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Old 12-05-2016, 21:57
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Trailer comes on telly "Gareth Malone is putting together a choir...." Wow, who have guessed that!
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Old 12-05-2016, 22:02
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Not so trivial, but I'll throw this in here - the use of bombastic spoiler packed introductions to programmes esp documentaries - "In this programme, I'm on a journey to discover the very essence of the universe (BOOMING MUSIC), I'll see things you won't believe - attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion..." etc! And finally after three minutes of this the programme actually starts
Intercut with spliced pieces from the episode with the presenter going, "it's incredible", "this is just amazing!" etc
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Old 13-05-2016, 00:52
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When a story in your local area makes the BBC news and then the regional news programme immediately afterwards runs the same story, with the presenter saying "As we've just seen on the national news....blah....blah"

Well exactly - we've just seen it! You don't need to tell us again.
I'd imagine that must happen a lot in the London news region, seeing as so many stories on the national news eminate from/involve London.
It happens in many regions.

A related one that irritates me is a globally newsworthy event in a far-odd land, usually a catastrophe of some kind but not always, which was on the international news and is then re-run on the local news because "a person from this region was in the vicinity".
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Old 14-05-2016, 08:51
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Something that is really annoying me at the moment is TV presenters and journalists using too many pauses in their speech, and using them at inappropriate places. Their words don't flow, and their speech sounds unnatural.

Angela Rippon is a particular offender on that Rip off Britain programme. She just seems just seems to stop mid-sentence for no reason, and even when she uses the pause in a proper place it lingers slightly too long, so it's noticeable. I have to turn over because it's too annoying. The problem is they are all at it now.

I realise pauses are necessary to emphasise the next word, or where a full stop or comma would go. They should not be noticeable to the listener though, and should be used in an appropriate place.

Maybe the BBC have an over zealous voice coach, or it could be a something that has just caught on (like "hiatch").

Has anyone else noticed it?
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Old 14-05-2016, 08:55
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Something that is really annoying me at the moment is TV presenters and journalists using too many pauses in their speech, and using them at inappropriate places. Their words don't flow, and their speech sounds unnatural.

Angela Rippon is a particular offender on that Rip off Britain programme. She just seems just seems to stop mid-sentence for no reason, and even when she uses the pause in a proper place it lingers slightly too long, so it's noticeable. I have to turn over because it's too annoying. The problem is they are all at it now.

I realise pauses are necessary to emphasise the next word, or where a full stop or comma would go. They should not be noticeable to the listener though, and should be used in an appropriate place.

Maybe the BBC have an over zealous voice coach, or it could be a something that has just caught on (like "hiatch").

Has anyone else noticed it?
Not sure about that one, but a minor bugbear of mine is how many telly people these days talk far too fast, and end up having to do a slight swallow mid-sentence before carrying on. You'd think trained professionals would have a slicker delivery. Davina McCall is a prime offender.

It's one if those things that's hard to explain, but you'd recognise it if you saw it...
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Old 14-05-2016, 09:25
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Not sure about that one, but a minor bugbear of mine is how many telly people these days talk far too fast, and end up having to do a slight swallow mid-sentence before carrying on. You'd think trained professionals would have a slicker delivery. Davina McCall is a prime offender.

It's one if those things that's hard to explain, but you'd recognise it if you saw it...
Yes I have noticed that, and also presenters like Ben Shepherd who speaks so fast that all his words roll into one.

Perhaps the pausing / stop start speech is just a BBC thing. It's like they are deliberately trying to slow themselves down, but over-compensating and think it sounds good. The woman presenting "Click" this morning was awful.
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Old 14-05-2016, 19:59
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I can give you prime examples for both of these.

Something that is really annoying me at the moment is TV presenters and journalists using too many pauses in their speech, and using them at inappropriate places. Their words don't flow, and their speech sounds unnatural.

Angela Rippon is a particular offender on that Rip off Britain programme. She just seems just seems to stop mid-sentence for no reason, and even when she uses the pause in a proper place it lingers slightly too long, so it's noticeable. I have to turn over because it's too annoying. The problem is they are all at it now.

I realise pauses are necessary to emphasise the next word, or where a full stop or comma would go. They should not be noticeable to the listener though, and should be used in an appropriate place.

Maybe the BBC have an over zealous voice coach, or it could be a something that has just caught on (like "hiatch").

Has anyone else noticed it?
Watch any Nigel Slater programme. He seems to stop mid sentence for some strange reason.


Not sure about that one, but a minor bugbear of mine is how many telly people these days talk far too fast, and end up having to do a slight swallow mid-sentence before carrying on. You'd think trained professionals would have a slicker delivery. Davina McCall is a prime offender.

It's one if those things that's hard to explain, but you'd recognise it if you saw it...
For this one see Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. She's currently one of the experts on Duck Quack's Don't Echo.
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Old 14-05-2016, 23:53
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For this one see Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. She's currently one of the experts on Duck Quack's Don't Echo.
People watch this program

I like Lee Mack but I'd never watch a show based on an unbelievable statement.

Am I missing out
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Old 15-05-2016, 08:41
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People watch this program

I like Lee Mack but I'd never watch a show based on an unbelievable statement.

Am I missing out
Without actually doing any research, I'd guess this is a programme debunking old wives tales.

Of course duck's quack's echo!

What sort of idiot would believe otherwise?
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Old 15-05-2016, 12:05
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Something that is really annoying me at the moment is TV presenters and journalists using too many pauses in their speech, and using them at inappropriate places. Their words don't flow, and their speech sounds unnatural.

Angela Rippon is a particular offender on that Rip off Britain programme. She just seems just seems to stop mid-sentence for no reason, and even when she uses the pause in a proper place it lingers slightly too long, so it's noticeable. I have to turn over because it's too annoying. The problem is they are all at it now.

I realise pauses are necessary to emphasise the next word, or where a full stop or comma would go. They should not be noticeable to the listener though, and should be used in an appropriate place.

Maybe the BBC have an over zealous voice coach, or it could be a something that has just caught on (like "hiatch").

Has anyone else noticed it?
Another announcer REALLY annoys me with his speech patterns -
Delroy Haines (sp ?)
He pauses in the wrong places and his voice goes up and own for no apparent reason.
I wish the BBC would sack him or tell him to speak like a human being !
I have to mute the sound until the programme he is announcing actually starts
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Old 15-05-2016, 13:20
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Another announcer REALLY annoys me with his speech patterns -
Delroy Haines (sp ?)
He pauses in the wrong places and his voice goes up and own for no apparent reason.
I wish the BBC would sack him or tell him to speak like a human being !
I have to mute the sound until the programme he is announcing actually starts
Yes he is terrible. When I first noticed him I thought he was trying to be funny, putting on voice. I think he was announcing a comedy programme of some sort. I then heard him again and realised he was serious!
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Old 15-05-2016, 14:31
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I can't stand to watch shows with loud audiences that clap and hoot wildly. The noise created always seems to be 10 x that of whatever is being presented/is happening.
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Old 15-05-2016, 19:58
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People watch this program

I like Lee Mack but I'd never watch a show based on an unbelievable statement.

Am I missing out
Without knowing what the programme was about how could you even judge it?

Without actually doing any research, I'd guess this is a programme debunking old wives tales.

Of course duck's quack's echo!

What sort of idiot would believe otherwise?
Pretty much.
Each episode has three rounds.

Fact Off - The three guests reveal their favourite fact and try to see if it is true. The fact proving segments are narrated by John Sergeant

Fact Finder - Each of the three guests choose an audience member who has a fact which is given to three experts who reveal if the facts are true or not.

chemical engineer David Wharton
cell biology and genetics Dr Emily Grossman
rocket scientist Dr Simon Foster
space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Mack's Fact - The guest with the highest score takes part in a fact Mack wants to prove.
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Old 15-05-2016, 22:31
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Without knowing what the programme was about how could you even judge it?
The (same) trailer was on endlessly before the series started.
Might have managed a few minutes at one time, likewise "Would I Lie to You?".
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Old 16-05-2016, 00:27
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Every single game/quiz show on television.

Somebody just make them go away.
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Old 18-05-2016, 17:40
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This is a bit of a weird one as it's been a while, and it's not like it's rankled with me to this day (), but Chris Tarrant on Millionaire always used to say to a contestant who was on one of the "safe" levels of £1,000 or £32,000, "You might as well play this, you've nothing to lose"...

Well, in fact they did have something to lose if they were wrong - their place in the game!
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Old 18-05-2016, 20:08
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This is a bit of a weird one as it's been a while, and it's not like it's rankled with me to this day (), but Chris Tarrant on Millionaire always used to say to a contestant who was on one of the "safe" levels of £1,000 or £32,000, "You might as well play this, you've nothing to lose"...

Well, in fact they did have something to lose if they were wrong - their place in the game!
On the Aussie Millionaire Hot Seat the host always used to fluff his lines.

On several occasions he asked the contestant if they wanted to pass and return to their seats forgetting that a new contestant didn't have that option on their first question.

Sometimes the contestants actually corrected him as the time was running out.
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Old 20-05-2016, 00:25
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Adverts for Games quoting "This is not game footage" probably relating to game is a load of Carp
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Old 20-05-2016, 08:50
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Something that is really annoying me at the moment is TV presenters and journalists using too many pauses in their speech, and using them at inappropriate places. Their words don't flow, and their speech sounds unnatural.
Lorna Gordon I, find does, that, random pausing, thing. Perhaps she's just had to run to be on camera, but it does grate with me.
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Old 20-05-2016, 12:07
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Lorna Gordon I, find does, that, random pausing, thing. Perhaps she's just had to run to be on camera, but it does grate with me.
I often presumed it was down to a slow autocue or that they are having facts told to them through the ear piece as they're talking? Does make them sound rather unsure of themselves though.
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Old 20-05-2016, 13:13
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The trend of Z list reality stars becoming tv presenters/journalists

Z listers who have had their 5 mins of fame and stick around, popping up on everything Cooking on tv shows, presenting phone in prize questions, doing features on trash shows.

When a channel has milked a presenters specialty in their respective industries and get them doing quiz shows or cooking programmes ffs.
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Old 20-05-2016, 15:12
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Escape to the Country

"We have a budget of £750,000"
Yeah? Well I have no interest in watching you!
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Old 20-05-2016, 15:24
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"We have a budget of £750,000"
Yeah? Well I have no interest in watching you!
And I bet there still wouldn't have been enough "land" for them...
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Old 20-05-2016, 19:45
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And I bet there still wouldn't have been enough "land" for them...
Why do these property programmes never mention the fact there will be thousands in legal costs, stamp duty etc so the budget they quote isn't actually realistic ? And why is it with a programme obviously made months ago they can't do a voiceover at the end to tell us what happened to the buyers ?
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Old 20-05-2016, 19:57
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Why do these property programmes never mention the fact there will be thousands in legal costs, stamp duty etc so the budget they quote isn't actually realistic ? And why is it with a programme obviously made months ago they can't do a voiceover at the end to tell us what happened to the buyers ?
Do we care?
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