The Queen's Jubilee

[Serial_Apologist]

Surely we aren't allowing him to BREED

Not HIM!!!

His daughter's a "jazz singer" (so-called), didn't you know!

[MrGongGong]

Not HIM!!!

His daughter's a "jazz singer" (so-called), didn't you know!

WHAT ON EARTH

they will be playing Bongo Bongo music on Radio 3 next

[teamsaint]

who won the barge race, anyway. Missed the result.

And, oh PLEASE, no more Dimblebys on the telly. ever.

There must be somebody else who can do the job.

[amateur51]

Saucer of milk ?

I was just looking at the BBC website to see if there was any real news and found this quote ........

" And here they are - the rainsoaked member's of London Philharmonic Orchestra singing Land of Hope and Glory."

I guess they had all their instruments confiscated by the security services then ?
or is refusing to play some form of protest ? careful now , we never know where that might lead

[amateur51]

Indeed, Pugwash creator John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing these and other falsehoods. Yet, 20 years later, the myths persist (amongst the childish mischiefs here).

Bags me not in a nursing home with you when you're 86

Mirthless malcontent

[amateur51]

I agree Mary. It wasn't good. Bucket loads of gushing, two trips to a baby unit and Matt seemed uncomfortable without sheep.

I am though completely intransigent on the value of public broadcasting. Nothing will make me u-turn and certainly not someone called Rupert who has forgotten he has amnesia.

Good man, Lats!

[amateur51]

The anti-Sky brigade remind me of the Little Britain sketch (BBC comedy show), where Walliams takes the role of a middle-aged, middle-class woman who accepts cake or whatever and enjoys it until she finds it has been prepared by someone from an ethnic minority group - and promptly vomits profusely. A little 'blind testing', such as BAL reviewers sometimes use would perhaps be a good idea.

It seems that today the BBC has provided tabloid-style coverage and Sky broadsheet coverage. I know which I prefer.

I'm not anti-Sky I'm anti-Murdoch, do get it right!

[amateur51]

Why are people complaining, if they've chosen to watch this stuff?

Sky would appear to have treated its viewers as adults - which, objectively, many of them consider themselves to be - whereas the BBC treats them as children - which, intellectually, they know them to be.

I know I'd deserve to be treated as a child if I'd tuned in, rather than being subjected to the hushed, unctious Richard Dimbleby tones of a deferential age now long gone.

Blessed Godfrey Talbot of aeons ago, spoke for ages when there was a hold-up on some state occasion, and then finally came out with the immortal "Ah here's the Queen Mother now, I can hear a motor-bike!"

[scottycelt]

Surely we aren't allowing him to BREED

Typical of a liberal, Mr GG ... wishing to impose his sexually-repressed and suffocatingly outdated morality on poor Mr Dimbleby...

[amateur51]

Well, said, Mr Knightly. Matt Baker is actually quite a good presenter of Countryfile, but he let himself down dreadfully today. The BBC tends to employ people they know rather than people who are best suited for a particular task.

You still bitter about that, old man?

[scottycelt]

Looks like Amsey's finally returned from the big protest march ...

[John Wright]

Bags me not in a nursing home with you when you're 86

Mirthless malcontent

Ha ha, thanks amsey. When you're as old as I am you've heard all the hog-pug-wash so often there comes a time when it must be sorted! <wheresthatbearededemoticonwhenyouneedit>

[amateur51]

Ha ha, thanks amsey. When you're as old as I am you've heard all the hog-pug-wash so often there comes a time when it must be sorted! <wheresthatbearededemoticonwhenyouneedit>

Fairy nuff

[Wallace]

who won the barge race, anyway. Missed the result.

And, oh PLEASE, no more Dimblebys on the telly. ever.

There must be somebody else who can do the job.

Huw Edwards could have been wheeled out for the occasion. Based on what he had to say here, he would have had my vote for the role.
Edwards has cited Dimbleby as an inspiration in the world of live broadcasting, and has firm views on how the BBC should cover landmark occasions. "It is my firm belief that British viewer expect the BBC to maintain a certain formality when covering these occasions," he once said. "Our job as broadcasters is to enhance the viewer's experience, not spoil it. Switch on the microphone only if you know exactly what you want to say. Speak if it helps the viewer's understanding. If in doubt, leave it out."

I think he should be asked to run a broadcasting master class for the airheads who were lined up to present this afternoon's debacle - but then they probably would not understand the point he is making. There job as broadcasters is to promote themselves and their careers regardless of the effect on the viewer. Switch on the microphone and leave it on and say whatever comes into your head. Speak if it helps the viewer's understanding and speak if it does not. The important thing is to keep speaking.

I think the Queen's boat Gloriana with Sir Steve Redgrave was first across the finishing line - it was certainly the hot favourite.

[Vile Consort]

I just can't believe anybody thought that was worth doing!