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John Penney was certainly alive in 2010.
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No, John Rickman died in 1997:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ob...n-1236582.html He would have been 100 this year if he was alive. John Penny is indeed still with us but it was sad to hear that R.Gilbert departed from us in the late 1990's. |
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Channel 4 will have three days of racing coverage with 15 hours of live action. Clare Balding heads up the expert team of presenters, which also includes Nick Luck, Jim McGrath, Mick Fitzgerald, Graham Cunningham and Ted Walsh. The commentary team will feature Simon Holt, Richard Hoiles and Ian Bartlett. so thats 5 hours a day.. so really all the races.. that is good, and its great Ted Walsh is back for them again |
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John Penney has dies aged 86.
I remember him and Raleigh Gilbert well on the ITV7 http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...or-john-penney |
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I note that Brian Gleeson, primarily from Irish TV, appears in the Radio Times listings for Channel 4's National coverage.
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He was used regularly on BBC's Grand National coverage from around 2000.
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I note that Brian Gleeson, primarily from Irish TV, appears in the Radio Times listings for Channel 4's National coverage.
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He was used regularly on BBC's Grand National coverage from around 2000.
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Was he? I don't remember the name.
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The Grand National Meeting has been broadcast in HD on the BBC over the last few years. I never watched the racing from Aintree on Thursday afternon as I was busy and not at home, but according to Skys EPG the Grand National Meeting on Channel 4 is not being broadcast in HD this year Which means for the first time for a few years its only being broadcast in SD. Can anyone who watched the racing on Thursday confirm this.
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The Grand National Meeting has been broadcast in HD on the BBC over the last few years. I never watched the racing from Aintree on Thursday afternon as I was busy and not at home, but according to Skys EPG the Grand National Meeting on Channel 4 is not being broadcast in HD this year Which means for the first time for a few years its only being broadcast in SD. Can anyone who watched the racing on Thursday confirm this.
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It's definitely in HD.
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Does Simon Holt pick up commentary earlier on that Jim McGrath and P.O'S used to? I read somewhere that he would commentate on more of the race than they did
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Does Simon Holt pick up commentary earlier on that Jim McGrath and P.O'S used to? I read somewhere that he would commentate on more of the race than they did
If it were the BBC system it would have been Holt, Hoiles, Bartlett, Hoiles, Holt. Richard Hoiles sounds to flat to me I don't like his stule. Great to hear Ian Bartlett and Holt was good as usual. I can't help but finding the coverage flat though. I think I enjoyed the BBC coverage more last year with is a rare thing to say really. Nick Luck comes across as the new Julian Wilson to me. Ken |
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Are you sure its in HD whenever i have watched C4 racing it has always been in SD thats despite them having the 4HD logo in the corner of the screen. Yesterdays racing was not in HD and if you check the programme info it states no HD. I do hope todays metting will be in HD but i doubt it.
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He did didn't he. It when't Holt, hoiles, Bartlett, Holt.
If it were the BBC system it would have been Holt, Hoiles, Bartlett, Hoiles, Holt. Richard Hoiles sounds to flat to me I don't like his stule. Great to hear Ian Bartlett and Holt was good as usual. I can't help but finding the coverage flat though. I think I enjoyed the BBC coverage more last year with is a rare thing to say really. Nick Luck comes across as the new Julian Wilson to me. Ken |
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It's definitely in HD.
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According to my Sky epg the Grand National is being broadcast on C4 HD but it is shown as being in SD NOT HD. All HD programmes are shown highlighted on the epg, this one is not highlighted.
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According to my Sky epg the Grand National is being broadcast on C4 HD but it is shown as being in SD NOT HD. All HD programmes are shown highlighted on the epg, this one is not highlighted.
How many US imports on C4 HD, More4 HD and E4 HD show DD (for DD5.1)? And how many films are shown with DD on Film 4 when they don't actually broadcast in DD? |
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He did didn't he. It when't Holt, hoiles, Bartlett, Holt.
If it were the BBC system it would have been Holt, Hoiles, Bartlett, Hoiles, Holt. Richard Hoiles sounds to flat to me I don't like his stule. Great to hear Ian Bartlett and Holt was good as usual. I can't help but finding the coverage flat though. I think I enjoyed the BBC coverage more last year with is a rare thing to say really. Nick Luck comes across as the new Julian Wilson to me. Ken Quote:
C4 are notoriously bad with the EPG info they give Sky.
How many US imports on C4 HD, More4 HD and E4 HD show DD (for DD5.1)? And how many films are shown with DD on Film 4 when they don't actually broadcast in DD? |
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I may sound like a broken-record but Ian Bartlett for me is 2nd best comm behind Holt... and brilliant to hear as part of the CH4 Grand National commentary team.
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Although its not highlited as in HD my picture is a million times better on CH 4 HD channel than CH 104-so i am happy with that
![]() C4 coverage has been so good that i hardly notice that its not on the beeb |
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Simon Holt has been outstanding today. His calling of the Melling Chase was superb
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I watched the race on Racing UK (professional as usual) but was unimpressed by the later fence-by-fence replay on C4. Fences in the wrong order plus an incomplete list of where the non-finishers left the race. BBC used to get this right.
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The coverage was much inferior to the BBC. Clearly they did not have as many cameras. Some shots out of focus. No aerials. Slomos were very slow (so to speak). Virtually no close-ups. They actually missed the start completely because the commentator was waffling in vision. It lacked drama and atmosphere (and I'm not particularly interested in horse racing). And it wasn't even in HD
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The coverage was much inferior to the BBC. Clearly they did not have as many cameras. Some shots out of focus. No aerials. Slomos were very slow (so to speak). Virtually no close-ups. They actually missed the start completely because the commentator was waffling in vision. It lacked drama and atmosphere (and I'm not particularly interested in horse racing). And it wasn't even in HD
![]() Not blaming Holt at all but surely Clare Balding knew the start was fast approaching. |
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And it wasn't even in HD
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