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Post by Cartman on Jul 28, 2018 9:52:30 GMT
Im a bit lucky in some respects as my wife has given up on Coronation Street and Eastenders and now the only soap she watches is Neighbours which is on in the afternoon, and does have quite a few very attractive ladies in it!
She likes football so we watch that together too, but it does leave some crap which I have to avoid by either leaving the room or picking up a book or something:
Various ghost/spiritualist hunting type stuff on obscure satellite channels, where they go into abandoned buildings and jump about, screaming when anyone steps on a twig or whatever.
Real Housewives of Cheshire. Spoilt, mouthy, one dimensional idiots with too much time on their hands who love arguing. The average episode is something along the lines of:
Idiot 1 “Dawn is opening a shop”
Idiot 2 “but remember that she nutted you in St Tropez that time”
Idiot 1 “but that was 3 weeks ago”
Idiot 2 “ok, that’s like ages ago, let’s go”
So they turn up, the atmosphere is bad and it kicks off. Repeat for 8 series
Those Escape to the country/homes under the hammer type things
”And welcome to Piddle Mortimer, they have just opened an opticians and the railway station means that you are only 6 hours from London, so the area is on the up”
it then shows a crap house that some rich geezer buys and flogs for a profit. Utter bilge
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 28, 2018 12:18:47 GMT
My one usually watches 'Tipping Point' (I don't mind this show.) then 'The Chase' which I can't stand. Why is it on day in day out practically all through the year? Talk about Groundhog Day? Bradley Walsh seems to repeat himself so much.
Sometimes she likes to watch the last five minutes of 'Pointless' before putting 'Eggheads' on till 6:30. Then at seven it's the soaps.
I'm usually not about when all this stuff is on. If it sounds like I'm a bit under the thumb that's not the case. If it keeps her happy then so what? I wouldn't be watching TV at that time anyway. I prefer to watch my stuff later on after the watershed hour
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Post by Batgirl on Jul 28, 2018 12:44:01 GMT
... If it keeps her happy then so what? ................ Absolute wisdom there. And vice versa when you're watching 'your' shows. My brother watches some reality shows and his wife said something similar "If he likes it who cares." If you've ever tried to watch a show that you're interested in while another criticises it constantly, it ain't fun ! I've been criticised in the past for repeat and repeat watchings of LOM and the Professionals.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 28, 2018 14:40:45 GMT
Tipping Point & The Chase are also on daily in my household, what particularly irritates me is the round where the contestant's names are repeated every time they hit the buzzer to answer a question I also find Pointless aggravating, the way the longwinded questions are described TWICE, Alexander Armstrong saying 'thank you very much' after everything as if it's a catchphrase, everything about it is mechanical & soulless.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 28, 2018 15:43:27 GMT
If "The Chase' wasn't on so much it wouldn't be too bad. Do they show it on Christmas Day Too? I can't remember. Anne and Paul are the chasers I like the best.
The programme we both very much enjoy at the moment is Poldark obviously one for the ladies, but it has a good plot and I really enjoy it. A very well made series. We watched episode one of series three last night.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jul 28, 2018 21:09:22 GMT
This is a potential "light the blue touch paper" thread Carty - so well done for starting it Pal Here goes My Mrs watches some utterly mind numbing crap at times. Philip & Holly on " This Morning" - the best of which is, we are both at work so she records it! As soon as she puts it on I vacate the room. Another she has been watching is the totally and utterly depressing " Handmaids Tale". Honestly, if any of you have seen more than 60 seconds of this you'll know what I'm on about. If you haven't seen it - avoid. If you can't avoid it, I advise you to spend a little time making sure there is no rope on the premises as after watching an episode, you'll be looking for that rope and making a noose out of one end. Eat well for less? Do people really need that bald bloke off of Masterchef and his mate to tell them where they are wasting money on the weekly shop? Are people really that thick? Or do they just desperately want to see themselves on the box? Then there is anything that comes on with Paddy McGuinness in it, such as " Take Me Out" which 'er indoors likes to watch Thanks to McPartlin's p***ed up behind the wheel shenanigans, maybe " I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here" won't go ahead this year so we won't have to endure the ignominious Ant McPartlin and his sidekick p***ing themselves as some desperate has-been tucks into a crocodile's knob or kangaroo's ball bag. It's astonishing how some of these people have made a name for themselves. Whatever happened to people like John Noakes? Can you imagine the likes of McGuinness climbing up Nelson's column to scrape the pigeon shit off the Admiral's titfer like John did? Gene.
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Post by The Saint on Jul 28, 2018 21:31:12 GMT
.... Whatever happened to people like John Noakes? Can you imagine the likes of McGuinness climbing up Nelson's column to scrape the pigeon shit off his the Admiral's titfer like John did? Gene. Quite agree Gene, the rubbish on TV these days is astounding! For those of you that haven't seen it, John Noakes climbed up Nelson's Column without any harness or safety equipment! The Saint
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Post by Steve Austin on Jul 28, 2018 21:39:03 GMT
Me & the wife very rarely watch the same thing, I think everything she watches is rubbish, here are some selected highlights: Gotham - crap The Handmaid's Tale - crap Billions - crap Game Of Thrones - with the exception of Emilia Clarke - crap Shop Well For Less - crap - why on earth would you go on tv to show your neighbours that you're a complete idiot Westworld - crap Shetland - crap Vera - crap Strike - crap The Great British Bake Off - crap Broadchurch - crap - ooh controversial Penny Dreadful - it really is Wallander - crap Blindspot - crap The Flash - crap Hannibal - crap Bates Motel - crap The Following - crap For the sake of equality, it's probably worth pointing out that she does not like what I watch either but I wonder how many of the above will be watched in 30-40 years time, not many I'd guess.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jul 28, 2018 23:00:46 GMT
Thankfully my Mrs also hates Paddy McGuinness so that's one we do agree on. The programmes that do make me leave the room are shite like: Two In A Bed - title sounds promising but that's as far as it goes Who's Doing The Dishes - a Z-list 'celeb' cooks dinner and each course has a clue to their identity The Hotel Inspector - Alex Polizzi tells hoteliers how crap they are at running a hotel
Call The Midwife - set in 50's Poplar Downton Abbey - okay so it has finished for now but there's apparently a film on the way Generally the viewing consists of costume dramas which I avoid like the plague. Sam.
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Post by Batgirl on Jul 29, 2018 6:36:08 GMT
............... Those Escape to the country/homes under the hammer type things ”And welcome to Piddle Mortimer, they have just opened an opticians and the railway station means that you are only 6 hours from London, so the area is on the up” it then shows a crap house that some rich geezer buys and flogs for a profit. Utter bilge ..................... Those "Escape to the country' shows are shown in Aust. too all the time. There is one channel that shows all the English stuff. They have that Antiques show on when they're not escaping to the country. Surely there is no one left in the cities in England now !
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