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It really annoys me that James Allen keeps hanging in there, he does the post-race interviews now so you can't get away from him!
Excellent from Brundle & Coulthard, they were very comfortable in the commentary box. Brundle just sounds a lot more assured, makes few mistakes, and when things happen doens't just say "what happened there?" which is what Legard seemed to do.
I think for the first time in 20 years we've got a good commentary team!
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Originally Posted by Mark
EJ is the weak link and is cringe-worthy. But I still find him embarrassingly funny so I can tolerate him for a while at least.
Ditto, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the race this time (except for the distraction of the DRS) with the excellent commentaries, they makes good speculation and knows what they are talking about due to their obvious past career. I always enjoyed Brundle sense of humors as well that he throws in once a while. "Between 99% and 100%, how much do you think it was Rubins fault?"
Definatley 99%.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Nico was at 1% fault for not being fast enough to keep well ahead. :p
MB and DC have been fantastic. It's like they've been doing it for years. I don't think I've heard them try to talk over each other.
Am yet to be tempted to switch to 5live!
That's true. I haven't once switched feeds as I would have done this time last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
I thin DC needs to be a bit more acertive, but I think he'll grow into the role.
No EJ in China once again, I wonder if he has Visa trouble.
I thought Bruno Senna did a good job next to Jake today, maybe EJ has been replaced by a man with English as his second language.
Oh hang on it can't EJ's either surely.
Why don't we get Ant down there next to Jake? The five live feed only starts a few minutes before the race, so he's not busy for the hour build up. He has an excellent way of explaining technical details in an understandable, universal, manner. Plus he's funny and forthright in his opinions.
The 5L feed is produced by a different company, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
USP Content, yes.
Jake and Crazy D doing the gridwalk? Sacrilege!
Although kudos to Jake for daring to interrupt Schumacher while DC stayed well out of the way :laugh:
great stuff as usual- really enjoying the HD coverage this year
Not as brave as Martin when it comes to barging in on an interview by Tanya of German TV. :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by christophulus
Aye, only Martin would dare barge in front of TanyaQuote:
Originally Posted by aki13
I have to say I really am warming to the new commentary pairing too, good move BBC.
DC and MB are working so well together, you'd think they've been doing this for years. This is the best F1 commentary team I've ever seen in F1.
Good job BBC.
We have good coverage, good racing and good competition. Good times :cool:
Absolutely. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by aryan
Absolutely :up: Therefore, **** off Murdoch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Amazing, just amazing. People like you don't deserve the BBC. The saddest part is you almost sound proud of yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
Never mind, I'm sure paying staff to deal with the petulant, ungrateful arse gravy of the likes of you is a worthwhile use of both our license fees.
^ Is that you, Mr Legard? ^
^^^^^ Wow. Where did that come from.
Oh well.
BBC doing a great job season.
Now the weathers great (here anyway) so lets all be happy.
Indeed. I have no clue what the above is referring to.
I think it must be going back to last season and people complaining to the Beeb about Johnathon Legard.
My best Guess.
Why's he paying a licence fee if he's in Japan anyway? :s
Just a heads up re Turkey qualifying. It'll be on BBC2 and BBC HD, rather than 1 / 1HD.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110ljl
Most boxes will automatically adjust their series links accordingly, but it's always worth a double-check. :)
:mad: I'm going to refuse to pay my licence fee due to this!!
Quite rightly. Its a disgrace, I think we should all write and complain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Not a big deal really, Just a reminder though, BBC HD on Virgin is NOT channel 108 anymore, thats now BBC One HD, the original BBC HD is now channel 187Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
I am proud. I only complained that Eddie Jordan was spoiling their otherwise world class broadcast and that i thought several others could do the job better (i specifically referred to Chandock, but having seen Bruno Senna over the chinese gp coverage i think he could also do a good pundit job). I am truly grateful that i can see F1 in HD on terrestrial television and from what i have seen i think the coverage is second to none, despite Eddie Jordan, and China was even better than normal because of his absence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mifune
I'm not sure what it is you are freaking out about, but as a licence holder i have the right to complain as much as anyone else who buys a product. EJ is the waste of money, i'd rather pay towards backroom staff than towards sending that ignorant halfwitted little twerp round the world to contradict every other reasoned opinion on the programme.
so you can keep your "people like you" and "petulant, ungrateful arse gravy" insults and come back when you are capable of reasoned arguement.
I really don't understand what you are getting so animated for?
wtf? People that don't like EJ don't deserve the BBC? Anyone who pays their license fee is entitled to a voice, YOU don't get to determine how anyone else uses that voice. The BBC is a public service for which we all pay, therefore we all have a right to complain if we feel it's not up to scratch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mifune
Incidentally how much is the license fee in Osaka?
so it was EJ, not Legard. My mistake.
Don't worry I made the same mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR
My TV carrier (TSN) for some reason, carried half the Spanish GP with SpeedTV crew, David Hobbs and friends, and the 2nd half with BBC, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard. If nothing else, it provided a great comparison as to commentary.
I would have to say the BBC crew were hands down winners. SpeedTV commentators missed a few points in an very complicated race with all the pit stops. They also carried quite a few more commercials which missed some of the lead changes.
I am left wondering if Hobbs and partners were actually at the track, or simply watching monitors in the US. Anyone know?
The normal program on TSN is the BBC team, I think they do a fine job. This does not include pre-race commentary, I don't hear Eddie Jordan, just the actual race commentary. I have no complaints, except I find Brundle's accent hard to understand sometimes; but given the audience, that is more my problem then his. I have the race taped and can replay any commentary I don't understand.
For the BBC Forum, I'd rather they go back to Brundle et al discussing. Feels a bit wrong on Brundle missing out on debates.
'Look But Never Stare'... Not quite got used to that yet! Great programme as always though!
they are not at the track and consequently don't get access to the more detailed timing screens the media guys get, nor a nice view of the track from the broadcast center at the race. It is a shame though since I do like the crew, but I bet you that Speed TV (owned by Fox) probably don't want to pay the cost of sending a crew to the races, and subsequently the broadcast suffers. I suspect that is why they broadcast the race on a 10 minute delay so that they actually have a little buffer room from the folks to get stuff right and seemingly stay on top of thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by D28
At one point in the race the TV director cut away from the battle with Alonso, but Brundle was able to confirm the overtake was complete as he could see it out of the window n