Episode 9 Points of View

Two takes on life in London's East End have had you talking

this week, and you are ticked off at the tinkering with

a format that is almost 40 years old.

Welcome to the show where you get to have your say on the week's TV.

It was time for BBC One and BBC Two to burst into bloom again this week.

Beginning with an hour-long preview show last Sunday, between them,

the channels have devoted over 12 hours to coverage of this

year's Chelsea Flower Show, with the presenting line-up including

Monty Don, Joe Swift, Nicki Chapman and James Wong.

There is something here for absolutely everyone,

including the unique view of the artist, Grayson Perry.

Taste is something that I've, you know,

been fascinated with all my life, and when people say,

"I like something," that's a huge complex thought.

Your opinion on this year's broadcast was pretty cut

and dried, feeling there was too much talk

and not enough time just to gaze at the gardens.

All through the winter, we wait,

waiting for Chelsea Flower Show to come. What will we see?

Beautiful plants, flowers, the colour, the spectacle, the wow.

But do we see it? No. Monday and Tuesday were really disappointing.

Lots of inconsequential chat.

And it wasn't just the show's focus on patter, rather than plants,

you were bemoaning.

When it came to your thoughts on one of the presenters' attire,

you did not beat around the bush.

Hello, and welcome to Chelsea Flower Show.

It's nice to be back, isn't it? Sort of familiar surroundings.

On Monday, he was wearing a jacket two sizes too large for him,

and yesterday, Tuesday, he appeared to come straight from his garden.

Can somebody please ask him to smarten up?

Grounds, perhaps, for Monty to turn over a new leaf

when it comes to choosing his Chelsea clobber.

You can see highlights of this year's

Chelsea Flower Show on BBC One tomorrow night at 7.30pm,

or BBC Two, if you are in Northern Ireland.

MUSIC: Nostalgia by Emily Barker

Four years after he last graced our screens in the role,

Sunday night saw Kenneth Branagh return for a final

outing as the Swedish detective Wallander, in the first

of three stories adapted from Henning Mankell's novels.

Maybe we should get you moving.

In The White Lioness, Kenneth's character Kurt left scenic Sweden

behind for an equally spectacular South African setting.

Visiting Cape Town for a conference, the detective was

quickly caught up in the case of a missing Swedish woman.

Sergeant Mthembu and her colleagues are doing everything they can.

I know it's frustrating,

but if you talk to the press and not the police,

it's getting in the way of the investigation.

While some were fans of the story and star...

..both fell pretty far short of the mark for others.

And, for at least one of you, Sunday's adaptation did the

original novel a real disservice.

Mum was the word on Friday night, as BBC Two's new sitcom reached

the halfway point in its six-episode run.

Brought to us by the writer and creative team behind

BBC Three's Bafta-winning comedy Him And Her, Mum stars

Olivier Award-winner Lesley Manville as Cathy, a woman trying to

rebuild her life in the year following her husband's death.

Big sis! Haven't you grown?

THEY LAUGH

-I always say that, don't I?

-Yeah, it's great.

-Oh, you remember Pauline?

-Yeah. Nice to see you again. Thanks for coming.

No, not at all. I love a funeral.

Good.

Though depicting a scenario perhaps not normally associated with

humour, there was plenty of praise for this one.

A future classic, perhaps, but views were varied on whether the

show's portrayal of life after losing a loved one was authentic.

You can make your mind up on Mum by catching the series on the iPlayer.

While the passing of Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders proved a talking point

for you last week, once more,

activity in Albert Square has had you getting in touch.

As Martin and Stacey celebrated their wedding in the

Queen Vic last Friday, life in the Beale household took a

sinister turn, when Jane arrived home to collect the couple's

wedding cake, and discovered her adoptive son Bobby packing his bags.

You will not go out that door! Do you understand me?

You can't tell me what to do. Ain't even my real mum.

Well, in that case, I'll ring your father, and he can sort you out.

Next, viewers saw Bobby approach Jane from behind, hitting her

on the head with a hockey stick. After she slumped onto

the table, two more thuds were heard, and blood was seen

splattering across Stacey's and Martin's cake, before viewers

then heard Jane fall to the floor.

Broadcast just before 8.30pm, some of you felt the scene fell on

the wrong side of the watershed.

Here is what the BBC had to say in response to those comments.

Now, real-life tales from London's East End came under the

microscope on BBC One on Tuesday night.

The Last Whites Of The East End recorded the thoughts and

experiences of members of Newham's white working class community,

as they chose to remain in or leave an area which had

seen their numbers dwindle by half in the last 15 years.

It's not like the old East End. Everyone knew everyone,

leave your doors open, you knew who you was hanging around with,

-you don't know any more.

-And it's not your children, it's other people

-now as well.

-It is other people as well, and it's just scary, I think.

The hour-long documentary was well-received by some...

..but this one definitely divided opinion. Some of you felt

exploring the effects of immigration through the eyes of just one

section of the community led to a programme which was unbalanced

and bordering on racist.

Well, after criticism of the show on social media was picked up by

the press, the BBC defended the programme, saying the following...

Next up for appraisal - an item dating back to 1979, which

normally receives a high valuation.

The 38th series of Antiques Roadshow recently drew to a close on

BBC One, with Fiona Bruce and the show's assortment of experts

having examined prized possessions, ranging from clocks and cameras,

to collectibles from China.

Her mending a dragon robe is supposed to represent

correcting a mistake or an error of the emperor.

Previously, viewers were able to stay with an item, hearing

its history before its value. This year, however,

in some instances, the programme has chosen to mix it up, quickly

switching between two collectibles before their values are revealed.

You can imagine how splendid the gardens were then,

as they look again now.

Then the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland decided to try

something else with this property.

They created the Art Deco swimming pool, and you went

-to that pool.

-Yep, we all went, didn't we?

-You all swam in it?

-Absolutely, yeah.

They do say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

I was saddened to see that the details about some of the items

have now been split into assorted segments.

This really breaks the continuity about the items.

I'd just like to know, who thinks this is a better way?

In fact, the format-tinkering has meant you have been reaching

for your remotes.

Soundbites of that sort of thing just not needed.

I don't think it works.

It was that annoying, I had to switch it off.

Please, please, please, go back to the original.

It's a mishmash.

Do you like it?

You're clear you don't like it. We fed your feelings back to

the show's executive producer, Simon Shaw, and here's his response.

Finally this week, we were very intrigued to receive the

following e-mail concerning BBC One's new daytime series,

Council House Crackdown.

Driven by the prospect of a scoop on a council office rodent

infestation, our crack team of researchers immediately

sprang into action, and they had soon tracked down the scene

Graham had spotted. Take a look for yourself.

And that enabled me to be able to apply for his bank statements.

Let's take another look.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

On closer examination of the evidence, though, our delight soon

turned to bitter disappointment when we saw this a few seconds later.

Not a rat at all, but actually the top of a head, belonging to

a human, seen opening a cupboard here.

Oh, rats! That's all for this week, but whether you have got a

view on last night's Musketeers or tonight's Top Gear,

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