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  • 16-01-2010 9:40pm
    #1
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭


    basically no adverts. great to sit down and watch a tv programme with no ads until its finished. then basically straight onto the next programme.


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  • #2
    DancingQueen:)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭DancingQueen:)


    I love when So You Think You Can Dance is on an there are no adds in between each couple like other programmes :D


  • #3
    irishdub14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭irishdub14


    I love the fact that theres no interruptions on BBC but there is a negative. You can't quicly run out and make a cup of tea/go to the bathroom while the break is on....!! :)


  • #4
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    irishdub14 wrote: »
    I love the fact that theres no interruptions on BBC but there is a negative. You can't quicly run out and make a cup of tea/go to the bathroom while the break is on....!! :)

    true that...but the annoyance of the ads greatly overwhelms the annoyance of not beiing able to make tea.


  • #5
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    mink_man wrote: »
    true that...but the annoyance of the ads greatly overwhelms the annoyance of not beiing able to make tea.

    Which leads us on to this...


  • #6
    Luno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭Luno


    This was the best idea ever!
    Thank you BBC for not ruining a programme by putting in a break every 15 minutes :D


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  • #7
    Cicero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,144 ✭✭✭✭Cicero


    BBC 1,2,3,4 ...all good....would be great if u could get access to the online programes on the website from here though


  • #8
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    I enjoy their great quality nature programmes. Sir David Attenborough (sp?)
    How could you not love him? :D


  • #9
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    i had to laugh, one of their programmes during christmas was..."springwatch christmas special"


  • #10
    irishdub14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭irishdub14


    WindSock wrote: »
    I enjoy their great quality nature programmes. Sir David Attenborough (sp?)
    How could you not love him? :D

    One of the best and most interesting voices in the world!!! Planet Earth has to be the greatest series ever made on planet earth....!! its going to be sad when he dies.......... :(


  • #11
    Thomas828
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    None of the BBC's radio stations carry ads either. And with my little pocket DAB radio I can walk around London and listen in high-quality sound. BBC 6 music is the station I listen to most often. And when I'm in the mood for classical music I listen to Radio 3.


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  • #12
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    QI = why I love the BBC!

    It's funny, living in NZ, I actually miss it (but I don't miss RTE!). NZ tv is woeful.


  • #13
    milly4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭milly4ever


    i could sit down and watch a programme about something i am hardly even interested in on the bbc as they are generally excellent quality. plus i love bbc iplayer :)


  • #14
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    milly4ever wrote: »
    i could sit down and watch a programme about something i am hardly even interested in on the bbc as they are generally excellent quality. plus i love bbc iplayer :)

    how do you access it in ireland, if you are living in ireland that is


  • #15
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    watna wrote: »
    QI = why I love the BBC!

    It's funny, living in NZ, I actually miss it (but I don't miss RTE!). NZ tv is woeful.

    That was one of the main reasons why I left! :pac:

    (sad, I know)


  • #16
    milly4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭milly4ever


    mink_man wrote: »
    how do you access it in ireland, if you are living in ireland that is
    i am in the north.


  • #17
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    BBC Radio 1 is AWESOME!!! I love it.

    No ads, great music and brilliant DJs.

    Chris Moyles FT - FOOOKING - W!!!


  • #18
    Noffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭Noffles


    Yep... love BBC especially BBC Wales which I get on free Sat... and the radio stations BBC Radio 1 & 2 are great, currently listening to Steve Wright in the Afternoon... very entertaining!


  • #19
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Fago_25 wrote: »
    BBC Radio 1 is AWESOME!!! I love it.

    No ads, great music and brilliant DJs.

    Chris Moyles FT - FOOOKING - W!!!

    I just watched his who do you think you are episode (another great BBC programme). It was really good. His family are all from Ireland so he was in Dublin and Mayo.


  • #20
    Poly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    If I lived in the UK, I would gladly pay the license fee, I think BBC (TV,Radio,Web) is brilliant


  • #21
    Arnold Layne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Arnold Layne


    watna wrote: »
    QI = why I love the BBC!

    QI is a proper entertainment & quiz program. Love BBC3 & BBC4 when they do documentaries on music genres some weekends.


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  • #22
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    BBC make RTE look like primary school kids. RTE SUX!

    I wish we picked up BBC Radio over here (Like fully, not a faint signal near the coast)


  • #23
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    you should be able get it on sky no?


  • #24
    Fago!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    mink_man wrote: »
    you should be able get it on sky no?

    Yeah I do but like on the radio so I can walk around listening to it.


  • #25
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    I got the first four series of Who Do You Think You Are from the library.

    That'll keep me going for a bit. It's another of my favourite programmes.


  • #26
    milly4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭milly4ever


    watna wrote: »
    I got the first four series of Who Do You Think You Are from the library.

    That'll keep me going for a bit. It's another of my favourite programmes.

    i keep forgetting you can get dvds from the library- and they aways have lots of bbc ones :)
    if you try 4OD they have all episodes going back years- even watched early streetmate programmes with a very young davina mccall! bbc iplayer only has programmes on for a short lenght of time after they have been on tv.


  • #27
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    milly4ever wrote: »
    i keep forgetting you can get dvds from the library- and they aways have lots of bbc ones :)
    if you try 4OD they have all episodes going back years- even watched early streetmate programmes with a very young davina mccall! bbc iplayer only has programmes on for a short lenght of time after they have been on tv.

    You should see the library in Wellington. They have a huge DVD section, basically everything you could want is there. They do charge for DVDs and CDs but it is minimal. It's great for getting whole series of things and not getting off the couch.

    I watched a lot of who do you think you are last night!


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