Olympics

[Mags22]

Do you think there's too much on tv?

[Sipowicz]

No.

[Bazile]

No. - do you ?.

[Berniecuddles2]

no not enough IMO

[New Judge]

Yes I certainly do.

The BBC’s coverage for the 24 hours from 6am today:

BBC1

“Olympic” Breakfast 06:00 to 09:15
Olympics 13:45 to 18:00
Ditto 19:00 to 20:00
Ditto 20:30 to 22:00
Ditto 22:45 to 04:00

BBC2

Olympic Highlights 09:15 to 13:00
Olympics 13:45 to 14:30
Ditto 18:00 to 19:00
Ditto 22:00 to 22:45

BBC4 (which normally does not open until 19:00):
Olympics 13:00 to 02:00

As well as this the 6pm news began with ten minutes about a bloke winning a swimming race, including interviews with his Mum, his aunt (and probably the woman who used to burp him as a baby, though I lost interest before that). Only then were we able to learn a little about the trifling matter of 500,000 commuters facing a five day rail strike).

Overkill? Just a tad.

[mightymouse]

Plenty of other options...

[Sycamore3House]

No, as it only happens every four years for two weeks.

[Lie-in King]

No, it needs & deserves the full, in-depth coverage that the BBC are providing.

[Playbill]

YES.

[Mamyalynne]

No - I'm not a huge sports fan, but the Olympics are special and deserves the fullest coverage possible.

Plenty else to watch and do if not interested.

[fiction-factory]

No. There are lots of channels that aren't showing them.
If you mean is there too much on BBC then I can see why licence payers might think that. The viewing figures will be interesting. Personally I don't mind at all- it's only a few weeks every 4 years.

[ChillDoubt]

No. It's only once every 4 years. All the other $hee-!te and pap continues unabated so there's no cause for complaint.

[smurfchops]

Most of it is pretty boring. Table tennis? Fencing? Zzzzzzzz

[ichkeria]

I'm another very definite 'no'
The great thing about the coverage is you see sports which otherwise get totally ignored for the other 3.99 years

[jourdain2]

Yes, in terms that is it everywhere. No, in that all events deserve to be aired.
A specific 'Olympics' channel should be allocated and all would go on there with references on the other, mainstream channels. Wasn't there a Sports channel once? Scheduled programmes should most certainly not be disrupted because of an overrun etc..

[anneasquith]

No. Some of us can survive without watching " soaps "

[Caran]

Yes.

[woofgang]

yes. So far I have watched none of it and don’t intend to...but I have got Sky so plenty of other choice.

[Cloverjo]

No, I love the Olympics. It's only once every four years, and there are plenty of other channels to watch.

[maggiebee]

Yawn!!