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4 Apr 2005, 19:22 (Ref:1270164) | #1 | |
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BBC coup getting Moto GP
For UK fans I’m so pleased the Beeb’s got hold of Moto GP. Probably the most exciting racing currently on the planet and on UK terrestrial … fantastic. But I still think the commentary team on Eurosport are the best bar none.
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I'd swap one Charlie Cox for two of anyone.
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4 Apr 2005, 20:18 (Ref:1270209) | #3 | ||
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It'll be ncie to see the races live, with proper pre- and post-race coverage, and at a sociable hour - all of which Channel 4 have failed (or not tried) to offer is WSBK. It should be a great season, and I'd say Steve parrish and Carlie Cox is a pretty good team.
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4 Apr 2005, 23:58 (Ref:1270354) | #4 | ||
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Can I have clarification on the TV coverage. Is it true that BBC have increased coverage of moto GP and channel 4 have the WSBK?
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5 Apr 2005, 07:21 (Ref:1270560) | #5 | |
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Yes, that is the case.
BBC will show every round of Moto GP, with ten of them being live. |
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5 Apr 2005, 18:49 (Ref:1271127) | #6 | ||
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Ten of ma be live, I reall would not hold them to this, the Beeb are notoriously bad at keeping promises. And I can't really see how dropping WSB and BSB means te public are getting ant#ything better for their money, I think it is plain shoddy how all bike racing apart from GP has been dropped.
BSB is the biggest motorsport in Britain at the moment, way bigger than BTCC. I was at Brands the other week and it was packed, have been to BTC rounds there (shamelssl, sorry!) and the crowd was much smaller and were spending much less time wandering! As said before the options from other channels are plain and simply offensive to the British public with a world champion and plenty of British interest. Wy should Sky monopolise so many sports on our screens, they are welcome to speedway but BSB is huge now and deserves national exposure. Anyway I shall only watch te Beeb during Eurosport advert breaks coz all Cox (former car racer!) and the rest can offer is endlless Rossi plugging. I wanna see how Chaz, Lorenzo etc are getting on too. And Randy is the tops! |
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I won a 24 hour race at Snettertion with Cox many years ago. Really good guy.
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Sky sports IMO does a fantastic job with their coverage of the BSB series, as well as the Supersports and R6 cup, if the BBC got hold of the rights for the BSB package u can be certain that we would have NO coverage of the Supersports or R6 cup races, and probably woudnt get both BSB races live either, probably just the 1 race live and delayed coverage of the 2nd, at least Sky sports coverage is complete. I know not everyone has Sky sports, but as the saying goes, "u pays ur money u makes ur choice". Some people cant afford Sky sports im aware, and thats a shame, but life isnt always fair. And then theres always Channel 4's coverage... Last edited by SALEEN S7R; 5 Apr 2005 at 19:58. |
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5 Apr 2005, 20:09 (Ref:1271223) | #9 | ||
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Of course, way back when, the BBC did offer live coverage of the predecessor to the BSB and some of the support races.
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6 Apr 2005, 08:52 (Ref:1271544) | #10 | ||
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Do Cox and Parrish go to the actual races, or call them from England. They used to attend the WSB races (actually begs the question, how'd they handle doing both MotoGP and WSB in the last 2 years?)
Most importantly, is Suzi Perry still part of the BBC scene, we haven't seen her on Australian TV screens since Magny Cours 2003 |
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9 Apr 2005, 10:44 (Ref:1273901) | #11 | ||
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Suzi did the BBC MotoGP preview last weekend so yes she is!
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9 Apr 2005, 12:48 (Ref:1273959) | #12 | ||
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Moto GP Qualifying is being shown on BBCi right now. Not sure if this will be a regular thing though. Anybody know?
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10 Apr 2005, 22:41 (Ref:1275125) | #13 | ||
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As I haven't got sky, BBC upping there Moto GP coverage is very good for me!
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I used to like it when it was on C5. Much more rough 'n' ready presentation, and if I remember rightly uninterupted race coverage, the slightly fuzzy picture, 'bloke dragged off the street' presenters and the like made a nice change from the overly glitzy F1 coverage over on ITV.
First year BBC got it, I thought it was awful, but they've done a decent job. Showing the races live now, they've got back to the level of the C5 coverage, but for my money haven't improved on it yet. |
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10 Apr 2005, 22:59 (Ref:1275136) | #15 | ||
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The channel 5 days were good. Was kinda, loads of crap, and then the race.
They had a really crappy studio, just looked like a black room, and they had that rider who gave some feedback but I think he was rubbish at racing himself. |
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Scott Smart - He's not too shabby, finished ahead of McWilliams at thruxton on Sunday in BSB & also has had a few of BSB wins in the past..
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