Heads up; Ade at Sea

What are adverts? I suggest getting one of these: http://amzn.to/1rGyGVr

When a commercial break comes along, just hit the skip forward button 3 or 4 times. This even works with a "live" programme, providing you paused it for a few minutes at some point.

[Later] I just set mine to record the programme using the YouView app, so I can watch it when I get home.
 
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nigelmercier said:
What are adverts? I suggest getting one of these: http://amzn.to/1rGyGVr

When a commercial break comes along, just hit the skip forward button 3 or 4 times. This even works with a "live" programme, providing you paused it for a few minutes at some point.

[Later] I just set mine to record the programme using the YouView app, so I can watch it when I get home.
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I do the same, still gets on my tits though:)
 
Something and nothing really.

Great non-elfin safety from the Chatham Ropeworks and Thames barge (where a guy was twatted on the nose by a flying piece of metal) contrasted with everybody dressed up like Robocop (Hi Viz, helmet, gloves, glasses) when using a benign crane simulator.

I thought it was 'Coast' at first (and after the break) when they repeated what the programme was all about - in case we had forgotten.

The stated 'Maritime History' rationale seemed a little tenuous at times.
 
chinita said:
Something and nothing really.

Great non-elfin safety from the Chatham Ropeworks and Thames barge (where a guy was twatted on the nose by a flying piece of metal) contrasted with everybody dressed up like Robocop (Hi Viz, helmet, gloves, glasses) when using a benign crane simulator.

I thought it was 'Coast' at first (and after the break) when they repeated what the programme was all about - in case we had forgotten.

The stated 'Maritime History' rationale seemed a little tenuous at times.
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This is a continuation of the, IMHO, tired formulaic type programmes from ITV where you get a fading celebrity to explore areas that they assume the public will be interested in. All a bit boring giving us nothing new. It's all been done before. I won't bother tuning in again.
 
Well, that is pretty much what I wanted to say!

Even Ade looked pretty bored for much of the time. Poking the end of a piece of three strand at the camera was a bit of a giveaway. 'Rope' he said 'There you have it' - or summat like that.

Even on the Barge Match he behaved as if he really was not too fussed whether he was there or not.
 
Haven't seen this one yet, but I watched the last one online after posts here piqued my interest.

Programme-making as dire as expected, but I thought they did have the odd bit of interesting content if you ignored that. I'm thinking in particular of the inside of the Eddystone light, not something most of us will see any other way.

Pete
 
I thought it was 'Coast' at first (and after the break) when they repeated what the programme was all about - in case we had [/QUOTE]

I really hate that. It has been a feature of Channel Four documentaries for some time. When I wind through the advert breaks I even allow for it and skip the first few seconds of the programme.
 
Tam Lin said:
I thought it was 'Coast' at first (and after the break) when they repeated what the programme was all about - in case we had
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I really hate that. It has been a feature of Channel Four documentaries for some time. When I wind through the advert breaks I even allow for it and skip the first few seconds of the programme.[/QUOTE]
after a break they waste 2 mins telling you what the programme is all about, just padding it out
 
saves money and helps eejits

sailorman said:
I really hate that. It has been a feature of Channel Four documentaries for some time. When I wind through the advert breaks I even allow for it and skip the first few seconds of the programme.
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after a break they waste 2 mins telling you what the programme is all about, just padding it out[/QUOTE]

it saves them money on filming and editing and allows the eejits with no ability to retain information through the adverts

youtube is the place for boat porn

most people would be bored to death by proper sailing films

the cunliffe stuff is great but it has been consigned to a TV backwater

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yo6cn4tAc8
 
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dylanwinter said:
after a break they waste 2 mins telling you what the programme is all about, just padding it out
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it saves them money on filming and editing and allows the eejits with no ability to retain information through the adverts

youtube is the place for boat porn

most people would be bored to death by proper sailing films

the cunliffe stuff is great but it has been consigned to a TV backwater

D

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That quote in a bubble wasnt mine Sonny
 
Well, I enjoyed it.
Maybe it's because I'm new at all this, or maybe because It was on my stomping ground.
But, I like Ade Edmunson, and enjoyed the entertainment for half Hour :)
 
longjohnsilver said:
This is a continuation of the, IMHO, tired formulaic type programmes from ITV where you get a fading celebrity to explore areas that they assume the public will be interested in. All a bit boring giving us nothing new. It's all been done before. I won't bother tuning in again.
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chinita said:
Well, that is pretty much what I wanted to say!

Even Ade looked pretty bored for much of the time. Poking the end of a piece of three strand at the camera was a bit of a giveaway. 'Rope' he said 'There you have it' - or summat like that.

Even on the Barge Match he behaved as if he really was not too fussed whether he was there or not.
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Don't watch then. Campaign the telly commissioning editors to do programmes about cycling or gardening so you don't have to get upset.

If you watch Ade's other programmes about the Dales and cooking you'll see it is his style.


I would much rather have the presenter as an observer than the gung-ho "OK,Lads let's get this show on the road!" Feckwittery of other (Country File) presenters.
 
Lakesailor said:
Don't watch then. Campaign the telly commissioning editors to do programmes about cycling or gardening so you don't have to get upset.

If you watch Ade's other programmes about the Dales and cooking you'll see it is his style.


I would much rather have the presenter as an observer than the gung-ho "OK,Lads let's get this show on the road!" Feckwittery of other (Country File) presenters.
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So, your not "into" countryfile then
 
longjohnsilver said:
This is a continuation of the, IMHO, tired formulaic type programmes from ITV where you get a fading celebrity to explore areas that they assume the public will be interested in. All a bit boring giving us nothing new. It's all been done before. I won't bother tuning in again.
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Maybe not the greatest TV programme ever, but it did make a change from the continual drivel of football trivia, celebrity chefs, house prices and antique auctions.
I think it's the first programme about Thames Estuary that I've seen that didn't make the amazing discovery that the Richard Montgomery could blow Sheppey away. So points for that.:)
 
I do find quotes a bit difficult to use on my iPhone so don't always get them right. That's what comes of being lazy in the morning and reading the forum in bed! I suppose I should get up and use my proper computer!
Anyway, I did enjoy the programme, don't mind Ade's style, watched his Yorkshire Dales series too. You have to accept that is a bit of fluff on at prime time but it is always interesting to see things and places that you know on TV. It can be interesting to see things and places that you don't know as well.
Anyway, that's enough rambling from me this morning. Time to get up and interact with the real world!
 
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