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F1 Back to the BBC next year!
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20-03-2008 8:46am#1
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Woo Hoo!!!!
At last after 12 years of ad breaks, we get to watch F1 properly again.
The Beeb were close to this 3 years ago, but ITV dug very deep into their pockets to hold on.
You can only imagine what sort of money the BBC have shelled out to coax ITV into terminating their 5 year contract 2 years early and to put such a smile on bernies face.
There might well be questions asked about how much brit tax-payer money was shelled out here, but that doesn't affect me.
We know they have some money in the sports budget now after losing the FA cup rights & most of the international football rights all to ITV. Word has it that the BBC are favourite for landing the last Champions league package which is available soon. (Which includes the first choice CL match on wednesday nights)RTE should get its act together.
Completely out of RTÉ's hands, they cannot compete with Setanta's $$$$ for something like this.
They may get some favor for throwing money to keep the GAA on RTÉ screens, but F1 simply can't be justified.0 -
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Hopefully the return of F1 to the BBC will also signal a return for this classic TV theme:
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Oafley Jones wrote: »Des Lynam is Irish.
I knew that.
But he commentates on BRITISH TV. AFAIK, he has never worked on Irish tv???? 0 -
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DEAR GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Murray's craw-thumping patriotism+Lewis-mania would be just unwatchable! Anyway BBC need to build a strong, young team that can establish itself for the future. Walker is about 127 and likely to croak at any minute. The guy is a WWII vetern for fecks sake!!!
Well, in all fairness, I always found Murray fairly unbiased and quite even-handed when he was doing the commentary. Yes, he did champion the cause of the likes of Mansell and Hill but, overall, he tried to remain as impartial as possible....... unlike the current ITV crowd! :mad:
I agree that I think he's too old to do the commentary nowadays but I think it would be nice to see him make the odd appearance as a guest pundit or something like that. Or maybe have a "Murray's Tip For The Race" segment or something like that in the pre-race build up.My choice:
Broadcasting booth:
- Ben Edwards (pants-on-fire commentator. Did F1 for eurosport years ago and does A1 GP. Best in the business IMO)
- Brundle (knowledgeable summeriser etc. - a must-have)
Agree 110%. I've said it all along, Ben Edwards should have gotten the gig when Murray retired at the end of the 2001 season. James Allen should never have been let set foot in the commentary box!
If there is any justice in the world whatsoever, Ben Edwards should be made first choice for the gig this time around. It seems, though, that the BBC may have other ideas and it's looking like David Croft (current BBC Radio Five Live F1 commentator) is favourite for the job.Pits:
Don't care - maybe Suzi Perry. Wouldn't mind that Ted kravitz guy, he's not the worst of the ITV crew...
As nice as it might be to have Suzi and her tight leather pants (;)
)reporting from the F1 pits, I think she'd be better off sticking to the MotoGP gig.
My choice for pitlane reporters: how about Nick Daman who used to do it on F1 Digital+? By all accounts he was very good. Maybe team him up with someone like Jeremy Shaw now that he's out of a job from the ChampCar gig. What do you think?Panel:
- Maurice Hamilton and...
- Richard Porter of Sniff Petrol/Evo/Gareth Jones podcast. He's a bit of a Lewis fanboy but very knowledgable oln F1 and...get this...he already works for the Beeb as one of the backroom guys on the Top Gear show.
(BTW - there is a rumour in British press that Hamster will take over the Steve Ryder role).
Maurice Hamilton would make a good pudit/panelist alright. Think he'll probably stick to doing the radio job, though.
My choice for presenter: How about Matt Lorenzo who did it on F1 Digital+? Team him up with someone like Watty as the regular pundit and maybe have another guest panelist like Johnny Herbert or Damon Hill at various races, like what they used to do on F1D+. It worked well there, I think it would work pretty well on the BBC. What do you reckon?0 -
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as much as i hated ITV and their ad breaks they must be congratulated for the excellent F1 coverage over the past decade. they raised the bar for F1 coverage and hopefully the BBC will carry on their great work.
and, yes Murray Walker is the greatest F1 commentator of all time but c'mon, i can't believe people seriously want him to come out of retirement next year at the age of 85 to travel across the globeDenis Irwin wrote: »Hopefully the return of F1 to the BBC will also signal a return for this classic TV theme:
what a theme choon! i feel like im 9 years old gain :cool:0 -
Ah that Fleetwood Mac tune. Pretty cool the way an interlude in a song became the intro for possibly one of BBC#s most watched shows.
Much as id like to see Murray return, I think it would be a bad long-term move, a couple of special appearances would be cool.
Wonder if Eddie Irvine would be worth having, im sure he could divulge all kinds of interesting details hehe.
That said, im in the US now, so its all a bit futile, until I get my little TV server setup there 0 -
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Their are loads of good options available to BBC as long as I never have to hear James Allen again I`ll be happy! How about Tiff as one of the pit people, he is always a good laugh. Plus he could do the special driving bits just imagine it, their would be F1 cars sideways all over the place
wouldn't be surprised if a few of the itv presenters end up in the bbc setup, james allen might still be there
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Denis Irwin wrote: »Hopefully the return of F1 to the BBC will also signal a return for this classic TV theme:
If only!!! What a savage intro the BBC used to have! Fed up with ITV's bland/crap intro music! I actually remember being at a race in Mondello years ago and just as the cars were lining up on the grid they played the grand Prix theme tune-Great stuff altogether!0 -
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I've been mailing ITV twice a year for the past 3 years asking when they planned to make HD coverage available. Always the same one liner - no plans as yet. It's only when you see these cars "in the flesh" that you realise what a poor representation TV gives of the detailed bodywork etc. I think now we have some chance of F1 being broadcast in HD especially as the BBC may well try to do something special to improve coverage (although ad-free braodcast is one huge step forward!).
Now Suzi on the grid would be super as well 0 -
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