Wimbledon..Wimbledon ..Wimbledon

cookiemonster66

You and me both! I had a hip replacement 3 weeks ago and I was looking forward some easy afternoon TV watching. A bit of Money for Nothing and that daft quiz programme where they mess about on posh versions of disabled scooters and of course Countdown. I actually don't watch films that much and I don't like watching football or tennis. We are not adverse to streaming, we have been bingewatching Traitors US, The Bear and House of Dragons.

It just seems counterproductive of the terrestial channels to tell their usual viewers that they have no choice but football or tennis for a month, but if they don't like it they can go to streaming services. They might not come back!

Love love LOVE Wimbledon!!
Can't wait for the Olympics!!

Love the football and tennis. Yes it’s unfortunate for those that don’t like sport that the Euros, Wimbledon and Olympics have all come in the same months. Next year it will be Wimbledon alone I think. However for 50 weeks of the year there are soaps, quizzes etc almost on a nightly basis in which I have no interest whatsoever but I don’t complain as I know people enjoy them. Not all of us can afford Sky sports and the BBC have got rid of a lot of sport they used to cover.

Thank goodness for BBC i Player and other services. With wimbledon and all the European football I'd be going crazy. It has given me the chance to catch up on some favourites. Although I have missed a few of my usual choices there is plenty more choice out there!

I used to enjoy watching Wimbledon but I connect it with warm Summer days, eating strawberries and cream and today is so dreich it has lost its charm.

Oops: first time commenting 🤣.
...,. surely we could have dedicated sport channels (although I'm fully aware that a lot is down to money!).

I don't mind watching sport occasionally, however the amount of blanket coverage of certain events seems completely unreasonable to me. At times there is sport on all 4 main terrestrial channels, with repeats and old films on most of the remainder, with popular non sport programmes postponed/ cancelled.
As per previous comments

Wimbledon and the football will end soon……to be replaced by the Olympics. Hey ho !

The European Football is covered for 4 weeks and standard football seems to be on tv almost daily. Wimbledon is a two week event and can't recall many European or other tennis tournaments being shown. I'll take tennis anyday and if I had my way I'd ban football.

BlueBelle

Why can’t IT be on other channels then keepingquiet I m fed up with football Wimbledon taking over everything for the last few weeks why not bung it all on a sports channel can’t stand any of it

Totally agree!

3nanny6

There has been very limited options on channels this last month or so. All we have had is politics and voting, football on at least three channels then Wimbledon. Is that what I pay my T.V. licence for? I often look forward to watching T.V. and have been bored silly with all this. Oh well it will be the golf next and the Olympics Great I just might as well not turn the T.V. on at all for at least a month.

How can you say this?
Even without paying for Netflix or whatever there is a whole range of complete series, films, documentaries and dramas on BBCiPlayer not to mention ITVX, More 4 etc.
You could watch TV 24 hours a day without ever coming near a Sports programme.

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cookiemonster66

I have just had knee replacement surgery so housebound for 6 weeks and I am going stir crazy with nothing but sport on TV, on every channel, and I do not subscribe to streaming channels eg netflicks etc, and olympics starting soon, I am climbing the walls with boredom!

If you have a smart TV (or a Firestick, quite cheap!) to connect to your router you can stream a huge amount of free TV from the normal channels, including box sets of series and some films. We hardly ever watch live TV now, except for news programmes, as there is so much choice.
You can also watch YouTube.

Yes, there are hundreds of options.

There has been very limited options on channels this last month or so. All we have had is politics and voting, football on at least three channels then Wimbledon. Is that what I pay my T.V. licence for? I often look forward to watching T.V. and have been bored silly with all this. Oh well it will be the golf next and the Olympics Great I just might as well not turn the T.V. on at all for at least a month.

why does sport - any sport - interfere with everyday TV programmes?

you say Wimbledon, wimbledon, wimbledon and I say Hell, Hell and yet another hell

there should be TV channels just dedicated to sport , I personally would pay just to not even hear the word!

I don’t watch daytime television, never have, but football on both channels is too much. I think it’s thoughtless of the TV companies.
It’s easy for some to say it’s only for a couple of weeks, but some people live alone, some are housebound. There’s no thought given to these people at all.

The options to watch something other than sport have very limited recently it’s been football, horse racing or tennis. Next week it’ll be golf closely followed by the olympics. I feel really sorry for anyone who doesn’t have access to streaming services as the terrestrial channels don’t cater for people who don’t want to watch sport. If I’m ever left to live alone the first thing I’d get rid of is the TV and just stick to my books and my music

It's weeks since we've had anything on tv except football and politics. There's also been horse racing on ITV and all sorts of other sports too and now we have Wimbledon, and the Olympics to follow shortly. I used to enjoy Wimbledon, certain parts of the olympics and the occasional game of football or rugby but now it seems that we have nothing else but sport on the main channels.

I am glad I don't pay for a tv licence nowadays, if I had to pay I would be complaining to the BBC.

much better psychology than the bang bang of wimbledon ball on racquet
Thank goodness we are all different!
Watching someone one who is a master of their art, whether ballet (Carlos Acosta) , drama (Mark Rylance) music(Pavarotti or any of the Three Tenors) sport (Jude Bellingham, Rafa Nadal) or a craft such as in The Repair Shop is something I find truly inspiring.
My box packing skills would alas inspire nobody 🙁

Why the bloody hell can’t they just stick to my the damn sports channels and leave those of us who hate ALL sports to have some worth watching on the main terrestrial channels. Disrupting the news is UTTERLY unacceptable

I love to watch Wimbledon, it needs to be on both sides so that both men and women's matches can be seen and it's only for 2 weeks!
Have to admit I'm one who always grumbles about schedule changes for football matches but for a short while after Wimbledon I'm more tolerant.

I am using the time to sort some stuff in my garage, no noise, no babble. It is pleasurable today as ds wants to begin wood carving and I have much to hand over, slowly, as it has to be sent, a box full at a time. So there is the zen, of packing a snug box, taping it up very securely, much better psychology than the bang bang of wimbledon ball on racquet

I love it and live near it but too disabled to actually go just down the road but I still love it. Also looking forward to the Olympics and then soon it will be Strictly.

I read that some researchers found that just watching sports and activities is good for you. I do hope so. We should all be fitter by Christmas.

It's getting me down too. Either sport or politics for weeks now. Hope they change the record soon.

Oh God, I hate it too! SO boring. Really annoyed on Saturday as I was stuck at home with COVID and a faulty internet connection. Both BBC1 and BBC2 were showing tennis all afternoon...

cookiemonster66

I have just had knee replacement surgery so housebound for 6 weeks and I am going stir crazy with nothing but sport on TV, on every channel, and I do not subscribe to streaming channels eg netflicks etc, and olympics starting soon, I am climbing the walls with boredom!

If you have a smart TV (or a Firestick, quite cheap!) to connect to your router you can stream a huge amount of free TV from the normal channels, including box sets of series and some films. We hardly ever watch live TV now, except for news programmes, as there is so much choice.
You can also watch YouTube.