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Old 24-04-2006, 19:20   #1
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Exclamation BBC scraps Grandstand
Can this be true after 48 years the beeb are going to scraps Grandstand
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4940490.stm
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Old 24-04-2006, 19:22   #2
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Re: BBC scraps Grandstand
Absolute disgrace if true. What next? Scrapping Eastenders?
*Cues loads of posts asking what the license fee pays for these days*
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Old 24-04-2006, 19:25   #3
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Re: BBC scraps Grandstand
Grandstand is pretty crap though in comparison to Sky.
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Old 24-04-2006, 19:57   #4
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Grandstand is pretty crap though in comparison to Sky.
Funny really, the more TV sport has been moved to subscription & advert funded channels, the less I watch, and the less I feel it is worth watching.

Grandstand, as I'll remember it, with things like motorcycle scrambling & amateur athletics, was about the sportsmanship, the taking part, not just winning at all costs.

So while I'll be sad to see it go, I feel I am also seeing the demise of an era where 'well played' was, at least, as satisfying as getting a boot sponsorship, if not more so ...
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Old 24-04-2006, 20:10   #5
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What next? Scrapping Eastenders?
I certainly hope so.
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Old 24-04-2006, 21:08   #6
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Re: BBC scraps Grandstand
Grandstand was on at a stupid time anyway.
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I certainly hope so.
I'd be pretty happy with that idea
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Old 24-04-2006, 21:29   #8
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Re: BBC scraps Grandstand
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What next? Scrapping Eastenders?
Oh please. Please!

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Can this be true after 48 years the beeb are going to scraps Grandstand
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4940490.stm
As the BBC article says. Grandstand has been getting sidelined in recent years anyway. Once upon a time, everything sport on BBC1 on a Saturday afternoon was Grandstand. Now, increasingly large chunks of it have brands of their own. Football Focus went that way years ago.

Personally I have better things to do with my Saturday afternoons than sitting in front of the telly anyway, so it's no great loss to me ...
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Grandstand was on at a stupid time anyway.
a bit like saying putting a live football match on TV when its happening is a stupid time
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Absolute disgrace if true. What next? Scrapping Eastenders?
Nahh.. we aint that lucky...
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