Channel got a weekly film review show with Gavin Esler, or is that the one Inspector Sands mentions in his post, presented by Simon Mayo?
It's a separate show, the Simon Mayo one is on Radio 5.
The news channel one is usually Gavin Estler and Mark Kermode, though there can be other presenters some weeks.
Useless fact, I was on the same flight as Mark Kermode a couple of years back, he was about 5 rows in front of me.
Since Esler left it has been generally speaking either Jane Hill or Ben Brown for The Film Review programme. Plus a little bonus is Kermode's wish to get Hill to see at least one horror film.
Can't see the 5 Live show going any time soon. The podcast is regularly in competition for the most popular on iTunes.
Suppose it depends where Simon Mayo ends op, though he did announce that it would continue.
It was the only bit of his 5 Live show to continue and it has quite a following, especially on podcast. It was one of the shows featured on the recent BBC Sounds advert
Simon McCoy would be perfect for the Film Review - tongue-in-cheek comments about some of the dubious films being shown in cinemas - it could the "The Reel McCoy".....
