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Old 14-04-2014, 00:11
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Shows such as coach trip that are only on for 29 minutes spend 4 minutes showing clips of the show we saw yesterday then they show us what's coming up after the break and after the break they show us a reminder of what we just saw 4 minutes ago
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Old 14-04-2014, 00:23
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Shows such as coach trip that are only on for 29 minutes spend 4 minutes showing clips of the show we saw yesterday then they show us what's coming up after the break and after the break they show us a reminder of what we just saw 4 minutes ago
Yes that is particularly annoying. I stopped watching Coach Trip but when I did watch it you could usually get through the whole programme in about 14 minutes by fast forwarding through the recaps and ad break.
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Old 14-04-2014, 08:14
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People on quiz shows who say they know the answer, and then tell us what it isn't before telling us what it is.

"Well I know it's not Tin because my Mum uses tin foil, and it's not Chile because I went there last year, so my answer is B. Cantaloupe."
Eggheads is so bad for this; its why I can never watch it. That and the sense you get that the Eggheads just want to show off that they know so much about all the possible answers before they give the answer. Thoroughly dislikeable people.
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Old 14-04-2014, 09:26
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The seemingly increased volume inbetween programs.
This is definitely true and is very irritating.

Another annoying thing is EPG's giving away something that isn't revealed in a programme until near the end. To give a made up example 'Poirot wonders why John Smith has turned up at the manor house until he discovers Smith is really the long lost brother of the lord of the manor'

Another one is where you are waiting to see the name of one of the cast in the end credits but when the credits roll they shrink to a small window and a preview of the next programme fills most of the screen.

I was also going to say Russell Brand on Match of the Day but the title of the thread says 'trivial' and not 'criminal'.
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Old 14-04-2014, 10:24
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Scripted banter makes my toes curl.
Ant and Dec are the worst for this.
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Old 14-04-2014, 10:32
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People on quiz shows who say they know the answer, and then tell us what it isn't before telling us what it is.

"Well I know it's not Tin because my Mum uses tin foil, and it's not Chile because I went there last year, so my answer is B. Cantaloupe."
Yes! This so annoys me. There seem to be quite a few quiz shows around at the moment where the contestants have to talk through their thinking. I can see if they were solving a riddle or a puzzle it's a good idea. But 'What is the capital of France' doesn't need a 1 minute discussion on why they think it might be Berlin or Paris but aren't quite sure. GET ON WITH IT.

Also...

Announcers reading out people's meaningless tweets about a show. I really don't know why they do this apart from trying to show how popular the show is. Who does it benefit to know that someone I've never met or heard of is 'Laughing so much right now'? Good for them. If I were interested in them, I'd already be following them.

Reality shows that edit in fake reactions. So someone makes a statement and they then edit in footage of everyone else just sitting looking at them and not saying anything to make it look like everyone thinks they are an idiot. However, the footage always looks like it's taken from when they were sitting quietly and listening to the person talking rather than their reaction.

Reality shows (mostly happens on the US ones) where they show something 'dramatic' about to happen. Then cut to the adverts. They come back and nothing actually happened.
'Oh no - we are all going to die!'
Cut to adverts
Back to show
'Oh, it was nothing, we're all fine'.
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Old 14-04-2014, 10:52
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Anyone on a quiz show who says "Oh that's a bit before my time"....grrrr
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Old 14-04-2014, 11:41
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" on a mission"
I loathe this phrase. If you are a Catholic priest and the Pope orders you into the jungle to convert non-believers at huge risk to your life, then you are on a mission. If you are doing a couple of two minute interviews for a travel show, or are having a nice holiday whilst being filmed, all at the expense of the TV company, you are not on a mission. You are simply making a TV programme just like everyone else in TV.
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Old 14-04-2014, 12:00
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The name of the next programme being flashed on screen before the programme you're watching is finished, and often at a crical moment of the action. Totally distracting and, if it's a drama, pulls you back to reality when you've been totally engrossed in what's happening on screen.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:32
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So, so many things annoy me but a few for now:

1. Wobbly, inept camera work. We shouldn't be reminded that the cameraman is there and badly needs a leak! Get a tripod and move the camera when necessary! What if the sound man kept fiddling with the volume or whatever just so we know they're on the job? It would be just as stupid.

2. Almost any music on a factual programme. Newsnight, Horizon, the history of chemistry etc. doesn't need it and is in no way enhanced by it. I can forgive it in something like a nature proagramme which is mostly visual feast with voice description, but it should not be used to induce emotion or sympathy for the subjects.

3. The 'music' which plays when some studio presenter summarises the current state of play while we see the scoreboard. Poor Sue in tennis and poor Hazel in golf can't open their mouths without some knuckledragging idiot plays us something from a royalty-free music CD intended for home videos they got in a charity shop. (Also the music played between bits of action at live sports events. When friends went to the London Olympics I wondered if I was right not to bother but having seen it on TV I'm so glad I didn't subject myself to the organisers choice of blasted noise.)

4. Seeing the presenter in a staged, if not actually scripted scene turn up, greet the person they're talking to next, shake hands and immediately launch into questions. If they'd really just met, the first few sentences would be dull pleasantries ('did you have a good journey?' etc) so why pretend they just arrived?
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:36
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It annoys me when programmes like Location, Location, Location announce a new series 'where we catch up with previous participants....' and it's actually just a load of repeats with a five minute update at the end of each programme.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:43
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Longer and longer ad breaks. ITV hours are really only about 44-45 minutes.
American one-hour shows are 39-41 minutes.

American half-hour shows are 19-20 minutes.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:46
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Reality shows that edit in fake reactions. So someone makes a statement and they then edit in footage of everyone else just sitting looking at them and not saying anything to make it look like everyone thinks they are an idiot. However, the footage always looks like it's taken from when they were sitting quietly and listening to the person talking rather than their reaction.
Britain's Got Talent is the worst for this. When somebody on stage does a rubbish routine and they cut to the audience and/or judges looking blankly with the tumbleweed or cricket noises in the background to illustrate how crap it was. They usually put in the reaction from a different moment in time or from another act completely.

So, so many things annoy me but a few for now:

...4. Seeing the presenter in a staged, if not actually scripted scene turn up, greet the person they're talking to next, shake hands and immediately launch into questions. If they'd really just met, the first few sentences would be dull pleasantries ('did you have a good journey?' etc) so why pretend they just arrived?
Or the staged moment when somebody answers the door to the presenter and says: "Hello nice to see you, come in" and there is already a cameraman and soundman stood behind them inside the house as we also see the back of the person's head.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:51
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Too many bloody reality shows on ....
Which, within 5 mins of viewing each, you can tell have all the same format -

Intro/theme/preview of show
1 show 'reality' segment for 2/3 mins
2 show person who was in 'reality' segment talking about that segment
3 possibly repeat 2 with another person from segment,

Repeat from 1 throughout whole show, with optional 'coming next', and 'next week' teasers.

Applies to -
Kardashians
Storage Hunters
Baggage Battles
American Digger
Real American Housewives
etc
etc

All the same format.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:56
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5. A news reporter standing in front of the thing the report is about so we can't see it and they can't either as they're looking at the camera. The stupidest instances are when say, the Queen/Pope/President goes by and they mess up in spectacular fashion by blocking our view. Sometimes they are interviewing people who waited all day to see the Queen go past and just when it happens some thoughtless moron with a mic turns up and spiols their once-in-lifetime chance to see them.

Often they or the camerman join a demo or march as though they're part of it but get in the way even standing and expecting others to go around them. They should observe, gather views and explain what's happening, not interfere with it. We don't even need to see the reporter and in some places it's better for their safety if we don't.
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Old 14-04-2014, 13:59
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Dual news readers.

Why in the name of f***, does reading a paragraph of news require a tag-team effort from a (usually male/female) duo? On BBC Breakfast they practically take alternate sentences - I mean WHY?? Is reading one story just too much for the human brain to cope with? I suspect it's only a matter of time before the duos are doing an alternate word each.

Also, stringing out documentaries to an entire hour - when it could easily be covered adequately in 15-20 minutes - turns me right off.

Finally, "banter" between news readers and weather men/women. It's anti-humour. And I'm sure it causes cancer.
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Old 14-04-2014, 17:57
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Music being louder than the speech
(3 of us in our house work shifts so quite often , someone is asleep)

Turn the volume up to hear what's being said and then really loud music.
Only trivial, I know, but still very annoying
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Old 14-04-2014, 17:59
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Companies putting old adverts on instead on producing new ones.

I guess the actors in them might be happy getting their fee but also embarrassing for some who have moved up in the world having 5-10 year old ads on when they were nobodys.
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:12
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When presenters or news readers say at the end of the programme 'We'll see you again tomorrow.' They won't be seeing us, we'll be seeing them!
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:42
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Nick Knowles.
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:49
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Hear hear. Him, and his terrible triphthong vowels too.
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:49
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I was watching Brush Strokes on Drama the other day and the continuity announcer was telling us what was coming next while Jacko was still talking!
Yes I noticed that but I do think it was a mistake because it came over so loud over Jackos dialogue. A bit like when they go over to local news before the presenters are ready and catch them chatting away!
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:51
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When presenters or news readers say at the end of the programme 'We'll see you again tomorrow.' They won't be seeing us, we'll be seeing them!
... or when they say "Welcome Back" after the break - I haven't been anywhere, except maybe the loo, and there's no need for them to welcome me back from there.
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:53
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As per today's "Pointless", Richard Osman (and even worse, Alan Hansen on MOTD) referring to the "Premiership" when its name was changed back to the "Premier League" years ago.
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Old 14-04-2014, 19:58
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Sky Sports showing "even better in HD" below the DOG at the start of each half of a football match.
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