Is anyone else sick and tired

[JanineG]

of all of these TV shows where people allow these professionals in to their homes to tell them how to live their lives - you've got "what not to wear", "you are what you eat", "the hotel inspector", Anthea Turner's even having a go now, not to mention all the house makeover programmes, and money management ones.

Surely we've had enough by now?? Am I on my own here?

[cameo]

JanineG you are not on your own.

I too am getting fed up with everyone trying to tell us all what to do.
I don't mind makeover programmes too much because they can give people ideas on what to do.

But i am totally fed up with all these 'healthy eating' programmes. Surely even the most stupid person knows by now that healthy eating is about everything in moderation, plenty of fruit and vegetables and not too many cakes, chocolate ect. It's not rocket science!!

Programme after programme just means people stop listening. Boooooring!!!

[oldwoman]

It wouldn`t be so bad if we could all afford their suggestions. They never do anything on the cheap do they.

[Ethel]

Bring back proper entertainment - decent sitcoms, variety shows, dramas.

I do not watch the sort of programmes you refer to - they all follow the same pattern, and when you have seen one episode you have seen the series.

I want television to entertain!

And I am not an imbecile. I have not forgotten the contents of the programme just because there has been an advert break. I do not need a recap every 15 minutes, thank you very much. Sorry, but it makes me hopping mad.

[skyhi9921]

i think some of them are a bit too much but some i think really do need it

[Backdrifter]

No Janine, you're definitely not alone. Clever TV people advising us clueless proles on how to live every aspect of our lives... it has to stop. Not only are they terrible programmes, presented usually by very annoying people and featuring morons who don't deserve anyone's help, but they're also indicative of TV's over-inflated sense of its own importance. Not to mention the creative bankruptcy of most programme makers. Then the media in classic fashion bend over and insert their heads up their own backsides by giving copious coverage to the likes of Woodall and Constantine, those repugnant trollops who were tragically back on our screens this week.

Unfortunately, "we" (the public) seem to love watching them.

[reinganum]

Oooooh no, you're not on your own by any means. I used to quite enjoy Trinny and Susannah but it's a bit "same-old" now.
What really drives me up the wall is that Mrs R is a huge fan of all those "buying a house in the sun" programmes about people who buy some wreck in one of those Mediterranean countries (now even Black Sea and North African countries seem to be included) and then do it up.
It was bad enough when it was just stuff in the UK. ...AND both Sarah Beeny's and Kirstie Allsop's voices get on my nerves (though I have to say that if I was forced at gunpoint to watch one or the other, it would be Kirstie)
The hidden agenda is of course "We could do that". But I just want a quiet life, and I'm quite happy where I am...

Sorry for the moan. But it's nice to know I'm not alone.

[Backdrifter]

reinganum, I can sympathise, Mrs Backdrifter is a sucker for those A Grand Location Place Design In the Sun nonsenses. She's particularly enthralled by Grand Designs, where they buy a derelict shack and have transformed it into a replica of the original Crystal Palace by the end of the show. She'd LOVE to do that, and wouldn't mind the supreme inconvenience of living in a wobbly caravan for a year while arguing with brickies and electricians. For me, it's one of the ultimate nightmares. Apathetic though it makes me sound, I'd much rather do nothing, ever. It's bothering me just having our bathroom done at the moment. Kevin Cone-Head McCloud makes me laugh though. Just before the midway ad break of each show, he has to do his "this isn't going to work" routine, punctuated by heavy sighs, grave looks, over-emphasis of "BUT" and much use of "time - and the budget - are running out". Oh no!

Have to disagree about Beeny vs Allsopp, though. SB is marginally less annoying, in my book. At least she doesn't sound quite so much like she's been on the Cliched Intonations for Unimaginative Presenters training course. A friend of a friend was "done" by those 2 on Location x 3. According to him, Allsopp is an animal, spending large parts of the shoot belching and farting and then laughing uproariously at how funny it was.