TV finishes for the summer in 8 days...

[NiceCupOfTea]

...when Big Brother Series 748 starts

How much longer will they manage to stretch it out? Nobody's watched the last 3 or 4 have they? It just turns the TV schedules to st for 3 months, you just can't avoid it...

[FourWheelDrift]

I've avoided the others, another one won't be hard.

[hugo a gogo]

it's only on one channel ffs (well, one 'family of channels' i suppose)

Edited by hugo a gogo on Wednesday 27th May 10:54

[Oakey]

And it's the 10th Anniversary series too so expect it to be rammed down your throat twice as much. Is this not the last one though?

[NiceCupOfTea]

hugo a gogo said:

it's only on one channel ffs (well, one 'family of channels' i suppose)

Edited by hugo a gogo on Wednesday 27th May 10:54

It's not one channel though, is it?

C4, C4+1, E4, E4+1, More4, More4+1 - and more to the point any interesting programs on those schedules disappear for months.

[Smart Mart]

Oakey said:

And it's the 10th Anniversary series too so expect it to be rammed down your throat twice as much. Is this not the last one though?

I think Davina McSquawk was quoted as saying that it won't go on after next year's one....

Here's hoping, eh?

[hugo a gogo]

NiceCupOfTea said:

hugo a gogo said:

it's only on one channel ffs (well, one 'family of channels' i suppose)

Edited by hugo a gogo on Wednesday 27th May 10:54

It's not one channel though, is it?

C4, C4+1, E4, E4+1, More4, More4+1 - and more to the point any interesting programs on those schedules disappear for months.

3 channels (that always show the same stuff as each other), and their hour-later equivalents

[NiceCupOfTea]

hugo a gogo said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

hugo a gogo said:

it's only on one channel ffs (well, one 'family of channels' i suppose)

Edited by hugo a gogo on Wednesday 27th May 10:54

It's not one channel though, is it?

C4, C4+1, E4, E4+1, More4, More4+1 - and more to the point any interesting programs on those schedules disappear for months.

3 channels (that always show the same stuff as each other), and their hour-later equivalents

Yes, correct. What is your point?

[hugo a gogo]

just that i did say 'family of channels'

[NiceCupOfTea]

It's a fixed percentage of the channels that I have on Freeview - 6 out of 40 or whatever. If you're just dipping in for something to watch for half an hour the +1 channels might as well be a completely separate channel.

And then there's all the other coverage in the media - papers, radio, news, internet, etc.

[hugo a gogo]

yes, you're right

switch the telly off till winter

[NiceCupOfTea]

Do we have a fan?

[hugo a gogo]

I've never watched it, it doesn't bother me when it's on

much like eastenders, coronation st, emmerdale, hollyoaks and a million other things

[Oakey]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Do we have a fan?

His location says 'Germany'

[hugo a gogo]

Oakey said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

Do we have a fan?

His location says 'Germany'

I have UK tv though

[Oakey]

hugo a gogo said:

Oakey said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

Do we have a fan?

His location says 'Germany'

I have UK tv though

Yeah but I have feeling your exposure to BB will be somewhat different to ours

[NiceCupOfTea]

Eastenders, Corrie, et al can be avoided pretty easily. It's almost impossible to avoid exposure to Big Brother - every ad break has the logo flashing up between adverts, etc.

The only way you could do it would be to leave the TV and radio off for 3 months, not pick up a newspaper, and not use the internet. Or talk to anybody.

[VR6time]

go out, get a hobby.

[shirt]

since christmas, i've watched the wire, top gear, and mad men when they've been on, plus maybe an hour or 2 of other progs. through the week. ditch your tv for a month or so, its quite a good experience.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Believe me, I watch very little TV - and I have plenty of hobbies thanks! But when I do flick it on for a bit of escapism, the one thing I don't seem to be able to escape is BB. As I say, it's not just TV.

Must admit, I wasn't expecting "turn it off, it's all rubbish" in the TV forum!