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I Imagine this has already been mentioned but I've not read through the thread in its entirety.
I *hate* the huge pauses before answers / results etc are announced. They don't build tension, they don't add excitement, they are a boring tedious cliche |
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My husband is a soap fan, and he gets really agitated if the soaps don't start on time. He's forever looking at the time when the programme is late. He's probably nervous about missing the start of the next soap.
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Nah!!!!!
I don't watch any soaps, but re-reading my post, I can understand your question. It is strange that he never misses Corrie, Eastenders or Emmerdale. Soaps are more of a womans thing, I suppose. |
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Stuff popping up during the football on BBC One (saying "choose audio" or something) - I know I can push "Back up" to get rid of it, but I wish I didn't have to.
I'm not sure if this is set to on or off by default though, I had to turn it on many moons ago. |
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That announcer bloke on the BBC who talks through his nose.
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Or close-ups of wringing hands to indicate stress or upset from the interviewee.
And whenever you get a news item about schools, you see shots of pupils' legs walking along. Just legs. Because that's what happens when you reach retirement age; you go straight from being an active and vibrant contributor to the economy to doing low-impact aerobics. |
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Stock music.
Not just the same music repeated in episodes of a show but on cheap networks the same stock music used in several shows. |
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Similarly, whenever it's a story about the over-65s, they have to show an exercise class.
Because that's what happens when you reach retirement age; you go straight from being an active and vibrant contributor to the economy to doing low-impact aerobics. |
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Escape To The Country and A Place in the Sun when they don't buy a property.
News Tennis - when a new item is bounced back and forth between presenters. Constant loop of the same programme e.g. Top Gear, Storage Hunters, Bagage Battles, How It's Made, etc Freeview channels advertising programmes only available on satellite Longer editions of the same programme, e.g. QI XL, Have I Got A Bit More News For You,, etc (Just don't make the short version) |
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The people in the corner of the screen who ruin the programme by pulling stupid faces and making imaginary shadow puppets. There's a button on the remote to turn on the subtitles!!!
That's what they're provided for!!! |
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Whenever there's a news story about overweight people, there's always a shot of a fat person or two walking (possibly eating a greggs sausage roll), but only from the neck down.
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lack of subtitles on gold, watch etc. and STV and 4OD, all the good stuff seems to be on later, and I have to keep the volume down past 10pm. Got a youview box so not sure if it is an issue with that service..It would hardly be trivial to someone who is deaf or hard of hearing..meh.
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Blurring bits of the image - faces, road signs, t-shirt logos etc. I just keep thinking the cameraman used a dirty lens.
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When a British Grand Prix goes on BBC Two because of a Wimbledon final with no brits in it.
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When a British Grand Prix goes on BBC Two because of a Wimbledon final with no brits in it.
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Whenever there's a news story about overweight people, there's always a shot of a fat person or two walking (possibly eating a greggs sausage roll), but only from the neck down.
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I always wonder if there a folk watching the news saying "here, look, that's my belly"
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Same programme being shown on different channels at the same time.
There's no need for it in the age of digital television |
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Same programme being shown on different channels at the same time.
There's no need for it in the age of digital television |
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Why does an interviewer have to immediately be there thrusting a microphone in the face of a sportsman/sportswoman who has just lost or won something and ask them how they feel. We know. I bet they're tempted to say "How do you think I f****** feel you numpty".!
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Do they still do this? What and when if you don't mind me asking?
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John Suchet's dramatic inflection when reading the news.
Dominic Littlewood pretending to phone people on his consumer shows when there is clearly no one on the other end of the phone. Over dramatizing the real life rescue on the bbc - the helicopter always can not land close enough forcing the crew to cross "dangerous terrain" on foot - this usually turns out to be a field. CSI New York where the CSI's do everything that the rest of the police force should be doing. I swear I even saw them issuing parking tickets once. Barry from Eggheads. The Cilit Bang man. Soap opera's being on so often that the world cup can only be on every 4 years. |
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Do they still do this? What and when if you don't mind me asking?
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Showing old shows that were made in 4.3 in a widescreen format
One of the shitty satellite channels is showing the old Hancock shows, they are piss poor quality to begin with without blowing them up to f***ing 16.9. I do know that most TVs have a Screen Size option, but I reserve the right to have a bitch about it. |
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Neil Oliver
Why is Neil Oliver on so much ? Why doesn't he get his hair cut ? Why does he always talk over his shoulder while walking away from the camera ? Why does he always carry that huge satchel - surely one of the production team could carry things for him ?
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Why does he always talk over his shoulder while walking away from the camera ?
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