Channel 5 Last Night (Other Channels Are Available)

[fourteen85]

Whilst watching police programme last night about counterfeit goods it really was annoying just how many times the bit of programme you have just seen is repeated. I fortunately do have a semblance of memory left , take out the repeated bits and the adverts and I reckon a 60 minute programme would run for less than half that time

[gingejbee]

Yes, Channel 5 "docs" are very skillful at making 30 minutes of actual watchable stuff into an hour-long show.

[wolf63]

You should try watching American versions of these programmes.

They repeat explanations throughout the episode and they speak of all the cops/FBI etc as superheroes.

Yet I still watch them!

[barry1010]

C4 is just as bad. I record and FF

[fourteen85]

Yes Wolf, we watch a border force re drug smuggling across the Mexican border, just the same .

[david small]

It’s a cheap and shoddy way of saving money and extending the programs.

[THECORBYLOON]

There used to be an American series featuring police car chases and that would often show the same footage three times.

[fiveleaves]

Lots of TV shows do this as well as previews of what is coming up in a few minutes

[perseverer]

Partly it is about bringing channel surfers up to date, or trying to keep them on the channel