Well it doesn't matter, I won't be watching the Sky coverage.
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Well it doesn't matter, I won't be watching the Sky coverage.
Gotta love Jake's professionalism. A stint on kids TV is handy!Quote:
Originally Posted by christophulus
A relief Ch4 didn't get the F1 rights. Those executives are utter pillocks thinking they can hire any young male TV presenter to front sports coverage.
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I think Jake is one of the best presenters I've ever seen. He knows exactly when enough is enough and when to take over and direct a discussion in a new direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
This stood out for me in Hungary mostly when Heidfeld's engine blew up and they were rolling the car back towards the pit lane. EJ said a silly comment along the lines of "We should find out the full facts before criticsing the marshalls". Then immediately realising that the Marshall should not be criticised Jake interrupted and said something along the lines of "Well we're certainly not criticising the Marshalls at all. They did a great job in tough circumstances" and quickly covered up EJ's blunder and moved off topic.
All presenters should do kids TV first. It's a brilliant grounding for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
The BBC isn't adversed to that too. I still remember Blue Peter presenter on the RAC rally coverage!Quote:
A relief Ch4 didn't get the F1 rights. Those executives are utter pillocks thinking they can hire any young male TV presenter to front sports coverage.
Yep, the minority sports went to the rookies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I remember John Leslie doing the RAC highlights but he didn't look out of his depth and made a professional job of it even though you had an inkling he had no idea what he was talking about half the time.
But Ch4 have a history with slick sports presentation with their flagship sports - think cricket, NFL, Football Italia, WRC
The problem is with the presenter Otis something, is the knowledge to the sport, knowing the names of the people who are participating, to me or the events, is poor ground work to be honest from Otis, anyway channel 4 have done better with their presentation and productions side back in the past with the WRC back in 2002. and cricket, so forth IMHOQuote:
Originally Posted by wedge
The cover in our country is quit acceplable, we have one channel (10) who is free but it only cover the race. And then we could pay for another channel who sends it all, all practices and so on. The latter is my feed.
Begs the question which would be better - half the weekends in full on the Beeb and the other half barely covered, or every Sunday but *only* Sunday on the Beeb with Friday & Saturday practice/quali all Sky-only...
Clearly the latter. Qualy etc is nice but in the end it's only the race that matters.
Only for one year when it wasn't a full World Championship event, though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Jake Humphrey offers a perfect blend of qualities for a modern-day F1 presenter. He manages to be informal yet sufficiently serious to carry it off, and, crucially, he knows his stuff. The BBC couldn't have chosen better. This generally goes for everyone the BBC has used for its sports coverage, whether on TV or radio. The same cannot be said of independent broadcasters.