Watchdog and Bulldog

[ultimalesssimon]

Did anyone by chance see Watchdog tonight at 7pm? I had a short recorded interview with the beeb over Bulldog Communications (so they call themselves) and was told I would be on the show. Like a plank I missed it. Did anyone record it by chance or is it repeated?

Two seconds of fame and I missed it. Bloody typical :rolleyes:

[chris watton]

We recorded it on SKY+, are you on it?

ah, just re-read your post, you are indeed on it!, (I now go to the back of the class with the dunce hat firmly wedged to head!)

>> Edited by chris watton on Tuesday 6th September 20:22

[BliarOut]

Put a mugshot up and I'll tell you

[ultimalesssimon]

Yes I am on it... for about 2 seconds I was moaning about their non-existent customer support

[Eric Mc]

Saw it but since I don't know what you look like, I can't confirm if you were on it. Bulldog seems to be even worse than NTL - and that's going some!

[ultimalesssimon]

I was wearing a black shirt and they made me use a Windows XP backdrop on my PC which was behind me - the one with the blue shards of light coming out.

They filmed for about half an hour, but only managed to get one comment and 2 useful seconds of footage

Think I will stick with the day job

It's actualy quite daunting staring into a camera with a microphone stuffed under your chin

[vixpy1]

ultimalesssimon said:

It's actualy quite daunting staring into a camera with a microphone stuffed under your chin

Think how a porn star feels!

[option click]

I only saw the interview with the bloke from Bulldog, but had to change channels due to the irritating, patronising w*nker that is Nicky Campbell.

Switched back, to find him chatting to a bloke from the DVLA about driving license ups - TV nearly went out of the window!!

[Eric Mc]

No problems with Mr Campbell. I like the guy.

Overall, I think programmes like Watchdog provide a very useful public service function - especially now that channels like ITV no longer seem to have ANY programming where the consumer has any sort of voice.

I was VERY concerned about the problems emanating from the DVLA. What is going on there is nothing short of criminal in that people are having their rights and, in some cases, livelihoods taken away from them because of government incompetence and intransigence.
The general advice seems to be that, if you have recently replaced your old style paper driving licence with a photo-card licence, or had your photo-card licence updated for any reason, check that the class of vehicle now showing on your licence is correct for you i.e. the class for which you passed your driving test.

[james_j]

Eric Mc said:

I was VERY concerned about the problems emanating from the DVLA. What is going on there is nothing short of criminal in that people are having their rights and, in some cases, livelihoods taken away from them because of government incompetence and intransigence. The general advice seems to be that, if you have recently replaced your old style paper driving licence with a photo-card licence, or had your photo-card licence updated for any reason, check that the class of vehicle now showing on your licence is correct for you i.e. the class for which you passed your driving test.

DVLA data quality problems are well known. Police ANPR surely has to be largely a waste of time.(?)

[Eric Mc]

Makes me very concerned about ID Card Data Base records.

You could end up with a criminal record just because of an in-house cock-up at the ID Card Agency (no doubt there will be one) and they will refuse point blank that they have made any mistake.

One chap on yesterday's programme faxed a copy of his old licence to the DVLA to prove what category of vehicle he had been entitled to drive on his old licence before the DVLA mistakenly changed the licence category. They refused to acknowledge the authenticity of the copy licence and accused him of forging evidence.

Absolutely disgraceful behaviour and I hope some MP takes on this disastrous situation as an urgent issue in the House of Commons.