0:00:10 > 0:00:14Good afternoon and welcome to a new series of Points Of View,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16the place where you get to have your say
0:00:16 > 0:00:19about what you've been watching on the BBC.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23And for some eagle-eyed viewers of the news department down there,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26that has meant catching out one of my esteemed fellow presenters
0:00:26 > 0:00:30in a moment of...shall we call it a props malfunction?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Good morning and welcome to BBC News.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Plans for privately-run drunk tanks to tackle alcohol-fuelled disorder
0:00:36 > 0:00:38have been backed by police chiefs.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Under the proposals, drunk troublemakers will be taken to cells
0:00:41 > 0:00:45run by private firms and have to pay for it once they've sobered up.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Poor old Simon McCoy apparently lifting a pack of printer paper
0:00:49 > 0:00:50instead of his tablet.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Now, how could anyone make a mistake like that?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Anyway, back to business, and while we may have been off for the summer,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59there has certainly been a lot on your TV screens
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and plenty of scope for comment.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Take primetime entertainment, for example.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12There's been no great love-in for the Saturday night spectacular
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I Love My Country,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17the show that pits celebrities against one another
0:01:17 > 0:01:20in the patriotism stakes.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22SHOUTING AND CHEERING
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Stop! Hang on! Stop, stop, stop! Move your fingers away from the pie.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The set looks like it was inspired by Danny Boyle's Olympic spectacle.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Perhaps the producers were hoping to tap into some of last summer's
0:01:52 > 0:01:54incredible sense of national pride.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But, according to the majority of your comments,
0:02:00 > 0:02:01they are failing miserably.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10That's tough. Last night's episode was the penultimate in the series.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Around three million people have tuned in weekly
0:02:13 > 0:02:15so it is not without its fans,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19but will such loyalty to this game of national pride be enough
0:02:19 > 0:02:21to ensure it gets another series?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24We'll wait to see what happens with this one.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Peaky Blinders, BBC Two's new drama series,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38set on the oppressive back streets of 1919, Birmingham,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40being enjoyed by a lot of you,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44but is there a problem with some of the actors' Brummie accents?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Mr Shelby, you have to do something about it. Damn right, Harry.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52You pay the Peaky Blinders a lot of money for protection.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10So are some of the actors failing in their attempts
0:03:10 > 0:03:12to sound like they come from Birmingham?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Who better to be a judge of this
0:03:13 > 0:03:15than the people of Birmingham themselves?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It was good till I got back from Belfast...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23And in that pub there was a copper...
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Handing out these...
0:03:25 > 0:03:27And in that pub there was a copper.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Handing out these.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33We don't say "copper" like "co-pper", we say "coppa".
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Sounds a bit like a Londoner trying to...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38do a Birmingham accent.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I have an alternative strategy.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Tell Curly to take her out to the old Tobacco Wharf.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45I have an alternative strategy.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Tell Curly to take her out to the old Tobacco Wharf.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56This accent is a little bit Birmingham and...mix of Irish?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59You can see a little bit of the Irish come out, just a second,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01but I thought that was quite good.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Look, I know having four kids without a woman is hard.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05But my boot's harder.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Look, I know having four kids without a woman is hard.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09But my boot's harder.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Just sounds more North.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Like Liverpool.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15She sounds quite upper-class.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17You're the law around here now...
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Tommy, aren't you?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22You're the law around here now, Tommy, aren't you?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I'd say that's more up North accent.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27It sounded more southern than Midlands.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Definitely not a Brummie.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32And didn't do a good job as a Brummie, either.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Maybe there is no such thing as a perfect Birmingham accent.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Are the criticisms fair?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We put them to the Peaky Blinders' production team.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Now, resounding approval for another drama
0:05:03 > 0:05:06which finished its four-week run last Sunday.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The murder-mystery What Remains is in a league of its own,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24according to some of you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55High praise for What Remains,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and we won't spoil the ending for you on this one, don't worry.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It's on iPlayer and will remain available to view
0:06:01 > 0:06:04until just before ten o'clock tonight.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06While we're on a roll,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10congratulations all round for BBC Two's The Wipers Times.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Now, the result, if I say it myself,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15is a thing of beauty.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Unlike any of you lot.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20The 90-minute drama scripted by Ian Hislop
0:06:20 > 0:06:24and Nick Newman tells the true story of World War I soldiers
0:06:24 > 0:06:27who defied enemy fire - and their own command -
0:06:27 > 0:06:30to publish a satirical magazine on the Western Front.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46So, from now on...
0:06:46 > 0:06:49you're going to be a lot more offensive.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51You hear that, men?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54From now on...
0:06:54 > 0:06:58We are all going to be as offensive as possible.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Ben Chaplin as Captain Roberts,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04reminding the troops of the magazine's motif,
0:07:04 > 0:07:05one that is readily applied
0:07:05 > 0:07:08by some of our Points Of View correspondents.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11But here's one who's not offensive - he just wants an answer.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Colin Hewson asks why so much time is given over to presenter chat
0:07:16 > 0:07:19during our live sports coverage.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23MUSIC: "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis VS JXL
0:07:23 > 0:07:25It's so annoying when you want to watch live sport,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27all you can see is someone talking.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30When I turn on the TV to watch sport I want to watch the live action,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32and not people chatting in the studio...
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Still lots more Tweets coming through.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37..particularly when I can see there's live sport going on behind them.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I can't image any other sport being treated in the way that field events
0:07:40 > 0:07:42are treated by the BBC.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I wouldn't expect to watch a football match
0:07:44 > 0:07:47and seem them cut away to people talking in the studio.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49When I was watching the World Athletic Championships it seemed
0:07:49 > 0:07:52as though maybe as much as half of it was actually chat, and not sport.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56And you've got a melange of spots on as well. I mean, what can we say?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I've no problem at all with good technical analysis,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and some of it was very good from Michael Johnson, for example.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04But a lot of the chat was just waffle.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Love my shoes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11But what does the style guru, Mr Jackson, think of them?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I thought it was completely disrespectful of the commentators
0:08:13 > 0:08:16to talk over Mo Farah's medal ceremony.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19They didn't need to tell us what a great achievement it was of his,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21we knew that already - they told us so many times.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Couldn't they just shut up?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23I always say they're going to give out the medals to someone,
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I always say they're going to give out the medals to someone,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27that's guaranteed. What's not guaranteed is that
0:08:27 > 0:08:30the same person's going to take two of those medals.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And when you do that, you become one of the Carl Lewises,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36the, you know, Michael Johnson - I'll put myself in there,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40you know, the Usain Bolts... That's totally deserved.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The BBC seems to assume that the viewer is only interested
0:08:43 > 0:08:47in watching British stars or global superstars like Usain Bolt.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50And Bolt's going to take the gold medal again!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53But I'm sure the casual viewer would like to be informed about other
0:08:53 > 0:08:55competitors and to see the whole event as it unfolds.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00BBC Sport, can you please show us more live action
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and less chat in the studio?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So, the World Athletic Championships could have done with a lot more
0:09:09 > 0:09:13live action and a little less chat, according to Colin.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15We put that suggestion to BBC Sport
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and here is what they gave us in response.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36So there you go, BBC Sport feel they get the balance right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Now, I'm not one to talk presenters out of a job
0:09:38 > 0:09:43but we are really keen to hear your thoughts on this subject.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Now, plenty to say about BBC One's brand new sitcom Father Figure.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Comedian Jason Byrne stars in the series,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53which he's adapted from a Radio Two show.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But did the humour transfer to the TV screen?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Father Figure follows a long tradition of transfers
0:10:15 > 0:10:19from radio to TV - think Mitchell and Webb, Miranda,
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Little Britain, for example.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25So perhaps this latest offering from the BBC comedy stable needs
0:10:25 > 0:10:26just a bit more time to bed in.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Wow! Look at that! That purple vapour...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Someone who's already well-established in TV
0:10:37 > 0:10:39is Professor Brian Cox,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42who returned to our screens with the ambitious Science Britannica
0:10:42 > 0:10:43this week.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47He's already brought astronomy and physics to life on our TVs,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51now Brian is attempting to guide us through 350 years of British science
0:10:51 > 0:10:53in just three episodes.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55No mean feat!
0:11:12 > 0:11:13And if you think this week was good,
0:11:13 > 0:11:19next week the Mancunian brain box will be making hydrogen explosions
0:11:19 > 0:11:23in part two of the story of great scientific breakthroughs.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Now, there's also been a kind of breakthrough for those of you
0:11:26 > 0:11:29who questioned why the BBC only has two of its channels -
0:11:29 > 0:11:34BBC One and BBC Two - available in high definition.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37That's a question we put to the director of TV, Danny Cohen,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40in the last series, and this is what he said.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It is something we're looking at at the moment, at the BBC,
0:11:43 > 0:11:44and looking at very, very closely.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I'm not able to announce today what we're going to do about it.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Well, we love to give you good news
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and over the summer the BBC announced it plans to launch
0:11:51 > 0:11:54five new HD channels
0:11:54 > 0:11:59so by early next year we are promised HD versions of BBC Three,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Four, BBC News, CBeebies, and CBBC.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Of course, HD doesn't make bad programmes good
0:12:06 > 0:12:09but it does make good programmes better.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And your favourites, some of the programmes you've rated highly
0:12:12 > 0:12:15over the summer while we've been off air are here.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Aah!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27D-Day was the single greatest military operation
0:12:27 > 0:12:29the world had ever seen.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32MUSIC: "Stare Into The Sun" By Graffiti 6
0:12:39 > 0:12:41It's the lifeblood of London.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Well, the buses are red, aren't they?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I'm going to do it! You'll be fine!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Some highlights from television there but remember,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57whether it's good or bad TV you want to talk about,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59we would love you to be in touch.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And you can still get in touch in all the usual ways - by post...
0:13:08 > 0:13:09You can ring.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The number is charged as a local rate call from any landline.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18There is still the trusty message board.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21And there's e-mail.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27You can find us now on Twitter,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31we are @BBCPoV. Just look us up, give us your thoughts.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34We'll include a selection of these in the series.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Good to be back and we'll do it all again next week,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39same time, four o'clock.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Till then keep your eye on that TV and let us hear your point of view.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Goodbye.
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