[Closed] The BBC, and their massive plugging of 'The Bodyguard' (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

Have you written to points of view?

Maybe it's a subliminal plot to drive someone to off Theresa May?

It was awesome, they have every right to bask in it, ditto Killing Eve.

Well done Beeb. Not often I say that!.

They're pleased. The BBC has finally commissioned a decent drama series, albeit with massive plot holes. Half of the cast is BBC News anchors and editors

TV channel encouraging you to watch their programs - how dare they 🙄

😄

great drama BBC well done. Its news worthy because its popular.

frankly since they stopped wearing dinner suits to read the news its gone down hill 😀

Not just the BBC, ITN did a piece on the news about it. I reckon Killing Eve was better.

It's actually an ITV made show, bought by BBC in the UK and by Netflix internationally, so it's in everyone's best interest it's publicised to the max.

It really isn't that great.

Cinematography is good, as is Keeley Hawes. Music is good too if a bit nicked from all of Christopher Nolan's output.

But seriously it's as if no one as ever seen the likes of Ozark with its multiple characters, incessant moral ambiguity and fantastic acting.

Jed Mercurio knows how script tension but  wallowing between the bombs are some duff lingering scenes of wayward nothingness.

It's TV doing Gerard Butler/Liam Kneeson type stuff for the Telegraph generation.

The beeb are scared of Netflix they've got to amp it up. I don't blame them as they're fading.

But actually bear in mind the production doesn't have much to do with the BBC itself.

All a bit shouty with no nuance.

I find the sycophantic ads for Strictly Come Over my Shoes moar offensive.

Can I just mention pedantically, that The Bodyguard starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

I watched the first episode of Bodyguard and thought it was ok. Then I heard how popular it was so haven't watched any more. Other popular things I don't view include Eastenders, The Daily Mail and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

So you don't watch it because other people watch it? Strange.

I assume you would therefore find the Daily Mail acceptable if you were the only reader?

Anyway, I enjoyed Bodyguard. It had absolutely monumental plot holes, but was still entertaining.

I thought it was okay, not brilliant, but okay. No where near as good as the hype would have had me believe. Had a real problem though with the lead actor being such a miserable, whiney Scottish git....and that's coming from a miserable, whiney Scottish git.

whiney Scottish git….and that’s coming from a miserable, whiney Scottish git.

Yeah, similar to Line of Duty from the same pen. A miserable bloke with one expression.

Then I heard how popular it was so haven’t watched any more.

Why did DezB burn his mouth on his coffee? 'Cos he drank it before it was cool 😉

I thought it was okay, not brilliant, but okay. No where near as good as the hype would have had me believe.

I probably up 'okay' to 'pretty good', but, yeah, I think that's a pretty fair somethingion.

Enjoyed watching it, but the plot holes were painful. Not just a scripting thing… clearly some holes caused by edits. Last episode… who buried the iPad? When?

Last episode… who buried the iPad? When?

Yes that bit was particularly confusing as they kept in the scene where he hid it in the boiler – if they had taken that scene out people would have just assumed he'd buried it in the first place. However I really enjoyed it overall.

Bodyguard stopped me scrambling onto Netflix for Sunday night watching fare but I did think the actor who played Bud was strangely very wooden.

It really isn’t that great.

I thought the part where the guy was standing in the middle of the park with a bomb strapped to him and there were four armed police, two infront and two behind so that they were effective aiming at him AND each other, was particularly well thought through.

I might not seem of any consequence but the OP has a point. The BBC has gone way over board to promote this; It's pretty rare that any TV programme becomes popular enough to be featured as a news item on any TV channel, but the fact that it was just the BBC reporting smacks of navel gazing at one level and stinks of fear (for the future) at another.

There is a reason the government wanted to switch radio broadcasts to digital; it's so that that you free up the broadcast spectrum to auction off to other providers. Broadcast TV will not exist in the future and at that point the concenpt of a universal license fee will also die.

It's this that the BBC is scared of and right so.

 Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

Fixed that for you.

I only watched it cos I hated it.

It's not as hard to not watch something as some of you seem to think. I don't feel I'm missing out, because there are quite frankly LOADS of other things to watch. And I have trouble finding the time to watch the ones I do want to watch.

 I don’t feel I’m missing out, because there are quite frankly LOADS of other things to watch. And I have trouble finding the time to watch the ones I do want to watch.

I agree that there's plenty of good stuff out there, but it does seem perverse that you stopped watching something you thought was OK because you heard it was popular.

And I have trouble finding the time to watch the ones I do want to watch.

Yet plenty time to comment on a thread about something you never watched to tell everyone you never watched it as it's beneath you somehow. Aye right, yer maw.

We really enjoyed it, plot holes and all.

Yes, of course I have time here to use the internet. Maybe if there was a TV in the office at work I'd have time to watch programmes I don't want to eh? And you have incorrectly deduced that I have never watched Bodyguard. Yer maw (whatever she has to do with anything)

I tuned in for the same reason as most middle aged ladies - The King of The North routinely gettin his shirt off.

That aside, I quite enjoyed it, although it was all pretty silly and I was disappointed the ginger spook chap didn't rip off his face mask at the end Scooby Doo style to reveal that he was really the Home Secretary and still alive.  Thats the ending I would have written.

That would have made prosecutiing the baddies for her murder somewhat problematic

6 episodes to watch, Daunted by Bodyguard. Do it?

Seems like we need to give this a go. Managed to miss it completely.

Missed the last episode.

Turned on Today on R4 first thing Monday to hear spoilers about the ending.

Bah......

I can understand the BBC panic over Netflix and Prime, they are seeing their business go drifting away. Was it the Emmys this year where some broadcast as opposed to internet show got an category and I'm sure one commentator described it as being like "the hottest person in intensive care". Or something equally incorrect but funnier.

Yep, expect them to shout about every triumph.

Anyway, I enjoyed Bodyguard. It had absolutely monumental plot holes, but was still entertaining.

+1. I missed all the adverts, presumably because I don't spend all my time glued to BBC 1, waiting for something to be annoyed about.

Yet plenty time to comment on a thread about something you never watched to tell everyone you never watched it as it’s beneath you somehow. Aye right, yer maw.

30 seconds versus 6 hours or so. Not really a logical comparison.

I am also looking forward to the "Bad Lip Reading" take on it - there is some great work to be done with the scene in the square with the bomb.

Its news worthy because its popular.

It may be "newsworthy" in the sense that it's worth talking about on the Media Show, and it's nice that we can have discussions at work about it the day after, like before netflix, but when it comes up on the national daily news you have to think* that the BBC needs to get out more.

*I suppose you don't have to think anything, but well, really.

Something like 98% of folk still watch programming on the telly by the schedule. The death of the Beeb being caused by Netflix and amazon are largely a construct of the media industry talking about itself

Haven't watch Bodyguard, don't need to now as Radio 4 handily told me what happened. Plus I'm as cool as DezB, obvs

No way 😎

Prefer Killing Eve.

FFS. Its everywhere,

I genuinely hadn't noticed. Although now it's been brought up I might try it.

It's a soap opera. All theses new dramas are soap operas with a bit of sex thrown in. Boring and overhyped.

Good for the spinach generation who don't have to think for themselves.

Now [i]that's[/i] cool ^^^  🙂

Good for the spinach generation who don’t have to think for themselves.

*swoon*

Good for the spinach generation who don’t have to think for themselves.

I'm glad I'm thick enough to be entertained..... Some days I wish I was so far ahead of the game that I work everything out from the trailer so it saves me watching it.

Hating stuff just because it is popular makes you a twit.

Hating stuff because it is crap (but may also be popular) is a gentleman’s prerogative.

Has anyone said they hate it because it is popular?

I thought the post in question merely espoused a cessation of viewing activities.

What's a spinach generation?

Good for the spinach generation who don’t have to think for themselves.

I always thought of myself as more of a kale man.

I prefer Broccoli myself...

I used to like broccoli but it became popular so I stopped liking it.

Something like 98% of folk still watch programming on the telly by the schedule.

It's partially a demographic problem though (no idea if 98% is accurate). If you watched the BBC 10 years ago you probably still watch it today. If you're under 35 then the stats show massive declines for the BBC and all broadcast V.

BBC viewing figures in hours/week for 18-34yr olds dropped from about 280 minutes a week in 2013/14 to 180 last year.  Across terrestrial channels it switched from a 60:40 split of TV:other 2 years ago for that age range, to 40:60 in just one year last year.

Source: BBC annual report and Broadcast magazine's front page last month.

Anyone seen the DrWho ad yet?

Of course you have🤣🤦‍♂️

How ya gonna cope with a female Dr ?

Genuinely not heard of this series until popping on here. Line of Duty is great, so is this worth a punt? On the broadcast TV thing, other than CBeebies I’ve not watched broadcast TV for years. Netflix or Prime all the way.

Now I know the ending I might give it a miss.

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The Bodyguard you say? Must check it out...

Can't believe not watching a popular telly programme gets people's backs up 😆

[i]How ya gonna cope with a female Dr ?[/i]

Well, as I no longer have a child young enough to bother watching kid's TV with, I'll give that a miss too.

I had a female doctor check my bollocks and another stick the questing finger up my arse. For free!

I can handle a kids TV show.

It had me wanting to watch more until the last episode and that was pure shite.

It’s partially a demographic problem though (no idea if 98% is accurate). If you watched the BBC 10 years ago you probably still watch it today. If you’re under 35 then the stats show massive declines for the BBC and all broadcast V.
BBC viewing figures in hours/week for 18-34yr olds dropped from about 280 minutes a week in 2013/14 to 180 last year. Across terrestrial channels it switched from a 60:40 split of TV:other 2 years ago for that age range, to 40:60 in just one year last year.
Source: BBC annual report and Broadcast magazine’s front page last month.

I don't think my ten year old kids have ever watched terrestrial tv. If its not on-demand they don't want to know, and struggle with the concept of radio in the car where you cannot pick your own songs.

I ended up binge watching it the other day (wasn't initially going to bother but as the OP says, it keeps getting mentioned everywhere so I figured I may as well). Personally I didn't think it was that great, not dire but I wouldn't really recommend it as a must-see series. I was already starting to lose interest by the end so good thing it was a short series...

Random fact for the day....

Writer/creator Jed Mercurio is a former pupil of my kids primary school in Cannock.

For clarity, my original post on this was just because I was annoyed at the Beeb for advertorialising their own show on the news. Everywhere else- fine by me, news- was shoehorning IMHO.

I'm looking forward to seeing the show and will binge-watch it when I get time. I find Keeley Hawes attractive, and like Jed Mercurio as a writer. Dr Who, with a female lead- also fine by me.

I like all manner of green veg, broccoli, kale- even cabbage.

Killing Eve is flipping awesome, just sayin.

Started off pretty good for a BBC drama; but the ending was really bad to be fair.

* I like neither spinach, kale or broccoli .. spring cabbage ain’t too bad at a push though.