Bruce Parry

[hammy]

Maybe its time for this Gent to re appear on the silver screen with something special.

Can any one remember his name, is he the guy that did solo expeditions ?

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

aww they dotn show this in aussie, only bear bloody grylls -_-

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I find the BBC's approach to factual programming more and more disheartening. In the old days an unseen narrator (or sometimes an expert in the relevant field) would lead us on a fact filled journey that gave the view an insight into how indigenous people lived. Crammed full of facts and observations in a way that was entertaining and factual.

I can only agree with this for so many programmes. And when you get a good programme you end up with teh 'shaky camera' that haunts so many programmes at the moment, it makes my head hurt! I thought 'the normans' was pretty good but shaky camera everywhere, argh!

Now they get a camera trained on a celebrity who is on his own journey of self-discovery while forgetting to garner any facts about the place and people they've come to examine.

All they care about is bloody celebrity!

And if it is on ITV or any other channel it is worse as the 15 mins before ad breaks, breaks down as follows

5 mins saying what happened last time (or even just before the adverts in case you forgot)
5 mins of programme
5 mins of telling what will be in the next section

It is shameful. Everyone keeps saying it is because of decreased attention span. I say that is rubbish.

An example. Dr Who. Nowerdays they have to be self contained one off episodes. In the old days 4 or 6 weeks spread out.

All my children will watch old Dr Who, spread out and endure the bad effects (which they don't seem to notice so much) as the storys are actually OK.

Short attention spans is a self fulfilling prophecy!