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I used to tape it as it clashes with Peppa Pig which my 2 year olds cannot miss under any circumstances.
Quite frankly, I’d struggle to tell the difference between the two.
Mike
Peppa Pig has more informed comment on horse racing Mike.Same thing happened to me. First my 4yo daughter now my 2yo son are Peppa Pig devotees so have seen it about twice in five years.
ML might be more interesting if hosted by Daddy Pig, with Grandad Dog doing the betting updates with Miss Rabbit, with Dr Hamster the vet as a pundit!
Sean
That’s too much information for me there Carry On Katie. You’ll have me going back to my Bagpuss and Fingermouse days in a minute……and you don’t want to do that
Ahhh, BigG, I remember Bagpuss & Fingermouse too. (I will stop there to avoid turning this into a Kids TV memory thread which would be more at home in the Lounge.
Anyway, I think part of the problem is that when the ML was invented, it was the only way of getting latest market movers and news (obviously the news/info in the papers info being a few hours old. Now with ATR (albeit at 9am) and the internet, if you want the latest info you can seek it elsewhere without bothering Channel 4’s viewing figures.
The Morning Line is well on the way to becoming a ‘national treasure’ akin to Countdown, The Archers and Stephen Fry – traditions so deeply woven into the national conciousness that no one dare suggest they be culled, let alone they be crap
Rather than nit-picking perhaps we should, in this Olympic Year, be celebrating The Morning Line as something quintessentially ‘British’
With of course, of course the sincerest of sincere apologies to Alex Salmond of course, of course
I rather think most intelligent racing fans stopped watching a while ago. Arrogant,rude Big Mac is enough to turn anyone off. Stupid quiz. Do me a favour
I like the Morning Line. I find it fun, entertaining and in some cases helpful. I’ve always enjoyed the presentation and i watch it every week.
With of course, of course the sincerest of sincere apologies to Alex Salmond of course, of course
Who he?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysI used to tape it as it clashes with Peppa Pig which my 2 year olds cannot miss under any circumstances.
The reason for your high juvenile strike rate is out, Mr. Hannon.
With of course, of course the sincerest of sincere apologies to Alex Salmond of course, of course
Who he?
The squashed-face man who prompted this shock report:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/independent-scotland-could-be-exactly-the-same,-warn-experts-201201114752/
Mike
Shock report because it has come from someone who is the least academic "Professor" since professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff.
I think he was promoted from tea boy at the Daily Mash, because he knew how to use a typewriter.
Shock report because it has come from someone who is the least academic "Professor" since professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff.
I think he was promoted from tea boy at the Daily Mash, because he knew how to use a typewriter.
I know, it’s ridiculous.
It’s almost as if someone’s made it all up for the purposes of satire.
Mike
They will watch the same television programmes as they did before, mainly because they have all seen Scottish television programmes and they’re not making that mistake again
A true story, possibly embellished for effect…
My favourite drive in these fair isles known to some as The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a slow trundle along the A835 from Inverness to Ullapool.
One June evening many years ago now, the good lady and I decided to spend the night out amidst the ancient Moine Schists and Lewisian Gneisses in order to witness the ‘simmer dim’: that night-long twilight characteristic of the far north in midsummer
Satiated by haggis, neeps and a deep-fried mars bar in an eatery (possibly the only eatery) in Dingwall we hopped into the jalopy and set off northwestwards into the near-setting sun; yes, quite amazingly it wasn’t raining
Around 2130 Hrs we pulled into a layby a few miles past the Aultguish Inn, got out the thermos of Lagavulin-laced coffee and snuggled up together under the Campbell – or was it MacDonald, I forget – tartan rug, and prepared to welcome in the ‘dim’
"Put the wireless on dear, I’m getting bored" and we were welcomed by the announcement "and now on BBC Radio Scotland it’s over to…for half an hour of Modern Pibrochs"
…silence was swiftly resumed
Back on topic: Back in the day when I regularly suffered The Morning Line, a three-stone lighter Alex Salmond tended to turn up on Ayr Gold Cup or Scottish National days, he being the racing tipster for The Scotsman
Do his dodgy racing tips still appear in that paper or does he just content himself with dodgy political tips nowadays?
Betting, betting, betting. Adverts for the bookmakers, and then straight to the Female for more betting.
More exposure but less funding and worse odds.
Betting, betting, betting. Adverts for the bookmakers, and then straight to the Female for more betting.
Tanya’s got her very own betting pod, would you believe?
Tommo’s in danger of peaking too early (again) and Sam Thomas, the new roving reporter with the jockeys, seems to be trying to make a new fashion accessory of his curly earpiece wiring (no attempt to hide it at all).I thought it was quite a good edition of the Morning Line today.
Tommo proved good value as usual at Uttoxeter, although the unconvincing and ill-fitting blue jeans didn’t do him any favours.
Mind you, they were better than Racing Post editor Bruce Millington’s jumper, which appeared to be the same one that the Boy Wonder, Lee Mottershead, his reporter of the year, wore on the programme earlier in the year. Bruce also adopted the same slovenly slouch as the Boy Wonder, just to make the similarity even more uncanny.
Smartly-dressed Tom Lee, by contrast, looked as though he was en route to a wedding but managed to look at the wrong camera.
Lesley Graham, battling valiantly to cover up her ageing neck, predictably managed to milk the Posh Bird link, not only by tipping it but by mentioning Barry Dennis, who coined her nickname.
It was certainly an improvement on recent programmes and McCririck managed to give the Racing Post a fulsome plug before nearly spoiling it and almost falling out with Bruce Millington towards the end.Far too much of a cozy club. The regulars have been around for years and there’s no reason why some of them should be other than habit. The likes of Graham and Plunkett, Francome too, are on because it seems too much trouble to replace them with brighter, more incisive presenters.
When they ‘changed’ the format a while back it was time for a new broom, opportunity missed and I’ve given up on TML and C4 generally.I’ve given up on TML and C4 generally.
I just hope you’re not planning on watching the Grand National, Royal Ascot or the Derby next year if you’ve given up on the Morning Line and Channel 4 generally!
Actually, I was thinking, the Morning Line probably seemed to be better because Nick Luck wasn’t on it. It was more like the Morning Line of old, what with Lesley Graham and Tommo dominating.
Tommo’s new rule is that he must jig up and down on the spot and do the thumbs-up to the camera when he is being introduced for the first time.
He is also contractually obliged to say "Big Feller" at least once and duly did so yesterday (10 bonus points if he also manages to say "I tell you what" at least twice and a further merit payment of 20 points if he manages to make Stewart Machin feel thoroughly embarrassed).
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