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NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4591
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 12 1:50 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

sgt.colon wrote:

I think I prefered his stuff when he was actually at the original River Cottage.

I haven't really watched it since he left.

It all fizzled out for me a few years ago, when it went from "hey let's grow wonky carrots and bodge an eel trap" to "my mate George is letting me shoot on his estate in return for catering the Christmas Ball". No judgement, in that he has to make a living, I don't begrudge him that. But it became irrelevant to me.

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 12 4:54 pm Post subject:
I started watching HFW with River Cottage Veg a while back and quite enjoyed the series. However all these celebrity chefs are trying to find a new angle to prolong their celebrity shelf life. A classic example of this would be Gordon Ramsey's new series about teaching cooking to prisoners in gaol.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 12 5:19 pm Post subject:
Very true Baldy but with HFW I would happily sit and just watch a year at River Cottage. It doesn't have to have something new or loaded with bells and whistles. Surely just pressing the sustainable message would get new people watching but I know that's not good enough for the TV channels. Shame really.

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 12 8:35 pm Post subject:

It's a shame really that new programmes always seem to start off well. They appear to offer something fresh, or have an edge over everything else. Unfortunately the concept seems to get manipulated and messed with until it eventually becomes mindless pap. The same happens with music, the first couple of albums seem groundbreaking and revolutionary, then Producers and record labels decide to play it safe and aim for a broader market.
Whilst on my soapbox. another thing that really gets my goat is the condescending narration that they insist on putting on documentaries and other such programmes.

wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 2169

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 12 11:33 pm Post subject:

baldybloke wrote:

another thing that really gets my goat is the condescending narration that they insist on putting on documentaries

agree. and this is all because of numerous ad breaks... we used to be able to just ff through the ads, now we have to ff through the ads and the recap of action so far after the ads...

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 7:32 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

It doesn't have to have something new or loaded with bells and whistles.

You'll love tonight's 'special' episode then, where HFW invites three 'celebs' to River Cottage...

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 8:18 am Post subject:
Felicity Kendall is one of them. I was there when it was filmed.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 4:07 pm Post subject:
ooh! look, Keeley Hawes! It might might be...um...informative.

alison
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 4:09 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Felicity Kendall is one of them. I was there when it was filmed.

So it is Felicity, you and who else?

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 4:57 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

Nick wrote:

Felicity Kendall is one of them. I was there when it was filmed.

So it is Felicity, you and who else?

So does that mean that Nick is really Philip Glenister?

foggy

Joined: 21 Feb 2012
Posts: 343
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 6:36 pm Post subject:

wildfoodie wrote:

baldybloke wrote:

another thing that really gets my goat is the condescending narration that they insist on putting on documentaries

agree. and this is all because of numerous ad breaks... we used to be able to just ff through the ads, now we have to ff through the ads and the recap of action so far after the ads...

and occasionally the pre-ad what's-coming-up-after-the-break.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 7:40 pm Post subject:
I'm finding it a real struggle to watch without starting to drool Phil Glenister and HFW together - something I never thought I'd see in my life swoon

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 7:55 pm Post subject:

foggy wrote:

wildfoodie wrote:

baldybloke wrote:

another thing that really gets my goat is the condescending narration that they insist on putting on documentaries

agree. and this is all because of numerous ad breaks... we used to be able to just ff through the ads, now we have to ff through the ads and the recap of action so far after the ads...

and occasionally the pre-ad what's-coming-up-after-the-break.

Followed by the post-ad review of the pre-ad section.

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 8:10 pm Post subject:
Rumour has it that due to instant access expectations with the internet, the younger generation have the attention span of knats.

foggy

Joined: 21 Feb 2012
Posts: 343
Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 12 5:14 am Post subject:
ooh, are these knats gnats that knit?

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