to think that the BBC should schedule repeats after live sports?

[darkfever]

I'm cross. And disappointed.

I wanted to watch the last episode of The Men Who Made Us Fat, and it's not on because Wimbledon has overrun.

We all know that live sporting events like tennis can take longer than estimated.
Why can't the BBC schedule repeats of Dad's Army or something else that they've shown a hundred times before after the tennis, instead of a new programme that's never been on TV before?

(goes off and sulks in a corner)

I'm so fed up with the way eastenders has been totally messed about. The BBC have 4 other channels at their disposal that they could have utilised for it around the football. I know, I'm sad but its the only thing I watch and it upsets my routine!

Tennis is shit knocking a ball back and forward over and over yawwwn

as for the footie i dont mind it but 2 channels same time same game? no point in that

It's weird it's not on iPlayer, and that there's nothing about it being rescheduled. I can't help wondering if it's been pulled for legal reasons - a last minute injunction from one of the companies it was talking about...

There's no injunction on Mock the Week - they've announced it will be shown on Sunday. Nothing goes onto iPlayer until after I has been first broadcast. Or did you mean the Fat programme?

I can see why they stuck with the Nadal match, though - it was a big upset, and there was no way they could have predicted it would last that long. But I do hope this is the last summer that is thus afflicted, as the Red Button will be available across the country shortly. Soaps etc get bigger audiences than soaps, and it would be nice to have reliable scheduling.

I meant the Fat programme.

Sport gets a more desirable audience than soaps. Sport is live, soaps are recorded. Wimbledon (and the Euro Championships/World Cup/Olympics) are shown every time they are on. It IS reliable scheduling. The problem is that so many people live their lives vicariously through their TV shows that they go loopy if they aren't on.

Anyone who doesn't like watching Wimbledon is very, very unreasonable. Fact.

"Following extended coverage of Wimbledon 2012 on BBC Two on Thursday 28 June 2012 the third episode of The Men Who Made Us Fat was dropped from the schedule.

It will now be broadcast on BBC Two on Thursday 12 July at 21.00."

faq.external.bbc.co.uk/questions/television/men_who_made_us_fat_sched

I don't live my life through soaps, I just like sitting down to easties at the end of the day!

Sorry - keep forgetting to link my links: faq.external.bbc.co.uk/questions/television/men_who_made_us_fat_sched

Thank -you for that, was looking forward to watching "The men who made us fat" it has been very interesting. Especially the sugar lobbyists.

I wonder if the sugar lobbyists have had something to do with this. Is Wimbledon sponsored by anything sugary?

(massive conspiracy theory coming on....)