COAST:- Sunday 1 July, 8pm on BBC TWO

[Stesh]

Berwick-upon-Tweed to Aberdeen

Miranda Krestovnikoff dives into a spectacular marine reserve off St Abbs, one of Britain's outstanding sites for underwater wildlife.

BBC - Coast

Could be interesting? For a change?

I don't know about you, but I found the first series great and the second series seemed lacking in content because some of items where linked to the coast by very narrow margins.
Sadly this series looks like going down the same path, what with the first ten minutes of the last episode being taken up with the house prices in Sandbanks

Also Nicholas Crane was a far better presenter compared to Neil Oliver who is beginning to get on my nerves like that piggy eyed Mark Horton.

[Ant P]

Originally Posted by Stesh

Also Nicholas Crane was a far better presenter compared to Neil Oliver who is beginning to get on my nerves like that piggy eyed Mark Horton.

Although Nicolas Crane always had that blinking umbrella strapped to his back which always for some unknown reason drove me mad. The whole presenting style of the program of walking and looking back at the camera as though you are having a chummy chat is also incredibily irritating and i often wish they would fall off the cliff while not looking where they are going

cheers, a

[DanE]

They should sack them all except Dr Alice and have her present the whole thing.

dan

[wilbo]

Originally Posted by DanE

They should sack them all except Dr Alice and have her present the whole thing.

dan

Hmmmm. Dr. Alice.. she's luurvly.

[SoggyFox]

It would be nice if there was some continuity, one week it was shetlands and then next week its some £10 million house in the retirementville.

and yes, more Dr Alice fondling bones! hmmmmmmm luuuuuuuuurvely.

[Air Guzzler]

Originally Posted by DanE

They should sack them all except Dr Alice and have her present the whole thing.

dan

in the nude

[AdmiralHanson]

To be honest, the programme is presented for a prime time BBC 2 audience (IIRC, it might even be 'bankrolled' by part of the OU budget, so any cross over from educational to entertainment will have BBC Execs slapping themselves on their backs) and to be honest, it does exactly what is says on the tin ... Being interesting and informative, as well as entertaining.

'Tis true there is the diving element to it, the octopus bit in the first one for example, but you can't seriously expect to have that sort of thing in every single episode ?

From a diving point of view, it suffers the same fate as something like 'Wreck Detectives', as on the face of it appealing to a diving audience, but having to be kept at such a level as to make it interesting / appealing to a general non-diving audience.

Personally, I like the programme and it is varied and generally interesting. It is one of those genres that used to be the staple of the BBC and something they used to do very well, however in the chase for ratings, they seemed to think that to be popular they had to produce anything ITV churned out. I'd much rather see 'Coast' in its current format, rather than have to put up with another mindless soap opera or some programme that requires a phone call to decide which clapped out ex-celeb wins.

[AdmiralHanson]

Originally Posted by DanE

They should sack them all except Dr Alice and have her present the whole thing.

dan

Even 'Miranda' ?

[Snash]

Originally Posted by AdmiralHanson

I'd much rather see 'Coast' in its current format, rather than have to put up with another mindless soap opera or some programme that requires a phone call to decide which clapped out ex-celeb wins.

Good point.

[DanE]

Originally Posted by AdmiralHanson

Even 'Miranda' ?

I'm afraid so.

dan