'I've a new ITV1 prime time show starting in September' blog discussion 18 June 2012 at 3:08PM in Martin's Blogs & Appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the News 22 replies 3.4K views

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "I've a new ITV1 prime time show starting in September" Blog.

Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.

penrhyn

Anyone moving to ITV finds themselves in the twilight zone, ITV only ever had one decent programme that was set in Manchester, and that is a shadow of its former self.
ITV the station with the antimidas touch! Childs and Bleakley say no more.

wanchai_2

Wow! Congrats Martin! This is shaping up to be a big year for you

meher

congrats and best wishes

Your name is the brand that people are familar with and trust, so not too sure if there is a need to change it. However if the point is to take away the focus from that, probably you could add on a tag each week on what the show would be about. For instance, if the talk of the day is about banking and saving with foreign banks in the UK - the itv guide could put it as the martin lewis money shwo - financial peace or something like that.

Ken68

I doubt, Martin, they will let you rubbish their advertisers.
So bound to be some sort of censorship.

penrhyn

Presumably the programme will be sponsored by Moneysupermarket.com.

Flat_Eric

Yay ! Go Martin !! :T

January20

21 minutes of material? with all the repetitions of what you will see after the ads, and then being told again what you have seen before the ads, more like only 15 minutes of real material needed! :rotfl::rotfl:

Shame it's on itv! It's such a rubbish, dumbed down channel, with little to challenge the brain!...

mkooo

penrhyn wrote: »

Presumably the programme will be sponsored by Moneysupermarket.com.

Hmm haha :P

mkooo

The problem is, and I have watched that thirftys programme, I know a lot of the stuff already, and find it boring. :P

January20

The thriftys programme is just boring. It's such a cliche to have mrs Moneypenny or whatever she is called, wearing weird clothes (That hat!) and riding a bike everywhere! It's so fake. Like because she is a bit cookie, she is more interesting to listen to? Why not use an ordinary looking person? Is it because channel4/ itv viewers respond better to gimmicks?

Most importantly though, the tips are not great. I want to save money but I don't want to hammer holes in empty tins to make candle holders especially when the likes of Ikea do them so cheaply. I don't want to destroy a perfectly good black tee-shirt by "painting" something in bleach on it. Those tips are really not very relevant. The master-class on doing your nails cheaply was bad and the editing was painfully rubbish!

And yes, all the good tips (1-2 of them lol) I had already discovered here. Actually, I suspect that this website is where the programme makers got their inspiration and tips from!