On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:51:08 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 31/01/2011 3:39 PM, Invisible wrote:
>>> Couple of decent ones recently. Though sadly they have gone down the
>>> route of re-explaining things every five minutes. Either they expect
>>> people to tune in late or they consider their audience
>>> memory-deprived.
>>
>> Oh God, I HATE THAT! >_< Why do TV programs have to repeat themselves
>> every 25 seconds these days?! I can only imagine that either they think
>> the people watching are absurdly stupid, or it makes the program
>> cheaper if they just repeat the same shots over and over again.
> 
> Me too!
> I had a job one where I had to have the TV on all the time in my
> workshop. (To make sure that the satellite dish had not lost alignment.)
> Sky News was the only thing I could bare to have on and it repeated
> every 20 minutes. It drove me mad(er)

The one that gets me is programmes that break for a 5-minute commercial 
break and when they come back, you get a recap of everything that 
happened before the break.  Just in case you forgot.

Jim

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