Heads up; Ade at Sea

[Third mate]

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.

+1000

 

[longjohnsilver]

Don't watch then.
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Which part of "I won't bother tuning in again" is unclear?

 

[Lakesailor]

You could have turned off as soon as your sensibilities were disarranged. Then you wouldn't have needed to post here about your displeasure.

 

[longjohnsilver]

You could have turned off as soon as your sensibilities were disarranged. Then you wouldn't have needed to post here about your displeasure.

So how long does it take to decide it's not for you? I watched the whole 20 odd minutes before forming my own view. And my sensibilities, as you put it, were not disarranged. And I believe this is a forum where I'm free to post my opinion, even if it doesn't concur with yours. It's up to others to decide whether they want to watch it, that's their choice.

 

[chinita]

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.

I won't be watching it again.

Can't comment on his cooking programme as I would rather eat my own liver than watch anything to do with cooking. As for the Dales, I reckon I know a fair bit more about them than can be fed to me in a 30 minute slot on the box.

I was not criticising him, as an individual, I just sensed that he was not completely comfortable with what he had been told to do. Neither would I if my script said 'This programme is all about Maritime History' and then spent most of the programme faffing around in a 21st century crane and circling a WWII Fort last used as a pirate radio station.

 

[dom]

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.

To be fair the program only uses a stockpile of mobo boat shots as connectors -- the same way the Hairy Bikers use motorbike clips, or travel programs shots of a bloke wandering around with a rucksack. I imagine content hungry motorbike and mountaineering enthusiasts would be just as disappointed in these offerings!

That said I agree with you; no huge interest in those weird Stephen Spielberg designed WWII thingies and "that" other thread has more than satisfied my interest in big cranes.

 

[Cousin Jack]

Having now watched both episodes so far, its the same old pattern, quaint old fishing bit, Thames industrial bit.......lerts hope the find some new material soon!!

 

[chinita]

There seems to be a fascination with cranes.

Perhaps we need a TV series; 'Cooking with Cranes', 'Crane Makeover', 'The Hairy Cranes', 'I'm a Crane, get me out of here'.

It could be presented by that Coast geek who walks around with a brolly in his back pack. Can't remember his name at the moment.

 

[dom]

It could be presented by that Coast geek who walks around with a brolly in his back pack. Can't remember his name at the moment.

Would Frasier and Niall Crane not be more suitable?

 

[dylanwinter]

There seems to be a fascination with cranes.

Perhaps we need a TV series; 'Cooking with Cranes', 'Crane Makeover', 'The Hairy Cranes', 'I'm a Crane, get me out of here'.

It could be presented by that Coast geek who walks around with a brolly in his back pack. Can't remember his name at the moment.

strangely enough ....

5 x 15 minutes

http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/l/li/life_of_cranes.html

Dylan

 

[Lakesailor]

Tell you what.

All these people who have such disparaging opinions of the product of the telly production companies.......... why not come up with a programme idea, get it commissioned and set about producing yourselves?
Then we can see how it should be done.

 

[chinita]

Well, start the ball rolling.

Get on to Countryfile, sort it out and we will follow your professional lead.

Or, you could always stop moaning about it.

 

[Eyore]

Well, start the ball rolling.

Get on to Countryfile, sort it out and we will follow your professional lead.

Or, you could always stop moaning about it.

Bring back Julia for a start.

 

[chinita]

Then we can see how it should be done.

Somebody posted this on ECMF:

I watched it on "catchup" and the programme length was 20' 23"! so there was 9' 37" of ads and drivel


Seems like a good start when addressing 'how it should be done'.

 

[chinita]

Bring back Julia for a start.

Or bin the lot and just have Lucy showing us what undergarments country girls have worn throughout the ages.

 

[jordanbasset]

I did like the Timothy Spall programmes,he always seemed to be at the edge of his abilities and what seemed to be a genuine note of panic was only a stone throw away.

 

[mjcoon]

I did like the Timothy Spall programmes,he always seemed to be at the edge of his abilities and what seemed to be a genuine note of panic was only a stone throw away.

Who's going to throw the first one?

Mike.

 

[Lakesailor]

Bring back Julia for a start.

No, no. Julia is the Alpha Male of the outfit.

Or bin the lot and just have Lucy showing us what undergarments country girls have worn throughout the ages.

Surely, you can't mean this.........

 

[chinita]

Ooooooh, slurp, slurp, drool..............

 

[chinita]

I did like the Timothy Spall programmes,he always seemed to be at the edge of his abilities and what seemed to be a genuine note of panic was only a stone throw away.

I think beyond the edge at some times.

The classic moment when they were going up the Mersey and a feckin great channel buoy glided, about three feet away, past the door.

' **** ! did you see that coming?' says Tim.

'No' replies Shane.

And then a long silence.

You couldn't have scripted it!