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Lions Tour on Sky

(June 2005)

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DO
dodrade
I remember after the British Lions tour win over South Africa in 1997 there was a clamour for it to be on terrestrial TV, but two tours later nothing has changed. Will there even be highlights? Were previous tours on Terrestrial TV?

Also, I believe there is a special Lions song this time around, but has any anthem been played on past tours?
BC
broadband cowboy
Yes , you can tell it's on sky from the camera work. They have 2 fixed camera shots - close in and wide. You can bet your life that as soon as anything gets interesting on the close shot , the clown in the studio will call the wide shot - just at a critical moment , and you can't tell what's going on at all. Don't these ars eholes know how to direct ?
If this camerawork is what the nz's put up with all the time they have my sympathy. Confused
The so-called song is rubbish , don't waste your time listening out for it. The only thing it had going for it was that the first time it was sung was at cardiff - by Katherine Jenkins - I haven't a clue what the words were , but she looked luvly. Very Happy

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