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Dinahmo Fri 29-Nov-19 15:56:00

I've just read the Guardian obit of Sir Jonathan Miller which mentioned his series "The Body in Question" and also those of Lord Clark, Jacob Bronowski and Kenneth Galbraith. Those series, some of them in black and white, had me transfixed by the tv. They were informative and entertaining.

The other night there was an half hour interview of Clive James made about a year ago and this reminded me of the Dennis Potter interview by Melvyn Bragg which IMO was a brilliant piece of television.

Why do the broadcasters no longer make programs like these (apart from David Attenborough's)?

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Gaunt47 Fri 29-Nov-19 16:31:11

Because 20-somethings with the attention span of fruit flies and a belief in the blue peter method of putting things across commission programmes nowadays. Sorry, but I've tuned into so many documentaries hoping to learn something, only to give up in disgust when I see they're made for 10 year olds.

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Dinahmo Fri 29-Nov-19 17:20:54

So have I. I particularly dislike the history documentaries where they insist in having people dressed up.

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EllanVannin Fri 29-Nov-19 18:38:13

I loved those Talking Heads programmes.
There should be a channel devoted to programmes from the past which many would enjoy, including myself.

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Gaunt47 Sat 30-Nov-19 08:53:45

Dinahmo, oh gosh yes those re-enacters - and the presenter standing in front of something he/she is talking about so that you can't see what he/she is talking about!

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Anniebach Sat 30-Nov-19 08:59:17

I use to watch ‘Face to Face’ with John Freeman

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Jane43 Sat 30-Nov-19 15:18:03

Yes there are some wonderful old programmes on BBC iPlayer, I noticed some episodes of What’s My Line? the other day, a real blast from the past which I used to watch with my parents and my brother in the days when people only had one television in the house, if they were lucky.

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