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Personfife-bloke
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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 15/8/2016
as for getting a life, well yes I do have one, for a start today will involve an impromptu baby sitting with my grand daughters starting at 8.30 this morning, I hardly think I will be watching any tv with a toddler and baby to get ready for the day! then we will no doubt be outside doing something or other, going to the park for a couple of hours or even just playing in the garden, then after that I come home and catch up on my housework so after we have eaten it would be nice to just sit for a while and have something of interest on tv, but tonight all I will get as far as the bbc1 is concerned is 30 mins of EastEnders while the rest of you sport lovers get 6 hrs of Olympics! how is that fair and in proportion?

*****screams***** it's once every 4 years regular sport is not on mainstream tv in the evenings outwith major tournaments.
In the words of dragons den "im out"


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Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 15/8/2016
*****screams***** it's once every 4 years regular sport is not on mainstream tv in the evenings outwith major tournaments.
In the words of dragons den "im out"


Same here and we still don't known why the OP can't view BBC3 when others can.


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22 million watched the Olympics yesterday

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.... and those of us who love sport (my wife is included in that) usually have to pay extra to watch it (outwith major tournaments). There is no dedicated BBC sport channel!

As for other programmes, I have at least 4 full series of cracking drama recorded last winter that I haven't had time to watch yet.

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Well done the BBC the great olympics show


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Team GB seem to be doing well. Perhaps they could teach our overpaid primadonna footballers something about team work, effort and skill????

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well yes I guess what you say partly makes sense, the prima donna bit, but if they are overpaid its because the wages for a footballer are partly met by the paying customer through the gate.(sponsorship, TV rights etc make up the rest
The Olympian is subsidised mostly by the public purse possible on a four year cycle.
Just saying.

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I have enjoyed watching the different sports at the Olympics. I would never normally watch diving, gymnastics, rowing etc. They aren't generally on terrestrial TV as a rule. I remember watching Grandstand on Saturday afternoon with my Grandad as I remember they used to have a wide range of sports on during the afternoon.


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Quote: Originally posted by Acornis on 15/8/2016
well yes I guess what you say partly makes sense, the prima donna bit, but if they are overpaid its because the wages for a footballer are partly met by the paying customer through the gate.(sponsorship, TV rights etc make up the rest
The Olympian is subsidised mostly by the public purse possible on a four year cycle.
Just saying.


They're mostly paid for by lottery funding not the public purse. The average briton spends over £400 a year on scratch cards and tickets. As someone who has never bought a lottery ticket I'm enjoying the show - thanks guys


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This thread is just incredible.

I'm no major fan ot watching sport on tv but admit to enjoying watching Wimbledon once a year. My husband cycles and so we pay extra to Eurosport for that. Neither of us watches football/cricket/motor racing. I can't stand Soaps or Great Britain's got Talent etc. I would prefer the whole TV schedule to be made up of Bake Off, Master chef, Sewing Bee and Country File with perhaps a bit of Brian Cox.

See we all like different things.

The BBC Olympic coverage is FABULOUS. All the iplayer/ red button stuff. All sorts of interesting sports and dedicated athletes that we wouldn't usually see. And best of all we don't have to pay a premium channel to watch it!


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Quote: Originally posted by Katieep on 15/8/2016
Quote: Originally posted by Acornis on 15/8/2016
well yes I guess what you say partly makes sense, the prima donna bit, but if they are overpaid its because the wages for a footballer are partly met by the paying customer through the gate.(sponsorship, TV rights etc make up the rest
The Olympian is subsidised mostly by the public purse possible on a four year cycle.
Just saying.


They're mostly paid for by lottery funding not the public purse. The average briton spends over £400 a year on scratch cards and tickets. As someone who has never bought a lottery ticket I'm enjoying the show - thanks guys


Iam not sure if thats strictly true. The £500m thats invested in our athletes in the global events leading up to and in preparation for the games is made up from the Lottery and the exchequer. Not sure how the split is worked so you could be right when you say mostly??
Like you I dont play the National Lottery and Iam happy enough to see our athletes supported.


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Quote: Originally posted by Katieep on 15/8/2016
....The average briton spends over £400 a year on scratch cards and tickets. As someone who has never bought a lottery ticket I'm enjoying the show - thanks guys


Amazing, but apparently true.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/money/mortgages-bills/brits-spend-416-a-year-on-lotte........

And of those, nearly half buy at least four tickets or scratchcards a week.

I'm pleased my one ticket since 1994 has helped.

Just as we all like watching different stuff on the box, looks like we all like spending our money in different ways.

Each to their own.

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I would pay extra on the licence to stop the BBC showing soaps, continuing dramas and "reality" programmes.
But they have to cater for all tastes.



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