James May: The Reassembler: has there been a cheaper-to-make programme in the modern era?

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KT17

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On telly he comes across as a nice bloke* and it's mildly engaging.

But this programme, it's like something off the ITV afternoon schedule in the mid-1970's...

Has there ever been a cheaper-to-make TV programme in the modern era?




*not what I've heard from some of those those who know him btw

 

Luke93

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• Apr 4, 2016

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May's wage alone is larger than a lot of low scale show budgets...

 

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Luke93 said:

May's wage alone is larger than a lot of low scale show budgets...

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True!

But you know what I mean!

 

Dick Head

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I quite enjoyed it but I was disappointed that he didn't show us how to reassemble the recoil starter mechanism.

 

Acker79

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Check out some of the linking pieces on the music channel 'keep it country'. That's cheap tv.

 

shaolinpunk

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• Apr 5, 2016

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Channel Five does a bunch of shows that are essentially montages of videos from YouTube.

I doubt that has much production beyond someone downloading and editing the clips, and then getting someone in for voice over to tie it all together.

 

Dick Head

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And the handle grips, the roller axle and the cutting blades were already assembled. This programme is a sham of a sham.

 

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University Challenge is amazingly cheap. No big prizes to give out, no appearance fees (except for Paxo), cheap set, two cameras and virtually no editing. There can't be many cheaper