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When I see an expert opening up a piece of 1950s electronic equipment to diagnose a fault I don't want them to cut away to something else every ten seconds.
I build engines, I weld stuff, I machine things, I build circuit boards, I mend almost everything around the house, I paint things, I do all my own guitar and amp mods.
I crave detail and this show should be right up my street, but it's shallow, short attention span fluff.
I know it's television, but the genuinely moving stories are cheapened because they ALL have to have a moving story.
I get it, it's primetime, and us "nerds" (ie, useful people) don't expect to be catered to at the expense of the human interest angle, but when that angle is so vastly overplayed to the detriment of the experts and the viewers who are actually interested in the process, the whole thing just falls flat.
Not everything has to have X-Factor dead granny stories all the bloody time, maybe ditch that Blades guy whoever the hell he is and get James May to present it, it can be done properly.
But - we are in the minority and such a show would never be made because nobody (other than a tiny number like us) would watch it and importantly for channels away from the Beeb... nobody would buy advertising to pay for it.
Thats where Youtube comes in.
I used to regularly listen to his Radio 4 show which I liked at the time but it was based on a cheeky chappy greengrocer persona ( I think his company supplied restaurants rather than just being a barrow on the market) which does get a bit hard work after a while.
Jay Blades, meanwhile, was terrible on House of Games although the worst ever performance/ just there until they get paid award will probably go to Patsy Kensit after this week.
*edit* apparently she's blaming her agent!
Although last night she did buzz in and answer a question, I've never been so gripped by the performance of a minor celebrity on a tea time quiz show.
I've been watching last week's episodes on iPlayer, I might need to binge-watch to catch up to this week.
I know Nihal's on it, he's been going on about it on his radio show (as did Colin Murray last week).