In answer to those people who say there is too much Tennis on the BBC, Wimbledon is on for two weeks of the year, not many other tournaments are shown at all, so they are right to show as many matches as possible, there are plenty of other sports on all through the year and football, rugby, darts,etc are given blanket coverage so why should two weeks of Tennis upset people so.
I doubt many are bothered by how much tennis is on TV, Olivia.
It's coming home at around 10pm and discovering a programme you've been following has been moved from the usual channel to accommodate the tennis which you've now recorded that has annoyed many.
It's not about how much tennis is shown - it's completely correct that the BBC covers the premier tournaments as completely as possible, when it has the rights.
It's all about the disruption of schedules for no good reason - causing people to fail to record a much anticipated programme - when it would be so much easier to simply change the channel for the live tennis, causing no problems for anyone.
Not everyone has access to iPlayer to catch up on the misrecorded programme - and why should they have to anyway?
I missed the final of the Sewing Bee because of tennis (which I had set to record) and I had no idea whatsoever they had moved it as I wasn't in !! Why the hell couldn't they have moved the tennis instead, that makes far more sense to me. Pathetic !
As suggested on the other thread, perhaps programme planners should either avoid beginning a series which will run through a televised live sporting tournament, or suspend the series for the duration of the tournament?
Two things choux - it was more tennis, so they had two main channels of tennis (so no 'hole' in the argument there) and secondly, it was the Sewing Bee FINAL, a show popular with many people and it should not have been moved. Did they not consider the people who would have recorded it - apparently not !
Then why not email Points of View and tell them what you think?
At the same time oliviagrace can thank them for their comprehensive coverage - sorted :)
In much the same way as moaning here does I guess, gness.
One might think that the BBC does the same with Sewing Bee as it does with Masterchef. Record and can series to be played at a much later date with all contestants sworn to secrecy. If so, then Ken has submitted the perfect answer at 16:18.
Has the BBC enough confidence in this reality programme to repeat the final episode within the week?