Being able to watch a whole series in a night is killing normal tv.
Remember when you used to have to wait for a wed/ fri to watch a certain program, you’d go to work, building site/ office and everyone would be talking about that episode.
It’s gone now, fu*king killed it.
Watched the King Gary pilot a year ago (I’m sure most on here would look down their noses at a program like this , similar to they do to people that read the sun) but I couldn’t give a f*ck , watched the first episode in series one, then the next 5 on bbc iplayer, in the same night.
Will be the same with ‘this country’ which is out soon, I don’t really get why this would be an advantage to the people that make the program, as they are aired at prime time.
One more thing for the ‘need it now generation’ , which I am part of. Shame we get the option, these programmes could really build interest like the old shows used to.
I remember the only fools and horses Christmas specials, could hear a pin drop in our house, nowadays it would be available in September.
Shame.

True. Mine prefers watching You Tube

I'm not sure the good old days or golden age every existed. TV was a national event because we only ever had 2/3 channels so around the water cooler at work people would discuss last night's Telly.

However for every Dad's Army or Fools and Horses there were plenty of rubbish shows and the viewer had a lack of choice.

I think today is better because the viewer rather than the broadcaster decides what they want to watch. Yes it does mean that the "shared" experience with your friends and colleagues has gone but that is a small price to pay for watching what you want rather than being told this is your viewing for tonight.

Viva choice.

Edited by Badger11 (16 Jan 2020 7.53am)

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Those baking programmes look like the result of a drunken bet
- I can make a popular show about baking cakes.
- Well, you’d better have some gorgeous presenters.
- No. That’s how confident I am.
If you’d said 40 years ago that millions of young people would be watching cake baking, Come Dancing and Opportunity Knocks you’d have been laughed at.

They should bring The Golden Shot back. What could go wrong with firing crossbow bolts across a studio?
Maybe modernise it a bit and fire an AK47 instead.

Did anyway ever actually win the top prize? I think you had to break the thread on the target? Maybe it's me but I don't remember anyone winning the speed boat or caravan they normally went home with the toaster.

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