0:00:10 > 0:00:13Good afternoon and welcome. It is finally Points Of View.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I'm not suggesting you've had a long wait for us.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It is just that so many BBC competition shows
0:00:19 > 0:00:21reached their final this week
0:00:21 > 0:00:24that we are in for a very "finally" kind of programme.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28But first, it should have sailed in broadcasting splendour.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31This time a fortnight ago, the captain of the ship,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Controller of BBC One Danny Cohen,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37told us he was very optimistic about his plans for the Jubilee.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The BBC is the best in the world at covering those huge national events.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's one of the things that draws the nation together,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45watching BBC One at those huge moments.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49But it appears that watching coverage of the Jubilee river pageant
0:00:49 > 0:00:52was like witnessing a sinking ship for viewers.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Now, Jim... John, this ship is obviously a huge, huge ship.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- I've just spotted my 70-year-old dad out there. - Have you?!- Sophie's dad's out there!
0:01:49 > 0:01:53I think he's got one of the flags flying, one of the Jubilee flags,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56so maybe he's part of the pageant. Who knows?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58This is the nicest boat - it's got a roof.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02"Off with their heads," would appear to be the resounding response to the production team
0:02:02 > 0:02:06who served us with that particular slice of Jubilee cake.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11But apart from charges of being ill-researched and misjudging the tone of the occasion,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14it would appear there was a further omission.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Well, one of the planned Horrible Histories sketches
0:02:50 > 0:02:54did make it into the final coverage and here it is.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, here we are, and behind me, assuming I'm on the right bridge,
0:02:57 > 0:03:02is the River Thames, which started life flowing off into another river that's now in Germany.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06It's slightly confusing. You see, up until the last Ice Age, Europe was one giant land mass,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and the water from the Thames flowed into the River Rhine,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12though they made me cut my "water turning into Rhine" joke.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32Luckily there was a saving grace to the BBC's Jubilee performance -
0:03:32 > 0:03:35the evening concert went down well.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40# Let me entertain you... #
0:03:40 > 0:03:42How are you feeling, London?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44# Our house
0:03:44 > 0:03:46# Was our castle and our keep
0:03:46 > 0:03:49# Our house In the middle of our... #
0:03:49 > 0:03:53# Isn't she special?
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- # A young 86 years old... # - LAUGHTER
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- CROWD:- # La-la-la, la-la
0:04:01 > 0:04:04# La-la-la, la-la... #
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The truly spectacular Diamond Jubilee concert, it was brilliant.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27More programming like this, please. Thank you very much.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Yes, watching at home, and seeing the credits
0:04:53 > 0:04:55run over the firework display, I did think
0:04:55 > 0:04:57that they had lit the blue touchpaper there.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Will we ever hear the end of complaints about credits?
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Now, we're all supposed to be eagerly anticipating the BBC's next big live production,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08which is coverage of the Olympics.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12It's been not just months but years in the planning,
0:05:12 > 0:05:13but then, so was the Jubilee!
0:05:13 > 0:05:17So how can the BBC avoid the mistakes made with the river pageant
0:05:17 > 0:05:20when it comes to Olympic coverage?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Over to you, Alan Fox.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26What is it about sports coverage on the BBC these days?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- CROWD:- Yay! - APPLAUSE
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Sports programmes spend more time talking than showing the sport.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36They talk everything to death.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41There seems to be too much chatting around on sofas in the studio,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and then on the athletics programmes, there's three or four ex-athletes
0:05:44 > 0:05:47who stand there just pontificating
0:05:47 > 0:05:51'or analysing, and you've got commentators there in any case
0:05:51 > 0:05:55'who are more knowledgeable than ex-athletes and can do the job on their own.'
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- It's been interesting to watch. - There's just too much talk and not enough action these days.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Good afternoon to Denise Lewis, Colin Jackson and Steve Cram,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07and it's goodbye to the Kelvin Hall. We'll miss this quirky old venue, won't we?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10'Less than 50% of the time actually shows the sports event.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14'Then they will cut away to two or three of the pundits having a chat.'
0:06:14 > 0:06:16It's frustrating when you want to watch it,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but all you can get is talk, talk, talk.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- He was like Basil Fawlty! - Glasgow's Kelvin Hall...
0:06:22 > 0:06:25This actually is going to be her marathon debut...
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Lee and I don't have our top hats.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Hi, and welcome to the Monegasque sunshine.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31The first of those races is the women's race...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33VOICES CLAMOUR
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- CROWD:- Oh...! Yay! - APPLAUSE
0:06:37 > 0:06:39With the Olympics coming up this year,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43I'm concerned that the number of pundits will be increased on all of the programmes,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47and we'll end up seeing more of the pundits than we will of the sports.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51The Olympics is unique. We should allow the sports to speak for themselves
0:06:51 > 0:06:53and not the pundits to be the stars of the show.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Take note, Olympic planners.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Ease up on the punditry and you might be on to a winner, maybe even a gold medal!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38There's certainly been no shortage of winners elsewhere on the BBC this week.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41First we found out who had got The Voice.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46The artist with the most viewer votes tonight
0:07:46 > 0:07:48and the winner of The Voice is...
0:07:48 > 0:07:52SHOUTING
0:07:54 > 0:07:56..Leanne!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59CHEERING
0:08:30 > 0:08:32The powers that be are currently closeted away,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35deciding on whether there will be a Voice 2, and if so,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38what it will look like. So we will soon see
0:08:38 > 0:08:40if they took your thoughts into account, Gem.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44The next competition format to reach its climax this week
0:08:44 > 0:08:48was the godfather of reality contests, The Apprentice,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52which ended on the humiliation of the job interviews.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56You say that you will "teach an old dog new tricks".
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Now I don't really think
0:08:58 > 0:09:01that's the way you should be speaking about Lord Sugar.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Choose energy supplier.co.uk, just to take that one, for example.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06You don't own that website.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11- I've checked.- I do own... I do own four out of those.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Choose energy supplier.co.uk, I own.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20You're going to be my business partner. Ricky, you're hired.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38The big hitters on BBC One may get the lion's share of audience attention,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42but a hardy band of BBC Two teatime viewers
0:09:42 > 0:09:46have been feasting on the Great British Menu for the past nine weeks.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49There have been contentious decisions in the past,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53so what is the verdict on the finalist and their dish this series?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Well, we have our final banquet.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I would like to thank each and every one of you.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00It's been absolutely amazing.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Thank you, all.- Thank you. - Thank you.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09'So, the final Olympic menu will kick off
0:10:09 > 0:10:11'with Colin McGurran's spectacular Quail In The Woods.'
0:10:11 > 0:10:14CHEERING
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Now, we could forgive wildlife for being just a little confused this spring.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Drought followed by deluge,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50a glimpse of summer and then those Jubilee downpours.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It has made the business of predicting nature's reactions
0:10:53 > 0:10:55all the more difficult,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58but has had unexpected bonuses for the Springwatch team.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Hello and welcome to Springwatch!
0:11:33 > 0:11:37We're really chuffed everyone's enjoying it. That's great to hear.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42This year, we've tried to put the emphasis right back on our wildlife,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45the ups and downs, the highs and the lows,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50and the sheer, unadulterated joy of watching our wildlife
0:11:50 > 0:11:53in our time, in our country.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I can guarantee you you're going to be enthralled.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58We're using some of the techniques
0:11:58 > 0:12:02that the Natural History Unit have used for other big projects,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04so we're using the macro cameras
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and some beautiful, beautiful thermal imagery of our grass snakes
0:12:07 > 0:12:09that are in the compost heap.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12That red thing coming out like a bit of moving spaghetti
0:12:12 > 0:12:14is the grass snake.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17This year, because it's been such a really weird spring -
0:12:17 > 0:12:20the coldest and the wettest on record -
0:12:20 > 0:12:22it's actually been quite good for Springwatch,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25because the stories have been exceptional.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29With the water so high, he can't dip down under the ivy.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33While it's been tough for the birds, it has been great telly.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Do they all share the milk from both mothers?- I think they would have.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55We've got a really good presenter line-up now. We've got Chris Packham -
0:12:55 > 0:12:59he's our central point for all the scientific information.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Martin Hughes-Games, who has spent many years working in wildlife television.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Michaela, who has an amazing background, going right back
0:13:06 > 0:13:11to The Really Wild Show. It's just making sure that we've got the balance right,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and I hope viewers feel that on the whole we have.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So we end where we began - trying to get the balance right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Springwatch made it and the Jubilee river pageant didn't.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Next week, we are expecting lots of football. Is that good or bad? You tell us.
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