World Cup TV Coverage

[Gully]

BBC every time for football, ITV is only watchable with R5 on in the background providing the sound, in fact that is possibly the best combination available for viewing pleasure. Alan Green and Jimmy Armfield are the footballing equivalent of Aggers and Blowers, they paint a beautiful picture of events on the pitch, it feels at times like you are sitting beside them in the stand.

 

[Giant Seagull]

BBC wins by a mile, but then its not got much to compete with has it

 

[Gully]

However it is sad that ITVs coverage is so shockingly bad that the better option is to listen on the radio, either with or without pictures.

 

[Ice Man]

BBC.

BBC has no adverts during the program, some leading pundits in the studio, and two top commentators in Motty and Lawro.

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Where's the choice for UKTV G2?

 

[Statto]

Shame Sky don't have it.

Spot on. this wouldn't even be a debate if they did. BTW I dont think either terestrial station has good football coverage. ITV has too many ads, and the pundits are no good (apart from Venables), but the BBC are equally as bad, motson does my head in. I just cant listen to him for a full 90 mins, without shouting "SHUT UP MOTSON".

 

[RM-Taylor]

Anyone say UKTV Gold 2, hosted by the real England manager Mike Bassett

 

[Basil Fawlty]

BBC by a country mile.

 

[Beach Hut]

The camera angles are crap though and I thought the actual host feed of the England game was appalling - wide camera angles and not close to the action.


Nothing BBC can do about I would have expected the Germans to have all the latest technology.

 

[Gwylan]

Despite having Ian Wright, it still has to be BBC by some way.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

BBC every time for football, ITV is only watchable with R5 on in the background providing the sound, in fact that is possibly the best combination available for viewing pleasure. Alan Green and Jimmy Armfield are the footballing equivalent of Aggers and Blowers, they paint a beautiful picture of events on the pitch, it feels at times like you are sitting beside them in the stand.

Top man Green is, tells it as it is, think my favourite quote yesterday was "sorry, but that decision was pants" or "the fourth offical has finally decided to stand and put some numbers in so we can make a sustitution"

The camera angles are crap though and I thought the actual host feed of the England game was appalling - wide camera angles and not close to the action.


Nothing BBC can do about I would have expected the Germans to have all the latest technology.

Couldn't agree more, the German host feed was awful, the main German director should be spoken to before his next match.

 

[Gwylan]

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Couldn't agree more, the German host feed was awful, the main German director should be spoken to before his next match.

I believe he was only following orders.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I found myself actually looking forward to seeing the next instalment of the Budweiser pundits.

They had more interesting things to say than the ITV panel.