Women are to blame for rubbish TV

[wendigo100]

Women are to blame for rubbish TV, Sir Patrick Moore claims

The presenter said: "The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days."

"I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men."

He claimed that interesting programmes were screened too late at night, and said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than appear on Celebrity Big Brother.

"I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching."

Quite right. Oh, he forgot to mention house makeovers.

[pisces]

TV and Rubbish are synonymous.

I would like to see the death of TV.

[Troll]

So true

Lowest common denominator programming, a diet of mush... no wonder their brains atrophy

Same with IT – fine with making pretty Power Point presentations... not so good at making things happen

[threaded]

I read that on "This is London" and emailed it, anonymously, to one of the ardent feministas at one of my clients.

Light blue touch paper, and stand back...

[Dog_Yoghurt]

Women are to blame for rubbish TV, Sir Patrick Moore claimsQuite right. Oh, he forgot to mention house makeovers.

Isn't that how the phrase "housewives TV" was coined? I spent a short period on the bench last year and it was the propsect of watching this tosh that motivated me to get back to work! Very little documentaries on Discovery / History Channel / National Geographic during the day.

[Troll]

Isn't that how the phrase "housewives TV" was coined? I spent a short period on the bench last year and it was the propsect of watching this tosh that motivated me to get back to work! Very little documentaries on Discovery / History Channel / National Geographic during the day.

Has anyone else perceived a dumbing down of National Geographic channels

They seem to take the magazine approach - fine for skimming but no meat to the subject - going the way of Horizon

I wonder if there are females involved?

[threaded]

Very little documentaries on Discovery / History Channel / National Geographic during the day.

But they're all "mega-" aren't they? Sometimes I put one of those shows on and count how many times they say "mega-"

[Churchill]

But they're all "mega-" aren't they? Sometimes I put one of those shows on and count how many times they say "mega-"

I thought the word was "Awesome"!!!

Churchill - In "Oh feck, I fell for that one" mode!

[Euro-commuter]

TV and Rubbish are synonymous.

I would like to see the death of TV.

I quite enjoy watching quiz shows for relaxing entertainment:

University Challenge
Mastermind
Have I Got News For You
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Full Stops.

That's all I watch. I reckon I'm paying a couple of quid per view.

[wendigo100]

TV and Rubbish are synonymous.

I would like to see the death of TV.

I watch less and less these days, except for footy and cricket.

I used to like the quizzes but they have asked all possible questions now, so it isn't a challenge anymore.