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Previously on "Women are to blame for rubbish TV"

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  • zathras
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    Originally posted by Dog_Yoghurt
    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!
    I've been asked many times why I have such a large collection of DVD's to which I answer 'Have you seen Daytime TV'.

    I now have plenty of TV Series to watch and avoid this tosh. That is between checking Jobserve Ads and calling agents.

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  • wendigo100
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    Originally posted by pisces
    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.

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  • Euro-commuter
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    Originally posted by pisces
    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.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by threaded
    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!

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  • threaded
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    Originally posted by Dog_Yoghurt
    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-"

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  • Troll
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    Originally posted by Dog_Yoghurt
    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?

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  • Dog_Yoghurt
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    Originally posted by wendigo100
    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.

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  • threaded
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    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...

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  • Troll
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    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

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  • pisces
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    TV and Rubbish are synonymous.

    I would like to see the death of TV.

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  • wendigo100
    started a topic Women are to blame for rubbish TV

    Women are to blame for rubbish TV

    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.

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