ozgirl
Well-Known Member
Hi Harold,
The BBC want people to watch their shows, they may be a public broadcaster but they still need ratings to justify what they produce/air. If they'd just been called "Big Ideas", "Top Toys", "Drink to Britain", do you think they'd have achieved the same viewing figures, because I very much doubt it.
I'm sure James has an ego: don't think you can be a TV presenter without one. He's also intelligent enough to know that fame can be short, and the public fickle, so you should make hay while the sun shines. Although we know James would be useless at making hay
He was pretty broke for quite a long time, so I don't begrudge him buying a Ferrari instead of a Renault Clio.
For Shellygrrl:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May
Airdates are listed
Pretty much every series on the BBC has "the book to accompany the series" - are you saying James' shows shouldn't be allowed to as well? Off you go, and tell the BBC they are not to release books of "Coast" "What the ...did for us" "The Secret life of..." etc*snips bits of post, since Cucciolotto had no qualms about snipping bits of hers to make his argument*
.............and the books that acompanied almost each one of these shows.
[I shall make another point that tickles me, don't know how much it's worth but I'll say it anyway: all of his his show listed here start with James May's......... Now does he like himself that much or has he be threatened by the BBC to do so? I know a lot of other shows without the presenter's name in it and they seem to be fine with it.]
ALL THAT in the space of mainly 2 years, if that is not overexposed then my name's Harold.
The BBC want people to watch their shows, they may be a public broadcaster but they still need ratings to justify what they produce/air. If they'd just been called "Big Ideas", "Top Toys", "Drink to Britain", do you think they'd have achieved the same viewing figures, because I very much doubt it.
I'm sure James has an ego: don't think you can be a TV presenter without one. He's also intelligent enough to know that fame can be short, and the public fickle, so you should make hay while the sun shines. Although we know James would be useless at making hay
He was pretty broke for quite a long time, so I don't begrudge him buying a Ferrari instead of a Renault Clio.
For Shellygrrl:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May
Airdates are listed