Repetitive TV about Duke’s Death

[Thisisnotreallymyname]

At a risk of being sent to the Tower, whilst I think it is sad that Prince Philip has died, am I alone in being amazed at the constant repetitive TV about his life.
It’s just going over snd over same old stuff. And I’d like to watch some normal TV !

IABU - YES
IANBU - NO

The protocol the BBC has to follow for the death of a major royal has been in place for years. Effectively the broadcaster itself has to go into a brief period of mourning, and so all the output has to reflect that to some extent (they can’t therefore just limit their response to a single channel, it would be seen as the equivalent of going to a funeral dressed in black from the waist up only). We can expect to see the same for the queen, or if Charles or William died.

I think some of the response underlines how divided we are as a nation, we react strongly against any expectation of unity. It doesn’t help that the royals can be so divisive, although you don’t have to go back far to see images of a crowded Mall packed with people waving flags for the jubilee.

Perhaps people just prefer to put on an appearance of patriotic unity when it seems like a bit of fun, but not for something where there is an expectation to be sombre - we just don’t really do mourning these days.

I remember feeling very alienated by the blanket coverage of Diana’s death as it seemed so inescapable and I hated the suggestion that we all felt the same way about it. At least now there are so many alternative ways of consuming tv that it is easy enough to avoid. Just go onto iplayer and there are countless hours of other programmes to watch (let alone all the other on demand services).

Realise there is protocol to follow. But subdued programming does not necessarily mean 24 hours of rolling news coverage across 3 viewer funded channels. Schedule could have been adapted to reflect some of his interests, for example. I don't recall same for QM for example.

so many people lapped up the diana coverage, and it went on for aaages, on the friday i was so shocked that some one came to my house to talk about changing my electricity provider, i could not think straight as i was in the middle of watching a special broadcast about diana, and i wasnt even a fan of hers.

The Grand National is still going ahead.

looks like it most of today till this evening for now anyway

i dont mind if it was something new but theyre just repeating themselves

Yes, it's disproportionate coverage, covering the same stuff and I agree with others that it's no tragedy he died, not at 99.

Thank god for Netflix and Prime.

I can't listen. I have enough going on in my own life that I want to listen to more uplifting music, rather than depressing sad music.

I see that Steve Wright is on this afternoon rather than their usual Saturday shows. Great. Spotify it is

Maybe people have been working hard as nurses, or carers, and can't afford and dont have netflix etc, and don't want to read a book, and would like watch some TV?? Bleugh

Everyone who complains about the coverage needs to stand up and sing the National Anthem every ten minutes.

It's a blatant and naked attempt to 'other' anyone who won't prostrate themselves in front of, or venerate the union flag. They'll be decried as "un-British" (an assertion which I'll gladly wear with pride), and declared fair game for ultra-nationalists to deal with as they see fit. See Trump and his 'with us or against us' bullshit, and his complete lack of interest in either admitting responsibility for, or the culpability of the idiots who went rampaging against 'liberals' in his name

Thanks pps who have summed up how I feel and why I’m so disturbed by this. I think if the coverage were taken in isolation it would still be annoying, but I’d probably just groan, roll my eyes and turn over to Netflix.

But I can’t take it in isolation when, just over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had compulsory flags behind politicians, the Policing Bill with all its anti-protest measures and ten year sentences for defacing statues, ongoing rioting in NI, vaccine passports, the government responding to young people’s pandemic sacrifices with a ‘crackdown’ on behaviour (plus apparently also getting the military involved in schools: twitter.com/educationgovuk/status/1378073527023206402?s=21)...

It does all feel like we’re on a slippery slope to something very unpleasant and the wall to wall hagiography yesterday symbolised that for me.

I feel sorry for the Queen especially and Charles etc .However it was announced there would be a week of mourning ,so hopefully lots more repeats to watch on I player! My Mums friend went to buy some fish for her Cat, and it was announced on the radio that the King had died(1952) .He immediatedly shut the shop, and she went home empty handed! Poor old Tiddles had to catch a mouse/exist on scraps for a week ,until they reopened!(Dont see any of the big 4 doing that now!)

Everyone who complains about the coverage needs to stand up and sing the National Anthem every ten minutes

Why? You want to hear O Flower of Scotland every 10 minute?

Why not @StoneofDestiny? Everyone should be watching BBC 1 non-stop until the funeral.

@TempsPerdu

It's a blatant and naked attempt to 'other' anyone who won't prostrate themselves in front of, or venerate the union flag. They'll be decried as "un-British" (an assertion which I'll gladly wear with pride), and declared fair game for ultra-nationalists to deal with as they see fit. See Trump and his 'with us or against us' bullshit, and his complete lack of interest in either admitting responsibility for, or the culpability of the idiots who went rampaging against 'liberals' in his name

Thanks pps who have summed up how I feel and why I’m so disturbed by this. I think if the coverage were taken in isolation it would still be annoying, but I’d probably just groan, roll my eyes and turn over to Netflix.

But I can’t take it in isolation when, just over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had compulsory flags behind politicians, the Policing Bill with all its anti-protest measures and ten year sentences for defacing statues, ongoing rioting in NI, vaccine passports, the government responding to young people’s pandemic sacrifices with a ‘crackdown’ on behaviour (plus apparently also getting the military involved in schools: twitter.com/educationgovuk/status/1378073527023206402?s=21)...

It does all feel like we’re on a slippery slope to something very unpleasant and the wall to wall hagiography yesterday symbolised that for me.

hear hear! it's all so fake and scary and brain washing!

"Our mission is "to act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain" - BBC Mission Statement

Did they "serve all audiences"? - no
Were they impartial? - no
Was it high quality? - not really
was it entertaining? - no

Having the same coverage at the same time on both channels meant that the BBC failed in it's role. Had they just dedicated BBC1 and radio 4 to all day coverage, then they would have fulfilled their obligation.

@trappedsincesundaymorn

"Our mission is "to act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain" - BBC Mission Statement

Did they "serve all audiences"? - no
Were they impartial? - no
Was it high quality? - not really
was it entertaining? - no

Having the same coverage at the same time on both channels meant that the BBC failed in it's role. Had they just dedicated BBC1 and radio 4 to all day coverage, then they would have fulfilled their obligation.

Agree. Most people only watch one channel at a time, there is no need to replicate.

bonfireheart

Okay - here safe the word to join in - to be sung in a hearty voice 🎶🎵

O Flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again?
That fought and died for
Your wee bit Hill and Glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's Army
And sent him homeward tae think again
The Hills are bare now
And Autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
That stood against him
Proud Edward's Army
And sent him homeward tae think again
Those days are past now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's Army
And sent him homeward tae think again
The Hills are bare now
And Autumn…

Fine to pay tribute. Show some tv programmes but it's too much. Both bbc channels showing the same thing last night?

It's overkill

I don't watch broadcast TV - I stopped after Diana died. Best thing I ever did - it's amazing how much control broadcasters have over what people think and feel and from the outside this is so obvious.

But I can guess judging from the front page of the BBC website - JC - I guess everything else in the world has stopped happening.

YANBU

@orangegina it was every single BBC channel, One, Two, News, Parliament etc. It's the protocol rules. The BBC is the state broadcaster. I'm surprised people didn't realise this is how they have to do it. Wait until the Queen dies, it will be longer I am sure. We are still a constitutional monarchy.

The elderly people I care for, let alone across the country, would be most upset about the death of Prince Philip and would expect some respect , they would complain if there was anything but total coverage from the BBC

Would expect some respect? Would complain? I think it's quite disrespectful to say that just because someone's elderly that they are automatically going to feel a certain way. About anything.

radio 4 right now is funny, they're concentrating on duke of edinburgh award scheme rather than the man himself. safer territory!

@checkedcloth

Even radio 6 has a ‘different’ schedule today which we will apparently ‘understand why’

No - I don’t actually

No I don't either. Why are we having this forced upon us? I love 6 Music weekends

I know. I need Saturday morning radio 6. What about Huey?

For information to anyone going on about DOE racism -
He was a product of his time.
There was a full episode of Fawlty Towers on Facebook yesterday - the ''Don't mention the War'' one - made in about 1981 - it was full of gratuitous extreme racism about Indians, Africans and Spanish - and to a lesser extent, Germans - the remarks were followed by canned laughter. Faulty Towers was on BBC. Not funny at all today. The worst ''joke'' was between Basil and the Major about Indians and Africans. Shocking prejudice about Spanish roo. Would not even see the light of day now .