27-03-2016, 06:06 PM
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The Boat race & the BBC.
I enjoyed watching the annual Oxford Cambridge boat race earlier today. Not something I normally watch but it was quite exciting, particularly the women's race.The BBC coverage however was absolutely dire. Helen Skelton. who has the tv presence of a five year old and some complete idiot called Seann Walsh. Was he really getting paid for that performance? Then we saw Clare Balding speeding up the Thames like James Bond.???
In true BBC style, they had to point out which rower was a muslim -is that important to know?- (they didn't tell us who were catholics or CofE) and then everything else was turned into a comedy farce.
Are the BBC now incapable of presenting a serious unbiased programme?
27-03-2016, 06:21 PM
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Re: The Boat race & the BBC.
The Womens race was well worth a watch ,I thought at one point they were going to sink.But they battled on and finished the race .The Mens race was not so exciting , there was some Iffy Commentary and I also thought what the heck has being a Muslim been brought into it for , It stood out as odd. Like if they had made a big thing out of anyone of the Rowers being Christian and what had they gave up for Lent .
Not the best weather to row in but it did make it more watchable ..
27-03-2016, 06:27 PM
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Re: The Boat race & the BBC.
Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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I gave up watching it many years ago. The only time I found it exciting was the year one of the boats sank.
27-03-2016, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by GillyT
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I was out all day and didn't see it, so can somebody tell me, please, who won the mens' race this year ??? From what has been said, maybe I should be glad I didn't have to watch and listen to a rubbish commentary ! 
27-03-2016, 06:42 PM
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Re: The Boat race & the BBC.
The men's race was won by....Cambridge.
The race commentary itself was ok but the giggling Ms Skelton and a the ignorant Walsh obviously thought they were on 8 out of 10 cats or similar.
At one point, Walsh was shown on a rowing machine and said 'At least I didn't sink.' This was just after they had shown the losing women's team in tears because they had lost due to almost sinking.
27-03-2016, 06:58 PM
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Re: The Boat race & the BBC.
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I enjoyed watching the annual Oxford Cambridge boat race earlier today. Not something I normally watch but it was quite exciting, particularly the women's race.The BBC coverage however was absolutely dire. Helen Skelton. who has the tv presence of a five year old and some complete idiot called Seann Walsh. Was he really getting paid for that performance? Then we saw Clare Balding speeding up the Thames like James Bond.???
In true BBC style, they had to point out which rower was a muslim -is that important to know?- (they didn't tell us who were catholics or CofE) and then everything else was turned into a comedy farce.
Are the BBC now incapable of presenting a serious unbiased programme?
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