MadModder
The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: shipto on September 15, 2011, 03:12:38 PM
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Just what is going on with them now? They seem to think that all of the Great British public has become ballroom dancing fanatics.
Dont get me wrong I know they make some good even brilliant programs but ballroom dancing :loco: :loco: :loco:
I think all us Brits should write to them and ask for more programming along the lines of "The Boat That Guy Built" , maybe they could use some of the hour they take advertising strictly come dancing for it?
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Nothing wrong with ballroom dancing .... :thumbup:
I have been known to do a fairly frisky bit of 'Cutting a Rug' with smoking hot stainless turnings down my t-shirt ...
The bbc have been churning out mindless drivel at the tax-payers expense for decades.
It's a nice cosy set-up for them, they're not likely to stop even if the whole damn nation wrote in to complain.
The only real solution is to dump the license fee and see if they can fend for themselves ...
You could try looking for the 'OFF' switch on the TV, and the 'ON' switch on the lathe .... :lol:
I blame LCD's. Much more satisfying heaving a glass ashtray through a CRT ....
BC
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dont get me wrong I dont watch the drivel but they seem to shove ads for it everywhere.
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Having just come back from North America I reckon you should thank your lucky stars for the beeb - even if you never watch anything they show the moderating effect they have on the other channels stops them becoming the appalling ad infested content poor crap that passes for TV over there.
I must admit to having a soft spot for the beeb, whilst they churn out a lot of stuff I'd never watch they also churn out a lot of minority programming that would never see the light of day if it had to be commercial.
Won't last much longer though, we're on the slippery slope of commercialism and its days are numbered...
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Hmmm.... Ill trade you ballroom dancing for "Keeping Up With The Kardashians", or "Survivor", or "Real Housewives of wherever..." :doh: Oh hell, you can have them all. :)
I actually find myself watching BBC America more than the US networks.....
Cheers
Jeff
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The facts that I spent 8 years in the UK, and that my wonderful wife is an East Anglia girl aside, I still get a kick out of the BBC comedies on PBS Saturday nights. The Bucket woman, As Time Goes By, Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served, and the others that are rotated in, even though I’ve seen them all, are as welcome as a John Wayne movie!
Chuck in E. TN
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Do you get "Only Fools and Horses" and "One Foot in the Grave" in Tennessee, Chuck? Like the others you mentioned, those series (?serieses?) are long finished, but I still find them very funny.
Andy
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The facts that I spent 8 years in the UK, and that my wonderful wife is an East Anglia girl aside, I still get a kick out of the BBC comedies on PBS Saturday nights. The Bucket woman, As Time Goes By, Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served, and the others that are rotated in, even though I’ve seen them all, are as welcome as a John Wayne movie!
Chuck in E. TN
Hi Chuck
Next time you watch those programmes, look when they were made ....
199x ... or before ..
BTW, you missed off the Clangers ... :lol:
BC
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I know when they were made, Bluechip. I was there(UK) when thet were first run. John Wayne's last movie was made in 1976, but I'd watch it again if it was on tonight. Don't make 'em like that anymore...
Chuck in E. TN
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Now then, now then, now then, Wot's all this knocking the Beeb? They keep my nephew gainfully employed as the series producer of Coast, and various other programes for the open uni.
Cheers Derek
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Now then, now then, now then, Wot's all this knocking the Beeb? They keep my nephew gainfully employed as the series producer of Coast, and various other programes for the open uni.
Cheers Derek
Now these types of programs are what the BBC should be doing rather than strictly.
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We chucked out our TV many years ago..... Can't say we ever miss it. Had a week away recently and the cottage had a TV so we watched a bit LOL still don't miss it one bit and talk about dumbed down.
Joules (Happy to be a hermit)
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I'm with Joules on this one. I've been sans TV for over 5 years, and much better for it. I still watch the occasional movie on the computer and listen to the radio often but I absolutely do not miss network TV. I don't know where people find the time to watch!
-Sparky