CeePee1952 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Channel 5 tonight Friday 8th Oct 21 at 2100 hrs. Starting on the Norfolk Broads. Apparently she gets on a wherry (don't know which one) and also has a go at quanting (again not sure if that's on a wherry or another boat! Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Ah, she's lovely. It'll be interesting to see how she handle's the old tried and trusted, let's invite the celebrity to wind the sail up, routine. I hope I'm wrong and they have a better idea but I'm sure it'll be worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Think there just let her stand and talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Well, there wasn’t much Broads was there. Not worth the effort of signing in to the channel to watch it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Blink and you missed the broads I’m afraid she didn’t quant the wherry either their was a small boat pushing it at the back while she was ment to be quanting. Anybody watched this it has made Norfolk people look stupid snail racing/ tap dancing with puppets come on there’s much more to Norfolk and the broads 😡she should have visited wroxham / museum of the broads / potter Heigham ( bridge navigating would have been fun to watch) even visited west Runton where the woolly mammoth was found. her saving grace was a ride on the wells and walsingham railway. Maybe I should be a locations scout for channel 5 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Yes once again a TV programme that doesn't do the Broads justice. Of course as a comic she would put a comic spin on Norfolk, but a poor show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttle Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Roy said: 😡she should have visited wroxham / museum of the broads / potter Heigham Why on earth would she want to visit Wroxham? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I am glad we chose not to bother. After all the "press visits" I have had to organise on the rivers, when you have seen one vacuous TV personality, you have seen them all! I remember a film crew who arrived in the Camargue with a very famous TV lady, who I had better not name. It took Susie and I two weeks solid work, two identical boats, leap-frogging around the cruising area, 4 members of staff, a hired minibus and even a helicopter for an afternoon. All that for 6 minutes of TV on a travel show, a pathetically silly presentation and no business for us as a result. At least TV is a transient medium. Once you've seen it, it's gone. There are better ways to advertise, in my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 It fell into the lazy trap of showing sound bites.Just like many others. Earlier this year Greg Wallace visited Berlin. A city Marina and I know very well.High lighting minor things in the city instead of some of the major developments since the wall came down.That programme also didn't do Justice to the city. Next week she visits Cornwall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I am currently watching the program which I find is informative about Norfolk. I thought this was a reasonable program which showed a small amount of the Broads, but remember the general public would get bored by a program just showing the rivers, not everyone likes the waterways of the Broads or the Canals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said: but remember the general public would get bored by a program just showing the rivers, not everyone likes the waterways of the Broads or the Canals. I quite agree - I just wish all these self-important TV personalities wouldn't try to pretend that they are first people to have ever discovered the place for us. Whenever some celeb or other is doing a piece on a preserved steam railway, they will always, always, always have to blow the whistle for themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Although the tender was behind Albion, as it always has to be for safety reasons, even I could not see whether it was in gear or not. It may have been running but in gear - I couldn't tell! And so what if it was ticking over? Would you skipper Albion without that, up Ludham Dyke with hardly a breath of wind? I certainly would not - lose your way on her and you would certainly lose control. I didn't think that bit was bad, but not everyone wants to watch an hour long programme on a wherry!! It showed what a good old boat she still is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 You need to blame directors and producers not the person fronting the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeePee1952 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Haven't watched it yet as out last night so recorded it Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I was disappointed , why advertise constantly that she was visiting the Broads on the numerous trailers and then make a programme about Norfolk as a whole , just be factual and say she is visiting Norfolk in general . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said: I was disappointed , why advertise constantly that she was visiting the Broads on the numerous trailers and then make a programme about Norfolk as a whole , just be factual and say she is visiting Norfolk in general . I agree. To be honest I got bored and turned over at the snail racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Buttle said: Why on earth would she want to visit Wroxham? Because it's a fabulous place. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 10 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said: I was disappointed , why advertise constantly that she was visiting the Broads on the numerous trailers and then make a programme about Norfolk as a whole , just be factual and say she is visiting Norfolk in general . Agreed. Without the broads reference it would be another mildly amusing show, still worth watching to pass the time. But the broads thing was just patronising. Obviously a decision made by someone who's never been near Norfolk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Snail racing on the broads??? I thought they were called regattas. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 18 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said: You need to blame directors and producers not the person fronting the show. I think you are right there! The filming in Camargue that I mentioned, had a producer called Attracta. That must have been her media name as I can't think she got it from her parents. She had a girl assistant who worshipped her, followed her everywhere with a clipboard and performed all her little errands. After a couple of days, Susie and I christened them Attracta and trailer. The film crew, who were freelance, were delighted. They didn't like her very much, either! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Watched it on My5 catch up TV last night and Wow- Our boat was shown moored at Womack!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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