deptfordmarmoset
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MI5 and MI6 obviously didn't want overhead pictures of their HQs.
An independent production company provided the pictures as far as I can see - Century TV.Terrible lack of back-up by the BBC, what dismal coverage in the end.
That was a really human, unbittered interview with Thomas - top guy
More likely, lots of effort but technical issues with the helicopter downlink. A real shame and probably some nervous engineers shuffling their feet waiting for the technical debrief...OK, sorry BBC. Dismal effort by 19th-Century TV.
This probably isn't the thread for this, but what technical back up would you suggest, and at what cost? This stuff isn't easy to do on a limited budget.As I said, no back-up plan.
Just goes to show how quickly things can change at the sharp end of the race. Fully expecting to watch G come past on his own only to see a fairly large peloton flying to the finish and Thomas back amongst the cars!
It was a bit bizarre the way the commentators were calling race over with 35km still left to go, but you know, David Millar has so much more experience than me that he couldn't possibly be wrong...
No worse that the lack of coverage of most of Saturdays TdY which was ITV. I would not put it past the issue being some pirate broadcaster causing the problems and being unable to cover the race alongside the Thames with its obvious over river flying facility would have been about the last place loss of signal would have been expected.Terrible lack of back-up by the BBC, what dismal coverage in the end.
There are very few comparable sports - most are contained within a stadium or similar and don't need multiple mobile cameras whizzing around in the thick of the action at high speed over a wide geographical area. F1? The broadcast technical budget will be several orders of magnitude greater and shoot still happens.I just can't imagine this being accepted in any other sport you could name.
Unlikely in the extreme IMO.I would not put it past the issue being some pirate broadcaster causing the problems