Originally Posted by RINGWAYMAN:
“The trailers for other Radio 2 programmes are tolerable but what I find totally unacceptable is when they are plugging BBC TV shows..!!!!!!!!
It seems to be nowadays the more outlets there are for people to find out what's on and when, the more we have to be constantly told at every opportunity!”
Yes, a horrible "management speak" term they use for doing that is "cross promotion", and I agree it has never been easier to find out the precise information you want about almost everything.
I kid you not, but one night at about 10.30pm or so I actually saw a trailer on BBC2 for the CBBC Children's Channel. Infact I've come across many quite truly zany examples in a similar vein.
Insofar as POTP is concerned, there is no need for it in the middle of the show. Play the trailer up to the news bulletin on the hour after the show has ended, or just before it begins. Do not behave like a commercial radio station interupting the show at least twice each hour. The trailers glaze over me anyway, so don't do their job for me, other than to annoy. But the BBC knows full well that trailers annoy the hell out of their listeners, especially those over on Radio 4 too, but continue onward regardless. But they are getting progressively more intrusive during POTP this year.