Total Moronic BBC Scheduling

Phil Cook ] said:

Yellow wrote:

Mark Carver ] said:

I wonder if the continuous coverage, including the 30 second overlap with BBC
2, was actually some contractual agreement with Bernie E, that the BBC must
provide *uninterrupted* coverage ?

Dunno, but it was very very much appreciated by those of us who have
been watching every F1 show on the BBC for the last 17 races, getting up
in the middle of the night for some and sitting inside on sunny
afternoons for others, who would have been heart broken to have missed
the eventual restart and the successful conclusion of this session.

Thank you BBC!

I don't think Bernie has much to do with it. It is probably that the
BBC said it would show uninterrupted coverage of qualifying (and the
race of course) on it's main channels before the season started. This
is the unique selling point of the BBC, they are unencumbered by
advertising breaks. Do you remember the debacle where ITV went to an
ad break in the closing stages and missed the finish of the race? Now
that really was totally moronic, especially so because it was still in
the balance as to who would win.

It wasn't the end of the race that was missed but part of an epic battle
between Shumi and Alonso. They held the advert break back and back
hoping to catch any move but, with 3 laps to go, were forced to take it
in the end and when coverage resumed with half a lap to go we had missed
the pass.

lid ] said:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:23:48 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Apparently not, as the BBC have decided that BBC1 and BBC2 are the right
place for most sport for the time being even if that means bumping the
occasional popularist programme to show it.

Interesting that you chose the word "popularist" with its overtones,
rather than the more obvious and apt "popular" - since many more
people would have watched the scheduled programme had it been shown.

And I am interested that you are interested.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:29:32 +0100, Java Jive
wrote:

Judging by the many posts here over the years about PVRs missing the
last few minutes of programmes, because the endless procrastination of
broadcasters between programmes means that they never start on time,
it seems we don't.

Certainly, to record an important programme with any near certainty of
success, I routinely leave an extra 2 minutes leading and 3 minutes
trailing. This is a damned nuisance, because, I waste around 8% of my
disk space, about 6hrs, just to cater for broadcasters' inefficiency.
And, of course, my system only works if I don't have successive
recordings on different channels. Then, I have to intervene manually
and it's a matter of chance whether the first programme has ended by
the time the second one starts.

Neither of my PVRs would have coped with the disruption caused last
night, had I set them to record anything on the two affected channels.

I have my Humax Freesat PVR set to series-record Strictly. It recorded
last night's 130 min programme perfectly. It started with the initial
continuity announcement and finished about 1 minute after the final
credits.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:49 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

At least now we have PVRs that can
juggle recordings on the fly so that's something anyway.

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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:03:10 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

] said:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:23:48 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Apparently not, as the BBC have decided that BBC1 and BBC2 are the right
place for most sport for the time being even if that means bumping the
occasional popularist programme to show it.

Interesting that you chose the word "popularist" with its overtones,
rather than the more obvious and apt "popular" - since many more
people would have watched the scheduled programme had it been shown.

And I am interested that you are interested.

We should get along well together then

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:29:31 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

"The Runt" wrote: in message ...

I am pleased that you'll die soon.

That's a bit harsh.

I would be willing to wager a small sum that he'll be dead before you...

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:16:39 +0100, Mike Henry
wrote:

In , lid
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:23:48 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Apparently not, as the BBC have decided that BBC1 and BBC2 are the right
place for most sport for the time being even if that means bumping the
occasional popularist programme to show it.

Interesting that you chose the word "popularist" with its overtones,
rather than the more obvious and apt "popular" - since many more
people would have watched the scheduled programme had it been shown.

It was shown.

What was shown?

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:49 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Dunno, but it was very very much appreciated by those of us who have
been watching every F1 show on the BBC for the last 17 races, getting up
in the middle of the night for some and sitting inside on sunny
afternoons for others, who would have been heart broken to have missed
the eventual restart and the successful conclusion of this session.


Thank you BBC!

Exactly!

I thought we'd got rid of those camp old ****s in tuxes, sequins,
perma-tans and excessive make up when Come Dancing was finally
cancelled.

F1 is a global sporting championship, where the winners names are
remembered for all time, or at least as long as makes no difference.
Nobody is ever going to get up at 5am to watch SCD and nobody'll give
a flying **** who won it a fortnight after it finishes.

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...
Who was the MORON at the BBC who decided to schedule the Grand Prix
practice session on BBC1 instead of Merlin and now it's overrunning into
Strictly Come Dancing by 15 minutes and it looks like its going to be
another ****ing hour before the qualifying session is even going to start
because of a rain delay.

LIKE WHO **** WAS GOING TO WATCH THIS CRAP TO BEGIN WITH?

How many people did the BBC think it was going to get. Merlin get 6
million. Strictly get 9 million.

ITS A ****ING PRACTICE SESSION FOR ****S SAKE. IT'S NOT EVEN THE ACTUAL
****ING GRAND PRIX!

Why didn't these ****ing morons put it on interactive.

Someone tell me how many viewers it got. I doubt it will be over a 1
million.

****ING IMBECILES!


Thanks for reminding me to email the BBC. Copy of my email.

"Thanks so much for continuing with the coverage of qualifying at the
Interlagos Gran Prix despite it over-running.
It was a delight to have decent family viewing on at tea time on a Saturday,
my sons and I enjoyed the dramatic action, especially with a British driver
in contention for the world championship again.

Regards"

"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:29:31 +0100, Bill Wright

wrote:

"The Runt" wrote: in message ...

I am pleased that you'll die soon.

That's a bit harsh.

I would be willing to wager a small sum that he'll be dead before you...

Hey Ratface,
I noticed you changed my name to "The Runt" just there - very clever aren't
you...
fwiw, I might be a 'pretty boy', but I'm also a black belt in karate, but feel
free to underestimate me until it's too late.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:59:09 +0100, A.N.Other wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:49 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Dunno, but it was very very much appreciated by those of us who have
been watching every F1 show on the BBC for the last 17 races, getting up
in the middle of the night for some and sitting inside on sunny
afternoons for others, who would have been heart broken to have missed
the eventual restart and the successful conclusion of this session.


Thank you BBC!

Exactly!

I thought we'd got rid of those camp old ****s in tuxes, sequins,
perma-tans and excessive make up when Come Dancing was finally
cancelled.

F1 is a global sporting championship, where the winners names are
remembered for all time, or at least as long as makes no difference.
Nobody is ever going to get up at 5am to watch SCD and nobody'll give
a flying **** who won it a fortnight after it finishes.

I wouldn't get up at 5am to watch either SCD or F1. Come to think
about it I can't think of anything on TV that would get me up at 5am.

Steve

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