BBC2 early snooker finish

hyperstarsponge · 07/05/13 - 01:51

Two whole hours of TV to fill tonight, Starting with hairy bikers

BenFranklin · 07/05/13 - 01:54

Typical of course that they move the final forward an hour to avoid a late finish and you end up with one of the quickest finals ever.

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 01:57

I was looking forward to Coast

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 02:00

Who won then? I didnt see it.

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 02:02

degsyhufc wrote: »

I was looking forward to Coast

are they not using that as a filler then?

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 02:04

lotrjw wrote: »

are they not using that as a filler then?

No. Hairy Bikers then Operation Crossbow then Toughest Place To Be...

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 02:15

degsyhufc wrote: »

No. Hairy Bikers then Operation Crossbow then Toughest Place To Be...

are they all repeats?

howard h · 07/05/13 - 02:19

Isn't this the argument about the BBC not having cricket ie. on all day (and night), finishing times uncertain, gaps when there's no play?

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 02:20

lotrjw wrote: »

are they all repeats?

The Hairy Bikers episode is quite an old one from one of their earliest series.
I believe the other two are repeats. Operation Crossbow was on the other week but the other one is from the original series. A newer 'return to' series was shown the other week.

mrmattybeck · 07/05/13 - 02:44

Time for plenty of episodes of coast:)

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 02:47

howard h wrote: »

Isn't this the argument about the BBC not having cricket ie. on all day (and night), finishing times uncertain, gaps when there's no play?

I dont see an issue with scheduling for all day sports programs that might finish early. The channel (in this case it was BBC2), needs an idea of the longest time the event will run, along with the shortest, then have backup programming ready to run to fill any time. They will need more than just that time though, of course, as they need different length programs for different timings!

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 02:50

That's why Coast is such a godsend though. It can thretch from 3 minutes to 3 hours

mikw · 07/05/13 - 02:55

degsyhufc wrote: »

That's why Coast is such a godsend though. It can thretch from 3 minutes to 3 hours

And it's pure PSB too, perfect for the job.

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 03:03

degsyhufc wrote: »

That's why Coast is such a godsend though. It can thretch from 3 minutes to 3 hours

yes they just re-edit till they have the required length!

Bandspread199 · 07/05/13 - 03:08

I recall when the Dennis Taylor/Steve Davis final in the 1980s overran about three hours! The continuity announcer then followed the programme with "And now, slightly later than advertised....." and the shows scheduled were transmitted!:D

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 03:17

Bandspread199 wrote: »

I recall when the Dennis Taylor/Steve Davis final in the 1980s overran about three hours! The continuity announcer then followed the programme with "And now, slightly later than advertised....." and the shows scheduled were transmitted!:D

in those days they had the closedown though, so I guess they could just delay that and or squeeze any less popular programs out.

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 03:19

All they have now though is "This is BBC2". No reason why shows couldn't be shown in that block.

Dave5158 · 07/05/13 - 03:19

You could tell the spectators were following the BBC's commentry because when one of the commentators made a quip about matches finishing so quick, he mentioned (jokingly) how years ago there was a player who might not have even hit the first ball in the time it was taking to complete a frame. You coud hear the spectators chuckle at the remark.

degsyhufc · 07/05/13 - 03:20

Dave5158 wrote: »

You could tell the spectators were following the BBC's commentry because when one of the commentators made a quip about matches finishing so quick, he mentioned (jokingly) how years ago there was a player who might not have even hit the first ball in the time it was taking to complete a frame. You coud hear the spectators chuckle at the remark.

They only have the choice of the BBC commentators. The Eurosport commentators have no idea what the crowd are chuckling about.

jazzydrury3 · 07/05/13 - 14:01

If say the BBC had cricket and it rained or the players went off for bad light, the break might only be like 20 minutes unlikely but possible, they would either have to break into the filler programme, or miss a bit of the cricket, fans will go uproar either way

DWA9IS · 07/05/13 - 14:22

jazzydrury3 wrote: »

If say the BBC had cricket and it rained or the players went off for bad light, the break might only be like 20 minutes unlikely but possible, they would either have to break into the filler programme, or miss a bit of the cricket, fans will go uproar either way

well they would need about 10-20 about 5 min programs, then they could get advance warning (of about 5 min or so) that the cricket is about to start, so that they could be ready to come out of the program and back to the cricket. They might go back slightly early by doing that but I think it would work ok.

jazzydrury3 · 07/05/13 - 14:27

lotrjw wrote: »

well they would need about 10-20 about 5 min programs, then they could get advance warning (of about 5 min or so) that the cricket is about to sta

I tis probably gonna be years if at all Cricket returns to the BEEB, but i cant imagine viewers, would be happy, to see presenters sit at ground, while viewers are looking at covers like Sky do.

BenFranklin · 07/05/13 - 15:12

DQF means there is no reason why BBC2 cannot show cricket all day.

franchise · 07/05/13 - 15:14

jazzydrury3 wrote: »

If say the BBC had cricket and it rained or the players went off for bad light, the break might only be like 20 minutes unlikely but possible, they would either have to break into the filler programme, or miss a bit of the cricket, fans will go uproar either way

They wouldn't show a different programme to fill the break, they'd have done as they did when they did have the rights and either fill tine with a discussion or highlights of an old match.

BenFranklin · 07/05/13 - 15:18

franchise wrote: »

They wouldn't show a different programme to fill the break, they'd have done as they did when they did have the rights and either fill tine with a discussion or highlights of an old match.

Yes... I'm not sure why people are trying to make the coverage more complicated than it actually is.

Paul Grayson · 07/05/13 - 15:58

franchise wrote: »

They wouldn't show a different programme to fill the break, they'd have done as they did when they did have the rights and either fill tine with a discussion or highlights of an old match.

I remember them showing the odd film (usually 633 Squadron) on Saturdays if it was certain a whole morning session had been lost to bad weather.

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