Another great year from the BBC and shows us just how poor ITV really were!
Agreed that the F1 forum is great although it is just extended post race coverage it's very much appreciated.
Well worth the licence fee alone!
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Another great year from the BBC and shows us just how poor ITV really were!
Agreed that the F1 forum is great although it is just extended post race coverage it's very much appreciated.
Well worth the licence fee alone!
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Originally Posted by Mark
Yep As all have said above the Beeb has gone one step better than last year I think and has been brilliant.
Personally just Legard eased out and 2011 could be 100% perfect.
Lets wait and see.
I'm not even that fussed about Legard, as I understand that many people like him. All the time there's a red button alternative I'm happy. At least we have a choice, unlike the James Allen era.
Huh, I thought it was Take That too :sQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Here's the F1 Forum again if you want to see EJ scramble to get Vettel out of that melee at the end
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...nd_Prix_Forum/
This year's BBC coverage has been absolutely astounding, I can't imagine watching the race on any other channel. Jake, DC and EJ make each race hilariously memorable and I love how fan-oriented it all is. The post-race forum is probably the best F1 coverage idea yet!
Overall, the Beebs coverage has helped in letting me enjoy this season so much. If I could pay the license fee, I would without question just for the F1 coverage...I feel terrible that I have to use "alternative means" to view their races. :(
I would like the person in control of what images are shown during the race to be replaced. I don't exactly how they control the images, but many times I wonder who ever in charged isn't aware of the situation of the race and missed to concentrate on the most exciting moments and cover less important things, they eventually gets it but late to scene. They have improved a lot lately, but there are still 'drifting off' moments. Also they are late to pick up incidents.
Sometimes Brundle had to openly ask to change camera. In 2009 they spent 45 minutes covering Alguersuari in Singapore and nothing else. I don't know what team radio they have access to, but they often play unimportant ones like Sebastian's engineer willing him on, multiple times throughout Abu Dhabi.
The BBC has no control over what images are shown. They are given the same feed as every other country and the person controlling that feed can't hear the BBC commentators!Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Brundles requests are out of frustration, not expectation.
Same with the team radios, they don't have any control over what is played out on air and what is not.
Well without getting all the extra features that the BBC gets, Brundle and Kravitz did a good job this year. Legard - too verbose and I'm over commentators who don't have a proper grasp of what is really happening on circuit.
Was listening to Croft commentary on youtube and he was both informative and engaging. I hope he+Ant are part of the tv coverage next year.
The BBC coverage has been excellent this year, with the exception of you-know-who. But please, no David Croft as his replacement! I can't bear his slightly laddish 'mateyness' — sets my teeth on edge.
That said, as I now live overseas I don't know how much BBC coverage I will henceforth see or hear. I had the displeasure of watching it on RTL in Germany yesterday, and, as ever, the difference in quality between that and the BBC was like night and day. To be truthful, the same went for that and ITV!