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Diogenes Oct 2021 11:05am, 15 Oct 2021 63,509 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes When you set up a meeting for 11, don't be in Costa at five past
Hills of Death (HOD) Oct 2021 11:46am, 15 Oct 2021 35,995 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Piles
-Monty- Oct 2021 4:56pm, 16 Oct 2021 1,632 posts	Quote Pin -Monty- Programs that show a video clip of someone doing something and then having the same person talking to the camera saying what they have just done. Yes I know. I've just watched you doing it. I don't need you telling me again just fill up time.
WA Oct 2021 5:08pm, 16 Oct 2021 9,152 posts	Quote Pin WA In the same vein- programmes that spend the first few minutes after the ad break recapping what happened before the ad break.
JK chameleon Oct 2021 5:35pm, 16 Oct 2021 15,375 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Dragon's Den is a massive culprit of this. For example, say that Sara Davies has just declared herself out, Evan Davies' incisive voiceover will swiftly chip in with "In a blow to Bob's chances, Sara Davies has declared herself out". Take him away entirely, and the show would work just as well, if not better.
Diogenes Oct 2021 6:23pm, 16 Oct 2021 63,552 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Location x3 and Love It Or List it are really bad for this.
ThorntonRunner Oct 2021 8:05pm, 16 Oct 2021 5,334 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Even on Beeb programmes (eg Escape to the Country) you can tell by the recaps where they expect to put ad breaks when it goes to Dave
-Monty- Oct 2021 8:41pm, 16 Oct 2021 1,633 posts	Quote Pin -Monty- Quiz contestants that give their life story before saying their answer to a question. Just say the damn answer! No one cares what you did when you were at school or travelling around South America when you were 25!!
Eynsham Red Oct 2021 5:29pm, 17 Oct 2021 8,072 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Watching Countryfile (which normally really enjoy), and they have filmed sheep eating, but WHY IN SLOW MOTION????
Surrey Phil Oct 2021 5:49pm, 17 Oct 2021 7,401 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil The quiz one is interesting. The worst is a multiple choice where the contestant answers by saying that it's not A) because..., and it can't be B) because.... Just give us the correct answer, or at least the one you think it is.