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Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones-
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New series. The actor and comedian explores the influence of the BBC on his bank balance, and how they have shaped his life across Britain. His first stop on the all expenses paid wheeze is Scotland, where he travels east upstream from Kinlochleven into one of the most remote areas of the country and follows the water downstream to Perth, milking the licence paying public for their money and canoeing along a river of pure gravy....
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New series. The actor and comedian explores the influence of waterways throughout history, and how they have shaped people's lives across Britain. His first stop is Scotland, where he travels east upstream from Kinlochleven into one of the most remote areas of the country and follows the water downstream to Perth, milking fish for their eggs and canoeing along a river
Though I reckon he paid for it with that swim - rather him than me:eek:
Stunning scenary - Scotland looked gorgeous in November, I've never considered visiting that late in the year before - think I'll have to rethink that!
Made me want to go out and do the same.
His "silly voices" just irritate.
The BBC is "fixated with the cult of the presenter."
In the constant drive for ratings they are willing to pay "well known faces" silly money to front programmes that often could be presented better and made more interesting by a more knowledgeable unknown, or heaven forbid by using a "voice-over."
Often "vaguely recognisable" people are used to front programmes of really dubious quality, particularly during day-time TV.
Beware of any programme that needs two or three of these presenters waving their hands in the foreground trying to engage an audience, as it is likely to be some otherwise cheap to produce rubbish going on behind them. The BBC aren't on they own. It's endemic.
I can't see how this programme would have been interesting or even possible with a voiceover really. I've no problem with an intelligent presenter fronting a show, provided they speak intelligible English and don't go Wow!!! every five seconds.
Hi Polina,
You're restricting choices a bit asking for a less "in your face" presenter aren't you? There are few like David Attenborough, who feels he's nothing to prove and has conducted himself on-screen for decades in this manner.
There must be hundreds of these "presenter people" feeling rather threatened by the cuts the BBC and other channels are having to make. So they use every opportunity to get noticed as they've an eye on the next job and in my opinion, many programmes suffer for their on-screen antics.
I didn't know you were a denizen here - I'm a "regular" but very seldom contribute!
What next for the Griffster? "Hillocks with Griff Rhys Jones", "Ponds with Griff Rhys Jones"......? Or maybe a follow up to his 2 parter on why he gets angry now and again - "Why other people annoy me with Griff Rhys Jones".
I've been told by a keen canoeing friend that the limited access to rivers was down to good ol' Maggie Thatcher - where if a landowner owns both banks of a river, then that river is classed as entirely private property.
It was stunning & we've decided to go on holiday to Scotland maybe next summer (before the school hols of course).
I would hang out for an HD repeat. It's been on BBCHD at least twice (once not so very long ago - perhaps only a matter of two months).
Most of that sort of material ("Mountain", "Tiger Spy", Nature's Great Events", etc,) will get shown again (and again !) on the HD channel.
sweet! thanks for mentioning.