Man of Honour
wow, Murray is 92, I knew he was old but that's a very long innings, I hope they wont work him too much.
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I had a feeling they'd pull Murray Walker in to add some credibility to the show but I think it's a mistake.
As for Eddie ******** Jordan I thought we'd finally got rid of him, Gutted he's going to be in the show.
Nick Hamilton ? Why ?
Webber & Coulthard, Definitely Happy about Webber & don't mind Coulthard at all.
The rest we'll just have to wait & see I s'pose but being Honest this is the first season in my life I'm not bothered about.
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As for Eddie ******** Jordan I thought we'd finally got rid of him, Gutted he's going to be in the show.
Nick Hamilton ? Why ?
Webber & Coulthard, Definitely Happy about Webber & don't mind Coulthard at all.
The rest we'll just have to wait & see I s'pose but being Honest this is the first season in my life I'm not bothered about.
O Yer & Adverts.
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He won't be travelling, obviously. They'll get him to record some short pieces from his home, probably about the history of F1 or the race circuits.
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I hope Murray Walker does the commentating at Silverstone 
Nic Hamilton will bring a lot of young people to the channel.
Nic Hamilton will bring a lot of young people to the channel.
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I hope Murray Walker does the commentating at Silverstone
Nic Hamilton will bring a lot of young people to the channel.
Will he? I doubt the average person would know who he even is without telling them. It's a very odd choice as he hasn't had much of a tv presenting or race career.
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Nic Hamilton might turn out to be ok, we'll have to wait and see. I'm assuming he'll only have a minor role in the presenting side. I'll miss Suzi Perry. I liked her and thought she did a good job for the BBC.
I'll still be watching Sky as I like Ted and Crofty. In fact I prefer the practice sessions with them than the actual race and the pre-race programs.
Andi.
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A quote from Steve Jones. I suspect this approach might leave a lot of drivers puzzled!
"I can't stress – where it is appropriate – I am going to be banging out zingers left right and centre, but I just hope to get a bit more from the drivers.
"I don't say that in the sense that Jake [Humphrey] and Suzi [Perry] weren't fantastic in interviewing the drivers, but I will be doing it from an entertainment point of view. To make it cool.
"I can't stress – where it is appropriate – I am going to be banging out zingers left right and centre, but I just hope to get a bit more from the drivers.
"I don't say that in the sense that Jake [Humphrey] and Suzi [Perry] weren't fantastic in interviewing the drivers, but I will be doing it from an entertainment point of view. To make it cool.
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That sounds disturbing, but any worse than Sky? In 'introducing' Haryanto Ted asked him something stupid about pop music, can't remember if he asked him who he prefers out of Bieber and Swift or how those two specifically came up but it was just embarrassing to watch.
If I watch F1 I probably want people interviewing drivers about F1, not about who they follow on twitter, or which crappy popstar they think is awesome.
I completely hate the way Sky has been going recently with Ted more interested in a drivers favourite popstar than their insights into you know, f1 or motorsport in general. All these tv providers seem to believe everyone on twitter talking to Crofty is who they should aim coverage at primarily, which is why coverage is getting worse.
If I watch F1 I probably want people interviewing drivers about F1, not about who they follow on twitter, or which crappy popstar they think is awesome.
I completely hate the way Sky has been going recently with Ted more interested in a drivers favourite popstar than their insights into you know, f1 or motorsport in general. All these tv providers seem to believe everyone on twitter talking to Crofty is who they should aim coverage at primarily, which is why coverage is getting worse.
It's a great thing. Means he won't appear on my Sky subscription.
I suppose I should have seen that coming, good man.
Andi.
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I do like Ted and the technical pieces, but his doorstep interviews during the Notebooks have been absolutely cringe inducing. Gutierrez was another victim of uncomfortably oddball questions, and every Bouillier interview seems to be a lesson in keeping your seething hatred under the surface.
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It seems that they're throwing everyone at it so there will at least be someone the audience likes.
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Thing is 3 years ago he was 90% technical stuff and 10% nonsense. Today it's 95% nonsense and 5% technical and 90% of the nonsense is him just asking everyones opinion on why it's all so complicated. I always found him to be a bit of an idiot but now he's almost actively trying to seem like an idiot and purposefully find everything as complicated as possible. A few people on twitter don't understand anything about the sport and Sky believe they have to agree and act like the people who talk to them social media. Basically Sky believe the loudest minority on twitter are a good representation of their average viewer and have moved the show to cater to those lot exclusively.
It's why Crofty can't go 8 seconds without saying hashtag, the coverage is more about stupid questions and they all constantly just say everything is too complicated and any changes are bad.