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How many times will Clare Balding present C4 racing on a Saturday afternoon in 2013?
Its already been confirmed that Claire will host about 40 days of Channel 4’s coverage, and overall they are schduled to cover 88 days racing in 2013.
It’s not many for the main presenter is it Phil, less than half of the days and not all of those will be on a Saturday.
Could be less than half of the Saturdays. I was hoping they would have got someone with some commitment to the sport rather than someone who’s just filling in between other jobs.
Totally Agree yeats, from what I’ve learned about Claire Balding she gets very bored and needs to keep doing new things. If that’s the case why couldn’t they have kept Alastair or Catt to host the shows when Claire is not around?
Its already been confirmed that Claire will host about 40 days of Channel 4’s coverage, and overall they are schduled to cover 88 days racing in 2013.
If Clare is doing just 40 days, by the time she has done all the midweek "festival" meetings, such as all four days of the Cheltenham Festival, the first two days of Aintree before the Saturday, all three midweek days of Chester, the York week days, the first four days each of Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood, the Friday of the Derby meeting, the weekdays at Doncaster’s St Leger meeting, the weekdays of the big Newmarket meetings etc, there aren’t going to be many days left out of the 40 for her to do Saturdays.
I presume she will do every day of all the feature meetings, as above, most of which include week days, so there won’t be many Saturdays available.
Just a handful, I suspect. The Festival of British Racing at Ascot and other major days. The less glittering Saturdays, even though they may be good quality meetings, will be left to Nick Luck, no doubt.
I suppose it’s possible Clare might not do, say Chester’s May meeting or the early days of meetings such as the St Leger meeting, but I would have thought she might be more likely to want to do them.
Another factor which may limit Clare’s Saturday appearances might be that she is due to start a new prime-time Saturday early evening show for the BBC, Britain’s Brightest, from January 5.
I don’t know but I assume that, given the fact that it is being launched in a blaze of publicity, including another high-profile interview by Clare, might mean that she will concentrate on that on the Saturdays early in the New Year.
I assume it will be live so, unless she is able to get to the BBC in good time from a race meeting in the London area, such as Ascot or Sandown, she might opt not to do many Saturdays while this new show has its run.
Presumably, if it is live, there would be rehearsals etc. She wouldn’t want to be risking getting caught in traffic trying to get a flyer from a race meeting. Anyway, just a thought.
No doubt Clare will be able to be in two places at once somehow (unless the new BBC show is recorded).
Having seen a trailer for Claire’s new Saturday night programme on the Beeb, it looks like it’s recorded.
Despite her professionalism and high profile I don’t think her presence/absence will add one extra viewer.
Her greatest skill must be managing her diary
Despite her professionalism and high profile I don’t think her presence/absence will add one extra viewer.
Judging by the vitriol Clare is attracting on other forums, her presence will probably mean a drastic reduction in viewers, not an increase.
Most of the comments are predictably accusing her of being patronising.
I must say I don’t find her remotely patronising. I admire her professionalism and the fact that she is well informed, knowledgeable, able to think quickly on her feet, articulate and has obviously done her homework.
To me, that’s preferable in any television presenter to being shallow and lightweight.
Extremely patronising just now, by interrupting Mick Fitzgerald to explain to us plebs what "calling a cab" means.
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysI’ve turned it off and going down the pub.
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysExtremely patronising just now, by interrupting Mick Fitzgerald to explain to us plebs what "calling a cab" means.
It’s a programme on Channel 4 racing Purwell, not RUK or ATR. It’s equally for those without "our" racing knowledge. Many viewers wouldn’t know what "calling a cab" means, so why not explain?
As I’ve found out on this forum… If you try to explain something to people who do not know, other "viewers" (who do know, or think they know) will consider it "patronising".
Amazing what trivial things people are turned off by.
Value Is EverythingAlso,Clare wrongly stated simonsig had won he’s first two chases at Newbury and ascot,not bad for someone who "does her homework"
Who cares if she got a little fact wrong! Jesus some of you are wierdo’s.
Right, I loved the show, the analysis has brought the show in line with the likes of Sky Sports & ESPN – invest, invest, invest! its the key to survival.
Fantastic, remarked improvement from last year and I can firmly say it was a pleasure to watch, I will be watching every week with such a diverse, innovate, thought provoking, young, energetic, wise, experienced team!
Extremely patronising just now, by interrupting Mick Fitzgerald to explain to us plebs what "calling a cab" means.
It’s a programme on Channel 4 racing Purwell, not RUK or ATR. It’s equally for those without "our" racing knowledge. Many viewers wouldn’t know what "calling a cab" means, so why not explain?
As I’ve found out on this forum… If you try to explain something to people who do not know, other "viewers" (who do know, or think they know) will consider it "patronising".
Amazing what trivial things people are turned off by.
She shut him up in mid flow and never let him finish what he was about to say, it could have been explained later, but that would not suit "she who must be obeyed" would it?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysI thought the NYD show was very good because of the focus on the Henderson stars. The Balding presence neither added nor detracted from the coverage. The studio analysis of past races was no better or worse than before, presumably the "tips" will be no better or worse.
Conclusion – centre a horseracing programme around star horses and articulate connections, not around footballers, football managers, "celebrities" with a tenuous connection to horseracing or the presenters themselves.
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