call the midwife bicycle mistake

[Globalti]

It's always going to be a problem when TV or film producers try to convey anything where the viewer is likely to know more than they do. Did anybody see that terrilble Stallone film, Cliffhanger? It was farcical if you knew the smallest thing about mountaineering.

 

[Kestevan]

It's always going to be a problem when TV or film producers try to convey anything where the viewer is likely to know more than they do. Did anybody see that terrilble Stallone film, Cliffhanger? It was farcical if you knew the smallest thing about mountaineering.

Lets face it though, that was never going to be a surprise......"Terrible", "Stallone" and "Farcical" are words that are often used in the same sentence,,,,,,

 

[Diggs]

And here it is in a nutshell....

"Well one thing's for sure, he liked butter."

 

[ufkacbln]

That's Holby not Casualty

Same Hospital!

Same drama

Same poor scripts and medical detail

My wife watches them, whilst I catch snippets and getthrown out for predictingthe outcomes....

 

[vickster]

Point is they are drama not medical documentaries

 

[Fubar]

On a more serious note.....

A few years ago the Hospital I worked at produced leaflets about the reality of CPR and resuscitation

So many relatives were assuming that the process was virtually infallible that they could not understand why the Hospital was not able to meet the standards of the TV programmes

Similar issue with end of life patients, relatives assume they should have access to oxygen (and sometimes demand it) as most tv programmes depict people dying with an oxygen mask on, despite there being little evidence in many cases to support it's use - difficult explaining that when someone is dying though.

 

[Markymark]

The only mistake with Call The Midwife is watching it.

 

[mybike]

The mrs was just watching sundays call the midwife on bbc iplayer. Anyone else notice the realy bright bicycle headlamp on one of the midwifes bikes?

Could be just an imbalance in the lighting, the street lights are very dim. Must be a nightmare to get the apparent lighting right.

It's interesting how Sister Julian has a 200 type telephone on her desk, without the bellset which still manages to ring.

 

[ufkacbln]

Point is they are drama not medical documentaries

See the other posts...

It needs to have some basis in reality as often the viewers see this as the standard of healthcare they need, deserve and want

 

[glenn forger]

The mrs was just watching sundays call the midwife on bbc iplayer. Anyone else notice the realy bright bicycle headlamp on one of the midwifes bikes?

Dont think they where that bright years ago???

Also one of the sturmey archer gear shifters was from a later bike???

Bit sad to point out

I kicked my telly in when I noticed. Take us for fools.

 

[snorri]

It's film scenes involving yachts that get me turning off.
The onboard scene shows the yacht heeling over with a flag blowing in the breeze, in the next shot the camera is showing a flat calm sea.
It happens so often.

 

[ayceejay]

Just take a trip to your local cop shop and see if you can spot the CSI fans.
"I've been burgled officer, can you get Forensics to have a look?"

 

[AndyRM]

It's always going to be a problem when TV or film producers try to convey anything where the viewer is likely to know more than they do. Did anybody see that terrilble Stallone film, Cliffhanger? It was farcical if you knew the smallest thing about mountaineering.

Cliffhanger was a fine documentary, sir! What man can't climb a mountain in a vest and trainers?

 

[Smokin Joe]

I turned "Call The Midwife" off in disgust when I saw they were wearing neither helmets or hi-viz tabards.

Is this the sort of example we want shown to our children?

 

[vickster]

I turned "Call The Midwife" off in disgust when I saw they were wearing neither helmets or hi-viz tabards.

Is this the sort of example we want shown to our children?

There were fewer nobbers in Audis and BMWs around in the 50s