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hiflymk3 25th Jul 2019 19:00


Originally Posted by DaveReidUK (Post 10528170)
Any good doctor will know how to deal with it.

Might need to poker round.

DaveReidUK 25th Jul 2019 20:48


Originally Posted by NWSRG (Post 10527271)
It really is cringeworthy...it would work well on CBBC! Peter Snow is better than this...

Granted I've only watched one so far on catchup, but I didn't think it was particularly cringeworthy. Dare I say it, but some of the items (A350 wing production, for example) were actually quite informative.

Bear in mind that very few PPRuNers are likely to be among the target audience. :O

-Alan- 26th Jul 2019 07:25

What a wasted opportunity.
It certainly ticked all of the boxes as regards gender, ethnicity, disability etc of presenters, as do all TV programmes and films now.
Peter Snow was particularly irritating, as was the woman in the boiler suits and big hair.

I recorded them, so was able to fast forward.

AndoniP 26th Jul 2019 09:22

it looked like she was trying too hard to be Doc Emmett Brown. Same hair, boiler suit (jacked up at the ankles) and trainers.

Tashengurt 26th Jul 2019 17:02

I thought it was painfully Sh*t.

egnxema 26th Jul 2019 17:45

While loving the fact that the programme's "studio" was the field, now the Aeropark at EMA, which was my go to Saturday plane watching location as a local Doningtonian kid, I couldn't quite tell who the target audience was. It was BBC4 - so a niche audience rather than mass audience. So why dumb it down with comments like "OOOH look, this is a big one." and calling the Flybe aircraft "30 year old propeller planes" ?

there are a number of YouTube videos which better demonstrate the extent of the nighttime cargo operation at EMA.

The BBC4 programme had some interesting VT segments, but was essentially 3 hours of live TV without a real objective.

Tashengurt 8th Aug 2019 18:55


Originally Posted by Andy_S (Post 10526900)
At least up to the point where he struggled to distinguish a 727 from a 737.....

Or a Spitfire from a Lysander.

Doctor Cruces 23rd Aug 2019 21:50

It was dire. Message ends.


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