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An interesting thread; I've never seen any of the programmes mentioned as I don't watch television.
Considering how many headlines appear in the newspapers on these very same programmes I'm inclined to think that there may be a Marmite reaction to them?
If you were to create a similar thread for radio programme nominations, I would be straight in with The Archers.
Please make it stop. |
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over a year ago
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"Strictly come dancing .
X - factor .
Britain’s got talent .
Holby and casualty .
Eastenders .
And all reality shows love island etc . "
Whole heartedly agree with this list! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"An interesting thread; I've never seen any of the programmes mentioned as I don't watch television.
Considering how many headlines appear in the newspapers on these very same programmes I'm inclined to think that there may be a Marmite reaction to them?
If you were to create a similar thread for radio programme nominations, I would be straight in with The Archers.
Please make it stop."
I'm with you as haven't had a tv for most of my life but defo marmite lol I love the archers  |
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"An interesting thread; I've never seen any of the programmes mentioned as I don't watch television.
Considering how many headlines appear in the newspapers on these very same programmes I'm inclined to think that there may be a Marmite reaction to them?
If you were to create a similar thread for radio programme nominations, I would be straight in with The Archers.
Please make it stop."
I mean this in the nicest possible way, but , ‘you can f**k right off’ , anyone touch The Archers and blood will be spilt. |
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About 90% of them. TV is utter shite.
And if I hear about another moron of a "celebrity does....." I`ll go mad.
Oh - and "Strictly" - boring as fuck but seems to delight our nation of idiots. |
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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
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Soaps.
Celebrity nonsense.
Modern kids programs.. replace it with programs where people/characters talk and not just make silly noises.
Any remakes of classic cartoons.
Reruns of friends
Reruns of only fools and horses. It was funny the first 8 times.. not any more.
Bargain hunt.
Reality competition shows.
As a side note, anyone who follows soaps that religiously they think it's real shouldn't be allowed to vote..
As another side note I think the tv license should only be payable if there is a clause where Prof Brian Cox keeps David Attenborough alive indefinitely. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"All "reality" TV shite.
American documentaries, almost unwatchable.
And I have a nasty feeling that the next series of The Walking Dead will be on the list."
I recently rewatched series 1-6 of The Walking Dead, and it was so, so good. TV at its absolute best. It took me the next three series, and halfway through season 9, to sadly admit that it is crap now. They really need to wrap it up anyway they can. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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"Casualty : how’s that still going
Any others ?
I was in an episode, more by mistake than design, of Casualty back in the late 90's...  "
A friend of mine is a scriptwriter for both Casualty and Holby.
He also script writes for USA comedy shows on 2 networks. |
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"An interesting thread; I've never seen any of the programmes mentioned as I don't watch television.
Considering how many headlines appear in the newspapers on these very same programmes I'm inclined to think that there may be a Marmite reaction to them?
If you were to create a similar thread for radio programme nominations, I would be straight in with The Archers.
Please make it stop.
I mean this in the nicest possible way, but , ‘you can f**k right off’ , anyone touch The Archers and blood will be spilt. "
I don't know why we're talking about a radio programme on a thread about TV, but it's a good opportunity to say that I (Luke) just can't abide The Archers.
Hannah knows this well and finds it hilarious how much I dislike it, but she has never listened. She has come to the UK from America and has been spared. I would get her to listen so she can experience this piece of British culture but I don't like to inflict unnecessary suffering. |
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By *oneeMan
over a year ago
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Loose women, the most ridiculous and inane show on television, those stupid panelist have had every problem going be it physical or mental, it really is the pits, mind you I wouldn't mind giving Jane Moore a seeing to. |
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"The only way is Essex Geordie shore anything with Kardashian’s in. Who are these people and why does anyone care about their existence? "
Well said, that love island bollocks can get fucked too |
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"The only way is Essex Geordie shore anything with Kardashian’s in. Who are these people and why does anyone care about their existence?
Well said, that love island bollocks can get fucked too"
Too many to list. But those are the ones I despise the most. Talentless, vacuous, non-entities. Famous for being famous? Who gives a fuck |
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"The only way is Essex Geordie shore anything with Kardashian’s in. Who are these people and why does anyone care about their existence?
Well said, that love island bollocks can get fucked too
Too many to list. But those are the ones I despise the most. Talentless, vacuous, non-entities. Famous for being famous? Who gives a fuck"
Indeed, bring back things like tomorrow's world, krypton factor, sky at night etc |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv. "
Unfortunately, you now need a tv licence to watch catch up though I would presume that's for BBC iplayer but don't know as don't actually have a tv |
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"About 90% of them. TV is utter shite.
And if I hear about another moron of a "celebrity does....." I`ll go mad.
Oh - and "Strictly" - boring as fuck but seems to delight our nation of idiots."
My Mrs loves it! She’s not an idiot. But I still don’t get her enjoying it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Could live without tv,internet and Netflix would suit us fine haven’t watched any soap operas or reality tv in years so would scrap them all if down to us |
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By (user no longer on site)
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TV should be scrapped and we should all stream what we actually want to watch.
People are brain dead from having constant TV noise in the background.
Point your furniture at something else |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv. "
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do. |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv.
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do."
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I don't think you need a licence to watch DVDs |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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"Casualty : how’s that still going
Any others ?
I was in an episode, more by mistake than design, of Casualty back in the late 90's...
A friend of mine is a scriptwriter for both Casualty and Holby.
He also script writes for USA comedy shows on 2 networks."
A friend of mine used to to be a Vision Technition (lighting operator) for the studio shooting. The stories she could tell! |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv.
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do."
If your tv is capable of receiving bbc you need licence |
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Most home improvement and relocation shows. Most food shows. Eastenders. This Week. Shaming of the poorer people shows. Dom baldy bloke shows. Chelsea reality.
But add more wildlife, history, factual and science shows. |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv.
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do."
Haha. No one needs a tv licence.
It's unenforceable.
It's also nothing to do with streaming anything. It's only the BBC services.
Yeah. They bandy about stuff that makes it look like it's a legal requirement. But there's no law. They have no authority at all. |
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None of them. Nobody is forced to watch any of them and they provide hundreds of thousands of people with work.
That said - Gogglebox. It really is the ultimate expression of shit telly. Watching other people watch telly. WTAF? |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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There was a report last week that studies amongst viewers of the everyday Soaps on all channels, were getting fed up with what's on offer, script wise.
The BBC especially, is losing viewers for Eastenders. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anything that makes a "celebrity" out of someone that really has no right to be  "
This. I can sort of understand the talent shows because there's a skill involved, but TOWIE and Love Island can fuck off. The people on those programmes are some of the most talentless, boring, vain cunts I've ever seen and the more they suck up air time, the more the collective global IQ drops. We must have fallen into the double digits now since TOWIE aired. |
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love island although i love watching this with sound off, the news, the housewives of any county, Downton Abbey, strictly cum dancing, the tudors, just bin the TV get life back  |
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv.
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do.
Haha. No one needs a tv licence.
It's unenforceable.
It's also nothing to do with streaming anything. It's only the BBC services.
Yeah. They bandy about stuff that makes it look like it's a legal requirement. But there's no law. They have no authority at all. "
The TV Tax is for watching "live broadcast", in other words shows as they are broadcast at a time in any tv listings. Legally catch up or streaming is not live tv, you are choosing what time you watch it. Amazon and Netfix are not live tv, subscribers do not sit and watch shows at a designated time. |
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That said - Gogglebox. It really is the ultimate expression of shit telly. Watching other people watch telly. WTAF?"
Googglebox is not even a reality show, it's scripted, the "viewers" are given a list of reactions/comments to have to the shows they watch. |
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That said - Gogglebox. It really is the ultimate expression of shit telly. Watching other people watch telly. WTAF?
Googglebox is not even a reality show, it's scripted, the "viewers" are given a list of reactions/comments to have to the shows they watch. "
My contempt for it just deepened. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Football focus on bbc.starts off on one channel, just when matches are interesting with around thirty minutes to go..they switch to bbc1 or 2..then for ten mins we have no idea of scores as teleprinter not put up ..Keep it on One channel bbc.. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Do what I do and stream everything, cuts out all the crap and you don't need tv licence because not watching "live" tv.
You still need a licence to stream on demand tv like Netflix and Amazon, also if you watch Youtube apparently.
Not sure if you need one if you just watch DVDs, but I think you do.
Haha. No one needs a tv licence.
It's unenforceable.
It's also nothing to do with streaming anything. It's only the BBC services.
Yeah. They bandy about stuff that makes it look like it's a legal requirement. But there's no law. They have no authority at all.
The TV Tax is for watching "live broadcast", in other words shows as they are broadcast at a time in any tv listings. Legally catch up or streaming is not live tv, you are choosing what time you watch it. Amazon and Netfix are not live tv, subscribers do not sit and watch shows at a designated time."
Condensed version is anything that is being broadcast live/at a set air time requires a TV license (regardless of the station/channel).
All streaming services, with the exception of bbc catchup and iplayer, do not need a TV license. |
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"Soaps.
Celebrity nonsense.
Modern kids programs.. replace it with programs where people/characters talk and not just make silly noises.
Any remakes of classic cartoons.
Reruns of friends
Reruns of only fools and horses. It was funny the first 8 times.. not any more.
Bargain hunt.
Reality competition shows.
As a side note, anyone who follows soaps that religiously they think it's real shouldn't be allowed to vote..
As another side note I think the tv license should only be payable if there is a clause where Prof Brian Cox keeps David Attenborough alive indefinitely."
That pretty much covers it.
I would add all reality TV shows and anything with Keith Lemon should be scrapped.
We need more Brian Cox / David Attenborough and less "make me famous" crap.
Nita |
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