Panorama- A Greek Tragedy- is very familiar

[David H]

I've just begun watching Panorama with John Humphrys in Greece talking about the debt, but am finding everything he's said (as does my father) extremely familiar. I can't see any references to it being on before but I already saw him in Greece talking about his son's orchestra and interviewing the people months ago. Someone else must remember it as well as this is not a new programme whatever they say.

[emmie]

familiar in so far it was a virtual take on his article in the Times the day before. Not as repeat as far as i know.

[David H]

Deja vu can be an illusion but my father said the same as me, and I wouldn't already have known John Humphrys had a son in Greece and walked the streets interviewing people about the economy if I hadn't recently see him doing it, around the time before the first election. I'm almost certain the old guy he interviewed at the end was one I'd seen before, I'm wondering if this was on a digital channel (when there was the option) and updated for the current situation there with the new government. Two people don't recognise huge chunks of a TV programme and remember many points already without having seen something very similar already. That is the most logical answer, and I do know the BBC refuse to put an (R) on a programme that's been shown on a different channel even though of course it has been on their own network before, so not having it on the Radio Times or referred to on the Panorama website (I checked before posting here in desperation) it can still be a repeat, and if it has been on the same channel already (as anyone who watches Location Location Location knows only too well) if they add a two minute clip at the end made since again it isn't given an (R) although 97% of the programme is the same. I think they used the old programme and cut in a few extra interviews since the second election and then passed it off as a new programme except I knew his whole family story already without consulting a crystal ball instead.