Points of View - Autumn 2010 series

Wow! Really? Of everything that's potentially wrong with the BBC that's the one thing he picks-up on? Some people really need to get a life, or at least find something actually worth complaining about? :rolleyes:

The first worRAB out of her (gorgeous!) mouth is exactly what you're told to do on the radio; ie tease the next item or two to encourage people to stay tuned. There is no reason not to do the same on TV. Of course, Jeremy Vine probably understood it very well, what with him working on Radio 2 and all. However, he really has to side with the viewer hence his final comment.



I have no problem with it and it is perfectly understandable.
 
Why dont they change the name of this to "Pointless Viewers Views", as they have little or no respect for the viewers complaints, or the viewers themselves.
 
I'm not a regular viewer of PoV, but whenever I do catch it, I become annoyed.

They often seem to respond to legitimate complaints or points in a really arsey manner. A BBC minion will appear to defend the issue, delivering a tedious, carefully-prepared speech and show no sign of genuinely understanding the negative opinion.

In my opinion, the BBC3 announcing is poorly worded and I don't care for the changes to iPlayer. And I'm not someone who reacts to change in a knee-jerk manner.
 
Yes - it really is as simple as that. The announcer if calling what is next, 'now'. The next programme is next. Please can someone tell Collette Collins those five simple worRAB. Re this being jargon - it's not; it's misuse of language. Regarding widespread use: they don't speak like that on BBC4.
 
Since when has 'next' meant after the thing that is after the thing that is on now?

Next

noun

the one immediately following
Informal one's turn to be next, as in being served
 
I wonder if the BBC would take it kindly if I paid my next TV licence in BBC3 style - that is, not properly next as most of us use it, but BBC3 style next, meaning the one after the next!
 
Delusions of grandeur, yourself! Straker, a cursory glance at your posting history (which I'm doing purely to prove a point) shows you made around 60 posts this last week. Assuming that to be typical, how many posts of yours do I respond to? About 2 or 3 maybe, 4 at most, do you think? And some weeks, none? Does this appear to be stalking to you?

You are thoroughly dishonest. You not only try to misrepresent the frequency with which I respond to your posts, but you twist my worRAB. I have quite clearly not admitted that my default setting with you is disagreement, simply that my opinion usually does differ from yours. That's not the same thing, or can you not grasp that?

Apologies to everyone else for this tedious and pointless exchange, though I expect most of you skipped it, but I feel I must respond to Straker's lies.
 
I completely agree with you, I only watch POV occasionally but thats what I think too.
I always thought the emails/forum posts were read out by the actual people who sent them - turns out theyre read by actors :o
 
Of course she is teasing the next item or two; that wasn't the issue. The issue is saying that a programme is "next" when another programme is on before that is misuse of the language and misleading. The fact that all the continuity announcers on BBC3 do it doesn't make it right. And it might be a minor niggle, but it still is a niggle.

I was glad to see they're going to put back some of the missing features on the BBC iPLayer. Don't know why they ever thought their changes would be an improvement!
 
It just means they're all cocks when it comes to being a continuity announcer. I really can't think of a more useless occupation. If you can't use a TV gude, then you have no business watching TV. I don't give a flying fig what's on now/next/later. The only thing that's usually on 'now' is some gibbering moron babbling over the top of some end credits :mad:



It seemed odd to tuck the 'last played' thing away in a sub-menu (Favourites) when it was fine where it was. That said, I generally just search for what I'm looking for and have never used the A-Z menu, which they said they're bringing back.

I nearly had to thump the TV as I thought it was faulty when I thought I heard them actually agree with a viewer and say they'd restore the latter ;)
 
Well, it can be useful if they've changed the schedules since the listings were published. I don't know how often that happens on BBC3 though; usually on the main channels it's down to live sport when that happens.



How were we meant to know where they'd tucked the "last played" away anyway? That was the first I'd heard that it still existed at all.
 
No matter what that silly woman continuity announcer said, no way can 'next' mean the one after anything!

There is only one next, and that's.......next!

Typical of BBC3 - the very worst station the BBC have.


By the way, was anyone else annoyed by several mentions of the word 'functionality' in POV?
 
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