ITV in with new Cycling Show
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Col5632
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Doesnt sound like it was great, i'll give it a watch and see what i think to it 
you really should get out more. LMNH is a fave CC watering hole. Many's the time we've gone round there on a Saturday morning and knocked back a few Slags
betty swollocks
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The first advert between the parts one and two, (for my area at least) was a car ad with Corsas racing round spewing coloured smoke. Didn't think that was particularly in keeping.......
don't buy one, then!What a ridiculous name, (Wyndy Milla not Nigel Mansell or M.B.). Also the model names are equally ridiculous, Big Geranium, Beastie Boy!
and IMO the paint jobs all look stoopid too. Guess they are either aiming directly at the yoof market, or they aren't expecting to sell many
martint235
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- Welling
Do people really take note of whether an advert matches a programme? Of course Wiggle et al will get in there, it's their target. But itv aren't going to say "sorry Vauxhall but your money isn't welcome. This is a cycling show"
there were shortfalls. Nigel Mansell has something to say, but his delivery wasn't the best. I think that the producers might want to take stock and ask themselves whether a chat show + taped segments format can be shot in a public place - most chat shows have multiple takes and are pretty tightly scripted - and this was clearly neither of those. Picking Obree was both clever and brave, and I think it pretty much came off.
And again....how many people who know their stuff would make decent presenters? Turn the thing around and spool back to the horrendous Gadget Show ep which had brakes on the wrong side of the forks and presenters riding £10k road bikes with trainers on. So, whatever the shortcomings of Rob Hayles (and, yes, his commentary was dire) at least he knew what he was on about. And Obree's comment about the course was spot on - there's a problem with the Road Race course, and my guess is that the risks that Hayles spoke of will be turned in to blood and tears.
So.......more scripting, which means better preparation. That's not easy - I don't know what the budget was, but I do know that Cash in the Attic was pumped out for £22k an episode for a 43% share, so I would imagine that there's not a lot of time and not a lot of choice about the presenters.
Gary Fisher was good value - he spoke in sentences, he was happy to be there, he steadied Obree a little, He's in pretty good shape as well.
And, sorry, but Hemingway was just great. I'm not a helmet wearer, but his contribution was pithy, precise, and probably pitched right on the attention span cusp.
All in all - a decent start. I suspect that Century TV's intention is to make it a multi-platform effort, and CRC's sponsorship probably points the way forward - in five years time only the biggest broadcast shows will be paying more than broadband output.
And again....how many people who know their stuff would make decent presenters? Turn the thing around and spool back to the horrendous Gadget Show ep which had brakes on the wrong side of the forks and presenters riding £10k road bikes with trainers on. So, whatever the shortcomings of Rob Hayles (and, yes, his commentary was dire) at least he knew what he was on about. And Obree's comment about the course was spot on - there's a problem with the Road Race course, and my guess is that the risks that Hayles spoke of will be turned in to blood and tears.
So.......more scripting, which means better preparation. That's not easy - I don't know what the budget was, but I do know that Cash in the Attic was pumped out for £22k an episode for a 43% share, so I would imagine that there's not a lot of time and not a lot of choice about the presenters.
Gary Fisher was good value - he spoke in sentences, he was happy to be there, he steadied Obree a little, He's in pretty good shape as well.
And, sorry, but Hemingway was just great. I'm not a helmet wearer, but his contribution was pithy, precise, and probably pitched right on the attention span cusp.
All in all - a decent start. I suspect that Century TV's intention is to make it a multi-platform effort, and CRC's sponsorship probably points the way forward - in five years time only the biggest broadcast shows will be paying more than broadband output.
Biglad82
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Has any one been on Facebook pagd and left feed back ?
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If you missed it last night 
, you can watch it here. http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=322052
, you can watch it here. http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=322052
smokeysmoo
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no intention of doing, they look hoorendous and I wouldn't anyway as they're probably carbon fibre
Biglad82
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Hello sailor ..........
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
put the credit card down and step away from the keyboard and nobody will get hurt eyes !!
1st the paul smith and now this
Sittingduck
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I was behind a geezer in a WyndyMilla jersey on a Sportive a few weeks ago. I thought they had a racing team, competed in the Halfords Tour Series a couple of years back? As for their bikes, they remind me of a more garish version of Surly. Not really for me but better than being plain and boring, possibly...
Strathlubnaig
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- Alberta
I think this show could be on par with that english anthem effort on sunday there.
