TOT: my afternoon with Radio Four

In my early teens I listened to a lot of HomeService/R4­? even 'Today in Parliament. Then I moved to R3, where I stayed 'til they felt the need to compete with ClassicFM. So back to R4, but sometime more than a decade now I found ever less desire to listen to without a propelling the radio across the room. So I got out of the habit of turning on the radio. And then I moved to the county, and there wasn't any reception in the kitchen; so the radio ?already somewhat the worse for all those flights to the corners of the room? went to the dump. There is a radio in the car I never use, I never had a television. I don't read newspapers any more. There is a wealth of good stuff on youtube, and blogs: interesting, informed, useful ?solid content rather than production trickery.

Me too. Odd, isn't it? ;-)

That's all right then. Perhaps in your world no-one makes mistakes?

When a politician lies or makes a mistake like that, they tend to try and bluster their way out of it.

Especially when such 'mistakes' are intended ... like the Leave campaign BS on the bus and posters.

'Easier to get forgiveness than permission' ... but then the damage is done. ;-(

Cheers, T i m

It's for the same reason as traffic lights are always on red when you're in a hurry.

Bill

It seems to be common on Radio 4 that there is an assumption that everyone being interviewed is going to suffer from Brexit. The interviewers really do seem to be surprised to be told that a lot of cross border collaboration has nothing to do with the EU or EU funding.

I'd say that's a function of interviewing all those lying Brexiteers who told us how wonderful things would become out of the EU, and how easy it would be to get a trade only deal - to cherry pick the best bits.

And I'm absolutely sure there will be downsides that come out of the woodwork no one has anticipated.

But at least many Brexiteers are finally admitting we're in for a bumpy ride. Just a shame they didn't put that on the side of their bus.

Hardly a mistake to (a) not know that ESA is not an EU body, and (b) try to say how awful that must be for the guests with the UK having to leave it due to brexit.

The presenter had to backpedal furiously.

I expect ESA gets some EU funding, but this is the EU approach: buy their way in and then trumpet the fact, thus leading to fatheads saying how wonderful the EU is and imagining that the entity was founded by the EU.

I expect as a result that there are some here that think CERN is an EU body.

It's the same with most TV channels and it makes sense as most things are hourly split into 3 for adverts so they'll apear at the same time.

Really? I heard it in the car and thought it was accepted instantly. Certainly not the way the average politician would react to being wrong.

Not so. Those commercial channels from the same source may share break times. Others deliberately make them different. In an attempt to catch channel hoppers.

Not in my experience - channel hop during an ad break and all you get is maore adverts.

Just the sort of thing that Tony Hancock would say.

I suggest you try it with all the commercial channels on FreeView.

I'm not sure how that works or if they are that organised seems a lot of effort for little reward.

All the ITV based channels certainly share the same break slots. Fairly regardless of where they were originally on the programme as made, if old. As these things have changed over the years. Understandable when it was a prog made with no breaks like some BBC ones.

but, BBC ones made for sale ofen had ad breaks scheduled in,

Yes, some did. But not necessarily for the break pattern used today. Same problem as earlier ITV progs.