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What are your pet hates ?
In the absence of any noteworthy news we were talking in the pub about our pet hates on television.
There was past his sell by date Bruce Forsythe , the gesticulations of Ricky Gervais , the repetitious crudity of Little Britain , the banality and nursery level humour of comedians ,
semi porn in drama and comedy in place of talent. Few people could see the point in trotting out ex-celebs who had nothing new to offer, like Becham and Posh . It was a mixed group of all ages. I wonder what are the opinions of us ABers ?
There was past his sell by date Bruce Forsythe , the gesticulations of Ricky Gervais , the repetitious crudity of Little Britain , the banality and nursery level humour of comedians ,
semi porn in drama and comedy in place of talent. Few people could see the point in trotting out ex-celebs who had nothing new to offer, like Becham and Posh . It was a mixed group of all ages. I wonder what are the opinions of us ABers ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think one of my pet hates is when you have a 1 hour program with 3 or 4 advert break (say a reality TV show about house redecorating on whatever) .
They cover a topic BEFORE the advert break, then AFTER the advert break they spend 3 or 4 minutes saying what they just told you BEFORE the advert break.
Some of these programs could be 30 minutes instead of an hour if they did not repeat everything after the advert break.
They cover a topic BEFORE the advert break, then AFTER the advert break they spend 3 or 4 minutes saying what they just told you BEFORE the advert break.
Some of these programs could be 30 minutes instead of an hour if they did not repeat everything after the advert break.
Pet hates on TV? Hmmm.
A vast amount of the adverts annoy me. The rest are usually better than the programmes they interrupt.
Sound compression in adverts, making them twice as loud as your comfortable listening volume. Unfortunately, they still fall within legal sound-level requirements, so no change expected any time soon.
the dusting-off of archived material in lieu of any fresh talent.
That annoying picture-in-picture announcer that pops up when you're trying to read the credits, shrinking them to a size only readable by microscope.
A vast amount of the adverts annoy me. The rest are usually better than the programmes they interrupt.
Sound compression in adverts, making them twice as loud as your comfortable listening volume. Unfortunately, they still fall within legal sound-level requirements, so no change expected any time soon.
the dusting-off of archived material in lieu of any fresh talent.
That annoying picture-in-picture announcer that pops up when you're trying to read the credits, shrinking them to a size only readable by microscope.
programmes lately where the characters seem to whisper or talk in a breathy manner to their co star so you have to increase the volume, only to have the sound track or sound effects blast your ears out a second later causing you to turn down the tv, leaving you back to square one, repeat ad nauseum :(
Most soccer matches as they are yawns and Coronation Street ( reality - me thinks not; a neo Dickens - what an insult to Charles.
Only good comedians are the likes of Clive Andersen, David Mitchell, Paul Merton...at least it has some edge and is intelligent in their satire.
And I agree most of the so called celebs...and their hangers-on, especially that Max Clifford.
Only good comedians are the likes of Clive Andersen, David Mitchell, Paul Merton...at least it has some edge and is intelligent in their satire.
And I agree most of the so called celebs...and their hangers-on, especially that Max Clifford.