Letting light in upon magic 6 January 2008
Posted by Adrian Pegg in Media, uk television.trackback
Oh horror!
It appears that some people have discovered that Jool’s Holland’s Hootenanny new year’s eve show was … and I hesitate to reveal this … PRE-RECORDED! Who would have thought it? (After all, surely it would have been so easy to get that many celebs and artists to give up their new year’s eve to spend the night in Wood Lane).
The BBC had already made a rather feeble attempt to cover this fact up (presumably rather than cancel the show altogether) by having Jools climbing into the Tardis and ‘time travelling’ to top and tail show. Pathetic.
I hate all this. Really I do. I mean what harm does it do?
The BBC has received complaints from viewers who feel misled after discovering that Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenanny was pre-recorded.
The New Year countdown show, which featured performances from Kylie Minogue and Sir Paul McCartney, had been recorded eleven days before December 31.
… more on Digital Spy
Agreed. Where will this gobsmackingly ridiculous “honesty” end?
Expect the following caption at the front of the midweek lottery show:
“Viewers should be aware that the audience applause on this show is prerecorded because the truth is we couldn’t actually get that many people in the tiny studio and let’s face it, we’d have problems getting people to come along in the first place”.
BTW did you know that Doctor Who and the Tardis doesn’t actually exist? To think the BBC has been pulling the wool over our eyes all these years…
I thought it was common knowledge that it was recorded. How strange.
What? Doctor Who isn’t real? Well cheers, thanks a lot for ruining that one for me. Daleks are still real though, right?
I’ve a sneaking suspicion those Channel 4 idents aren’t real either.