BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

I'm over commentators who don't have a proper grasp of what is really happening on circuit.

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Now you know why I always hated murray walker.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Now you know why I always hated murray walker.

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Fair enough. I could've probably warmed to his sheer enthusiasm him when I was younger, but now, no.

Season Review, BBC One / BBC One HD, 1:30pm Satuday 20th :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsyOg...e_gdata_player

Probably the best closing credits for any TV programme ever!

A good show, but too soon. One of the best bits of the ITV F1 season review was that, being on around New Year, it at least broke up that three-month gap between the end of one season and the start of the next. You could get your televised F1 fix and chances were they'd know a bit more about what would be happening next season.

At least this weekend's MotoGP review has come three weeks after the last race. Mainly because we had the final F1 race and the F1 review occupying the space inbetween, but still...

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Originally Posted by Mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsyOg...e_gdata_player

Probably the best closing credits for any TV programme ever!

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They recycled the end credits from the Abu Dhabi forum, but I can't blame them for wanting to give it a wider audience. That track just worked perfectly, didn't it? Number 38 on the UK charts, by the way.

I'm sure Jake's mentioned before that it's Sunil Patel who chooses the music for the montages, and he's made some inspired choices these last two years.

My personal favourites have been Biffy Clyro's cover of Rhianna's Umbrella at the rain-soaked 2009 Malaysian GP; the Diff'rent Strokes theme music at Turkey this year, in the week Gary Coleman passed away; and this closing montage from 2009, long before Florence & the Machine's version of You've Got The Love became the cliched default song choice for unimaginative producers everywhere:

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Originally Posted by Dave B

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They recycled the end credits from the Abu Dhabi forum, but I can't blame them for wanting to give it a wider audience. That track just worked perfectly, didn't it? Number 38 on the UK charts, by the way.

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They've had a music montage at the end of the season every year that I can remember, but I've never sat at the end of one before and thought "wow!".

I do agree the week after the race is too soon. More usually the highlights show is over the Christmas holidays which meant they should have shown the awards ceremony, a bit about what the champion has been doing and some of the early news for the next season. Now if the BBC are being really nice to us, they'll do that too ;)

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Originally Posted by Dave B

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That track just worked perfectly, didn't it?

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I've just learned the reason that it worked so well. Because it was written specifically for the F1 coverage :up: . My admiration for the BBC just went up a notch!

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Originally Posted by Dave B

Florence & the Machine's version of You've Got The Love became the cliched default song choice for unimaginative producers everywhere:

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It's also one of the worst covers (of a song) ever.

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Originally Posted by wedge

It's also one of the worst covers (of a song) ever.

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Really?

Under Pressure :arrow: Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) :arrow: Ice Ice Baby (Jedward).

I rest my case m'lud :p