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Panel show comedians who shoehorn gags they've written into the show even when it doesn't fit what's being discussed. |
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You've been watching Dave Spikey as team captain on the 8 out of 10 cats repeats haven't you? You could probably edit down that series and make a replica of his stand up DVD.
There are a group of about 10 comedians who just feature in these shows in rotation. Nameless and talentless. |
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You've been watching Dave Spikey as team captain on the 8 out of 10 cats repeats haven't you? You could probably edit down that series and make a replica of his stand up DVD.
Doesn't neccessarily make them unfunny though. |
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Inconsisency in accepted answers on quiz shows. In particular when it's the name of a person. Is it surname only or full name?
Even in the same episode of a show one answer with a surname is accepted yet another is rejected because they couldn't give the first name! |
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The existence of The Voice, and how they thought they could barge BGT out of its traditional iconic slot.
Thankfully the ratings spoke for themselves. |
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Points of View, that's a bugbear in itself.
It's like BBC propaganda central where they wheel out a Beeb spokesperson and plonk them on a chair to clear things up which have been criticised by viewers by telling us that the BBC are right and the viewers are wrong. I'd just love to watch the occasional episode of Points of View where the BBC spokespeson says "Yes, we really made a right royal balls up of that one". Or "Yes, we have to apologise for making such a terrible programme". |
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I have two pet hates
First is the so called coffee handed out to most detectives on the go ..can they not weigh the cups down with water? It is so obvious they are empty Second is.. after watching a film for instance I want to see who played who and it shrivels to the side showing a news reader reading out the headlines !!!!! WHAT? I know the news is coming on I can watch it for myself in real time Channel 5 is really bad for this I feel so much better after my rant thanks for listening |
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The way that adverts for large items like TVs and furniture now give the prices in digits, rather than proper numbers e.g. rather than "three hundred and ninety nine pounds" they say "three nine nine" (without even the unit of currency).
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2 - The way most of this series of Doctor Who is made up of two-part episodes. (Remember the days when most of the season were stories that were wrapped up within 45 minutes? Well, you can forget that this year.)
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Why do nearly all tv dramas have a love plotline ham fisted into them? Especially when the main idea behind the show is something strong and interesting to begin with.
It's like 'oh we HAVE to have a love interest', is this some weird expectation that women will watch if there is a love storyline? Cus I am a woman and I'm sick to the back teeth of it. Just a theory |
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ITV production team, why do they make all these quiz shows look the same with the dark neon sets and dramatic music etc.
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Irritating. Having blue lights shone in your eyes when you are in the audience. Why?
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Weather presenters
Alex Deakin and Helen Willets who try to make it a major event if we have wind and rain. Waving of hands, gritting their teeth and raising their voices.Calm down and just tell us what the weather is going to be and don't try and be the "star"
There is also a woman on South Today, Alex who repeats "celsius" so many times after every temperature. The best?..Peter Gibbs and Philip Avery. |
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This mostly comes from the less well know channels but constantly trailing the same shows over and over again every ad break, usually with the same clips. Sony TV is one such offender, for week after week it was a show called Satisfaction, now that's finished it's a show called Younger.
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Promos (especially on BBC1) that don't actually tell you the time of the programme they're promoting.
Constant use in news bulletins of ''downing'' (usually aircraft) when they actually mean ''shot down.'' BBC News Channel - sometimes it gives programme times in the 24-hour clock, other times the 12-hour clock. Make your minds up and be consistent. |
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Promos (especially on BBC1) that don't actually tell you the time of the programme they're promoting.
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The slow breathy twee covers are getting out of hand now!
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This mostly comes from the less well know channels but constantly trailing the same shows over and over again every ad break, usually with the same clips. Sony TV is one such offender, for week after week it was a show called Satisfaction, now that's finished it's a show called Younger.
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Here's something really trivial t annoys me.
When a couple win Pointless and Alexander Armstrong slithers across to give them his 'congratulations' it looks naff and then he has to walk back to his podium to say goodbye. Why not have him walk across during the closing shots. |
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The tune on the christmas BBC 2 logo fills me with rage (I'm not kidding)
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Be fair though, that's no different from when on Pointless they refer to how they did "on yesterday's show" when it was probably only half an hour ago. Or indeed Brucie's long running gag that the Play Your Cards Right audience were "so much better that last week's"
And on SCD I think the professional dance and the musical guest slots are filmed in advance of the Saturday show so it's a real triumph of editing and pretending. |
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These look back at "gadgets of last century" type programmes where most of the time is "celebritiies"
wittering on about their personal memories which are most likely scripted and are extremely tedious. |
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Programmes such as Place in the Sun that recap after ad breaks what has already been shown in the earlier parts.
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People carrying suitcases which are very obviously empty.
Car parking spaces which are always available, even in central London. Reporters turning to camera and talking while driving - dangerous surely ? On the rare occasion we see someone buying cigarettes the shopkeeper automatically knows what brand they want despite the fact they've never been in the shop before. Sex scenes with strangers when contraception is never mentioned. |
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Gobby announcers who insist on talking over the theme music of programmes.
(OK, I know they are told what to say, and when, but I wish the TV companies would stop it. If people want to know what's on, when, there are TV magazines, newspapers, and a multiplicity of digital guides.) |
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