CptCarling
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Reged: 21/10/2007
Posts: 102
Loc: Isle of Wight
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At last both ITV and Ch4 have bitten the bullet so to speak and continued their policy of showing both White & Ramsey shooting and preparing bunny, pigeon and the like.
Its very strange how both ITV & Ch4 are alone in their showing of shooting and cooking, as the BBC seem scared to show it.
It's also very strange how probably the 4 best chefs around at the moment are all on ITV / CH4 and all show the whole process from field to table (OK, Ramsey shot 3 pigeon in 3 hours, which could be a bit better!) all 4 - Gordon, Marco, Hugh and Jammie should be supported and we as a sport should encourage people to try what they see on the telly. I think that the greater exposure we are seeing will help people who have never tried bunny, bird or beast to try some.
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Henry_Ogle
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Reged: 21/06/2008
Posts: 10
Loc: Nottinghamshire/ Lincolnshire
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Yes, i'm with you on this as well. I watched the f word the other night and it really suprised me that they actually showed Ramsey shooting the pigeons. Hopefully this greater exposure will continue to increase and more people will support us and buy the natural, free range produce that is better than anything that can be bought in a supermarket. Will the BBC ever show this?
Henry
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Alastair_Balmain
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Reged: 18/08/2006
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Hi all,
I also watched Marco Pierre White's programme last night, and I have to say it's great to see shooting treated as an everyday activity (although I wasn't overly impressed with his comments about drinking and shooting, no matter how flippant or amusingly intended…).
Channel 4 and ITV are really scoring highly in my opinion in terms of media portrayal of shooting. I suspect that the BBC may be terrified of commissioning programming that might be seen as even slightly controversial in these arenas. The point is, however, that shows like the Great British Feast manage to show shooting without feeling the need to engage mundanely with the arguments for or against shooting fluffy animals.
The BBC's editorial guidelines insist you must show all sides in the interests of balance - I quote "we strive to reflect a wide range of opinion and explore a range and conflict of views so that no significant strand of thought is knowingly unreflected or under represented". What that means in practice is that the organisation is painfully and cripplingly conscious of its "duty" to reflect opinion. In short, it is only very rarely that they are brave enough to commission programmes that fieldsports supporters would consider to be wholly fair to their views (such as BBC2's The Last Waterloo Cup, which was an outstanding piece of television).
Until the BBC gets a spine, we'll have to suffer ad breaks on commercial channels!
Alastair.
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Alastair Balmain, Deputy editor, Shooting Times
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CptCarling
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Reged: 21/10/2007
Posts: 102
Loc: Isle of Wight
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The BBC lost it's spine when the ditched Clarissa and the Countryman. The only program that is somewhere near reality is Rick Stien with his fish!
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SlyFox
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Reged: 25/02/2008
Posts: 18
Loc: Exeter, Devon
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I been watching these programmes too, normally cooking programmes dont do much for me as a teenager, but now the shooting element has been added I find it rather interesting, Cant wait to try out some of the recipes when im with my boyfriend!
I didnt really think much of Marcos general attitude, I mean I know hes promoting shooting, and yes thats great that hes doing that, but the way hes smoking all the time, even when he was wearing his cammo face mask, and his comments about drinking, it doesnt really portray it in the best of lights. Also I got a bit irked about his lack of patience during pigeon shooting XD XD
But never the less they are supporting it and showing it to the British public, and thats whats good :)
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