A really long bit of padding while the rain stopped play, steve rider in a tent fantastic for the sound guy!
Then they lost the feed and there was quite a pause before the customary "sorry for the loss of" any chance the announcer was taking advantage of 3 hrs of live golf.......
when i worked in pres had to run the length of the building to rescue an announcer from the canteen when a football match was abandoned, ahhhh those were the days.....its all PC's now
Well for once, it seems to be rained off in the US, something rare. I can't believe sticking this on the BBC in Prime Time, in the dullest weekend of the year. Compare this Saturday's schedule to last week's, this one is crap.
It's now also causing a problem with the late night schedule - bad enough for the network, but havoc for BBC ONE NI, who had their flagship discussion programme 'Let's Talk' scheduled for 11.35.
It is normally on at 10.35 and is, I think, usually live - let's hope it isn't tonight. If they show it, current indications are it will begin at near 1.00am.
Let's Sleep more-like! Surely they won't bother?
Probably a wee bit risky to schedule it for after live sport at an already late start time, especially given that it is the eve of Easter anyway and most of this type of programme have been given a rest for the holidays. Hindsight's a wonderful thing I suppose.
when i worked in pres had to run the length of the building to rescue an announcer from the canteen when a football match was abandoned, ahhhh those were the days.....its all PC's now
What? they have policemen doing the announcing?
These days there are humans..... they just aren't allowed to piss of to the canteen!
And in case anyone was wondering, they DID show 'Let's Talk', starting just before 1.00am. I suppose the only alternative was that it would never be shown, as you could hardly show a topical discussion programme at a later date.