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Jul 21 2011, 07:57 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 20 2011, 10:08 PM) TV can be pretty rubbish, but right now I reckon we're having something of a golden age of science on the Beeb. Horizon was good for science and medicine in the eighties but gradually the Beeb seems to have dropped everything but natural history which itself declined steadily from the Attenborough zenith to a Humble nadir. But several programmes - or more particularly presenters - have shone lately - Brian Cox, Jim Al-Khalili, and Marcus du Sautoy. I wouldn't say that anything they've done has been quite as good the the Rotten World About Us or Peter Ustinov and the E=MC2 motorbikes, but it's quality TV all the same. Agreed but sometimes I tire of some of the dumbing down. Richard Hammonds 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' is on example. Not one part of the program contained anything that I did not already know. The CGI graphics were good but I would have thought this should have been more aimed at school children than prime time 9pm TV.
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Jul 21 2011, 08:03 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Jul 21 2011, 08:57 AM) The CGI graphics were good but I would have thought this should have been more aimed at school children than prime time 9pm TV. Bear-in-mind at 9pm this would be the same people who have just finished watching hours of soap operas! I agree, there's a lot of these 'science' programs, and they tend to have a lot of padding. If find, for example, the Brian Cox's approach a but too 'slow'. I enjoyed most the recent James May 3 part series about our bodies, Universe and the weather. It was purposely made like a kids show, but I came away feeling better informed.
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Jul 21 2011, 08:43 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 21 2011, 09:03 AM) If find, for example, the Brian Cox's approach a but too 'slow'. Not science I know but...... If you think he is a bit slow what about Robert Peston one of the Beebs annalists? If he is on for more than a minute my Mrs want to smash the telly in. Never known a man to bumble his way through so much.
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Jul 21 2011, 11:11 AM
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QUOTE (NORTHENDER @ Jul 21 2011, 09:43 AM) Not science I know but...... If you think he is a bit slow what about Robert Peston one of the Beebs annalists? If he is on for more than a minute my Mrs want to smash the telly in. Never known a man to bumble his way through so much. I am in utter agreement. The bloke takes so long to say anything, and in a very odd metre too.
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Jul 21 2011, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE (NORTHENDER @ Jul 21 2011, 09:43 AM) Not science I know but...... If you think he is a bit slow what about Robert Peston one of the Beebs annalists? If he is on for more than a minute my Mrs want to smash the telly in. Never known a man to bumble his way through so much. You don't have to watch it. Off button Mute button Channel button Lots of options
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Jul 21 2011, 03:14 PM
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Analyst . PestonTry this link
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Jul 21 2011, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Jul 21 2011, 03:47 PM) You don't have to watch it.
Off button Mute button Channel button
Lots of options You know...that idea had never crossed my mind! What if I am interested in what he is reporting about? The subtitling service is equally rubbish as it happens.
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Jul 21 2011, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Jul 21 2011, 08:57 AM) Agreed but sometimes I tire of some of the dumbing down. Richard Hammonds 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' is on example. I agree, I would have watched the program if it hadn't been Richard Hammond presenting it.
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Jul 22 2011, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jul 21 2011, 08:41 PM) I agree, I would have watched the program if it hadn't been Richard Hammond presenting it. Any programme with Richard Hammond in it is best avoided, especially when his name appears (as in movie-speak) "above the title". http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main...edAboveTheTitle
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