Francis Brennan's Grand Tour

StephenHendry

the show could be half decent if you could vote people off like coach trip. the whole show is fairly crap, hazel is the only reason to have a look every sunday.

as for luke, wtf is doing there, unless he is supposed to be the token whinge. he doesnt talk to any of the rest of them and hazel took pity on him last week by hanging out with him. poor guy is probably missing his boyfriend

ejmaztec

StephenHendry wrote: »

the show could be half decent if you could vote people off like coach trip. the whole show is fairly crap, hazel is the only reason to have a look every sunday.

as for luke, wtf is doing there, unless he is supposed to be the token whinge. he doesnt talk to any of the rest of them and hazel took pity on him last week by hanging out with him. poor guy is probably missing his boyfriend

The ones voted off would probably sue RTE or the production company for a refund and damages.:pac:

Wess

eireluke wrote: »

haha yes I am the "real" Luke, and no there is definitely no plans for anything else like a song or a dance !!

Are you and Hazzel a serious couple or is that just for the television show? You didn't seem very happy to be on the bus tour....why was that?

Zonda999

Anyone watching this fine production tonight?

Where to start on the cringe-worthiness, the people making F1 car noises there at Monte -Carlo was fair cringe i must admit..

Sir Oxman

I want to stick that stupid guide flag up Luke Chillax's arse and give him something to really whinge about.
I guess he's chosen the 'I moan about everything' 'reality' character.
Nice use of 800 smackers making yourself look like a twat.

hotmail.com

I wouldn't be able to stand Francis constantly telling me to hurry up and follow me and all this. He treats them like kids.

Zonda999

That Derek fella is a fair whinger too in fairness, seems to be a daily punctuality report there everyday..

hotmail.com wrote: »

I wouldn't be able to stand Francis constantly telling me to hurry up and follow me and all this. He treats them like kids.

Fairly appropriate i would have said. Who would voluntarily go on such a trip, unless you're a blatant attention seeker obviously..

hotmail.com

Zonda999 wrote: »

That Derek fella is a fair whinger too in fairness, seems to be a daily punctuality report there everyday..




Fairly appropriate i would have said. Who would voluntarily go on such a trip, unless you're a blatant attention seeker obviously..

I suppose yeah, but it would do my head in. Some people might like being brought around alright.

I'm enjoying the sights from this programme. Making me want to book a holiday.

ejmaztec

Zonda999 wrote: »

Anyone watching this fine production tonight?

Where to start on the cringe-worthiness, the people making F1 car noises there at Monte -Carlo was fair cringe i must admit..

It reminded me of the Beverly Hillbillies on a trip.

hoarder

To be fair, I think with a bit of tweaking it could work. Francis Brennan, while slightly annoying in this, is actually quite funny when he "Chillaxes" on the show, and definitely has a personality big enough to anchor a TV show. Not everyone will like him, but many seem to, and his heart seems to be in the right place

They have made a few mistakes on this occasion

• The people: Badly matched, and not thought through. A group of eight couples, all at least 35 would have been better for the itenary they planned, and also better for the interaction between the participants, which is ultimately what would provide the "golden moments" in reality TV shows. In future, making people pay is not the way, they need to get a sponsor to foot the bill and if needs be trim the numbers to ten. We saw on Sunday night when some of the older people started to chat there were funny moments.
• The itenary. A bit all over the place. Maybe a seven day trip with more interesting highlights would worlk better. Often times a lot of the people seemed bored. That flower place for example. Three major cities would fix this. Less emphasis on serious niche stuff, more on general attractions and scenarios that will get people to relax
• Francis persona. People don't seem to like the school teacher approach. When he is relaxed he can be funny (bus trip to the cooking demonstration for example) so this needs to be refined.

In relation to Luke, I am guessing he is 19 or 20 years old. He seems to have gone on a trip on his own containing older people (apart from Hazel) that is focussed on things that in general people his age don't look for in a holiday. He seems to be on a downer, maybe even a bit homesick, probably struggling with the whole thing a bit and generally regretting going. I would suggest that he might agree with me that he really should not be there at all. I don't think a young person like him would be coming across as "whinging" as much if he was away with his mates. I'm sure he will take the experience with him, and in five years when he is more experienced and maybe more mature would deal differently with such a situation. In the rooftop jacussi scene we saw that in actual fact he can have a laugh like anyone else his age. At least Hazel is there to perk him up!

In general these programmes are as good as the budget available to make them and the number of ads that can be sold on the back of them. Working in the Media (although not in TV) I can tell you both are at rock bottom! With all this in mind the show is not all that bad for a first go.

Alwayson

hoarder wrote: »

To be fair, I think with a bit of tweaking it could work. Francis Brennan, while slightly annoying in this, is actually quite funny when he "Chillaxes" on the show, and definitely has a personality big enough to anchor a TV show. Not everyone will like him, but many seem to, and his heart seems to be in the right place

They have made a few mistakes on this occasion

• The people: Badly matched, and not thought through. A group of eight couples, all at least 35 would have been better for the itenary they planned, and also better for the interaction between the participants, which is ultimately what would provide the "golden moments" in reality TV shows. In future, making people pay is not the way, they need to get a sponsor to foot the bill and if needs be trim the numbers to ten. We saw on Sunday night when some of the older people started to chat there were funny moments.
• The itenary. A bit all over the place. Maybe a seven day trip with more interesting highlights would worlk better. Often times a lot of the people seemed bored. That flower place for example. Three major cities would fix this. Less emphasis on serious niche stuff, more on general attractions and scenarios that will get people to relax
• Francis persona. People don't seem to like the school teacher approach. When he is relaxed he can be funny (bus trip to the cooking demonstration for example) so this needs to be refined.

In relation to Luke, I am guessing he is 19 or 20 years old. He seems to have gone on a trip on his own containing older people (apart from Hazel) that is focussed on things that in general people his age don't look for in a holiday. He seems to be on a downer, maybe even a bit homesick, probably struggling with the whole thing a bit and generally regretting going. I would suggest that he might agree with me that he really should not be there at all. I don't think a young person like him would be coming across as "whinging" as much if he was away with his mates. I'm sure he will take the experience with him, and in five years when he is more experienced and maybe more mature would deal differently with such a situation. In the rooftop jacussi scene we saw that in actual fact he can have a laugh like anyone else his age. At least Hazel is there to perk him up!

In general these programmes are as good as the budget available to make them and the number of ads that can be sold on the back of them. Working in the Media (although not in TV) I can tell you both are at rock bottom! With all this in mind the show is not all that bad for a first go.

I'm sorry for being "critical" but I can't believe anybody would take this programme seriously enough to write such a detailed critique of it. I have seen one episode and sped my way through two more on RTE Player. I personally don't care if I see Francis Brennan, Luke, Hazel or any of this crowd again, I have no empathy with any of them. I made the same trip once by car, it was brilliant - no coach, no Francis Brennan, no whingers.

ejmaztec

hoarder wrote: »

To be fair, I think with a bit of tweaking it could work. Francis Brennan, while slightly annoying in this, is actually quite funny when he "Chillaxes" on the show, and definitely has a personality big enough to anchor a TV show. Not everyone will like him, but many seem to, and his heart seems to be in the right place

They have made a few mistakes on this occasion

• The people: Badly matched, and not thought through. A group of eight couples, all at least 35 would have been better for the itenary they planned, and also better for the interaction between the participants, which is ultimately what would provide the "golden moments" in reality TV shows. In future, making people pay is not the way, they need to get a sponsor to foot the bill and if needs be trim the numbers to ten. We saw on Sunday night when some of the older people started to chat there were funny moments.
• The itenary. A bit all over the place. Maybe a seven day trip with more interesting highlights would worlk better. Often times a lot of the people seemed bored. That flower place for example. Three major cities would fix this. Less emphasis on serious niche stuff, more on general attractions and scenarios that will get people to relax
• Francis persona. People don't seem to like the school teacher approach. When he is relaxed he can be funny (bus trip to the cooking demonstration for example) so this needs to be refined.

In relation to Luke, I am guessing he is 19 or 20 years old. He seems to have gone on a trip on his own containing older people (apart from Hazel) that is focussed on things that in general people his age don't look for in a holiday. He seems to be on a downer, maybe even a bit homesick, probably struggling with the whole thing a bit and generally regretting going. I would suggest that he might agree with me that he really should not be there at all. I don't think a young person like him would be coming across as "whinging" as much if he was away with his mates. I'm sure he will take the experience with him, and in five years when he is more experienced and maybe more mature would deal differently with such a situation. In the rooftop jacussi scene we saw that in actual fact he can have a laugh like anyone else his age. At least Hazel is there to perk him up!

In general these programmes are as good as the budget available to make them and the number of ads that can be sold on the back of them. Working in the Media (although not in TV) I can tell you both are at rock bottom! With all this in mind the show is not all that bad for a first go.

I didn't realise that RTE had never chosen any programmes before this one :eek:

hoarder

Alwayson wrote: »

no coach, no Francis Brennan, no whingers.

Is the whole point that most people have not, and more importantly that people are looking for entertainment and personal interest? Hardly relevant that some people have driven on the same road in their car! Glad you enjoyed your holiday though...

Alwayson

hoarder wrote: »

Is the whole point that most people have not, and more importantly that people are looking for entertainment and personal interest? Hardly relevant that some people have driven on the same road in their car! Glad you enjoyed your holiday though...

Its very relevant to me because it gives me the opportunity to revisit the places I once frequented. That's how I derive my pleasure from the programme. I wasn't on holiday I lived there.

Wess

Get a grip, it's just TV!
I think the show works very well, if just alittle rushed at times! I'd like to have seen how Geraldine actually made the sandwich mix that day. it was all too rushed, I was trying to jot down the ingredients and the method she employed to reach her point of perfection, but they moved too quicly to the next shot of some women placing barracades in front of the bus, stopping them from moving off, but giving Francis an excuse to be sexist I'm afraid! Derek is very funny with his time-keeping pre-occupation, he should chillax as Lukas once said. Ciao:cool:

Zonda999

Dark wood is scary now..

JONJO THE MISER

The diver does not speak English.

JONJO THE MISER

They have to walk and take turns taking cars because the road is too narrow, Killnascully has nothing on this.

JONJO THE MISER

Homesick on a 2 week holiday, get a crip ya fool.

JONJO THE MISER

They left without Johny:eek:

JONJO THE MISER

Should this thread not be on the Reality tv forum?

Kewreeuss

Oh my God, this is the first time I've seen this program.
It's fantastic! Francis camping his way across Europe with a bunch of philistines, bar a couple, maybe!
That kid hamming it up for the camera, afraid to sleep in his room. The other lady moaning about the "bad vibes" WOOOoooo. We are so used to living in housing estates here!
But the piece de resistance was the twit who was homesick. Couldn't figure out what it was that brought on the homesickness-the pizza or having it served by someone who wasn't a foreigner. FFS. Never thought the irish were so insular, very surprised. Maybe it's just the mix of people.
I will have to watch it next week. Dying to see what they make of Rome. Your woman is definitely going to get bad vibes in a place that's been there for nearly 3000 years. I wonder will we see the italians staring at them - they're not shy about looking you up and down!
This is a great idea for show, it will improve with a bit of tweaking, maybe a few more people and a better mix of young and old, skangers and ... the opposite of skangers. I think it might lean more towards comedy reality show. Can't wait to see how it develops or is it a once off?

ejmaztec

Wess wrote: »

Get a grip, it's just TV!
I think the show works very well, if just alittle rushed at times! I'd like to have seen how Geraldine actually made the sandwich mix that day. it was all too rushed, I was trying to jot down the ingredients and the method she employed to reach her point of perfection, but they moved too quicly to the next shot of some women placing barracades in front of the bus, stopping them from moving off, but giving Francis an excuse to be sexist I'm afraid! Derek is very funny with his time-keeping pre-occupation, he should chillax as Lukas once said. Ciao:cool:

It's not TV, it's something you'd expect to see if the flush on a lavatory didn't work after a trip to the local curry-house.:p

Wess

Is the girl Hazel the model from the Loreal add, was on tele about a year ago? "I like my hair because it's me" or something like that???

ejmaztec

Wess wrote: »

Is the girl Hazel the model from the Loreal add, was on tele about a year ago? "I like my hair because it's me" or something like that???

Wasn't it on her CV?

Wess

ejmaztec wrote: »

Wasn't it on her CV?

Yeyyyyyyyy!!!! Alrighty I knew it, I thought I had remebered her from that advert....good memory huh?

U C I missed the very start of show 1, so I guess there was a "CV section" introductory huh?

Thank u kindly ejacmaztec!!

john_reilly74

he's in Rome at the mo with his eclectic gang of misfits. is Francis gay? cuz it's a very camp show. wish he would go into detail more rather than this dumbed down idiots guide to Roman cultural heritage

madanall

john_reilly74 wrote: »

he's in Rome at the mo with his eclectic gang of misfits. is Francis gay? cuz it's a very camp show. wish he would go into detail more rather than this dumbed down idiots guide to Roman cultural heritage

Of course, he is bloody GAY

mikom

madanall wrote: »

Of course, he is bloody GAY

He's not GAY, he's just big boned.

hotmail.com

This is definitely in the running for the worst programme of the year.

chillywilly

hazel is one fit lady.

that is all.

ejmaztec

I couldn't even be arsed watching it this week, there's only so much punishment a man can take before throwing the towel in.

I hope to Christ they don't go anywhere next year, but if they do, they should leave the production company crew behind, so that the people on the bus can keep it to themselves.

justme7136

The blonde chick is walking the dart players out on sky all weekend, shed certainly get a dart, the bloody hits on her

Wess

Does anyone know if the Francis Brennan Grand Tour show will run on Ulster TV? Are they going to make a new series?

M.Pellet

Wess wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Francis Brennan Grand Tour show will run on Ulster TV? Are they going to make a new series?

lets hope to **** that it never sees the light of day again!