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Blxxdy BBC coverage of Wimbledon

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yggdrasil Tue 06-Jul-21 09:34:03

Speaking as one who doesn't want to watch Wimbledon, or football, or cricket, or anything else all tv channels seem to regard as essential, I am fed up with trying to find which channel if any has the programme I was looking forward to, and if it is possible to record it.
Thak goodness for Sky, I have been watching a lot on the Discovery channel and some of it is really interesting :-)

Happiyogi Mon 05-Jul-21 22:42:28

Bluebellwould, I absolutely agree. They do it every year and I’d been hoping against hope they’d have sorted a better system out once and for all this time. Can you imagine the outcry if they tried it during a football match?

Gwyneth Mon 05-Jul-21 22:05:39

I agree Bertha glad that she came off when she did. Her health is far more important.

BigBertha1 Mon 05-Jul-21 22:00:31

Emma was struggling, over breathing and looking sweaty and anxious. I was glad she came off. She has done well and next year she will have more experience and cope better with the pressure.

Gwyneth Mon 05-Jul-21 21:58:31

Felt so sorry for Raducanu. She played so well in the first set but I thought something was wrong. I’m sure she’ll be back. What a talented young player.

Gwyneth Mon 05-Jul-21 21:55:51

I agree bluebell it’s a real pain. Very frustrating with the Zverev match. I thought the young Canadian who won was brilliant ... can’t spell his name!

Callistemon Mon 05-Jul-21 20:00:06

We just tried that but got into quite a muddle trying to find the Raducanu match.
Found it now - what a time to start a match, eight o'clock at night!

Luckygirl Mon 05-Jul-21 19:21:16

I'm watching chosen match on iPlayer - this has become the most reliable method.

Bluebellwould Mon 05-Jul-21 18:59:07

What is it with the BBC’s coverage. I’ve been trying to watch the Zverev match this afternoon and I’ve had to change channels 5 times. Why can’t they just leave a match on the same channel and if others start, they go onto a different channel. It seems to me as if the players are graded on to best BBC1, second best BBC2 and so on. I gave up trying to record any matches because they do it all the blxxdy time.
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