BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Just a heads-up: there's a 45 minute preview show currently looping on the red button (satellite and cable), and I believe it'll be appearing on the BBC website from Monday :up:

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Cheers :)

i remember ITV used to do a proper 1 hour season preview 1 week before every season on ITV1, shame the BBC havnt done the same, although the discussion was interesting they could've put in some extra features.

still, the actual season stuff is most important, and the beeb know how to do that at its very best

Preview on the red button if you have sky, Eastenders quiz if you only have freeview :mad: :mad:

I was watching the BBCi discussion and one thing I always find annoys me, is when a presenter (Jake in this case) says something along the lines of...

"well all the people at home want to know is about the main rule changes..."

and when talking about the problems of carrying a full tank of fuel, and its affect on tyres and brakes

"The people at home probably just think its a case of carrying more weight"

So this always makes me on edge as I think to myself
"Some of us at home do have quite a knowledge of the sport, we do not all need to be talked down to"

Even more so when on BBCi and probably only loyal fans are watching, I just feel they could be a bit more in depth on these sort of broadcasts.

Sorry about the long rant, just gets to me.

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Originally Posted by aki13

I was watching the BBCi discussion and one thing I always find annoys me, is when a presenter (Jake in this case) says something along the lines of...

"well all the people at home want to know is about the main rule changes..."

and when talking about the problems of carrying a full tank of fuel, and its affect on tyres and brakes

"The people at home probably just think its a case of carrying more weight"

So this always makes me on edge as I think to myself
"Some of us at home do have quite a knowledge of the sport, we do not all need to be talked down to"

Even more so when on BBCi and probably only loyal fans are watching, I just feel they could be a bit more in depth on these sort of broadcasts.

Sorry about the long rant, just gets to me.

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well said and it's just not on BBC its all over and in many sports. I too find that annoying. Especially when it comes to F1 I think the average F1 fan just by pure osmosis is fairly well educated on the intricacies of the sport and would probably enjoy more technical stuff or a more detailed/mature conversation.

The folks at Speed TV are pretty good about not doing this and if they think it gets too technical ,they at least break it down in an adult way without coming off as arrogant or talking down.

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Originally Posted by aki13

I was watching the BBCi discussion and one thing I always find annoys me, is when a presenter (Jake in this case) says something along the lines of...

"well all the people at home want to know is about the main rule changes..."

and when talking about the problems of carrying a full tank of fuel, and its affect on tyres and brakes

"The people at home probably just think its a case of carrying more weight"

So this always makes me on edge as I think to myself
"Some of us at home do have quite a knowledge of the sport, we do not all need to be talked down to"

Even more so when on BBCi and probably only loyal fans are watching, I just feel they could be a bit more in depth on these sort of broadcasts.

Sorry about the long rant, just gets to me.

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It was a decent discussion. You weren't paying attention. He mentioned Bahrain would be a place where looking after the brakes would become an issue.

It was a good informal atmosphere instead of lecturing infront of the camera and explaining to retards.

Sorry for the rant. Just wish it could be like NASCAR TV production. The best we've got is fancy CGI and EJ nicking a spring from a random garage.

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Originally Posted by aki13

So this always makes me on edge as I think to myself
"Some of us at home do have quite a knowledge of the sport, we do not all need to be talked down to"

Even more so when on BBCi and probably only loyal fans are watching, I just feel they could be a bit more in depth on these sort of broadcasts.

Sorry about the long rant, just gets to me.

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The majority of the BBC audience probably don't know all about it though...I certainly don't. Not all of us want to spent our winter reading F1 websites to find out what's going on and if a motorsport fan like me isn't bothered then Joe Bloggs cheering on Button certainly won't know. I wouldn't be too surprised if this programme spreads to the main show at the weekend.

I think that BBC, and even ITV, have generally struck a good balance between F1 nerds and general viewing public, if you want to be talked down to then just have a listen to Paul King on the WRC coverage.

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Originally Posted by wedge

It was a decent discussion...It was a good informal atmosphere...

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Sat and watched this last night and enjoyed it, largely because it was a relaxed informal "chat" about the season ahead. A bit like a few F1 fans being down the pub looking forward to the start of the season :)

One of the strengths of the BBC coverage has been their use of the red button with the post race forum, and this preview was along those lines with more being promised this year. It's all the better for being (apparently) unscripted IMHO.

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

if you want to be talked down to then just have a listen to Paul King on the WRC coverage.

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Outta the way - I'm gonna puke :bonce:

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Originally Posted by woody2goody

I must admit, James Allen is great when he is writing articles though, very good insights.

The BBC's coverage was excellent, and their website is getting blogs, articles and interviews from testing and the car launches already, great stuff.

Jake was on very good form again on the Superbowl coverage, and I hope they will do an even better job of the F1 coverage in 2010 :)

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Agreed I think James Allen is a good writer but he didn't work on TV.

The BBC's ace is Brundle...his knowledge, his approach, his attitude.