BBC vs Sky - The Story so Far

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I must admit Brundle's gridwalks are becoming a joke. Hardly anybody seems to want to talk to him, and he's often reduced to grabbing random celebrity faces.

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He's always done that thought hasn't he. The "let's see whether this person speaks English" moment has been a feature of the grid walks since the beginning. A lot more drivers seem willing to talk on the grid now compared to say 10 years ago.

"A Marties random Person" as it used to be known.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Sky may think they can but-in because they are exclusively live, but they need to remember that the footage the BBC are recording for their highlights also has a need to be recorded live.

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More to the point I believe the BBC are live in other countries.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Very true. As annoying as that is to license payers they do transmit their commentary to other countries live.

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Those other countries pay the BBC for their broadcasts, so it actually helps us licence fee payers. :)

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Originally Posted by AndyL

He's always done that thought hasn't he. The "let's see whether this person speaks English" moment has been a feature of the grid walks since the beginning. A lot more drivers seem willing to talk on the grid now compared to say 10 years ago.

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Very true.

Car crash telly. Usually cringeworth like ending up with interviewing Geri Halliwell at what seems every Monco GP.

Respect to MB to put himself in that situation.

DC is out of his depth, like a fish out of water. He leaves me cold. The limits to his TV work is punditry. Not a natural for live TV as a whole.

Heard a bit of James Allen yesterday and he was doing his shouty thing again.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Not being a connoisseur of live presenting myself, I do enjoy the unpredictability of Coulthard in front of the camera. Approaching people on the grid as the average person would rather than a scripted professional looking to please his employers.

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You don't have to be connoissuer. Some people are good in front of a camera, some aren't.

DC just comes across as amatuerish when he's looking for someone to interview. Brundle came off as a natural. He relishes his role and willing to scrape the barrel.

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Originally Posted by wedge

You don't have to be connoissuer. Some people are good in front of a camera, some aren't.

DC just comes across as amatuerish when he's looking for someone to interview. Brundle came off as a natural. He relishes his role and willing to scrape the barrel.

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Pikeys scrape the bottom of barrels - that's nothing to aspire to.....

Jake just said that the whole 2013 season will be live on BBC?

That would be sweet if it was true????

Maybe Bernie wants the viewing figures back

Well Sky have just said they'll be "the only place to see all the races live" (their emphasis), so I guess the word "see" is the operative one.

I've got the BBC coverage in the planner for later when my pulse has calmed down a bit!