Originally Posted by ellesworth:
“It is currently Monday afternoon, and not one, but two BBC channels are currently showing the tennis. Not only that, I have pressed the red button and a further FIVE matches are showing, plus the same match on BBC1 in HD. This is on until 6pm on BBC1 and 9.30pm on BBC2. Now I know that not everyone likes the same TV programmes, but surely seven matches is overkill, no?”
Basically, the people at the BBC like tennis therefore the entire country must also like tennis. Why is that not logical to you (and me).
Joking aside, like it or not, it is one of the country's major sporting events and since it is one of the few left on free-to-air, and they have a responsibility to do it well. If they only showed highlights or just one live match per day then the pay-per-view folks would be putting pressure on the powers that be to kill off the free-to-air golden seal with promises of "we can show every match from every court live why not let us do it".
Anyway, It's a perfect fortnight for catching up on stuff you've recorded and never got around to.