10 October 2007
THREE'S CONTINUITY - SLIGHT RETURN
Back in January, I suggested that BBC3 had the worst continuity announcers on telly, especially the hopeless Keiron Elliott. Almost a year on, he's still at it, and it looks like Family Guy is continuing to bring out the worst in him.
The second part of last night's double bill was a repeat of the episode in which Peter becomes friends with James Woods. Keiron therefore decided to announce this episode by saying "Brian gets a girlfriend, but Peter's OK because he's got Wood!" So amusing did Keiron think this line, he used it to introduce the double bill, then again over the end credits of the first instalment, then again to introduce the specific episode. Each time with the same dreadful giggly delivery.
Now there are many things wrong here. There's the fact that the BBC is introducing programmes with crappy juvenile double entendres of the type Finbar Saunders would consider a bit obvious. There's the fact they can do the same joke three times in 20 minutes. But mostly there's the fact it doesn't even make any sense, because he's not called James Wood, he's called James Woods! For heaven's sake.
The second part of last night's double bill was a repeat of the episode in which Peter becomes friends with James Woods. Keiron therefore decided to announce this episode by saying "Brian gets a girlfriend, but Peter's OK because he's got Wood!" So amusing did Keiron think this line, he used it to introduce the double bill, then again over the end credits of the first instalment, then again to introduce the specific episode. Each time with the same dreadful giggly delivery.
Now there are many things wrong here. There's the fact that the BBC is introducing programmes with crappy juvenile double entendres of the type Finbar Saunders would consider a bit obvious. There's the fact they can do the same joke three times in 20 minutes. But mostly there's the fact it doesn't even make any sense, because he's not called James Wood, he's called James Woods! For heaven's sake.
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Indeed.
I was watching BBC1 the other night and the continuity announcer said something about Katie Price and Peter Andre being on Jonathon Ross later. He then said something which was about "all 4 of them". At first I thought I had misheard but after the next break he said that Peter Andre and Jordan were going to be on Ross - "What a lovely pair.".
Now I am really, really not prudish but it was just infantile and very much not what you expect from continuity announcers, certainly not on BBC1.
I was watching BBC1 the other night and the continuity announcer said something about Katie Price and Peter Andre being on Jonathon Ross later. He then said something which was about "all 4 of them". At first I thought I had misheard but after the next break he said that Peter Andre and Jordan were going to be on Ross - "What a lovely pair.".
Now I am really, really not prudish but it was just infantile and very much not what you expect from continuity announcers, certainly not on BBC1.
Kieron's on duty tonight for Dog Borstal. He made a gag introducing the show - "A vet says he has to put down someone's dog ... because it's getting too heavy" - which is irksome enough, but then in the show itself, a dog proves so violent the owners have to discuss, yup, getting it put down.
The continuity announcer before Heroes Unmasked on BBC Two tonight, which was looking at the work of the stunt doubles in making the show, said, "And now, on Heroes Unmasked, we take a look at some cunning stunts". On BBC Two!
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