Olympics

[Mags22]

Do you think there's too much on tv?

[mikey4444]

NO !

[Ken4155]

No, but i do think there is far too much time given to soaps, cookery programmes, reality tv, celebrity this and celebrity that, etc, etc, etc.

[lardhelmet]

At least the coverage is good and covers everything. If you watch it on American TV, all you see is "the Americans at the Olympics" - appalling.

[Boto]

Yes to BC1, yes BBC2, yes to BBC4.

[mikey4444]

Ken4155....agree 100% !

The Olympics are only on TV every 4 years, and I can't see why people who are not interested can't tune into one of the 100's of other TV stations that pretend that the Olympics don't exist......ITV for instance !

Who can forget that marvelous middle weekend in 2012, when Britain did so well....its was better than any thriller !

[jambutty]

YES !

[anotheoldgit]

Too much sport on the main channels period.

For those interested in such things there should be a separate sports channel.

[Cloverjo]

It's only on for two weeks every four years.

What about all the crap that's on all year round on the other hundreds of channels that you could choose to watch? I think there's too much of that.

[hellywelly4]

Yes!!!!!

[Bazile]

I object to wall to wall football being on the telly , at the expense of other less 'popular ' sports

[oliviagrace]

It's only every 4 years for two weeks !!

[fiction-factory]

It might seem like wall to wall football for a few weeks every couple of years, Bazile, but it's only on one of the many channels at any one time and is usually no more than 3 matches a day

[Pete65]

No.
I'm with Ken4155 on this one.
Well said, that man!

[Mags22]

I agree it should be televised but why not keep it to a special channel? I prefer motor sports and team sports,but athletics leave me yawning, although I do wish all our competitors well, and am chuffed when the medals come our way.

[Baldric]

Yes, far too much, most of it is minority interest, should be relegated to a Sports Channel or two available 24/7.

[ichkeria]

There is no BBC sports channel. In 2012 the BBC did open up a whole host of extra channels for the home Olympics. But this was for things like the water polo qualifying and the wrestling finals. And not everyone could access them

[Garaman]

No, and I agree wholeheartedly with Ken4155.

[Georgiesmum]

No. Its only once every four years and only lasts a couple of weeks.How can that be too much?

[Baldric]

ichkeria, any BBC channel, and let's be honest they've got enough, could become a Sports/Olympic channel, after all it's only for two weeks, and it's not rocket science.

[NellieMay]

Yes. We generally watch BBC and total rubbish for the most part on other channels.