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(01-05-2023, 06:16 PM)LouBlu08 Wrote: I don't know if there even is a point (pun kind of intended) to PoV anymore. I mean nowadays people can use social media or stuff like a TV guide magazine to get their thoughts across about shows, and I don't know who's going to make time out of their day to watch it every weekend.
I do- loved it since the Robinson era- always makes me chuckle.
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The trouble is they tend to ask for comments in advance so pre-determine the shows people comment on and then of course just dismiss any criticism anyway.
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Shows they don't really care for the show anymore given it's had the same theme tune for (unbelievably) 22 years. And in its current incarnation (sans "blah-boobity") for the past 12 years.
The first outing of the theme tune can be found here:
youtu.be
I wonder if there really is any need for POV anymore given its 62 year run. But would that give more ammo for the abolition of the licence fee then?
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That clip shows how much more irreverent it was in that incarnation. It’s far too dull and worthy these days
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(02-05-2023, 10:10 PM)Andrew Wrote: That clip shows how much more irreverent it was in that incarnation. It’s far too dull and worthy these days
It take a certain kind of presenter to pull that off. Nobody comes to mind at the BBC right now. Maybe Clive Myrie at a push.
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chris Wrote:Andrew Wrote:That clip shows how much more irreverent it was in that incarnation. It’s far too dull and worthy these days
It take a certain kind of presenter to pull that off. Nobody comes to mind at the BBC right now. Maybe Clive Myrie at a push.
Andrew Neil and Simon McCoy are those in right vein but no longer at the BBC.
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(02-05-2023, 11:54 PM)Jon Wrote: chris Wrote:It take a certain kind of presenter to pull that off. Nobody comes to mind at the BBC right now. Maybe Clive Myrie at a push.
Andrew Neil and Simon McCoy are those in right vein but no longer at the BBC.
Or Martine Croxall.
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(02-05-2023, 08:27 PM)RDJ Wrote: Shows they don't really care for the show anymore given it's had the same theme tune for (unbelievably) 22 years. And in its current incarnation (sans "blah-boobity") for the past 12 years.
Clearly it isn’t considered a priority show by the BBC, but I don’t think having the same theme tune for a long time in itself is a sign that a broadcaster doesn’t care about a programme. There are loads of long-running shows that have kept the same theme for longer.
Match of The Day has had its theme for 53 years, and I don’t think anyone would say that’s a particularly unloved show by the BBC.
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Points of View is one of those programmes where you're more likely to have seen parodies of it than the actual programmes.
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I seem to remember Wogan wearing a pair of unflattering trousers which gave us a rather different Point of View.
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