General Chat

Here's one Olympian I'll be supporting.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/yusra-mardini-rio-2016-olympics-womens-swimming-the-syrian-refugee-competing-in-the-olympics-who-a7173546.html

Many of us will be thankful when the Autumn schedules appear; there's only so many 'Aircrash Investigators' a person can take!

Okay .each to their own I am not A miserable old sod Thank you .Once every four years .probably right that x .I watch one Soap Red Rock on Just now & Casualty when it reappears end of August .off to get my drinking choc & Twix Biscuit .Oh I can live a bit Me ;-)

Neither do we watch soaps....well, apart from one which is on at lunch time .

However, although one can avoid watching sporting events, the main news programmes devote a good proportion of the time to them.

I don't like sport that much but once every 4 years for the Olympics seems OK. I will watch a few highlights no doubt. Didn't watch the opening ceremony but didn't watch the London one either - just not my cup of tea.

And WHY should things be moved to BBC2? There ARE actually regular programmes on there too that some of us watch, it's not just a 'dumping ground' :-S

Look at it another way...I am sick of soaps ( came upon me about 10 years ago lol) and yet they are on tv 2, 3, 4 times a week...same old stories rehashed with different faces. But I don't have to watch :-D

I dont reply on TV to entertain me so havnt been overloaded with it and the opening of the Olyimpics held no interest for me so why sit and watch it.. I have no interest in athletics or who wins gold medals.

but certainly not an old misery sod.

Why don't they use BBC Two for The Games .leave One alone for Normal programmes .only saying :-)

*wot Allan said*

As they only come once every four years and remembering the good feel there was in this country four years ago when we held them I think they are worth it better then football week after week

Good to see that there are more than me finding the Olympics a bit of a bore :-D

And I can't stand the phrase "Team GB" for some reason :-0 ;-)

And, I have just been reading that some viewers were so frustrated by Hazel Irvine and Andrew Cotter's 'dire' description of the opening ceremony on the BBC that they switched over to a commentary-free channel.

No doubt when this is reported on Point of View next week we will be told that we are all missing the point and the program producers know best.

I agree with Barbara.

Why does the Beeb think the public want to be saturated with something that most people only have a passing interest in?

They should have kept BBC 3 and used that for their wall to wall coverage instead of messing up the main schedules.

I agree Rose :-D :-D :-D

I didn't manage to stay awake but I have just watched the opening ceremony on I Player on the TV screen.
I thought it was great, very clever and cost a lot less than London 2012 and IMHO just as interesting.
I also learnt a lot about the history of Brazil that I didn't know.
I love the idea of all the athletes planting seeds of trees that will be planted in a park near the stadium.

I think it's wonderful that so many children were able to take part in something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Whilst the Olympics is about the sport of course it is about so much more as well.
Great friendships can be formed and by talking to people from other countries gives better understanding of different cultures and customs.
Much better to compete in a civilised and safe way than in military combat. :-D :-D :-D

I did stay up but got distracted by a search on here, however I saw bits and will watch more later. :-)

I take all the points re the politics, economics and doping etc and as said I won't watch all of it, probably bits of the athletics and swimming ( I can do neither of them but wish I could lol) but the opening ceremony I look at as a piece of theatre...and that is always worth watching I think :-D


But good luck to all the clean athletes who have worked so hard to get there. :-)

Barbra.......it's once every four years.

You're a moaning old ~~~~~

I stayed up!

I didn't intend to, but there's something very addictive in watching the participants and representatives of all the different countries parading out in their country's costumes.

Had I realised how many countries there were, and that I would not get to bed until nearly 4 o'clock, I would not have started watching! :-D :-D :-D

Put TV on this Morning 9am .wanted to watch the News .well BBC one news .about Rio ? & BBC two highlights of the highlights of opening ceremony .All well & Good bringing nations together .but TV is saturated with it .puts me off when locals live in complete poverty .& Drugs & Scandal are there before the games even begin .call me a moaning old ~~~~~ Hello Allan ;-) :-)

Island - as said last night, I might have watched had OH not turned the TV off.
For most people the time difference made it after their bedtime.

People saying that they had no intention were only expanding their answer to explain why.

I'm not a huge sports fan either but I do enjoy a TV spectacular and I think Rio delivered one.