Annoying terms used on television programmes

[SS4]

From what I hear from other people and actually having never seen this programme myself, the types of places where these so-called "celebrities" are sent would appear to be one that they should definitely be kept in for an extremely long period of time...and not "got out of" to use the vernacular of the programme title.

I'd love to know ITV's criteria for celebrity status. Perhaps I could see what the BBC think with a FOI request

 

[Cletus]

(Haven’t read through the thread to see if I’m duplicating my comment.)

Mine is during documentaries (usually), when presenters say “in tonight’s programme” or “coming up after the break”. They then proceed to show clips of what is next.

I HATE that. A prime example are in Michael Portillo’s railway series’, but it’s generally all documentaries now.

Thank god for Sky+ and being able to whizz past without having to watch the previews!

 

[Lewisham2221]

(Haven’t read through the thread to see if I’m duplicating my comment.)

Mine is during documentaries (usually), when presenters say “in tonight’s programme” or “coming up after the break”. They then proceed to show clips of what is next.

I HATE that. A prime example are in Michael Portillo’s railway series’, but it’s generally all documentaries now.

Thank god for Sky+ and being able to whizz past without having to watch the previews!

Even worse when they do that before the break and then, after the break, they recap on everything they showed before the break. How short do they think our attention span/memory is?!

 

[SS4]

Even worse when they do that before the break and then, after the break, they recap on everything they showed before the break. How short do they think our attention span/memory is?!

IMO it's not that so much but it's an excellent time waster - the more they can recap, say what's coming up the less actual content is needed.
Take episodes of the simpsons for example - a long couch gag means less episode time to fill.

 

[deltic1989]

This might have come up but if so I'll repeat for clarity.

It really bugs me when on television when the Presenter wants to refer to 2000, they say "The year 2000" ,but never prefix 'the year' onto any other date e.g.'The year 1989' or 'the year 2001'.

 

[Bungle73]

IMO it's not that so much but it's an excellent time waster - the more they can recap, say what's coming up the less actual content is needed.
Take episodes of the simpsons for example - a long couch gag means less episode time to fill.

It's for people who join half way through, and to keep you watching: "Look what great things we've got coming up!"

 

[LE Greys]

If we're including advertising, the most annoying terms are "Sponsored by..." and "Brought to you by...", especially if the company completely destroys the mood of the programme (yes, I am looking at ITV3).

 

[tannedfrog]

Much like we use Downing St or Whitehall to refer to the UK government.

Its also common to hear 'Paris', 'Berlin', 'Madrid', 'Moscow' or 'Rome' used to refer to the respective governments

Are these synecdoches?!