The BBC | Tim Davie resigns as Director General over Trump documentary edit (p 187)

[Mr Kobayashi]

There are a few tweaks needed, such as a summary of the league table and a brief intro to each game. But I didn't miss the punditry at all. Lack of commentary would take some getting used to, but I tend not to pay attention to them during highlights anyway.

Are you the Tommy Wiseau of Sports Broadcasting?

 

[Ric]

No, I just read the thread title, the opening post and around 6 posts requesting people keep the politics out of this thread. It may be Rics forum but I would have thought he'd have kept it that way.

Yes, fair enough. As much as I deplore the government, there is a separate thread for that. I will amend my “Fuck the Tories” post accordingly.

 

[RayCTID]

Needs a lot of work to make the programme watchable but I am not completely ruling it out as viable option.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Always said the punditry is pointless
Micah Richards and Danny murphy describing goals we’ve already seen
If I record it i fast forward the analysis and interviews anyway, unless it’s city

 

[Bill Walker]

Cheer up, the EU, Royal family, immigration and government interference in the bbc have been divisive issues for 40 years!

Someone posted a clip from Yes Minister earlier about the government leaning on the director of the bbc that could have been written today, and it included jokes about the EU being the enemy.

Brexit is a big one though. I don't think that will be a joking matter for many Brits.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Should've Alan Partridge to present it, sidekick Simon with a non working tactics board and Lynne as the token woman pundit.

YES. I want this.

 

[RegisteredToSeePhotos]

BTW Steve Wilson of MotD fame just did commentary on an EPL game for ITV highlights...... thats why this is doomed to failure - freelancers are not solely dependant on the BBC - something the BBC forgot

Do you mean EFL, because that's what ITV have the rights to or EPL for the World Feed?

Either way, I'm sure he and most other commentators would prefer working on the top English division to English viewers on the biggest English platform, which is the BBC.

Maybe the BBC will blink first but if not, then I wonder how long the likes of Wilson will be happy only having their voices heard by international viewers. I doubt any of them dreamed of being live on the USA Network over being on MOTD every Saturday.

There are a few tweaks needed, such as a summary of the league table and a brief intro to each game. But I didn't miss the punditry at all. Lack of commentary would take some getting used to, but I tend not to pay attention to them during highlights anyway.

They did have a table summary right at the end.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Twitter bots out in force saying how much better it is - big opportunity for the defund the BBC mob this

 

[domalino]

Brexit is a big one though. I don't think that will be a joking matter for many Brits.

None of these things are really joking matters, but that won’t stop them featuring in comedies and satire.

My entire life people have argued about the EU, all Brexit has done is change it from and argument about what we should do in the future to an argument about what we shouldn’t have done in 2016.

 

[Ric]

Needs a lot of work to make the programme watchable but I am not completely ruling it out as viable option.

It’s a moot point, really. They will back down. Even if Lineker doesn’t come back, this is patently a one-off show.

 

[domalino]

 

[Metal Biker]

YES. I want this.

 

[HelloCity]

I think its great.
Why you have to bring the Tories into it is very strange.

 

[burning blue soul]

It was shit television.

 

[meltonblue]

MOTD is a dieing format. People who want to watch a 90 min programme late on a Saturday night with many other entertainment options is getting smaller and smaller each season, especially when they actual thing you are there to watch has already been online for the previous 5 hours.

The YouTube highlights especially for the big teams can get half a million views before the MOTD intro has started.

The “format” of commentary and pundits is just one of familiarity. We don’t need commentators when we’re in the ground nor do we need pundits stating the obvious of what we have just seen with our own eyes.

If you go to the ground or are a pretty big fan of football already then the analysis on MOTD isn’t really there for you, and it shouldn’t be.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Twitter bots out in force saying how much better it is - big opportunity for the defund the BBC mob this

So anybody who thinks it’s better is a Twitter bot?

 

[PragueBlue]

I found it ok. At first it seemed a bit weird but only really because we are so used to the constant prattling of the commentators. Could have extended it and showed a bit more of each game though.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

Always said the punditry is pointless
Micah Richards and Danny murphy describing goals we’ve already seen
If I record it i fast forward the analysis and interviews anyway, unless it’s city

Not exactly pointless, its useful for those who need to be told what to think.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

It's like a highlights package on one of those overseas channels during halftime.

They didn't even show the team sheets did they?

Minimal effort on all fronts by a bunch of smacked arses who are showing "solidarity" (got to laugh when using that word to describe the behavior of a load of well off TV people).

Hope it bites them in the ass 'cause I liked it, needs a bit more effort with the editing and the visual package, and it's a winner for me.

Tired show that needs shaking up.

And even though it was obviously a foul, I did miss being told by some old-pro whether it was "enough" of a foul tonight.

 

[BlueHammer85]

So anybody who thinks it’s better is a Twitter bot?

Nope. But Twitter is awash with dodgy bot accounts posting similar stuff