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What do you have to turn off that's on TV because you can't stand the sound?

206 replies

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 06/04/2021 00:29

I just ran into the lounge from the kitchen because QI started. I hate the theme tune, I hate the claxons. I don't know if I'd like it as a quiz show because it's like listening to nails down a chalk board.
I had to stop watching Eastenders because of all the shouting.
Sports aren't great but football is a no go because of the crowd noise. Just as well DP isn't a football fan!
Anyone else got anything they have to turn off?

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LunaNorth · 06/04/2021 10:31

@Gladimnotcampinginthisweather

LunaNorth and what's wrong with coming from Hull? 😉
Nowt. I should nerr. Wink
FunnyWonder · 06/04/2021 10:43

Yes! Forgot about Formula One. It's that sudden sharp rise and fall. Like angry hornets flying by one at a time.

My youngest DS watches those shouty, attention seeking YouTubers on our TV. The volume is down to what would be barely audible for any normal programme, but I can STILL hear them yelling from the kitchen. Really grates on every last shred of my nerves.

EdwardTeach · 06/04/2021 10:46

Eastenders dialogue has a distinctive sound that I can recognise even when I'm too far away to hear the words. When they're not shouting they're moaning, whining and whimpering.

BarbaraofSeville · 06/04/2021 10:47

One of the channels is currently using an Oasis track on an advert and it is on repeatedly.

I cannot stand Oasis. Simply hearing their music sends me into a violent rage. I now often get that fucking song stuck in my head.

GillBungalow · 06/04/2021 10:51

Formula One and Mel C

JaneJeffer · 06/04/2021 12:10

The music on Sky when you turn it on before you select an option makes me want to hurl the remote at the telly.

JaneJeffer · 06/04/2021 12:12

Also Coronation Street seem to have a casting process where the person with the most annoying voice gets the job.

angelofthenorth72 · 06/04/2021 12:16

EE & Corrie for all the shouting and arguing
Trump
Sodding "Perf wiv Surf"
Bloody Covid ads

Love Formula One and "Do it for Yorkshire!" though! Grin

Dozycuntlaters · 06/04/2021 12:19

Mariah Carey - I cannot abide her and I don't even know why but
she gives me the rage

Nicolastuffedone · 06/04/2021 12:20

Lorraine Kelly...she really annoys me, so she does. I’m Scottish, I’ve never known another Scottish person sound like her. Her voice is so annoying...so it is! How she ever got as far as she has, I do not know! She gets switched off immediately...so she does!

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 06/04/2021 12:20

Bed advert with that awful Stacey voice .... eurggghhhhh

rosy71 · 06/04/2021 12:22

Mrs Brown's Boys. I can't bear it or anything to do with it.

Contactlesslenses · 06/04/2021 12:27

Nationwide ads, especially the young man droning on about building houses. Something about his accent and the rhythmic tone of his voice sets me off.

Most ads with breathy voices singing coves of old rock songs. Mute them.

Old episodes of QI with Steven Fry when he does that ‘Goooood evening good evening good evening....’ intro. Hate it, I mute then watch the show.

Stacey Solomon, can’t stand her voice, sorry Stacey, I am sure you are lovely

Jack Monroe when she is doing to cooking slots. really bad presenter, very vocal fry quivery voice, she makes me nervous watching her which isn’t what you want when watching a cooking programme.

LadyJaye · 06/04/2021 12:30

Clearly not alone here, but I used to have mute the TV or leave the room if Trump came on.

It wasn't just the hateful nonsense spewing from his lips (although that didn't help, obviously), but the fact that that really odd, slightly nasal, whispery tone of his was completely at odds with his size and build - it gave me a sort of cognitively dissonant shudder.

Jellycatspyjamas · 06/04/2021 12:33

My youngest DS watches those shouty, attention seeking YouTubers on our TV. The volume is down to what would be barely audible for any normal programme, but I can STILL hear them yelling from the kitchen. Really grates on every last shred of my nerves.

Absolutely this, both my two are at this stage, with my DD favouring American girls with the most grating, screeching voices - it shreds my nerves faster than anything, I just can’t bear it.

TalkToTheWind · 06/04/2021 12:34

The Heycar advert where a bearded bloke lip syncs and dies actions. He looks like the type of bloke who has 'be kind' 'feminist' on his Twitter bio but likes to call women bigots etc. He makes my skin crawl

And yes he probably is lovely etc I know it's unfounded - my ejaculator has a beard!

GillBungalow · 06/04/2021 12:35

@Nicolastuffedone

Lorraine Kelly...she really annoys me, so she does. I’m Scottish, I’ve never known another Scottish person sound like her. Her voice is so annoying...so it is! How she ever got as far as she has, I do not know! She gets switched off immediately...so she does!
Ahh but do you look well...really, really well...
Knittedfairies · 06/04/2021 12:36

Greg Wallace, Mrs Brown's Boys and the One Show. And June and her parsnips.

Scrubadub · 06/04/2021 12:39

@Wincarnis me too! I hate the Match of the Day theme tune with a passion and will run in from another room to mute the TV if it comes on. I'm not even sure why! I hate the crowd noise during football matches too. Luckily nobody likes football in our house so it only ever comes on the TV by accident Smile

GreenTeaBlackCoffeeAndRedWine · 06/04/2021 12:39

The One Show is the main one for me.

Family guy, American Dad and all related shows.

Pointless (idk, I just don't like it).

Good morning Britain, BBC breakfast and the like (they're too chatty).

Abracadabra12345 · 06/04/2021 12:39

Judge Judy, her voice, the show.

And yes any football / rugby / racing commentary makes me want to run out of the house

Kottbullar · 06/04/2021 12:42

Masterchef, the voice over is horrific

Sport commentary on the radio makes me really angry, unfortunately because DH loves every sport.

Teen Titans although my annoyance of it makes me feel uncomfortably like my Dad bellowing "What's this bloody racket?" about Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Blush

The mother and daughter on Gogglebox, from Birmingham. They just repeat what's said on the programme but screechy.

ShirleyPhallus · 06/04/2021 12:42

The canned laughter on Last of the Summer Wine. There is one very loud person going "WOOOOOOOO-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo". Now I've heard it it's all I can hear, and it has me running for the mute.

I went to see a tv quiz show being filmed and was sat at the front. They asked everyone to laugh extra loudly so I had a few wines and then laughed really loudly. They’ve kept my stupid loud laugh and some close ups of me and I appear every so often, years later on quizzes by the same production house

kwiksavenofrillsusername · 06/04/2021 12:42

I have misophonia so lots of adverts are unbearable. Mostly anything with whistling or slurping. Tea adverts are always terrible for this. I also can’t stand certain voices.

But the one that’s absolutely painful for me is the bloody Magnum adverts. That crunch that sounds like someone biting into plastic. How is that supposed to be appetising?

Chicchicchicchiclana · 06/04/2021 12:43

The voice over woman on Garden Rescue. She sounds like she's talking to a room full of pre-schoolers. It's a shame because I would really enjoy that programme otherwise. I've just listened to her showreel online ... afraid it's a big NO from me!