BBC Daytime TV: Obsessed with Property and Antiques

davidlizard

What a load of tosh the BBC put on during the day time. Take for example, the schedule for tomorrow. We have TEN programs that are either based around property or antiques - that's nearly 8 hours in total.

I am all for keeping the costs down and showing repeats, low budget stuff and the like during the day when most licence payers are at work, but can we at least have a bit of variation in what is offered?


BBC1:
0600-0915: News
0915-1000: Heir Hunters - Find out who inherits a house - PROPERTY
1000-1100: Homes under the Hammer: PROPERTY
1100-1130: Britains Empty Houses: PROPERTY
1130-1215: Cash in the Attic: ANTIQUES
1215-1300: Bargain Hunt: ANTIQUES
1300-1345: News
1345-1415: Doctors
1415-1500: Escape to the Country: PROPERTY
1500-1505: News
1505 onwards: Kids Programs

BBC2:
0600-1200: Kids Programs
1200-1230: Daily Politics
1230-1300: GMT with George Alagiah
1300-1345: Diagnosis Murder
1345-1430: To Buy or not to Buy. PROPERTY
1430-1500: Restoration Roadshow: ANTIQUES
1500-1545: Flog it: ANTIQUES
1545-1630: Helicopter Heroes
1630-1715: Pointless
1715-1800: Put your money where your mouth is. ANTIQUES.

DCFC79

davidlizard wrote: »

What a load of tosh the BBC put on during the day time. Take for example, the schedule for tomorrow. We have TEN programs that are either based around property or antiques - that's nearly 8 hours in total.

I am all for keeping the costs down and showing repeats, low budget stuff and the like during the day when most licence payers are at work, but can we at least have a bit of variation in what is offered?


BBC1:
0600-0915: News
0915-1000: Heir Hunters - Find out who inherits a house - PROPERTY not just a property but money as well
1000-1100: Homes under the Hammer: PROPERTY
1100-1130: Britains Empty Houses: PROPERTY
1130-1215: Cash in the Attic: ANTIQUES
1215-1300: Bargain Hunt: ANTIQUES
1300-1345: News
1345-1415: Doctors
1415-1500: Escape to the Country: PROPERTY
1500-1505: News
1505 onwards: Kids Programs

BBC2:
0600-1200: Kids Programs
1200-1230: Daily Politics
1230-1300: GMT with George Alagiah
1300-1345: Diagnosis Murder
1345-1430: To Buy or not to Buy. PROPERTY
1430-1500: Restoration Roadshow: ANTIQUES
1500-1545: Flog it: ANTIQUES
1545-1630: Helicopter Heroes
1630-1715: Pointless
1715-1800: Put your money where your mouth is. ANTIQUES.

there are other channels on, if you have channels 1 to 5 im sure theres something on other 3 channels you can watch, if you have freeview/sky or virgin then theres a whole selection of tv to choose form, you could even watch something on iplayer or even do sometihng else

i do get what your on about, after 5 minutes of watching anything about antiques i turn off

tattycath

Thanks OP - saves me looking at the tv guide- i love all the property shows and antique programmes.
As has been said there are other channels on the tv if you want to avoid property and antiques.

EmehEm2005

You should listen to BBC Radio 7.

BBC Radio 7 Schedule for Tuesday 15 March 2011

06:00–08:00 CBeebies on BBC Radio 7
15/03/2011 Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.

08:00–08:30
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Birthday Boy
6/13. Bob bungles a surprise birthday party for Terry. From September 1975.

08:30–09:00
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Episode 4
4/6. Host Alan Partridge welcomes a Duchess, a young impressionist and some rent boys.

09:00–09:30
Flying the Flag
Series 4, No Special Treatment
6/8. After the Health Care service is privatised, the Embassy staff spot some advantages.

09:30–10:00
Clare in the Community
Series 3, We Need To Talk About Brian
4/6. Preparing to move house, the bossy social worker makes a disturbing discovery.

10:00–11:00
The Barchester Chronicles
Dr Thorne, Dr Thorne Part 2
2/3. Frank's mother is determined that he marries an heiress, not the penniless Mary.

11:00–11:15
Adam Dalgliesh - A Taste for Death
Episode 2
2/10. Behind the scenes, the murdered baronet's domineering mother pulls the strings.

11:15–12:00
The Psychedelic Spy
Mondays are Hell
2/5. Forced to give up Marianne, assassin Billy Hindle is blackmailed into one last job.

Afternoon
13:30–14:00
A Sting in the Tale
The Anatomisation of an Unknown Man & Intruders
2/5. Deceit over a painting - and a dishonest businessman.

14:00–14:30
The Anatomy of the Musical
The Opener
1/3. Russell Davies shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging.

14:30–15:00
Looking for Middle England
Clubs
2/3. Ian Hislop goes in search of clubs and civic engagement - and brushes up his golf swing.

15:00–15:15
A Short History of Ireland
Divided Ulster/Not an Inch
117/120. The country's rich story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

15:15–15:30
Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch
Episode 2
2/5. The perfect match, watching a game with 'the enemy', and Death and the Football Fan.

15:30–15:45
Other People's Children
Episode 2
2/10. After her marriage breaks down, Nadine is fuelled with bitterness towards her ex-husband.

15:45–16:00
Alan Bennett's More Untold Stories
Arise Sir
2/5. The writer on speaking engagements and why he's never appeared in the annual Honours List.

16:00–17:00
Big Toe Books
15/03/2011
Children's stories with Chris Pizzey, featuring A Sudden Swirl of Icy Wind by Anne Fine.

17:00–17:30
Flying the Flag
Series 4, No Special Treatment
6/8. After the Health Care service is privatised, the Embassy staff spot some advantages.

18:00–18:30
The Darker Side of the Border
Olalla
2/3. Robert Louis Stevenson's mysterious tale of a soldier who falls in love while convalescing

18:30–19:00
Doctor Who
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit, Episode 4
4/7. The Time Lord must communicate with a captor that has no apparent mouth or ears.

lucylucky

"You should listen to BBC Radio 7."

Soon to be Radio 4 extra.

Daytime TV is cheap and cheerful fodder for the masses.
Bring back the test card and use the money for some decent quality programming.

savemoney

I avoid daytime tv. Its bad enough some of the crap on evening tv, Wednesday and Saturday are nights I avoid tv other than recordings, to be fair it isnt just BBC

PudseyDB

davidlizard wrote: »

What a load of tosh the BBC put on during the day time. Take for example, the schedule for tomorrow. We have TEN programs that are either based around property or antiques - that's nearly 8 hours in total.

I am all for keeping the costs down and showing repeats, low budget stuff and the like during the day when most licence payers are at work, but can we at least have a bit of variation in what is offered?


BBC1:
0600-0915: News
0915-1000: Heir Hunters - Find out who inherits a house - PROPERTY
1000-1100: Homes under the Hammer: PROPERTY
1100-1130: Britains Empty Houses: PROPERTY
1130-1215: Cash in the Attic: ANTIQUES
1215-1300: Bargain Hunt: ANTIQUES
1300-1345: News
1345-1415: Doctors
1415-1500: Escape to the Country: PROPERTY
1500-1505: News
1505 onwards: Kids Programs

Heir Hunters isn't a programme about property as it very often has nothing to do with finding someone to inherit a house. I watch it sometimes and some cases are actually quite interesting. Seeing the processes they go through to track a person's family tree and revealing some amazing stories of a persons life.

dark_lady

I can think of something much worse. LOOSE WOMEN *shudder*:D

bluenoseam

Could be worse, i think there are channels on Sky which operate on a 3 hour loop for most of the day....

When it comes to the BBC i'd be more worried that they're still paying Robert Peston - the man clearly is only interested in getting his face on TV!

ivylinn

Diagnosis murder is still on repeat ! :eek:

I agree it is too many hours of programming devoted to houses and antiques.

Freddie_Snowbits

Due to being on the Yorkshire Dales yestermorn, radio could only tune into some Radio 5 dive. I thought after 30 seconds that this BBC and its regressive tax regime, had melded into one continuous advert for a charity.

As for daytime tv, it was shoddy forty years ago in black and White at school