Saturday night TV

Wimbledon fortnight is 2 weeks! There are 2 international football tournaments on at the moment. They will be over soon.
As for soaps, I've given up trying to watch evening TV normally, it does seem to be wall-to-wall soaps 52 weeks a year.

I object to two European football teams playing at peak times—another evening of no TV.

BBC and ITV do not give a s**t about their loyal viewers.

Another yes for Miss Marple. Seen it a few times before but it was so well done. All the props, the music, and the actors. We came across Basil a few years back as a football referee so interesting to watch him.

Even dh who likes football preferred Miss Marple.

If I'm going to see any more cricket, tennis and football being shown on tv, leaving me with no choice of a decent programme, I think I might just hit myself around the head with a cricket bat.

I have a good cure! Planet Rock on radio & current book to read!

I totally agree! Thank goodness I’m too old and don’t pay for a tv licence anymore. I know it’s summertime and all the tv channels go to sleep - but this year Saturday nights are the worst ever! All channels are taking the mickey! No respect for viewers.
Not everyone is away on holiday.
Not everyone is out partying.
Not everyone has a BBQ.
So please please channel programmers think of your audiences, respect your viewers and put on some decent programmes.
Not all the Bond films either!
Awful tv

I love sportbut totally agree. All the regular scheduling goes out the window! I don'tknow why BBC don't have a Sport's Channel or move stuff around on BBC3 and 4 and leave 1 and 2 alone!

It's only for a few weeks and there are so many other channels to watch, plus iplayer, or you could listen to the radio or a watch a music channel. I happen to like Wimbledon but I don't want to watch every single match and I'm not interested in womens football but I can usually find something such as a film or music while my OH is asleep on the sofa!

Babamaman I’m eighty and still have to pay for my TV licence !

I'm 83 and still pay for mine. Am I missing something?

Smileless2012

There's plenty on BBC iplayer.

There is plenty on there but I find either I've already watched it or I'm not really interested in it. I suspect I'm not alone in that.

I often feel BBC has turned into a sports channel.Football, women's football, tennis at the moment everywhere.

I can't stand football, have no interest in tennis, but surely people don't just rely on BBC One, BBC Two and ITV1 for programmes. It's not 1981 and you can avoid all these sports totally if you want.
Me, seeing the weather had picked up, caught an early morning train to Edinburgh, spent several hours visiting the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Ocean Terminal, Calton St and Princes St. I'm off work and this is my way of avoiding sport I don't like.

cumbrianmale i m so glad you enjoyed doing what you are doing you maybe younger than many on here !!!
I still work / volunteer 20 hours a week I keep an allotment going, I do my own and my daughter garden I swim in the sea and I walk (no car) but …..in the evenings I want to sit down slob out and watch my favourite programmes which just happen to be on the main channels
Of course I can avoid the sports by channel hopping no one’s saying we can’t and of course there are other freeview channels (which often aren’t up to much) but why can’t the sport use a different channel and leave us to just enjoy our favourite programmes on the correct night and at the correct time