Saturday Sport on the BBC

I had a good friend once (sadly now departed) who was a massive Spuds fan. And he told me that GC was quite simply the most imbecilic person he had ever met. Which is probably why he ended up at the BBC.

I wonder can GC tie his own shoelaces yet

The BBC is just one big gravy train ... GC makes the quota ... the BBC would like him to be a woman, really.

I have never taken the BBC seriously, and especially since I found out that the Science Editor went to Eton (no problem with that) BUT he then went on to get a degree in Physics, err no. then Chemistry, err no, then Genetics, err no.  He got a degree in ... can you guess ... yes, of course, it's Geography.
But his family is well connected.

Lots of discontent in the athletics world.  This weekend just gone was a Grand Prix indoor meeting in Glasgow, which has been on TV on the BBC every year since it was first staged over 30 years ago.  Used to be at RAF Cosford, then Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.

Admittedly, non-athletics fans probably couldn't give a toss, but it's seen as another nail in the coffin for athletics (the clear no. 1 Olympic sport) on the BBC.  Their athletics coverage has been getting consistently criticised in recent years for too much studio chat and focus on British also-rans, whilst events are going on in the background.

Considering the fuss they made about Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and how great it was for the region, to then discontinue coverage of the city's biggest annual athletics event is appalling.  The three programmes above (all repeats) were shown on Saturday instead.  Although indoor bowls was on BBC2 at the time

Wouldn't be surprised if BBC sport ceased to exist in a few years' time.

Oh   for the days of watching Dave Vickers and Jeff Smith duking it out in the mud and the headscarfed women urging their caterhams up the steep inclines of an impossible hill.

Even when they "did" sport the producers were a bunch of clowns,leaving a 5f head bobbing photo at ascot unannounced to rush to netball from Basingstoke (probably recorded).they still like to show recordings from the snooker even when the same match is ongoing live,its as if they don't know the internet,betting sites etc exist,bless 'em

Still, the petrolheads are well catered for, so that's okay then

still theirs always crown green bowling showing on bbc2

snooker

they've MOTD rights up until 2019, whoppee

football focus , on the ball , , weeks highlights in the Tour de france in 10 minutes , racing on both stations , speedway at 3pm , second half highlights from Headingley at  4pm(Leeds having undersoil heating could guarantee to be on)

Football focus is a bit pointless, everyone is watching Soccer Saturday which starts 15 minutes earlier, They should put it on at 11am instead

Best way to watch MOTD is to record it on Saturday night, resisting any temptation to flick over to it if you're in.
Then watch it on Sunday morning, fast forward all the post match interviews, "punditry", analysis and chat.  You can watch all the action inside of 25 minutes.  Usually the first two matches take about 35 minutes to get through in normal time.

they can put what they want on tomorrow as I am off to meet slippy's niece (ps don't tell him)

Last week was the first time I have watched MOTD this season , too much stating the obvious post mortems filling the soap opera that is the Premier League.

Danno - that is exactly what I do.

It is a toss up which is more predictable - the post match interviews or the punditry.

who is gc btw ?

bbc sorts coverage winds me up . sports personality of the year they have- the audacity  and arroganceto promote this award yet don't back it up by covering proper sport

Garth Crooks mate - one of the most annoying people ever to grace our screens.

aha , lol , I agree with everything then, the man looks like the fish from stingray

Sharapova

loser.

bbc is run by lefties, lesbians & muslims.

Some people have to go to work all week. You know...that bit where you get up early, go out all day and get home tired?? Perhaps they might just want to relax to a nice, calming edition of Bargain Hunt or similar. There's plenty of your gambling crap on other channels. Why the Hell should the BBC need to know about internet betting sites?

Also, the broadcasting rights might not have been available for the aforementioned athletics event or it may have been too expensive to cover. Perhaps it was considered too minor for coverage.
You all seem to want to see things that YOU, personally, find interesting. Life's not like that.

Got to go...Busy afternoon relaxing ahead.

See?...Antiques Road Show just coming on. Some of the highlights from past shows. Very relaxing.

lose open golf,I'm stopping licence fee

What a good reason to get off your lazy arses and go and watch your local team.

Seems like a done deal, Open to Sky from 2016.

Sad, always look forward to that weekend.

the BBC are a disgrace.

They invested over £50m into F1 as soon as particular person became champion, they didnt give a toss 2 years before when Button was looking like a british champion and delivered the following season.

Then they ditched a british tradition by giving away the Grand National.

Then they claim to cover more football games then ever, guess what, they have added womens football to that figure, i would love to know the viewing/listening figures for womens football.

When they try and promote the thrill of the fa cup they then show games with the top clubs involved in.

Britain have some superb young tennis players, have they shown them, have they fook.

Everything costs money. You can't spend more than you've got. The firm relies upon revenue from licence-holders.

they spent over £50m on F1


more than any other sport !

I have no doubt that F1 is very expensive to buy the broadcasting rights outright. Possibly even the dearest of all. Although, of course, it is a sport that covers about 20 weekends during the year. So they get many hours of television from their investment.
I suppose it's all about balancing the books.

They probably couldn't afford sole rights.

Ibrahima Sonko   
31 Jan 15 12:34 
bbc is run by lefties, lesbians & muslims.
the BBC are a disgrace.
Britain have some superb young tennis players, have they shown them, have they fook.

They showed the Oz Open womens final this morning. The commentator constantly referred to 'Sharapova', not 'Maria', but 'Serena' and not Williams.

I turned the sound off.

originally they paid that big figure for sole rights then sold it to sky when it was questioned for 60 hours of racing a year.