scootay Reggie Perrin wroteRay Hankin's shorts wroteReggie Perrin wroteI think the BBC should shun all top level sports now (other than reporting on it and it's embarrassing that they routinely lose stuff anyway) and concentrate on sports they can build a fan base in and bring back Grandstand on BBC4 all day Saturday.Hockey is a good one, it's a great game, it's national, it would be cheap. Also stuff like motorcross, rallycross, athletics, crosscountry, swimming, diving, Formula E, Nascar, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Championship RL, revive the Soccer Six stuff, sidecar racing, truck racing, BDO darts, skateboarding, gymnastics, shooting, archery. Sports lovers would get into it. Bring Superstars back too. I'd watch it all just for the Grandstand and Superstars themes.The channels seem to fight over the same things and people are getting pissed off with the corporate nature of it all, there is a market for pure honest sport. The BBC should change tack.That's a great shout RegAlthough SKY is popular due to the major sports it still gets a relatively low viewing figure - most people have access to BBC4 and it'd be a great fillip to some of the 'lesser' sportsIf they did this it would restore my faith in them as a broadcaster to a certain degree. It could be paid for by sacking off the world cup and trimming down the Olympics coverage. They've lost The Open and will lose Wimbledon soon so they have to have a strategy.Another thing is that they have such great iconic show of TV history such as TOTP and The Old Grey Whistle Test and they don't use them, they try and reinvent the wheel. In doing that all you do is get muddled formats. The format isn't the problem its their choice of "presenter" over "enthusiast" and to some regard play safe. It's what killed the NME, we want writers with things to say about interesting bands, not a rag full of record company press releases. Why do Mark Kermode, Tom Brooks and/or Jason Solomons have a version of Film 2018? Why don't Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe have TOGWT with half an hour of archive and half an hour of new bands? A whole year would cost less than the indulgent coverage of Glastonbury costs.Finally why isn't iPlayer more of a database of all shows that they have ever made that can be accessed with a valid TV License and charged for abroad? There is loads of old stuff I'd love to watch. If you search for Play for Today which ran from 1970 to 1984 you can't find it and some fucker has also blocked the ones that were put on You Tube.Abso fuckin lutely.. I said it for so long and then I just gave up dreaming. Great suggestions for the shows reg
Reggie_Perrin king of the slums wroteMisura wroteDJ AviciiThe producer was found dead in Muscat, Oman on Friday, his publicist said. He suffered from acute pancreatitis due in part to excessive drinking. Due to health problems, his gallbladder and appendix were removed in 2014 and stopped touring in 2016.Not a massive fan of his or that EDM scene, but 28 is no age. He'll have been foolish drinking with acute pancreatitis and half of his innards taken out. There's no drugs in Oman that's for sure... Say what you like about EDM, there's not many of our generation's DJs (the Acid House Dads) who could fill Wembley full of teenagers paying 20 quid a ticket, whilst having Madonna chase you for remixes. I guess that's why he was earning $70m a year at one point. RIP No age at all but I have genuinely never heard the name before.
CharlieG zicoslovechild wroteVerne Troyer Mini MeThe lad met him when he did a dj set at Propaganda, in Norwich, where the lad worked when he was at uni. Said he was a good laugh.
king_of_the_slums Sinclair ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reaches STOPhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/26/rick_dickinson_dies/
space king of the slums wroteSinclair ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reaches STOPhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/26/rick_dickinson_dies/10 ONERR GOSUB 900
Reggie_Perrin Misura wroteCyan, fucking Cyan. Millennials or Gen Zers or whatever they're called wouldn't know Cyan if it crawled up their legs and bit 'em.Are they well aware of magenta though?
Placid king of the slums wroteSinclair ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reaches STOPhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/26/rick_dickinson_dies/Genius mate.
wogga Really sad caseCan understand the families fightBut sometimes science and emotion pull you in different directions
Reggie_Perrin wogga wroteReally sad caseCan understand the families fightBut sometimes science and emotion pull you in different directionsIt's been pretty ugly at times. Storming hospitals?
Raposa wogga wroteReally sad caseCan understand the families fightBut sometimes science and emotion pull you in different directionsAye.Awful news all the same.RIP little man.
Reggie_Perrin Misura wroteReggie Perrin wrotewogga wroteReally sad caseCan understand the families fightBut sometimes science and emotion pull you in different directionsIt's been pretty ugly at times. Storming hospitals?And the rest, it's another low point for this country on it's continual descent.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/alfie-evans-parents-activists?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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