[JonnyTester]

I was looking forward to watching Robin Hood on BBC HD tonight, except effing Wimbledon is on wall-to-wall. So I thought I'd watch it on SD instead - no, BBC1 NI has effing Wimbledon on as well, while BBC2 NI is showing The effing Championship (Gaelic Football - okay, its the most highly supported sport in NI but, come on, prime time Saturday tv?). Robin Hood has been moved to 8.55 on BBC2 NI and I can't even record it because effing VM has not updated its planner to show any changes to programme schedules.

Regardless of whether "Come On" Andy"!" Murray is playing or not, tennis is still a minority sport and only deserves coverage on one channel, at best. And anyway, I thought the English hated Murray because of his (right on the money) comments about England in the last World Cup.

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

And don't even get me started on BBC NI's coverage of " The Twelfth".

[Rasczak]

You'll be able to watch it on BBC iPlayer!

[IronGiant]

We watched it on BBC2 at 7:00pm...

I won't spoil the plot

Dave

[Stoatman]

COme on dude , its Wimbledon , on once a year and we actually have a person who is any good this year and it was him playing !. I was watching , thinking they better not cut the coverage for anything else. Each to their own I guess.

[ste v p]

I sorry I disagree, for me coverage of a live event is more important than a pre-recorded show. Tennis may be a minority sport but Wimbledon is one of those events that only comes round once in the sporting calendar. And murray is the only Brit left in either singles draw and stands a decent chance of winning. I'm glad the beeb rescheduled.

[Dony]

Good result for Antrim though

[HimIndoors]

Originally Posted by Stoatman

COme on dude , its Wimbledon , on once a year and we actually have a person who is any good this year and it was him playing !. I was watching , thinking they better not cut the coverage for anything else. Each to their own I guess.

Totally agree with you mate. Live sport is as exciting as it gets, your pre-recorded show can be shown at any time.

How much flack do you think tv stations would get if they were to show things after the live events have occoured? My wife likes all the tripe reality stuff, but when there is an exciting sporting event on she gets glued to the tv and is as excited as anyone.

[Rasczak]

I do have some sympathy for the OP - I'm not a big fan of sport myself (although I do watch Wimbledon and F1) and re-scheduling programmes can be annoying. Normally the disruption is minimal though - I think the OP was just particularly unlucky as most could watch the programme on BBC2. It is disappointing that the show wasn't re-scheduled on BBC HD as well though.

I suspect, as we move into an all-digital age, programming distruption will become a thing from the past as the BBC will just be able to juggle between any of their channels rather than just the two main ones.

[Bursar]

It's on BBC HD tomorrow - at least that's what my Sky box is telling me

[Citizen J]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

I was looking forward to watching Robin Hood on BBC HD tonight, except effing Wimbledon is on wall-to-wall. So I thought I'd watch it on SD instead - no, BBC1 NI has effing Wimbledon on as well, while BBC2 NI is showing The effing Championship (Gaelic Football - okay, its the most highly supported sport in NI but, come on, prime time Saturday tv?). Robin Hood has been moved to 8.55 on BBC2 NI and I can't even record it because effing VM has not updated its planner to show any changes to programme schedules.

Regardless of whether "Come On" Andy"!" Murray is playing or not, tennis is still a minority sport and only deserves coverage on one channel, at best. And anyway, I thought the English hated Murray because of his (right on the money) comments about England in the last World Cup.

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

And don't even get me started on BBC NI's coverage of " The Twelfth".

I can understand it can be irritating not being able to watch what you want when you want. But we live in era that is incredibly flexible - BBC I player highlights this. Wimbledon is only on for two weeks out of the whole year, I am sure can bear the pain

[JonnyTester]

Originally Posted by ste1000

I sorry I disagree, for me coverage of a live event is more important than a pre-recorded show.

Do you mean, like, ANY live event?

Originally Posted by ste1000

Tennis may be a minority sport but Wimbledon is one of those events that only comes round once in the sporting calendar.

And because its Wimbledon we should be force fed it? The Horse Of The Year Show and Crufts are also events that come round once a year but we don't have them spread across several channels at once.

Originally Posted by ste1000

And murray is the only Brit left in either singles draw and stands a decent chance of winning. I'm glad the beeb rescheduled.

Ha ha. That reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Krusty Burger was giving away free burgers if American athletes won their Olympic events. Only it was 1984 and the USSR withdrew from the Olympics, so AMerican athletes won almost every event.

[JonnyTester]

Originally Posted by Dony

Good result for Antrim though

I'm from Antrim myself and while I'm not a Gaelic fan, I'm delighted for the Saffrons.

[ed_mcl]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

I was looking forward to watching Robin Hood on BBC HD tonight, except effing Wimbledon is on wall-to-wall. So I thought I'd watch it on SD instead - no, BBC1 NI has effing Wimbledon on as well, while BBC2 NI is showing The effing Championship (Gaelic Football - okay, its the most highly supported sport in NI but, come on, prime time Saturday tv?). Robin Hood has been moved to 8.55 on BBC2 NI and I can't even record it because effing VM has not updated its planner to show any changes to programme schedules.

Regardless of whether "Come On" Andy"!" Murray is playing or not, tennis is still a minority sport and only deserves coverage on one channel, at best. And anyway, I thought the English hated Murray because of his (right on the money) comments about England in the last World Cup.

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

And don't even get me started on BBC NI's coverage of " The Twelfth".

And there are people that want to watch something other than Robin Hood.

It would be interesting to see what the viewing figures Wimbledon get compared to Robin Hood. I seem to recall last year that around 10.5 million were tuning in to watch Andy Murray against Richard Gasquet. Doesn't this series of Robin Hood get around 5 million viewers?

Anyway, I disagree with your sentiments. Wimbledon is only two weeks of the year and is the showcase of British tennis if not not biggest event in the entire tennis calender. It fully deserves its place in the schedule ahead of a televisual crap-o-rama like Robin Hood.

[ste v p]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

Do you mean, like, ANY live event?



And because its Wimbledon we should be force fed it? The Horse Of The Year Show and Crufts are also events that come round once a year but we don't have them spread across several channels at once.



Ha ha. That reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Krusty Burger was giving away free burgers if American athletes won their Olympic events. Only it was 1984 and the USSR withdrew from the Olympics, so AMerican athletes won almost every event.

Not ANY live event, there are a few from the less popular sports that we get and they only come around once a year. The Masters at Augusta and The Snooker at the Crucible are ones that stick in my mind. For two weeks in June, tennis takes over the nation, people get the urge to pick up a racket and everone becomes a tennis fan.

I'm not sure I understand the simpsons reference

[dannius]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

And because its Wimbledon we should be force fed it? The Horse Of The Year Show and Crufts are also events that come round once a year but we don't have them spread across several channels at once.

Well I suppose it could be on Sky so we all have to pay extra for the priviledge of watching it.

Personally I don't get the big deal, it's 2 weeks a year, surely people can live with a minor disruption of their TV viewing for 2 weeks? Doesn't anyone have gardening to do?!

[Singh400]

I'm sorry but tennis rules (for the geeks:- Tennis > *). I got into it last year. And I LOVE IT. It's all I watch now.

Besides Robin Hood will be repeated on BBC3, and you can watch it on iPlayer too.

[JonnyTester]

Originally Posted by ste1000

I'm not sure I understand the simpsons reference

Um, the only reason he (the US in this instance) has a chance of winning is because Nadal (the USSR in this instance) isn't playing.

[ste v p]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

Um, the only reason he (the US in this instance) has a chance of winning is because Nadal (the USSR in this instance) isn't playing.

thats what I thought. I think he'd have a good chance anyway but this is miles off topic..

[Steven]

Robin Hood is naff anyway (talking about the show, not the character, of which I have no feeing either way)

[Sonic67]

Doctor Who has been delayed in the past by a week to show Eurovision. Equally stupid I thought. Years ago I could understand it but the BBC has lots of channels now.

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

I would guess that there are a hell of a lot more people that want something other than that pile of garbage Robin Hood

[JohnG]

I think the important thing here is that someone needs to make sure that EPGs are updated on the fly as programs over run etc.

[Gary D]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

I was looking forward to watching Robin Hood on BBC HD tonight, except effing Wimbledon is on wall-to-wall. So I thought I'd watch it on SD instead - no, BBC1 NI has effing Wimbledon on as well, while BBC2 NI is showing The effing Championship (Gaelic Football - okay, its the most highly supported sport in NI but, come on, prime time Saturday tv?). Robin Hood has been moved to 8.55 on BBC2 NI and I can't even record it because effing VM has not updated its planner to show any changes to programme schedules.

Regardless of whether "Come On" Andy"!" Murray is playing or not, tennis is still a minority sport and only deserves coverage on one channel, at best. And anyway, I thought the English hated Murray because of his (right on the money) comments about England in the last World Cup.

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

And don't even get me started on BBC NI's coverage of " The Twelfth".

how many TV events have been ruined by sport in the last 12 months? i suspect you might be over reacting. Robin Hood is rubbish anyway, travesty of a story.


G

[mrm3]

Tennis is a minority sport but audience figures probably (well should be) bigger than Robin Hood.

From what I have seen Robin Hood is for the kids anyway should be on earlier or on cbeebies.

[BlackCountryBob]

Its a once in a blue moon thing, sports like darts, snooker, gold and tennis only get exposure on BBC a few times a year and millions of people watch them; Robin Hood can be shown any time on any channel. If you wnt people angry about shows being moved for sports events, talk to a Top Gear fan.

It is interesting that even with all the channels, we still all look to BBC1 as the top dog as it were.

There is however a good point about the EPG needing to be updated quickly to reflect last minute changes to schedules. I noticed it took my sky epg until about 1pm on Friday to update that the music channels were showing Jackson tributes since before 7.

[krish]

Originally Posted by Singh400

I'm sorry but tennis rules (for the geeks:- Tennis > *). I got into it last year. And I LOVE IT. It's all I watch now.

You'll be bored less with it soon ... it's like the Heroes of sport

[jonneymendoza]

Originally Posted by JonnyTester

I was looking forward to watching Robin Hood on BBC HD tonight, except effing Wimbledon is on wall-to-wall. So I thought I'd watch it on SD instead - no, BBC1 NI has effing Wimbledon on as well, while BBC2 NI is showing The effing Championship (Gaelic Football - okay, its the most highly supported sport in NI but, come on, prime time Saturday tv?). Robin Hood has been moved to 8.55 on BBC2 NI and I can't even record it because effing VM has not updated its planner to show any changes to programme schedules.

Regardless of whether "Come On" Andy"!" Murray is playing or not, tennis is still a minority sport and only deserves coverage on one channel, at best. And anyway, I thought the English hated Murray because of his (right on the money) comments about England in the last World Cup.

I wish the BBC would buck up their ideas. There are people in the UK that want something other than sport.

And don't even get me started on BBC NI's coverage of " The Twelfth".

why are you complainin about a free TV channel? fair enough if you pay monthly for it like a cable/satalite channel but on bbc which is free?

[bosque]

One way to get around the swearing filter is to lace your thread in the way the OP has. Let's hope it doesnt catch on

[kopchoir]

I think the BBC have to (be some law) show wimbledon and the world cup olympics them kind of things to keep morale up or some daft thing im sure someone will know the reason some sort of radio and tv act.

Robin hood my only concern is the amount of cash you waste on VM if you have to subject yourself to watching that pile of rubbish because there is nothign else on

Seriously some of us like watching sport on tv Wimbledon the ashes are about to start(the only time i watch cricket) wonder if you will be complaining next year when there is a world cup on and you cant watch eldorado on bbc3 or something

[ROBIN50N]

do you have virgin media, if so bbc england channles are on there. it was shown earlier on there.