In uk.sci.astronomy Col wrote:

Things could indeed be worse. There is no such programme dealing with
the weather.

Heh. Give it time and there'll be "Global Warming Warning" on a twenty
minute slot every night. Probably on Channel Four.

FoFP

"M Holmes" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Weatherlawyer wrote:

I'll be at work on Monday morning and probably out shopping like the
rest of Britain on Saturday at about 12:30. Do people actually watch
BBC 4?

As with every other channel, if there's something interesting on BBC4
then it gets recorded for later perusal.

I gave up watching television during broadcast time some years ago.
There are simply too many advantages in recording programmes to watch
when I feel like watching them. One of those advantages is that I don't
care when a programme is broadcast. Indeed it is an advantage if it's
broadcast at a time when it won't clash with other programmes of
interest because I only have five recording devices.

The most major advantage is that I can skip through adverts. of course
this shouldn't apply on BBC channels. However they have a habit of
filling in a lot of guff and advertsing in between programmes and so for
a programme ostensibly lasting half an hour, I'll probably save myself 5
or 6 minutes. On advertising channels, one hour of programming can be
watched in something between 43 and 47 minutes.

Of course I'll probably only spend the time saved by watching yet
another
series of CSI...
The problem is when four things are all scheduled for the same time. I
have two HD videos, cable, and satellite, as well as a DVD recorder. I can
simultaneously record from the cable, satellite, and freeview, yet have
still known times when there are more things I want to see, than I can
save. Then you go weeks, when nothing is available. It is all part of the
brilliant 'master plan', by the program schedulers, to put _everything_ on
at what is seen as 'prime time', and almost nothing at other times (except
Sky at Night...).
The 'fill in' you are noticing on BBC programs,is why things like 'Planet
Earth', have a ten minute 'making of' bit at the end. Programmes are being
made on the assumption that they _will_ be shown at some point on a
channel with advertisements, so 'full' timing, is being avoided, and they
aim for about 50 minutes in the nominal hour.

Best Wishes

Roger Hamlett wrote:


The 'fill in' you are noticing on BBC programs,is why things like 'Planet
Earth', have a ten minute 'making of' bit at the end. Programmes are being
made on the assumption that they _will_ be shown at some point on a
channel with advertisements, so 'full' timing, is being avoided, and they
aim for about 50 minutes in the nominal hour.


If they aim for 50 minutes in the hour there will still be 10 minutes cut
from it. Timings I did recently showed that the average "hour-long"
programme only runs for 40-41 minutes. The rest is made up from normal
adverts, adverts for the station, and those annoying Dave Bedford
impersonators topping and tailing each segment.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell

"Gaz" wrote in message
oups.com...

Ian Evans wrote:
Maybe some of the posters on this thread should take a moment to climb
down
off their own particular high horse and have a look at the TV schedule.
Sky
at Night is on 4 times this week. Tomorrow morning on BBC 1, tomorrow
night
at 19:30 on BBC4, Tuesday morning at 02:45 on BBC4 and Saturday at 12:30.
The BBC4 version is ten minutes longer.
I would agree that the BBC science coverage has been well below what I
would
want it be, although it is far better than any of the other terrestrial
channels. I'm not quite sure how many of the comments about the BBC have
anything to do with the scheduling of the Sky at Night. I'm pretty sure
that
gender and sex issues are low on the list of priorities when deciding
when
we should see Sir Patrick.

Ian

I was being a "little" tongue in cheeck with the gender and gay thing. A
little :-)

"M Holmes" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Col wrote:

Things could indeed be worse. There is no such programme dealing with
the weather.

Heh. Give it time and there'll be "Global Warming Warning" on a twenty
minute slot every night. Probably on Channel Four.

FoFP


you are joking!! We get some plonker on TV every night telling us for about
10 minutes what the weather was like YESTERDAY (so it appears we think they
know what they are talking about)

In uk.sci.astronomy Billy No Mates wrote:

you are joking!!

No. I never joke.

We get some plonker on TV every night telling us for about
10 minutes what the weather was like YESTERDAY

So: how good are they at predicting yesterday's weather?

FoFP


--
"But our enemies are not fundamentalist Christians; they are instead our
university colleagues in Women's and Cultural Studies Departments"

-- Prof Satoshi Kanazawa "Evolutionary Psychology" 2006

"Billy No Mates" wrote in message
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"M Holmes" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Col wrote:

Things could indeed be worse. There is no such programme dealing with
the weather.

Heh. Give it time and there'll be "Global Warming Warning" on a twenty
minute slot every night. Probably on Channel Four.

FoFP


you are joking!! We get some plonker on TV every night telling us for
about 10 minutes what the weather was like YESTERDAY (so it appears we
think they know what they are talking about)

!0 minutes?? I wish!
If it was 10 minutes then they might actually be able to explain things and
get some interesting background info across with regard to what's happening.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Billy No Mates wrote:
"Gaz" wrote in message
oups.com...

Ian Evans wrote:
Maybe some of the posters on this thread should take a moment to climb
down
off their own particular high horse and have a look at the TV schedule.
Sky
at Night is on 4 times this week. Tomorrow morning on BBC 1, tomorrow
night
at 19:30 on BBC4, Tuesday morning at 02:45 on BBC4 and Saturday at 12:30.
The BBC4 version is ten minutes longer.
I would agree that the BBC science coverage has been well below what I
would
want it be, although it is far better than any of the other terrestrial
channels. I'm not quite sure how many of the comments about the BBC have
anything to do with the scheduling of the Sky at Night. I'm pretty sure
that
gender and sex issues are low on the list of priorities when deciding
when
we should see Sir Patrick.

Ian

I was being a "little" tongue in cheeck with the gender and gay thing. A
little :-)

LOL!! To be honest I only skimmed the end part. I thought the point
that the program is on 4 times this week and pretty easy to catch if
you make a small effort was a good one.

Gaz

I actually watched the show at 2AM and thought it was great The enthusiasm
of Piers Sellars was brilliant. Well done Sir Patrick. However, I'm sure the
BBC would rather show an interview with Jade Goody.

"Billy No Mates" schreef in bericht
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I actually watched the show at 2AM and thought it was great The
enthusiasm of Piers Sellars was brilliant. Well done Sir Patrick.
However, I'm sure the BBC would rather show an interview with Jade
Goody.


Indeed a very enthusiastic astronaut, I enjoyed the show very much.

Sytze