What TV are you watching?

[lazybloke]

Celebrity Hunted.

I don't recognise any of the celebrities so this is basically the same as the normal series for me. Always quite liked the format, though the fugitives seem to trip up in the same ways which can be a bit repetitive.

I enjoyed the first few seasons but every time I watch it feels a bit more tired.

Have't tried this particular series, but typically the celebs just want to intersperse a bit of running with spending time in a mate's posh house / boat / pub / spa / restaurant, along with some baiting of the hunters via "socials".

I'd be more interested if they actually tried to stay off the radar, hence I prefer the non-celeb version.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I’ve got the extended (‘Digger’) episode of Bottom to watch tonight after work
That’s the dating agency show, with Helen Lederer as the Countess
It was broadcast last week, in conjunction with the (repeated) documentary made with Ade Edmondson
Hard to believe it’s over 30 years since it first hit the screens (& they first hit each other!!)

 

[AndyRM]

I enjoyed the first few seasons but every time I watch it feels a bit more tired.

Have't tried this particular series, but typically the celebs just want to intersperse a bit of running with spending time in a mate's posh house / boat / pub / spa / restaurant, along with some baiting of the hunters via "socials".

I'd be more interested if they actually tried to stay off the radar, hence I prefer the non-celeb version.

I think the most successful attempt I've seen at staying off radar was a fella a few years back who basically lived under a hedge for the whole time until he cracked and called his daughter (IIRC) which knackered him.

 

[Norry1]

Good lady and I have been watching "A Gentleman in Moscow" on Paramount+. Very different to the blood and action stuff we normally watch on it.

Loved the book and the TV series is very good. Ewan MacGregor plays an excellent part.

 

[Norry1]

Also limping slowly to the end of Black Doves. Very flimsy and not on my recommended list.

 

[icowden]

I think the most successful attempt I've seen at staying off radar was a fella a few years back who basically lived under a hedge for the whole time until he cracked and called his daughter (IIRC) which knackered him.

The problem is that if they did get someone who successfully went off radar without cracking, it would make for rubbish TV. "Mike is on week 4 now of living off the tins he stored in the highland bothy. He has enough resources to do this indefinitely provided that he also hunts wild game. The detection team have no idea where Mike is."

 

[AndyRM]

The problem is that if they did get someone who successfully went off radar without cracking, it would make for rubbish TV. "Mike is on week 4 now of living off the tins he stored in the highland bothy. He has enough resources to do this indefinitely provided that he also hunts wild game. The detection team have no idea where Mike is."

Nah, I'd watch that. It'd be hilarious watching the detectives lose their minds. Turn it into a kind of Slow TV thing.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Also limping slowly to the end of Black Doves. Very flimsy and not on my recommended list.

It is very poor. Bailed after E1.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Ted Lasso. Nearly finished season 2. I had no idea it was going to be about Football but I persevered. It's quite funny, but I won't say I'll be sad when we have finished it. I'd describe it as a bit like "The Office" but in a footbal club instead, and not as cleverly written

 

[lazybloke]

The problem is that if they did get someone who successfully went off radar without cracking, it would make for rubbish TV. "Mike is on week 4 now of living off the tins he stored in the highland bothy. He has enough resources to do this indefinitely provided that he also hunts wild game. The detection team have no idea where Mike is."

Yes, there's a balance to be struck, but i believe there's a specific rule that prevents you laying low.

 

[icowden]

Yes, there's a balance to be struck, but i believe there's a specific rule that prevents you laying low.

Found a few interesting titbits by googling. Contenstants aren't allowed to move between 8pm and 8am, but they must change location every 48 hours. In the latest series they have removed the backpack "go bag" and £250 bank card, so they now *have* to contact people to help them. Magid Magid also revealed that they get constant instructions from executive producers via their cameraman which are often more of a headache than actually trying to complete the task. So the reason that contestants seem to make stupid decisions about phoning home is because an exec producer somewhere has decided that the hunting team need a clue to generate some interesting TV.

“Without going into details. There was only so much lying, intimidation & threats 2 tell the Hunters where I was I could take from the exec producers. All because I challenged them when they wanted me 2 do some ridiculous things (produced) which weren’t part of the original rules.”

Magid then wrote: “It’s quite funny how the only people that gave me a headache and stressed me out were not the Hunters. It was in fact the exec producers.”

Rules from the Aussie version:-

1. Teams must move every 48 hours.
2. Teams cannot return to the same place twice. (Emiley: “You can’t go back to the same place twice.”)
3. Teams cannot be helped by the same person twice. (David: “You couldn’t use the same resources [people] repeatedly.” Emiley: “You can’t use the same person twice.”)
4. Teams have to use the ATM twice during the competition.
5. Teams cannot take out more than $100 from an ATM at one time, and cannot visit an ATM more than once in a day.
6. No one can give the teams money. (David: “You couldn’t get certain resources. We couldn’t just get tons of cash.”
7. Producers “can create a rule or take away a rule at any point in time,” Emiley said.

It's the last one that appears to really annoy contestants. Essentially the Producers can make up new rules if they decide you are being boring.

 

[icowden]

What if you knew someone with their own aircraft, can you leave the country? What about a boat, set sail and hope they can't swim?

Nope - against the rules.

 

[fossyant]

I think the most successful attempt I've seen at staying off radar was a fella a few years back who basically lived under a hedge for the whole time until he cracked and called his daughter (IIRC) which knackered him.

I always wonder how they get caught sometimes. If I could grab my bike, I'd be off. But then again, I wouldn't be starting from home and have to get there.

 

[cougie uk]

What if you knew someone with their own aircraft, can you leave the country? What about a boat, set sail and hope they can't swim?

Someone did use an aircraft in the last series - but it wasn't so good as they'd tracked the guy to the airfield and could look at the flight plan to see where he was headed (or something similar). Unless he parachutes out - they still know where you are.

 

[icowden]

Ok so if leaving the country is against the rules. What about getting in a boat, but just sailing around in the UK territorial waters? Do they have to physically catch you?

You have to be physically touched by a hunter rather than actually caught ( they don't want anyone injured in other words). I suspect if you did that the producers would invent a rule to tell you it was against the rules.