Sim Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Olympics coverage is pretty good. Naturally, if a Brit is doing well in a particular sport we get more coverage of that sport....so it will be interesting to see how much figure skating we get as there aren't any Brits in the top five at the moment. Even if the coverage were great, we shouldn't have to wait four years for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 This afternoon I see we are being treated to the World Indoors Bowls championshios...4 solid hours!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It's obviously cheap to buy the rights to that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) I don't know for certain, but figure skating might work out cheaper than bowls, given that they wouldn't have to send a crew. Outside the Olympics themselves, most Olympic sports coverage goes for peanuts. Edited to add: I'm not knocking bowls - it's not my cup of tea, but IMO it's not fair to argue for more coverage of a minority sport at the expense of another minority sport! Edited January 26, 2018 by Lizbie1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) Who knows, perhaps the popularity of Dancing on Ice might have a knock on effect . Now if Darcey were to commentate .... Edited January 27, 2018 by Odyssey 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Or better still, if Darcey were to compete...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I think you'll find that Darcey is presenting a 30 min show at 10pm on BBC 2 tonight - and it will have an Ice Dance component around Le Patin Libre. Plus some street dance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyN2f7jA5Z0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 F1 has become processional. Occaisionally you see 'classic' ( pre carbon fibre) f1 cars being raced atvarious motorsport events no electronics beyond the ignition system and marginal traction... completely different spectacle. If F1 allowed it the cars would be drones andcthe drivers would be sat in their cockpit in an ISO box in leafy english suburbia or at the Farrari factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromthebalcony Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Not sure if this was already posted? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/28/john-curry-film-ice-king-skating-star-bittersweet-life-story-icarus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, fromthebalcony said: Not sure if this was already posted? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/28/john-curry-film-ice-king-skating-star-bittersweet-life-story-icarus Thanks for the heads up about this. I thought, and still think, that Curry's artistry on ice remains supreme. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I so agree Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Amazing coincidence just as we were all enjoying those old clips- can't wait to see it. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Edited January 30, 2018 by Jan McNulty To replace original post with a better quality recording 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 A recent biography of John Curry (2-3 years old?) made me weep buckets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Fiz said: A recent biography of John Curry (2-3 years old?) made me weep buckets. Having just googled the documentary, I think it was the biography that inspired it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 That clip makes me weep buckets ......thinking of the recent thread on dancers whose performances make you cry-well, this does! for the sheer beauty. A few giggles at the commentary as well, rising to a crescendo of enthusiasm at the end with 'The most beautiful skating I have ever seen!!..' True..it still is... They should have been all 6s though.......... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Brings back so many lovely memories of being glued to the telly watching him. What a wonderful artist I feel sure he would of been a beautiful dancer if he'd been allowed to do it..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Lin Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 One of the most exquisite programs ever made: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Absolutely, Sharon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I don't think we've had John Curry's gala Scheherazade on this thread yet? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromthebalcony Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 This was also a huge loss to skating. I loved this couple together - and their love story! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Lizbie1 said: I don't think we've had John Curry's gala Scheherazade on this thread yet? I don't remember having seen this before! Wonderful. Thank you so much for posting it. (Why aren't the audience all leaping up out of their seats?! Such polite applause!). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Grinkov’s death was such a tragedy. I read Ekaterina’s book which was heart rending. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I've just come across this feature on how John Curry's legacy has been allowed to go to waste: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2018/02/05/britain-let-john-currys-golden-legacy-winter-olympics-go-waste/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You have to register to read it. 🙀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I've just been watching the BBC introduction to the winter games , with,- hurray- a feature on the British figure skating pair Coomes and Buckland. I was very impressed by the amazing bravery of Penny Coomes- what a terrible injury she had, her knee shattered, and some film of her struggle to recover really made me wince in pained sympathy. I shall hope to see them on the ice next week and wish them all the best, they deserve it....It all seems to be in the middle of the nnight but perhaps we will get some in the summary programmes and on i player, hope so.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 This article from today's Times may prove of interest here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-curry-and-tonya-harding-two-tragic-figures-who-turned-sport-into-an-art-form-5cx86pkjb?shareToken=6f8c514e57f2e5e8dee9020ffb0ee8ec 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Skating and gymnastics are my favourite sports on TV. There’s lots of great routines on YouTube too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 On 26/01/2018 at 11:28, Fonty said: Tennis, on the other hand, used to get far more, and has been cut right back. I think the only reason we get anything at all other than Wimbledon is because we have 4 British players, two of whom are showing they have the ability to be top players. And the other two are called Murray. I think you're being a bit unfair there, Fonty. We get anything up to 4 Davis Cup ties a year, wall-to-wall Wimbledon if you include Red Button channels, Queen's, (have I missed something in-between?) Eastbourne and (half of) the World Tour Finals on the BBC, the French Open on ITV (although I notice they seem to have stopped doing the veterans' event at the Albert Hall). None of those are at all new. Admittedly the Australian Open has been cut back from any live coverage to an hour or so of highlights per day (second week), but there's never been any US Open coverage that I can remember (I remember listening to Greg Rusedski playing the final on the radio). What more did we use to get? Some more coverage of the women's game would certainly be useful, though - although did the BBC Red Button the Fed Cup a few years ago? On 26/01/2018 at 11:28, Fonty said: I used to love ice skating, but if they don't show it regularly you get out of touch with who the current people are. However, instead of showing those who are experts in their chosen field, tv companies in their wisdom have decided that we would prefer to see "celebrities" doing some wobbly routines on a Saturday night as they learn to skate. Quite, on both accounts. I hate suddenly being plunged into the Olympics and realising I don't know most of the skaters. Coomes and Buckland, the American siblings, the Canadian ice dancers, yes, but a lot of them are new to me. And I've never been a fan of the "wobbly celebrities" programmes, especially for subjects where so much initial skill is required as it is for the sports-related ones. On 26/01/2018 at 11:43, Lizbie1 said: I think the more obvious explanation is that sport on television is almost entirely controlled by men. I thought Barbara Slater (former gymnast and one-time teenage actress) was head of BBC Sport? I may be out of date, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 BTW, anyone want to start a separate Winter Olympics thread in Not Dance? And Amelia, having only just read this thread, I was quite surprised to see that you hadn't started it with Medvedeva, having seen her on TV last night. I'd have thought her rather more graceful than her compatriot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 16:42, Fiz said: Skating and gymnastics are my favourite sports on TV. There’s lots of great routines on YouTube too. Mine too Fiz! I'm really enjoying the Olympic skating so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The German couple who won the pairs Gold gave an incredible free programme, especially since they had some points to make up after a glitch in the short. Well done to them! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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