03-07-2023, 09:30 PM
The new pre recorded Today at Wimbledon makes sense given the frequency of it being dropped - now hopefully it will be consistently on iPlayer no matter what.
But it’s loses a lot not having live links and high quality guests like McEnroe. It doesn’t feel like a 9pm prime time programme.
To be honest watching today everything about Wimbledon feels very tired. Old BBC logo all over the place almost 2 years after the rebrand began; the old studio with the massive desk which doesn’t feel like it’s been refreshed in many years; the old titles; and Sue is really missed.
And on court - no Brits capable likely to go very far, no Nadal or Federer or Serena Williams. Most people have no idea who the big names are in tennis now.
TV presentation wise and event wise it feels like it all needs a bit of a revamp.
One thing that irritates me is the 7pm changeover from 2 to 1. I really hoped they would have seen this didn’t work last year and fixed it.
They need an overlap so the BBC1 programme can have a proper intro; 2 has a proper close and no play is missed. Today the programme on 1 started after the programme on 2 ended. Clare did an intro on 1 and therefore a lot of play in the featured game was missed. It’s pretty poor.
Start The One Show at 7.10 for the fortnight.
But it’s loses a lot not having live links and high quality guests like McEnroe. It doesn’t feel like a 9pm prime time programme.
To be honest watching today everything about Wimbledon feels very tired. Old BBC logo all over the place almost 2 years after the rebrand began; the old studio with the massive desk which doesn’t feel like it’s been refreshed in many years; the old titles; and Sue is really missed.
And on court - no Brits capable likely to go very far, no Nadal or Federer or Serena Williams. Most people have no idea who the big names are in tennis now.
TV presentation wise and event wise it feels like it all needs a bit of a revamp.
One thing that irritates me is the 7pm changeover from 2 to 1. I really hoped they would have seen this didn’t work last year and fixed it.
They need an overlap so the BBC1 programme can have a proper intro; 2 has a proper close and no play is missed. Today the programme on 1 started after the programme on 2 ended. Clare did an intro on 1 and therefore a lot of play in the featured game was missed. It’s pretty poor.
Start The One Show at 7.10 for the fortnight.