Television

[PeteXXX]

I'm sure the subject has been raised before, but...

What an alsolute load of shi........ er, rubbish. I work 5 out of 7 late shifts so rarely see the evening offerings. Morning TV is dire. We have hundreds, nay, thousands of channels spewing utter tripe.

If it wasn't for Mrs Pete enjoying the stuff she watches, I'd save a fortune and chuck the televisions in a skip.

 

[ianrauk]

same here. I have raised it many a time with Mrs Ian but she refuses blankly to let me get rid of it.

 

[swee'pea99]

Television in the morning is wrong. Like drinking in the morning. It's against nature. Evening television varies, but some of it is very good.

 

[MontyVeda]

just returned from a friends house.... Neighbours, some crap, Emmerdale, Easternders, Emmerdale, half an hour of Murder She Wrote, then an hour of The Hotel Inspector... how people can do it night after night, week after week i have no idea... it'd drive me nuts.

home now, radio 4, and relax.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

just returned from a friends house.... Neighbours, some crap, Emmerdale, Easternders, Emmerdale, half an hour of Murder She Wrote, then an hour of The Hotel Inspector... how people can do it night after night, week after week i have no idea... it'd drive me nuts.

home now, radio 4, and relax.

I cannot explain my strange addiction the Hotel Inspector but it exists. See also: Pointless.

Angela Lansbury is a genius - can someone help me get tickets to Blithe Spirit, please?

 

[Ernie_RBR]

Can't beat a wee bit of Loose Women in the afternoon Gents

 

[MontyVeda]

I cannot explain my strange addiction the Hotel Inspector but it exists. ...

it was the highlight of the evenings viewing, not that it had much competition.

 

[RedRider]

 

[slowmotion]

It's ghastly...and don't get me on the subject of Reality TV or anything with canned laughter...
I hope I don't sound like Brian Sewell. Hang about...I wish I did! Here he is, utterly magnificent!
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[EltonFrog]

I have the television on at the moment, I'm listening to the radio on it.

Having just typed that, it is only now that that strikes me as odd.

 

[cyberknight]

I record everything i want to watch , which amounts to about 4 programmes a week and then fit them in when i get chance between the kids programs, the wifes gameshows, home and away , corrie etc .

Television in the morning is wrong. Like drinking in the morning. It's against nature. Evening television varies, but some of it is very good.

I work rotating shifts so it has been known to be drinking and watching stuff i have recorded at 5-6 am before "bedtime "

 

[compo]

Being retired we watch more TV than is healthy and could explain rapidly approaching senility, or at least that's what my dear wife claims. One of the problems is that there are only so many programmes to go round, so they start on one channel, then when the series is ended another channel runs them and so on all through the system. A lot of the fly-on-the-wall programmes, many of which I confess to enjoying, are just endless compilations and as they are repeated through the channels they get different titles. I like comedy so am a regular watcher of Gold, or should say was a regular until we are presented with endless repeats of Harry Hill and his clips of people falling over while doing stupid things. I also think I must be one of the few people who can find nothing funny about Miranda Hart, but Mrs. Brown's Boys has me choking with laughter. My most shameful confession is that I sometimes watch Jeremy Kyle making money out of half wits.

Never mind, the weather is improving, I will be able to get out more on the bike and our new little dog gets me out for nice walks to clear my head!

 

[the_mikey]

I seldom watch TV, I will watch bicycle racing but not triathlon, and anything that looks interesting that I can get on BBC I player, no other online players work properly.

 

[gavroche]

I watch the weather forecast, news, documentaries and hardly any films oh and of course , cycling on itv4, 6 nations rugby. Soaps? a lot of bu****cks, although my wife watches Emmerdale and Corrie. TV is good if you choose what to watch and not let it take over your time.

 

[Dave 123]

Before the lad was born 18 years ago we didn't have one. Then I thought it would be a good way for a pregnant wife to relax in front of the telly. Big mistake.
The BBC put out some really good natural history programmes which are world class, but the whole spectrum of channels seems to be awash with "sob story TV", all this "I can't walk cos I cut my own legs off with a spoon" or "I'm addicted to sniffing badgers". They're all sad, sad people being exploited by television. Last night was "70 stone man"... 43 years old and eats himself almost to death because his mother died. How about a positive pregramme where someone does something really impressive to their mums memory? Ok, maybe not.

On the plus side BBC3 is being pulled!