These days there are so many stories that make headline news on TV and in popular newspapers [if such a thing still exists] about which I know nothing and care less. Yesterday, it was announced that two "professionals" are leaving Strictly Come Dancing. I looked at the report - why, I don't know; perhaps I thought I might find out something important. It seems that the format of the show is being changed and the two who left thought ........................... Why bother. I had never heard of the two people who had left and since i never watch the show and never will, the format was of no interest at all.
Then I discovered that Channel Five TV has been sold to Richard Desmond, owner of the Daily Express and Daily Star and part-time soft pornographer. Whatever will he do to this channel, which occasionally has good programmes - some of their documentaries on engineering projects have been superb? First rumour is that he will revive the soon to be abandoned Big Brother. I can't wait. This monstrous pollution of the airwaves with its ten week gluttony of almost non-stop tripe should be continued, I am sure. Who watches it? Why? It is one of the worst things about our society that technological invention is always directed to more trivialisation of life. Computer games that involve shooting things and people; facebook, continuous text messaging. And even, sometimes, I have to admit millions of blogs that few people read. At least with blogs most people are trying to be creative in some way. But it seems to be TV that degenerates more and more. I know it is difficult to feed the insatiable appetite that TV has. An expensive to produce programme - no matter how good it is -goes out once, is seen by 10 million people and then becomes no more than a repeat. And so much of multi-channel TV does depend on repeats. But the mainstream TV channels still pump out a lot of rubbish. Soaps, hours and hours of them on three or more channels. Reality programmes. Ant & Dec - God help us! I'm a Celebrity - with more Ant & Blood Dec! And why, I have to ask again, is the DG of the BBC worth £835,000 per year. Why, in the last 50 years has his pay soared so far ahead of the Prime Minister and the Governor of the Bank of England?
I think I am just a grumpy old man. If only I could be so without other people's noise, kids, neighbours, etc
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