Episode 8

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04This week, the filming habit that's been driving you round the bend

0:00:04 > 0:00:09and the Fab Four documentary that hit all the right notes.

0:00:09 > 0:00:12Welcome to the show that tells the BBC's programme-makers in there

0:00:12 > 0:00:15exactly what you think of what they're doing.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17Welcome to your Points Of View.

0:00:27 > 0:00:30First this week, the event that garnered

0:00:30 > 0:00:34a peak audience of nearly 15 million viewers last Sunday night and

0:00:34 > 0:00:39became the biggest non-sporting live programme in the BBC iPlayer's history.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42Held less than two weeks after the terrorist attack at

0:00:42 > 0:00:45an Ariana Grande concert in the city, One Love Manchester included

0:00:45 > 0:00:49performances from Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Take That.

0:00:49 > 0:00:53Ariana also returned to the stage herself, joined, at one point,

0:00:53 > 0:00:54by a local school choir.

0:00:55 > 0:01:00# Now that he's gone My heart is missing something

0:01:00 > 0:01:03# It's time to push my pride away... #

0:01:03 > 0:01:05There was much love for One Love Manchester.

0:01:30 > 0:01:34And you can still catch the entire concert on the BBC iPlayer.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37Now, it wasn't just One Love Manchester that BBC One

0:01:37 > 0:01:40beamed live to our living rooms last Sunday.

0:01:40 > 0:01:41Earlier in the day,

0:01:41 > 0:01:44the channel broadcast a service for the day of Pentecost.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47Led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby,

0:01:47 > 0:01:50the celebration of the beginning of the Christian Church came live

0:01:50 > 0:01:52from Holy Trinity Church in Folkestone.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11And you were full of praise for the service.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37And the celebration proved particularly poignant for some,

0:02:37 > 0:02:41coming just the morning after the attack on innocent people

0:02:41 > 0:02:42in the country's capital.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55This year marks, would you believe,

0:02:55 > 0:03:0050 years since the release of a legendary album by The Beatles.

0:03:00 > 0:03:02BBC Two marked the anniversary last weekend with

0:03:02 > 0:03:06a one-off documentary which saw composer Howard Goodall pick apart

0:03:06 > 0:03:09the production techniques used to create the LP that would

0:03:09 > 0:03:13go on to provide the soundtrack to the Summer of Love.

0:03:13 > 0:03:16Ringo isn't fulfilling the traditional role of rock or

0:03:16 > 0:03:19pop drummer as of 1967.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21The tom-tom fills he introduces are actually

0:03:21 > 0:03:25a lot more like the way percussion works in classical music.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29And you loved it. Yeah, yeah, yeah!

0:03:48 > 0:03:50In fact, if anything,

0:03:50 > 0:03:53you felt the show deserved to be more than a one-hit wonder.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05From the band that brought us Strawberry Fields Forever to

0:04:05 > 0:04:08the fields of the Cotswolds now.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Coming from the National Trust's Sherborne Estate, this year,

0:04:11 > 0:04:14the three-week-long wildlife extravaganza that is

0:04:14 > 0:04:17Springwatch has seen Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and

0:04:17 > 0:04:21Martin Hughes-Games joined by new presenter Gillian Burke.

0:04:21 > 0:04:23They are different, the male and the female.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27The male, on the right, is slightly smaller and, occasionally,

0:04:27 > 0:04:31you get a glimpse of this gorgeous orange hindwing.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33You have been delighted to see Springwatch

0:04:33 > 0:04:35bounce back onto our screens.

0:04:52 > 0:04:56Yet, for some, the focus this year has fallen too much on

0:04:56 > 0:04:59the presenters rather than the animal action.

0:05:06 > 0:05:07While, at times,

0:05:07 > 0:05:11the grim goings-on in the wildlife world have proved just too gruesome.

0:05:25 > 0:05:28Springwatch continues tomorrow night on BBC Two.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31Next, you've been indicating dissatisfaction with

0:05:31 > 0:05:35the seemingly increasingly common trend of filming presenters while

0:05:35 > 0:05:37they are behind the wheel.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39Coming in for particular criticism has been

0:05:39 > 0:05:42BBC Two's Victoria Derbyshire programme.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44As part of their recent election coverage,

0:05:44 > 0:05:47a strand called Vic's Van Share saw the journalist taking to

0:05:47 > 0:05:50the road to interview politicians from various parties.

0:05:50 > 0:05:56What do you think sets you apart, then, from other middle-class,

0:05:56 > 0:06:01- privately educated MPs in their 50s? - That's a very cruel question.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Many of you got in touch to say you feel conducting interviews

0:06:04 > 0:06:06while driving is irresponsible.

0:06:21 > 0:06:24# It's up to you, boy

0:06:24 > 0:06:27# You're driving me crazy

0:06:27 > 0:06:30# Thinking you may be losing... #

0:06:39 > 0:06:43Excluding complaints of news bias - and we covered that last week,

0:06:43 > 0:06:46if you missed it - presenters being filmed while driving has

0:06:46 > 0:06:51undoubtedly been the biggest bugbear in Points Of View's inbox of late.

0:06:51 > 0:06:55And it's not just been Victoria who's been spotted in the driving seat.

0:06:55 > 0:06:56# I've been driving in my car... #

0:06:58 > 0:07:01We went to hear from more viewers who feel it's high time

0:07:01 > 0:07:03the Beeb put the brakes on in-car filming.

0:07:03 > 0:07:07I've noticed an increasing trend in producers using pieces shot

0:07:07 > 0:07:10to camera whilst the presenter's driving,

0:07:10 > 0:07:12often without the necessary care for the road.

0:07:12 > 0:07:18I've noticed this trend on all sorts of programmes - travel programmes,

0:07:18 > 0:07:21even Newsnight and Victoria Derbyshire.

0:07:21 > 0:07:24I saw an example on Doctor In The House where Dr Rangan was

0:07:24 > 0:07:25speaking to the passenger seat.

0:07:25 > 0:07:28He was leant out of the chair with one hand off the wheel,

0:07:28 > 0:07:31seeming to spend more time looking at the camera than at the road.

0:07:31 > 0:07:36It's the blatant disregard for road safety that annoys me.

0:07:36 > 0:07:38It seems that, often,

0:07:38 > 0:07:40they might be paying more attention to the camera than driving,

0:07:40 > 0:07:45that they're not always being a driver first and a presenter second.

0:07:45 > 0:07:49Using mobile phones while you're driving is dangerous.

0:07:49 > 0:07:54This, what the presenters are doing, is almost the same thing.

0:07:54 > 0:07:59Their attention is completely on the piece they're doing to camera.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02My main gripe is not with the presenter, obviously.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04My gripe is with the producer.

0:08:04 > 0:08:06I think it's a lazy way of setting it up.

0:08:06 > 0:08:09Everyone's right to have a different opinion.

0:08:11 > 0:08:16I want presenting from cars to stop. It shouldn't be necessary.

0:08:16 > 0:08:19It doesn't add anything to the actual programme.

0:08:19 > 0:08:24I'm not saying we should ban these shots completely because they could be used in context,

0:08:24 > 0:08:27but I think that there's guidance there about picking low risks,

0:08:27 > 0:08:30there's ways to reduce the risks, which are spelled out on paper,

0:08:30 > 0:08:32and it doesn't always feel like they're being followed.

0:08:32 > 0:08:36Well, the BBC does issue programme makers with guidance on how

0:08:36 > 0:08:38to film safely in cars.

0:08:38 > 0:08:42That guidance says drivers shouldn't look away from the road for

0:08:42 > 0:08:44any longer than they would do to check mirrors or instruments

0:08:44 > 0:08:51and that hands should be kept on the steering wheel with excessive gesticulations avoided.

0:08:51 > 0:08:56We put your concerns regarding Vic's Van Share to the editor of the Victoria Derbyshire programme,

0:08:56 > 0:08:57and this is what she had to say in response.

0:09:30 > 0:09:36To the frozen wilds of Canada next and BBC Four's new Saturday night chiller.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39The channel's first Canadian drama, Cardinal,

0:09:39 > 0:09:41premiered last Saturday night with a double bill.

0:09:41 > 0:09:44The series sees Detective John Cardinal on the hunt for

0:09:44 > 0:09:49a serial killer, working with a partner who may have her own agenda.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51When Todd Curry went missing,

0:09:51 > 0:09:53he said he was going to visit his uncle,

0:09:53 > 0:09:56but the uncle down in Hamilton said there was no such arrangement.

0:09:56 > 0:10:01- Hadn't talked to Curry in months. - Why the lie?

0:10:01 > 0:10:03The officer in charge was Detective Peters.

0:10:03 > 0:10:06If he knows, then he didn't put it in his report.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09The action may play out in sub-zero temperatures,

0:10:09 > 0:10:10but you warmed to this one.

0:10:29 > 0:10:32That sexy voice proving frustrating for some, though.

0:10:36 > 0:10:38He's not in my department any more.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52Subtitles perhaps a requirement after all!

0:10:52 > 0:10:56And finally this week, the curious case of the BBC Breakfast guests

0:10:56 > 0:10:58looking rather green around the gills.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12And here is the photographic evidence John kindly attached.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14Never one to turn down a challenge,

0:11:14 > 0:11:17we also uncovered several other BBC Breakfast interviewees

0:11:17 > 0:11:22sporting green-tinged tresses when appearing from the London newsroom.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32Absolutely spot on, John.

0:11:32 > 0:11:36It is all down to the use of a green screen although there is

0:11:36 > 0:11:40a solution, as I discovered when using the same equipment this week

0:11:40 > 0:11:42during the BBC's election coverage.

0:11:42 > 0:11:44Ah, the joys of the election studio!

0:11:44 > 0:11:48But it allows me to illustrate this point, so here is our swingometer.

0:11:48 > 0:11:52I'll bring it on. Actually, it's just green where I'm standing.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Have a look.

0:11:54 > 0:11:57So this is what they use to create the virtual reality affect.

0:11:57 > 0:11:58Come closer to me here.

0:11:58 > 0:12:02The problem is, with light and with green here, there is a danger

0:12:02 > 0:12:07of green bouncing off onto my face, but I don't really see it happening.

0:12:07 > 0:12:08That's because they tell me they have put

0:12:08 > 0:12:12a special filter in to stop it. So such a thing exists.

0:12:12 > 0:12:18So, if the BBC has the technological know-how to avoid that green glare,

0:12:18 > 0:12:22why hasn't it been put into practice for those BBC Breakfast interviewees?

0:12:22 > 0:12:23Cutbacks, perhaps?

0:12:23 > 0:12:27We asked the question, and this is what we got in response.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48Would never happen on a show like this, of course.

0:12:50 > 0:12:53That's it for this week but,

0:12:53 > 0:12:56if you see something you love or loathe on the BBC over the next

0:12:56 > 0:13:00seven days, please do get in touch and tell us about it.

0:13:00 > 0:13:01You can fire us an e-mail...

0:13:04 > 0:13:08..or drop us a line via our website, where you can also send us a video.

0:13:08 > 0:13:09It's a lot of fun for us to get them.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12And you can find links to watch the programmes we've discussed

0:13:12 > 0:13:14this week as well. The address is...

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0:13:29 > 0:13:33We're back next week right here on BBC One at 4:40pm.

0:13:33 > 0:13:34Do enjoy the rest of your Sunday.