Episode 4 Points of View

You've found us! The week they moved your favourite show to BBC Two -

um, this one - you have had the BBC schedulers in your sights.

There's the drama series repeated in reverse,

the new run of a daytime show randomly interrupted by repeats

and the gardening series that is frequently being buried.

We've got the schedulers' responses for you and more this week.

Welcome to your Points Of View.

Before those scheduling shenanigans,

we'll start with BBC One's big new hope for Saturday-night success.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Michael McIntyre's Big Show has the stand-up comedian

taking to the stage at London's Theatre Royal,

blending celebrity guests, performances and surprises

for unsuspecting members of the public in a family-friendly format.

We can now go live to your house.

Oh, shut up!

Oh, my God!

They've changed the whole house into a football pitch!

Oh, what?! Get off the furniture, Lucy!

After nearly five million of you saw the curtain come down

on last week's episode, the reviews are in,

and they are decidedly mixed.

A true breath of fresh air for a Saturday night,

variety entertainment like we used to have.

We need more of this. Not more game shows, not more dramas,

more variety - more singers,

comedians, dancers, acrobats, whatever.

Bring it on.

Over on the other side of the house, however:

Michael McIntyre is another star with a big show on BBC One.

Unfortunately, it's just as bad as his last attempt.

He's only comfortable when telling a joke on stage and

highly uncomfortable when talking to guests.

So the jury may still be out on that one.

The verdict is in, however,

on the US courtroom drama The People V OJ Simpson,

which reached its climax on Monday night on BBC Two.

Starring Cuba Gooding Jr as OJ,

the ten-part series uncovered the wheeling

and dealing carried out on both sides of the legal divide

in the murder case that gripped America.

We, the jury,

in the above-entitled action find the defendant

Orenj...Orenthal James Simpson...

..not guilty.

On this one, there was no reasonable doubt.

If the finale left you thirsting for more, you could be in luck.

Press reports earlier this year

revealed a second series of American Crime Story is in development,

this time focusing on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Today, that's a good thing!

Next, the daytime series appearing out of order,

leaving you frustrated and perplexed.

Series three of the Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries

appeared on screen towards the end of last year.

I'm sure there may well be days where it's all a bit...

-Confusing?

-Yes.

But for you, the real mystery is why series two of the show was

then repeated before series one was trotted out again.

Also causing confusion, Money For Nothing, the show that sees

Sarah Moore transform previously discarded items.

Two weeks ago, a new series began on BBC One,

only to be interrupted by repeats!

It's all back to front! I'm all confused.

So, is there method behind what seems like a little bit

of BBC madness?

Here is what the Head of Daytime Scheduling had to say

on The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

Hm... OK, some kind of logic there, I guess.

Helen also revealed

series four of Doctor Blake will be on your screen later in the year...

perhaps followed by repeats in the right order.

And on Money For Nothing, Helen had this to say:

Helen also pointed out the most watched episode

of Money For Nothing the week before last

was actually one of the repeats.

By a long shot, though, the biggest scheduling grumble this week

has come from the green-fingered amongst you.

Two weeks ago,

Gardeners' World disappeared from the schedules due to football

and this Friday is off air once more,

this time dropped into a side pocket by the snooker.

Whatever the reason,

it's not working as it is, and I need to think about moving it.

Yet again, Gardeners' World is taken off air

so that we can look at a sporting event, this time snooker.

It's already had about 35 hours' worth of TV time,

but obviously that's not enough.

Is it because the programme is thought to be for the golden oldies

by the young whizz kids upstairs

and they feel it can be bumped as and when the wind takes them?

I'm a sports fan myself,

so I really appreciate that sport is being shown on the BBC,

but at this busy time of year for gardeners,

surely it's important to find a different slot for Gardeners' World.

More than 4,000 of you have downed your trowels in disgust

to sign an online petition demanding the show has a weekly presence.

Don Cameron is the man in charge of schedules at BBC Two,

and he told us we'd been in touch about the same issue

on his first day in the job four years ago.

So that is what you call a hardy perennial.

The problem at the heart of this

are the sports contracts which insist on live coverage,

and Don tells us there are just as many complaints from sports fans

frustrated the BBC doesn't show every minute of every match.

Some good news, though.

Apparently, the show will only be bumped four times this year,

an improvement on last year.

The joys of caravanning next. Did you see this programme?

Wednesday night had Caravanner Of The Year pitch up on BBC Two.

The first of two episodes followed

the Caravan Club chairman, Grenville, and his fellow judges

as they put six semifinalist couples

through their paces assembling an awning,

reversing round a roundabout and preening

and polishing prior to a concours d'elegance

in the organisation's inaugural competition.

-Eight feet.

-That must be it, surely.

-OK.

-SHE SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION

-I feel like crying!

-Brilliant!

-I've been so frightened of driving it.

But was the show fit for the road?

We parked up with some caravanners in Blackpool to get their thoughts.

-My name's Anita.

-And my name's Tony.

I'm Gordon. This is my brother, Brian.

My name is Jimmy. This is my grandson, David.

'The programme was very, very good. I enjoyed it.'

-Parts of it were all right.

-On the whole, it was very good.

I think it would only be of interest to caravanners.

There was bits towards the end that was a bit boring.

Some of it, I thought it was...

I don't know, it was a bit like

a Carry On movie in some aspects of it.

We have an erection!

Hopefully.

We just weren't too happy with the chairman on the obsessiveness

with the cleaning.

One of the areas that people always forget to clean is under the lid.

'You're away on holiday.'

You clean it before you go and you clean it when you get home!

The funniest moment, I thought, was when the chairman

of the Caravan Club was going up

a hill with what was supposedly a 4x4 car and caravan.

'He got the front end of the car over, but then he starts spinning!'

That's the chairman of the Caravan Club!

ALARM BEEPS

I think I'm in trouble.

-Oh,

-BLEEP.

I'm glad it weren't my caravan he were driving, anyway!

This was more to the extreme caravanners.

It showed caravanners and... you know, how they really are.

I think there's enough diversity in the programme for everybody.

'I'll be watching the final next week, just out of curiosity.'

Just to see what more silliness they actually do.

You can find out who's crowned king and queen of the caravan world

on Wednesday at 8pm on BBC Two.

On a very different mission on Monday night,

Ben Miller in BBC One's new romcom I Want My Wife Back.

This week's scene setter saw Miller's character, Murray,

plan a surprise birthday bash for his beloved wife,

only to discover she'd decided to leave him.

After efforts to cancel the party failed,

awkward moments were in abundance.

Yes, a toast! Everyone, please,

raise your glasses to the beautiful Bex and the changing Murray!

-ALL:

-To Bex...

-The changing Murray. Yes.

-ALL:

-Changing Murray...

While some of you were toasting the cast on a job well done...

..others felt the fizz had gone flat on an idea you'd seen before.

It's almost as if they were watching different shows.

Opening hours over on BBC Two this week for another new series.

Dave Myers and Si King hit the road on Monday to unearth the history

hidden in Britain's watering holes

in The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain.

Sounds like a good gig.

We're off to the pub for a swift half.

-Are we?

-Aye! That's what soldiers did before a battle. Dutch courage.

-Oh, aye, I can't say I blame them. Can you?

-No!

For some, the combination of Britain's boozers,

a bit of history and those charming chefs was the perfect recipe.

The Hairy Bikers are in their element romping about in pubs

and showing us history is fun.

Pity no cooking, but we can't have it all.

But you were split on this one, as well,

with others feeling the shows were spoilt by a simplistic approach

to history and by the Hairy Bikers themselves.

What we've been given is probably the worst programme

that BBC Two has ever broadcast.

The Hairy Bikers -

and what a puerile name that is, for a start -

are so infantile in their presentation

that the rest of the series should be binned at once.

This is the ultimate in dumbing down.

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