Not just in terms of the content but also in the way it is presented. To give a couple of examples. Last night I started to watch Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways.
Ok, an unlikely title for what could have been an interesting programme for someone like me with an interest in railways. Unfortunately for me, I also have an interest in the English language. I had to turn off when Tarrant made this fatuous remark:
'It (the railways) is one of the most iconic ways to get around the planet'
Iconic as opposed to what exactly? How is it any more iconic than an aeroplane or a bus for instance? And that is even if the word iconic can be applied to a system rather than an individual object - which I dispute.
Tonight I see that Richard Madeley is presenting some kind of documentary about squatters. I suppose somebody has to take an interest in them but why does the programme have to air at 9pm. Is that not peak viewing time? Who does ITV imagine is their target audience at that time? And that is ignoring the fact that Madeley is one of the oiliest and least pleasant people on television today.
9pm used to be when the more engrossing dramas and series were aired. So what has changed?
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