26-03-2023, 03:13 PM
(26-03-2023, 02:30 PM)Kojak Wrote: Just had a look at this new Saturday Five programme - it looks like a VERY poor imitation of Sky News' erstwhile Pledge. Ghastly.
It didn't work well, though that's as much because Darren Grimes is just an awful TV presenter. Setting aside the other alleged issues surrounding him, he simply isn't very good.
And I know the set has limitations, but is five chairs in front of the "Breakfast Bar" *really* the best they could come up with?
It felt cobbled together on a whim.
Also I noticed that the sixty second timers were actually ninety seconds for the first couple of goes.
Finally, the very first subject to hook in new eiwers was "is the BBC licence fee value for money?". Only been done 1000 times on GB News already. Zzzzz.
I like the concept of the show but the execution (and the choice of host) is really poor I'm afraid. Could have been vastly improved by actually having a competent, charismatic host! Indeed a couple of the guests would have made better hosts!