‘All Together Now’ BBC 1

RandallFlagg

I just had the misfortune of stumbling across this new singing competition show as I was flicking channels.

What a pile of shite

EricTheWeary

I’ve seen about three minutes of it. Three minutes too much. 

thumpingrug

RandallFlagg said:

What a pile of shite

Think this is the first time i totally agree with you.   What a waste of money.

TonyR

I caught about 20 seconds and thought it was “Celebrity Squares”!

Jez6345789

Mrs wanted to see if it was as good as the voice which she likes. 
I suggested she flipped over to the weather channel it was complete pants. 
Why do they even commision this rubbish

Sassafras

Jez6345789 said:

Mrs wanted to see if it was as good as the voice which she likes. 
I suggested she flipped over to the weather channel it was complete pants. 
Why do they even commision this rubbish

Because the commissioners lack originality. That's why there are so many bloody chefs on TV.

Philly_Q

I watched about half an hour.  The only positive I can see is that it doesn't have a five minute video piece about each contestant and a load of sob stories, it moves along at a good pace.

But what a bunch of utter wankers "the 100" in those boxes are.

RandallFlagg

thumpingrug said:

RandallFlagg said:

What a pile of shite

Think this is the first time i totally agree with you.   What a waste of money.

Good man, you've made a nice start. Now all you need is to develop a hatred of stew and we could be bessies.

usedtobe

I had the misfortune to see the trailers for it. Thought it looked a pile of shite. I won’t be watching..

RandallFlagg

Even the bloke presenting, the one who looks like he should have been in Bros, looks like he thinks it's a crock and is probably wondering what he's even doing there.

chillidoggy

I've not seen it, but thanks to RandallFlagg's unwavering altruism, I won't have to.

RandallFlagg

chillidoggy said:

I've not seen it, but thanks to RandallFlagg's unwavering altruism, I won't have to.

I had to look it up: "disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others"

I resemble that remark.

RandallFlagg

thumpingrug said:

RandallFlagg said:

What a pile of shite

Think this is the first time i totally agree with you.   What a waste of money.

The BBC can get some of it back on John Humphrys salary savings

darthed1981

Sassafras said:

Jez6345789 said:

Mrs wanted to see if it was as good as the voice which she likes. 
I suggested she flipped over to the weather channel it was complete pants. 
Why do they even commision this rubbish

Because the commissioners lack originality. That's why there are so many bloody chefs on TV.

They also know that singing competition done competently = viewers = keep job.

Something original that doesn't work out = no viewers = lose job.

For every producer who comes up with "Let's bring Doctor Who Back", "Modern Sherlock" or "Let's do another Blue Planet in 4k!" there's another who commissioned Horne and Corden...

boogieman

RandallFlagg said:

Even the bloke presenting, the one who looks like he should have been in Bros, looks like he thinks it's a crock and is probably wondering what he's even doing there.

Rob Beckett. The man who goes in daily fear of being stalked by ivory poachers.

AlexC

Surely it can't be too long before the licence fee is abolished? I probably watch about 30 hrs of BBC programmes a year. Seems to me that by chasing viewers (lowest common denominator junk) thay're actually driving most people away and killing off what they used to be good at - drama, documentaries, fearless journalism, etc.

Sassafras

It's incredibly brave of them to experiment with an innovative format that's never been tried before now.

Funkfingers

darthed1981 said:
Horne and Corden.

The only Horne in British comedy who matters died on 14 February 1969. 

Sassafras

Funkfingers said:

darthed1981 said:
Horne and Corden.

The only Horne in British comedy who matters died on 14 February 1969. 

Thanks to Radio 4 Extra he can still be heard, I think, on Mondays.
Great comedy that's stood the test of time better than nearly all other 60s comedy shows. Take It From Here is the other one.

boogieman

AlexC said:

Surely it can't be too long before the licence fee is abolished? I probably watch about 30 hrs of BBC programmes a year. Seems to me that by chasing viewers (lowest common denominator junk) thay're actually driving most people away and killing off what they used to be good at - drama, documentaries, fearless journalism, etc.

How would they fund the bbc? Ads? I’d rather have it ad-free and pay the licence fee frankly. Not sure they’d make enough income from purely selling merchandise. 

For all the Beeb bashing they still put out a lot of good stuff amongst a relatively small amount of dross. If you want to see how really bad tv is done, go to the US. Some of their product is good, but it’s drowned in a tide of constant ads. The other 90% is just garbage. 

AlexC

boogieman said:

AlexC said:

Surely it can't be too long before the licence fee is abolished? I probably watch about 30 hrs of BBC programmes a year. Seems to me that by chasing viewers (lowest common denominator junk) thay're actually driving most people away and killing off what they used to be good at - drama, documentaries, fearless journalism, etc.

How would they fund the bbc? Ads? I’d rather have it ad-free and pay the licence fee frankly. Not sure they’d make enough income from purely selling merchandise. 

For all the Beeb bashing they still put out a lot of good stuff amongst a relatively small amount of dross. If you want to see how really bad tv is done, go to the US. Some of their product is good, but it’s drowned in a tide of constant ads. The other 90% is just garbage. 

Agree with you about US TV, but the BBC would resemble CH4 or ITV rather than some American channel.