Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Nov 25, 2017 17:53:52 GMT
This is by Oliver Pritchett in The DT
My mailbag and inbox are full of letters and e-mails pointing out contemporary inaccuracies in TV programmes set in modern times. They question whether Graham Norton would truly choose to sit on a semi-executive chair like the one in his show, or suggest that when Huw Edwards stands to deliver the news bulletin, holding an urgent-looking sheaf of papers, it is always the same sheaf of papers, and that the Bake Off group hug would never happen in a real bakery. Here are some other complaints I have received:
We are devoted fans of the TV programme Real Housewives of New Jersey, but are puzzled by the fact that we never see any household chores being done.
Mr Edward Morton Forster writes: “The way judges in food programmes stand and hold their cupped hand under the forkful of food, ready to catch the spillage, is a blunder. It’s a basic error of etiquette, like wearing a hat indoors or incorrectly spreading jam on toast. Also, why is there no background music on Question Time? The silence is really intrusive and forces one to follow the arguments.”
J Austen (Miss) points out: “A well brought up young lady, such as Helen Willetts, would never point with her finger at a white cloud on a weather map. And if there are to be intermittent light showers, should she not be wearing a hat and gloves?”
In a voicemail message, Demelza says: “Why do reporters on Panorama have to enunciate so clearly? Do they think we are all idiots? People don’t talk like that in the 21st century. And, by the way, the tavern scenes in EastEnders are too brightly lit.”
Some people who sign themselves “Three Concerned Sisters from Haworth” have written to say: “We are devoted fans of the TV programme Real Housewives of New Jersey, but are puzzled by the fact that we never see any household chores being done. This makes the show unconvincing. Surely, also, they would be keen to display their marriage certificates.”
An e-mail from abard@stratford.co.uk says: “Having myself written a Danish drama, I find it inconceivable that The Dreary Serial Killer, the new Scandi noir offering on BBC4, does not feature a single soliloquy.”