BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by Bezza

James Allen - can't beleive someone said he is worth another go??! He had 8 years to get it right and was crap! It is only because Legard is so bad that it is even being suggested.

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Exactly ;)

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Originally Posted by wedge

Only time I would tolerate Cox in F1 would be for the F1 reviews a la Clive James

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I don't know if Cox could ever be as good as Clive James, his commentaries are the reason why I am very knowledgeable about the '82, '84 and '86 seasons as he did the narration, injected it with a mix of insight, whit and comment. I remember the 2000 review being done by a bloke that sounded like Barry Scott off the Cillit Bang advert!

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Originally Posted by philipbain

I remember the 2000 review being done by a bloke that sounded like Barry Scott off the Cillit Bang advert!

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I found that review particularly humurous just listening to that annoying bloke, wheoever he may be....

I guess he is the same guy as the person who does Inside Grand Prix too.

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Originally Posted by philipbain

I don't know if Cox could ever be as good as Clive James, his commentaries are the reason why I am very knowledgeable about the '82, '84 and '86 seasons as he did the narration, injected it with a mix of insight, whit and comment. I remember the 2000 review being done by a bloke that sounded like Barry Scott off the Cillit Bang advert!

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BANG, and the dirt is gone!

Although it isn't quite that easy........

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Originally Posted by philipbain

I don't know if Cox could ever be as good as Clive James, his commentaries are the reason why I am very knowledgeable about the '82, '84 and '86 seasons as he did the narration, injected it with a mix of insight, whit and comment. I remember the 2000 review being done by a bloke that sounded like Barry Scott off the Cillit Bang advert!

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Most of my knowledge of Formula 1 before 1993 comes from a friend in my University days loaning me all of the highlights videos from something like 1979 up to the present day.

The quality of them is variable to say the least, but I did enjoy the Clive James ones "The race for the Big Prize, never stops!"

5 Live commentary came on during the race. Did anyone else notice? The picture went blank, then I heard Croft keeping tabs on Kobayashi and Davidson pulling some funny one-liners. Unfortunately, the commentary went back to Legard and it almost put me to sleep. Kobayashi made veterans look like the Cabbage Patch Kids and Legard still sucked at commentating.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

5 Live commentary came on during the race. Did anyone else notice? The picture went blank, then I heard Croft keeping tabs on Kobayashi and Davidson pulling some funny one-liners. Unfortunately, the commentary went back to Legard and it almost put me to sleep. Kobayashi made veterans look like the Cabbage Patch Kids and Legard still sucked at commentating.

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It is mentioned further up this thread.

Legard could have already had his future told by the BBC and a satellite glitch, water in the works or whatever it was could have sealed his fate. There are several possible replacements who could and would do a better job!

All conjecture, but there are some interesting tweets from Ben Costanduros (@BenConsty ) today:

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STILL loads of speculation about commentators for 2011 in BBC. Interestingly ITV are desperate to get THIER 2011 team signed for BTCC...

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I would have Crofty and Ant (not sure he wants the Coms label) or Ben E and Johnny H. My hunch is we will see a full change for diff reasons

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i know nothing except ITV are keen to sign up people for 2011.... could mean we dont get Ben cos he is tied to ITV....who knows

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A sterling job from the BBC today, staying with the coverage for nearly 6 hours in total if you include the forum.

But what was the deal with DC being at the McLaren Technlogy Centre? Interesting though it was to see behind the scenes, they weren't allowed to show anything remotely interesting while any sessions were in progress, and they buddied DC with the most humourless employee they could find who wasn't willing to say much at all on camera. Pretty pointless, in my opinion.

What was Legard like today? I had Crofty and Paffett, and they were on top form. Poor sods had a sore throat by the end of the race!

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Originally Posted by Dave B

A sterling job from the BBC today, staying with the coverage for nearly 6 hours in total if you include the forum.

But what was the deal with DC being at the McLaren Technlogy Centre? Interesting though it was to see behind the scenes, they weren't allowed to show anything remotely interesting while any sessions were in progress, and they buddied DC with the most humourless employee they could find who wasn't willing to say much at all on camera. Pretty pointless, in my opinion.

What was Legard like today? I had Crofty and Paffett, and they were on top form. Poor sods had a sore throat by the end of the race!

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agreed as usual excellent coverage- sadly I missed the forum after the race. Legard was terrible today- several thousand miles away watching the TV I had a better idea of what was going on than he seemed to- they seemed late picking up on place changes- yet they must be seeing the same footage that I do. I switched to Crofty and Paffett and that was much better.