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Twee townie welly telly and that incessant, infantile background 'music' is teeth-grindingly obnoxious!
Here in the wilds of Zuzzex Country file is a swear word. I'd like to give them all the Deliverance treatment...
What do you mean. You don't enjoy a bit of Lama racing on a Sunday evening?
Don't watch it then. 🙄
how can you dislike a section on Lama's?
how can you dislike a section on Lama's
I really hate them, was at a farm that had Lamas few of them spat at me nasty nasty things.
Dalai Lamas?
I quite enjoy it (in an acknowledging that it's made for Sunday evening TV kind of way).
Matt is from Durham hill-farming stock and Adam is a hands-on Cotswolds gentleman farmer so they're not exactly townies themselves and I enjoy seeing the different areas they visit. And, the weather forecast is pretty useful.
All in all, a good way to wind down at the end of the weekend 8)
Ooh! 'core DHers...
What tyres for Country file?
And now £20 a day to ride in a wood. Haha! Reality check all round needed.
scraping the barrel for your daily whingey moany whiney snivelling sneering thread for today cressers aren't you?
Log Shute. Sweet.
Was that Rob Penn as in It's All About The Bike?
ratherbeintobago - Member
Was that Rob Penn as in It's All About The Bike?
It was. I thought the same thing. Great book.
Don't normally watch it, but we watched the Price Charles special edition the other week, was pretty good (for TV).
He lives in the Black Mountains so is local to the base for this week's episode.
Rob Penn that is, not HRH 😉
Phh. What's it like to be soooo perfect, eh, OP?
What DO you like so we can rip that to shreds, come on, fess up!
What DO you like so we can rip that to shreds, come on, fess up!
He posts dull whiny threads on here, but that would be too easy to rip to shreds. 🙂
Dalai Lamas?
Dial a Llama?
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He posts dull whiny threads on here, but that would be too easy to rip to shreds.
True, true.
I'm just not that miserable, I don't think! 😉
I love countryfile, infact so much so that I record it to watch later on.
Better than soaps, reality rubbish such as big brother, up the jungle, skating on thin ice etc.
If you took your big brother up the jungle, I imagine you would be skating on thin ice.
IGMC
Would that be a Barbour?
Me likeee Countryfile, T'is almost real life on a Farm, almost.
Thou Julia is wearing too much makeup these days for my liking. Much too much.
Perhaps the £20 a day was the approximate price for an uplift.....
I sometimes catch Country File when I'm at the In-laws'. It has its moments and it is better than 95% of what is on TV.
It's not all 'safe' though. Wasn't there some scandal about them ditching an older female presenter for younger, attractive, Ellie(?) a few years ago?
Don't normally watch it, but we watched the Price Charles special edition the other week, was pretty good (for TV).
I watched that too and came out of it thinking that big ears is actually a top bloke. The work he does with his charity group to regenerate our countryside and help young entrepreneurs is commendable. Not to mention the pachwork tweed/leather jacket he was sporting 😀
Is this the new IT Middle Management Top Gear rant then?
I like Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury as presenters, and they usually seem to give them interesting features. Adam's a * though. "Farming's really hard, that's why I'm driving around in my 10th brand new 4x4 since we started filming, pissing around with rare breeds." *.
Getting furious at Adam the **** is my favourite bit if I'm honest. Or Matt failing amiably at some other pointless task and really not looking like be could give a crap.
Thou Julia is wearing too much [s]makeup[/s] these days for my liking. Much too much.
FTFY !
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Adam's a * though. "Farming's really hard, that's why I'm driving around in my 10th brand new 4x4 since we started filming, pissing around with rare breeds." *.
That's true , everytime it's on he seems to be driving a brand new piece of farm equipment with a new jacket.
^ well at least it portrays farmers in an accurate way.
in other first world problems.....
Adam and his father have done/do a lot of good work in livestock circles and their Cotswold Wildlife Park is a great day out for the family.
Given his high profile I bet vehicle and machinery companies are throwing their wares at him to get product placement.
its the only place to get the five day weather forecast, unless you up at 2am, but for a whinge thread,surely there must be other more deserving targets......
I'd put a bet on a Dalai Lama race. But I'm not a tibetan man...
What bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury wears a different set of clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!!!
ohnohesback - MemberTwee townie welly telly and that incessant, infantile background 'music' is teeth-grindingly obnoxious!
Here in the wilds of Zuzzex Country file is a swear word. I'd like to give them all the Deliverance treatment...
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psling - MemberAdam and his father have done/do a lot of good work in livestock circles and their Cotswold Wildlife Park is a great day out for the family.
Given his high profile I bet vehicle and machinery companies are throwing their wares at him to get product placement.
No problem with that- it's the "oh farming is so hard" stuff that makes him a *. Oh it's so hard, if it wasn't for the massive advert I get on the BBC every week I wouldn't be able to afford as many collector's edition cows. This one's gold plated! Gotta catch em all!
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What bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury wears a different set of clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!!!
So what ?
she probably earns enough money to buy nice stuff.
Or it gets given because its good advertising on TV.
You must really have to try very hard to give a stuff about that sort of thing 😐
Perhaps the £20 a day was the approximate price for an uplift.....
+1
Seems reasnoble.
No problem with that- it's the "oh farming is so hard" stuff that makes him a *. Oh it's so hard, if it wasn't for the massive advert I get on the BBC every week I wouldn't be able to afford as many collector's edition cows. This one's gold plated! Gotta catch em all! *!
and yet he was doing it BEFORE he was on telly. in fact one of the reasons he's on telly was because of his connection with rare breeds. weird that, eh? still farming is probably harder than operating a tv remote control, something you appear to be incapable of doing.
Its getting really bad, its all so terribly Blue Peter for the countryside...
weather forecast is good tho 🙂
Agreed about Adam Henson, he is a complete and utter bell-end and quite frankly if I ever met him I'm kick him in the bollocks.
maxlite - MemberIts getting really bad, its all so terribly Blue Peter for the countryside...
Good point, actually. Well, Blue Peter from the 80s. What's Blue Peter like nowadays?
I'd like to give them all the Deliverance treatment...
Not quite sure what you mean here; you'd like to brutally anally rape the presenters of a popular TV programme? 😯 Or have a banjo duet with each of them?
Agreed about Adam Henson, he is a complete and utter bell-end and quite frankly if I ever met him I'm kick him in the bollocks.
Blimey. What terrible thing has he done to you personally then, to warrant such anger and violent retribution?
stole the manual for his tv remote control?
I thought that tiny MTB segment on CF was quite funny! A bit Slippy was it?? 😉
BigButSlimmerBloke - Memberand yet he was doing it BEFORE he was on telly.
What, banging on about it on the telly? No, I don't believe he was.
A mate ended up on a skiing holiday with Adam by chance. Said he was pretty sound. Go figure.
Nothing wrong with spending ££'S on a decent set of outdoor wear, warmth & dryness is worth the cost.
Julia is starting to look a bit injection moulded these days though.
What's happened to the little blond girl?
What's happened to the little blond girl?
Which one?
Nope, still not regretting selling my television.
tomchatt - Member
What bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury wears a different set of clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!!!
Has it not occurred to you that the various segments might have been filmed days or weeks apart? They are frequently in different locations, after all.
Or is that too simplistic an answer for those looking for something else to whine about?
The little blond with the long hair and a northern accent?? Oh and the wellies??
On the point about Adam, well actually the whole programme really, we have 2 farms in the family up the in that Harrogate like, and it's the only programme that the whole family watches. Ok mostly cos of Adam ( we have sheeps and cattles ) and the weather forecast.
MrsBouys Bro can often be heard tutting to himself when they rattle on about "niche" herds....
We're Organic, took 7 years of hard graft and mahoooosive amounts of paperwork and red tape to go through, and we think its worth it.
It would be nice to hear some more "real life" stories on the programme instead of the polished exterior of farming in general.
Though to be fair, Matt did give the Borders sheep farmer an airing, not enough of one but an airing non the less.
Nope, still not regretting selling my television.
Because a few random strangers don't like Country File ?
I used to really like Sunday morning Countryfile but don't like it since it moved to the evening slot some time ago. I have met Adam albeit briefly when we took the children to the farm park (One if the best ones of that type we have been too.). He was pleasant and really helpful - didn't have the air of the 'big I am' either...
maxtorque - MemberI thought that tiny MTB segment on CF was quite funny! A bit Slippy was it??
It gave the impression that mountain bikes are useless or even dangerous when used in the slippy conditions that are commonplace in the British Wintertime. This hardly gives an attractive and positive impression of the sport!
Nope, still not regretting selling my television.
Still can't resist the opportunity to open a tread about a TV program though, eh? 😉
Ellie Harrison?
What bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury wears [s]a different set of[/s] clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!!!
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tomchatt - MemberWhat bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury [s]wears a different set of clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!![/s] earns more money than me.
tomchatt - MemberWhat bugs me about the programme is the fact that Julia Bradbury [s]wears a different set of clothes for almost every scene. Last night she was in a Mammut goretex cag which cost over £500 - yes more than £500 for a blooming cag!!!!!!!![/s] earns more money than me.