BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by wedge

I found him too authoritative and lacked enthusiasm.
It sounded more like reporting than commentary - which is where Legard's strengths lie because he was a brilliant reporter for 5live.

He sounded way too serious at the end of the qualy segments for my liking. I'm not saying he should be shouting and screaming with ecstacy but with the likes of Hindy, Murray, Ben Edwards, Martin Haven you know there's genuine and affectionate enthusiasm and I never quite got that feeling from Legard.

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I don't think it should be deemed possible for anybody to be 'too authoritative'.

I honestly thought Jonathan and Martin did a great job for the first race, It was always gonna be difficult having a new partnership, but they seemed to get on quite well, and seemed to be very responsive to each other.

A big thumbs up for Jake as well, he got a lot of stick for doing this before he started, and i thought he was very assured and did a good job on his debut.

Am i the only one who thought that EJ was a brilliant idea to be part of the team? :p : he does have some controversial ideas but that surely spices up the debate. It certianly did on the forum after the race. Great viewing.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

:rotflmao:

This James Allen petition is hilarious, some of the comments border on the libelous so read it before it gets taken down!

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_pe...cgi?ja842563&1

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I couldn't resist :D

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Absolutely, and in fact as I've mentioned several times his blog is excellent. Some people are unlucky that they don't have a good voice or intonation for public speaking, and unfortunately for James he's one of them. As a journalist he's right up with the best of them.

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He's got a good face for radio and a perfect voice for print.

However, saying that, when he does do what he does best, i.e. written articles, he is one of the best. I have always enjoyed reading his insightful and informed works.

It's just when I see his mug and hear his voice on the box my blood boils and insults get hurled at the TV :laugh:

I really enjoyed the weekends commentry and think the team is well balanced and will do very well.

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Originally Posted by stevie_gerrard

I honestly thought Jonathan and Martin did a great job for the first race, It was always gonna be difficult having a new partnership, but they seemed to get on quite well, and seemed to be very responsive to each other.

A big thumbs up for Jake as well, he got a lot of stick for doing this before he started, and i thought he was very assured and did a good job on his debut.

Am i the only one who thought that EJ was a brilliant idea to be part of the team? :p : he does have some controversial ideas but that surely spices up the debate. It certianly did on the forum after the race. Great viewing.

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For it to be a true forum they need more e-mails read out -I think there was only 1 read out.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Must have been a bit of a shock for Brundle too, all his commentating career he's been able to have a 3 minute break every 15 minutes or so, not any more!

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No it wasn't. ITV carried on commentating when the Brits went to break because the ITV commentary was syndicated around the world.

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Originally Posted by wedge

No it wasn't. ITV carried on commentating when the Brits went to break because the ITV commentary was syndicated around the world.

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I wish Speed TV in the US did the same thing... when Motors TV in the UK used the Speed TV coverage of AMA Superbikes, the Speed TV commentators would go quiet every few minutes leaving the Motors TV continuity announcer to attempt to fill the gap... very weird.

Eddie Jordan is slowly but surely starting to get on my nerves...

I can just see DC and Eddie getting into a brawl at some point during the season!

I think the radio commentry is brilliant, and superior to Brundle and Legard.
Ant really has a knack for it.

I haven't heard about the CBBC feed until today, what's all that about

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Originally Posted by wedge

No it wasn't. ITV carried on commentating when the Brits went to break because the ITV commentary was syndicated around the world.

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I didn't realize that. They used to announce the impending advert break each time on ITV though didn't they? I don't think I'm imaginging things!

That means they must have been switched out of the syndicated broadcast each time to inform the ITV-only audience that there was advert break, otherwise it wouldn't make sense to everyone else!

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Originally Posted by Triumph

I didn't realize that. They used to announce the impending advert break each time on ITV though didn't they? I don't think I'm imaginging things!

That means they must have been switched out of the syndicated broadcast each time to inform the ITV-only audience that there was advert break, otherwise it wouldn't make sense to everyone else!

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If you listen back to their commentaries - painful I know - they were actually quite clever with leading up to the breaks. The usual tactic was to run through the top 8 and then come to a natural halt, then after the break quickly recap the lap number and the story of the race. Rarely if ever did they specifically mention there would be (or was) a break.