One of the reasons I decided to stop watching TV news is the regular inclusion of items devoted to the discussion/analysis/promotion of other programmes. Radio news bulletins are, mercifully, mostly trailer-free at present.
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The most intrusive part of TV news IMV is the exhortation to "let us know what you think" via social media.
I don't care what other viewers think about the news - just tell me the news!
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They're only trying to be 'inclusive', bless them!Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostThe most intrusive part of TV news IMV is the exhortation to "let us know what you think" via social media.
I don't care what other viewers think about the news - just tell me the news!
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That is a blight over the whole of the BBC at present. I hear it every day on Radio 4. I supose they're trying to keep the attention of the smartphone-browsing generation.Comment
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It's like a mass collective adhd...Comment
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Well, didn't you know - everyone who's anyone has that nowOriginally posted by Kernow Malc View Post
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Chap on Crewe Station said to me 'have you noticed no-one knows anything any more? They have to look it up on their smartphone first'.Comment
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Apparently Crewe station is a very good place to listen to Late Junction as you wait for your delayed Aviva train.Originally posted by smittims View PostComment
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ExtremelyOriginally posted by hmvman View Post
Listening to R3 has already been stripped back to programmes with minimal risk of trailer-intrusion e.g. Composer of the Week…
… but even then, as a blasted trailer seems always to follow hard on the heels of any programme these days, it’s sadly essential to switch off the channel the second the programme ends.
Circumstances prevented this at the end of today’s CotW and I got a shocker of a trailer for “Music Mix Up” or something including the promise that it would ‘wipe away all life’s cares’…
Plus they seem to use the most annoying R3 voices for trailers. There’s some thick-voiced bloke - can’t work out if it’s an Irish or a West Indian accent (haven’t listened long enough before reaching the ‘off’ switch with an oath), but either way, it seems to me a terrible broadcasting voice…
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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'Change at Lancaster for Carnforth'Originally posted by Serial_Apologist
They wold play Rachmaninov PC No 2 there back in the day.....Comment
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Nick, I suspect your 'thick-voiced' bloke is our old friend Petroc Trelawney, who seems to be mebyon kernow (where the yellow ice-cream comes from).Comment
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Or, could it be Neil Nunes, who has a very deep voice - one of his Shipping Forecasts is here for Nick's delight & delectation.Originally posted by smittims View Post
(NN could give Geoffrey Cox a baritone / basso profondo run for his money).Comment
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"The home of classical music" trail on this morning's 'Breakfast' was immediately followed by 'That's Entertainment' from Band Wagon.
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No no no I know PT’s voice, I’d say his is a very good radio voice.Originally posted by smittims View Post
It may well have been Mr Nunes, Aunt Daisy! Thanks for that!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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