Twilkes
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Great interview with David O'Doherty about this: https://www.chortle.co.uk/interview...y_island_with_my_parents_all_in_the_same_week
I might (try) and give it a watch then. I like that kind of device, a number of shows use it, often cooking ones as I think about it. They'll cook a dish (for instance) but spend most of the show talking to the various producers of ingredients etc.But the cycling is a mechanism, not really the point of the show.
Not sure it has to be like that - though agree it's a common approach - used by the blasted Portillo.The thing about cycling on the telly is that it's a bit dull. While it's fantastic to ride along yourself, watching someone else do it is pretty poor TV, so it needs some added interest. This means these programs are all about people stopping and visiting the local pig farm, or something. Then they wave goodbye to the pig farmer, there's a 5 second shot of them riding down the road, and cut to them arriving at the donkey sanctuary.
There was a bit more riding than that shown, but good bike rides are really about the stopping as much as the riding anyway.The thing about cycling on the telly is that it's a bit dull. While it's fantastic to ride along yourself, watching someone else do it is pretty poor TV, so it needs some added interest. This means these programs are all about people stopping and visiting the local pig farm, or something. Then they wave goodbye to the pig farmer, there's a 5 second shot of them riding down the road, and cut to them arriving at the donkey sanctuary.
Mmm, and he had what appeared to be a nice-looking San Marco Rolls saddle there...His bike shed looked bloody impressive!
That critic seems to suggest that it would benefit from "meeting historians and quirky local enthusiasts". Maybe he's one who doesn't find the very contrived stunts of Britain By Bike intensely irritating?Nah, think I'll give it a miss and put some new bar tape on or something.
Along for the Ride With David O’Doherty review – pedestrian at best | Television & radio | The Guardian
That's the kind of Portillo-esque stuff I was referring to above. So according to that review it doesn't have enough, eh? I might watch it.critic seems to suggest that it would benefit from "meeting historians and quirky local enthusiasts".
LOL... never heard of him. I think the guests are the thing putting me off ..... now if he was cycling around Milton Keynes with Lance Armstrong ....That's the kind of Portillo-esque stuff I was referring to above. So according to that review it doesn't have enough, eh? I might watch it.
Edit. I've just realised who David O’Doherty is. He gets on my wick. I won't be watching it.
My appetite for watching him has waned a bit since he was on the program where celebs tried a taster of being homeless and sleeping on the streets. He just sulked about being cold and hungry, then checked into a hotel. I'm sure there are plenty of others who wouldn't want to try it either, but then why agree to be on a program where that's the whole point?I watched Larry and George Lamb cycling around the UK and it was an easy watch