05-04-2012, 01:40 PM
Thats what I find.. there is a lot of the usual junk during the daytime, house greed and antique fetishising.. but a great example of what I call a "true" BBC 2 program was the last analog offering, a documentary on what it means to be English. Well made, thoughtful and most informative (for a Welsh girl anyway).
I think some times it has a tendency to get a little what I class as "highbrow" and elitist, but I suppose if they didn't cover The Proms nobody else would. I would happiy see the remaining BBC1 religion brainwashing exercise shuffled over, but what would they replace it with?. More Eastenders drivel?. We must never forget the channels original remit which was never "populist" and to offer things far less mainstream and in more depth, though I still get very very annoyed when it's tennis season with the continued shuttling between 1 and 2 right at the crunch point in a match for some completely unfathomable reason like a soap opera.
These days I find more interest elsewhere, BBC1 I doubt I have watched more than the Formula 1 or Wimbledon finals on in years, but I do find myself on 2 from time to time. Pure coincidence I happened to see the analog shutdown announcement. Personally I thought they would have made a bigger event of it, but service as usual.. how many analog viewers were affected I wonder?
Watch the guides, there is coming up a history of BBC2 series which should be interesting following on from the documentary series about the live interview and chat shows.
Joe likes "Ideal" .. it's closer to the truth than you might imagine, I have lived that life and it's not very far fetched at all. Pure brilliance.
I think some times it has a tendency to get a little what I class as "highbrow" and elitist, but I suppose if they didn't cover The Proms nobody else would. I would happiy see the remaining BBC1 religion brainwashing exercise shuffled over, but what would they replace it with?. More Eastenders drivel?. We must never forget the channels original remit which was never "populist" and to offer things far less mainstream and in more depth, though I still get very very annoyed when it's tennis season with the continued shuttling between 1 and 2 right at the crunch point in a match for some completely unfathomable reason like a soap opera.
These days I find more interest elsewhere, BBC1 I doubt I have watched more than the Formula 1 or Wimbledon finals on in years, but I do find myself on 2 from time to time. Pure coincidence I happened to see the analog shutdown announcement. Personally I thought they would have made a bigger event of it, but service as usual.. how many analog viewers were affected I wonder?
Watch the guides, there is coming up a history of BBC2 series which should be interesting following on from the documentary series about the live interview and chat shows.
Joe likes "Ideal" .. it's closer to the truth than you might imagine, I have lived that life and it's not very far fetched at all. Pure brilliance.
