Lambert Simnel
One across
Good grief ! How many World Cup threads have we got ? And can anyone seriously dispute that it's more than we can possibly need ?
Anyway, not having started one, I'm feeling somewhat left out (perhaps I'm the only European poster in "Sports Talk" who hasn't started one ?). So, I proudly present to you, World Cup 2006: The Other Side.
Inspired by a useless spacefiller in The Guardian, the idea is to post something culturally revealing about what is being put on TV on the other channels against (in terms of attracting viewers) the Soccerball World Cup.
In the UK, for the opening match, I'm afraid the other TV Channels have accepted defeat ratings-wise... We have "Ready Steady Cook!", a repeat of "Rising Damp" from 30 years ago, a 2 star rated film named "Bermuda Triangle" and a quite simply tawdry Noel Edmonds game show (still the only gameshow host, to my knowledge, to have overseen a death in one of the stunts on his shows). It is, however, a pretty revealing portrait of crap British TV.
So, come on, tell me what your society sees as good alternative veiwing to soccerball. And, please, I do hope for culturally revealing crud.
Anyway, not having started one, I'm feeling somewhat left out (perhaps I'm the only European poster in "Sports Talk" who hasn't started one ?). So, I proudly present to you, World Cup 2006: The Other Side.
Inspired by a useless spacefiller in The Guardian, the idea is to post something culturally revealing about what is being put on TV on the other channels against (in terms of attracting viewers) the Soccerball World Cup.
In the UK, for the opening match, I'm afraid the other TV Channels have accepted defeat ratings-wise... We have "Ready Steady Cook!", a repeat of "Rising Damp" from 30 years ago, a 2 star rated film named "Bermuda Triangle" and a quite simply tawdry Noel Edmonds game show (still the only gameshow host, to my knowledge, to have overseen a death in one of the stunts on his shows). It is, however, a pretty revealing portrait of crap British TV.
So, come on, tell me what your society sees as good alternative veiwing to soccerball. And, please, I do hope for culturally revealing crud.