The One Show: What's the point?
YaffiYuk
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Just watching The One Show (on delay). They just had a fairly interesting piece on bedroom tax. Then they asked Lord Bragg and the reporter for their views. Then they quickly and abruptly did a handbrake turn onto a piece on boats or something.
Surely this programme would be better off spending some time debating the issues they highlight? Admittedly, I don't watch that often, but maybe some time should be taken over these things, instead of just force feeding report after report to the viewer?
This is clearly a family show and stories seem to be thrown at the viewer at break-neck speed. Do the producers not expect people to talk about what they're watching?
Surely this programme would be better off spending some time debating the issues they highlight? Admittedly, I don't watch that often, but maybe some time should be taken over these things, instead of just force feeding report after report to the viewer?
This is clearly a family show and stories seem to be thrown at the viewer at break-neck speed. Do the producers not expect people to talk about what they're watching?
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Its well presented and interesting.
It covers so many issues normal news cannot cover.
This week raised £750k so far for Comic Relief.
People who want to 'plug' there shows want to go on it as they know they get viewers.
Its getting more viewers than other shows that were in its slot and sometimes were repeats of old comedy in the past. Bar news programmes it can be the most watched show on BBC1 on an evening.
The wildlife reports are great.
You can always switch over if you do not enjoy it, but I like it.
I know. It's not the handbrake turn (© Adrian Chiles) that I object to. It's the lack of debate. Or viewer interaction. Hence the pointlessness of it all.
Oh dear. It wasn't an attack - just a (In my opinion) fair criticism. I agree with your points. I just think the programme could be improved if it wasn't so... haphazard
Maybe the OP is suggesting that they cover one topic per show, for example bedroom tax, overseas aid projects, the plight of the red squirrel. With a video feature, a studio debate and viewer interaction by sms/twitter etc.....
I think the success of the one show is down to the fast pace and anti-soap audience. It could be way better, it just needs a decent production team with hundreds of fresh ideas per year. I am surprised that the show doesn't make good use of BBC regional channels for content at times.
Exactly, graham. Thanks for understanding and being the voice of reason
It's a magazine programme, magazine programmes tend to have a series of different items which often are not directly related.
It you buy a magazine or newspaper, do you expect them to just have one story filling their pages?
Go back through all the classic early evening magazine programmes from Nationwide through to Tonight and they all featured a range of different items in each programme. There are other places in the schedules for 30 minute programmes covering only one item.
It's a programme that's on in a lot of households, but I guess many just look up if there's something in it that interests them.
It is indeed. But it tries to cram lots of magazine articles in to a short space of time. It seems undecided on whether it wants to confront current issues, subjects worthy of debate or simply be chewing gum for the mind.
Consequently you just start to get interested in something and then it's suddenly off to "send in pictures of yourself looking stupid" etc.
That's why The One Show isn't about debate. See where my post was going?
Many would consider comparing any programme with Blue Peter to be a massive compliment with it being one of the best ever programmes for children.
The BBC often appears to have "an agenda."