Which TV channel are you watching re Queen/King Charles?

Enjoy the presenter Huw’s tone BBC1 on the coverage .. his voice is easy to listen to IMO

Calendargirl yes people who primarily night shifts miss the daytime schedules and yes, there maybe 'repeats' but we're not all watching TV/online at the same time..I've not seen some of the old news reels and photos so think most of the channels are offering something different and thank goodness for a TV Remote or a clicker as we call it in my family!

MawtheMerrier

Calendargirl

Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown look to be having a jolly chat together.

Nice to see.

Interesting watching the body language!. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown with their backs firmly to each other!

That was whilst Brown was talking to Johnson!! At other times they were shown talking to each other. Body language?

Grandma70s

I’m loving every minute. The programme this afternoon about the Queen in the 1950s was especially interesting to me, because I remember it all. It annoys me that there is a tendency to portray the fifties as the dark ages. Certainly not true for me, but I suppose I was lucky.

Thanks for that. I missed that yesterday afternoon but watched it on catchup last night. Was really interesting.

I will watch the good old BBC as they are experienced with this type of broadcast. I've gone off GBTV.

No TV here, or licence to watch on a device.

We normally listen to R4 for news but it was endless queen coverage so we've switched to R3 until after the funeral.

They are doing about two minutes of news on the hour and thankfully have got back to other topics.

I agree that the coverage can get really repetitive, but remember the day Margaret Thatcer resigned.

I had been at work all day, in a bank, and customers kept coming in with snippets of information, but I didn’t really know much about what had gone on.

When I left work, I popped in to see my ageing mother, as I often did. She had the tv on, with the latest news being broadcast. I was trying to see what it said. Mum said “Oh, the times I’ve heard this! It’s been nothing else all day!”

“Well, yes Mum, but some of us have been at work and haven’t had a chance to catch up with it all!”

Not everyone can sit and keep updated as things happen, but yes, I do agree that overkill can and does happen.

Grandma70s

I’m loving every minute. The programme this afternoon about the Queen in the 1950s was especially interesting to me, because I remember it all. It annoys me that there is a tendency to portray the fifties as the dark ages. Certainly not true for me, but I suppose I was lucky.

I thought the 1950s were joyous and carefree although I saw them through the eyes of a child.

None at all , thank goodness we always have lots of programmes prerecorded which we have watched.

It's a mark of respect I believe for normal transmission of TV programming to be changed.....am really enjoying the Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen on BBC1...lots of black & white reels of family outings and unseen photos...its an uplifting experience of short films and often very funny and poignant.. sad that some on here are 'saying enough' already..how you can you say this if you truly treasured Queen Elizabeth and the service she has given to this country and the Realms

"It’s enough to feel sad or whatever you feel privately.
I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but didn’t HM feel similarly?"
I believe so FannyC.

I do realise that people want to express their feelings and also be kept informed, but I think there needs to be a balance.

At least today it is not wall to wall coverage on all 4 channels but there is not exactly a choice of programmes. I will be going to bed extra early to read my book- I only hope I will not have to do that until after the funeral.

Of course there should be coverage, that’s respectful, but it seems to me that the news channels don’t know when to stop, and instead keep repeating the same things, over and over and over. We don’t want to keep hearing the same thing for hours on end, day after day - there are other important things going on in the world and at home which deserve our attention, too. It’s a matter of balance, which the news channels don’t seem able to show.
I greatly admired the Queen, and am saddened by her death, but this constant maudlin approach by so much of the media is quite frankly, over the top.

I thought Camilla looked very strained and did feel sorry for both her and Charles.

We watched to the coverage on the BBC and also on ITV .

And finding the whole thing overwhelming - with a tear stained face and an aching head I had to change channels to watch a film /comedy /any distraction .

We’ve just moved and don’t have the tv fixed up yet because we’re swapping TV’s with our daughter. Ours is too big for this house and hers is too small for hers - we’re being green by recycling and not buying new!

The last thing I watched on TV was the Jubilee. I’ve seen a few bits of the coverage of the queen on iPlayer on my iPad but nothing else. I hope I can watch the tv programme that was on BBC last night at 8:30 as it sounds interesting.

Nadateturbe I couldn’t agree with you more.
We all have our own personal and problematic lives to deal with.
We need our little constants. The Queen was a huge constant for many, including me.
It’s enough to feel sad or whatever you feel privately.
I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but didn’t HM feel similarly?

Why not Merlotgran.
It's definitely not good for mine. It's easy to say switch off, but I'm missing my favourite TV and radio. Tony Blackburn show went on and on about listeners memories and just repeated a lot that we have heard umpteen times. Tried two other stations, ditto.
There must be people missing the cheerful banter more who as I said are isolated.
Of course it's very sad, but we need some normal.
I'm not sure how I will cope with another week. Yes I can watch Netflix, listen to cds etc. but I just want normal.

Jaxjacky

We’re watching the cricket, it’s too much.

It really is.

We’re watching the cricket, it’s too much.

Merlot I did stess that it definitely wasn’t good for my mental health.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned who I did, I’m just a bit concerned.

I’m not sure why i and others can’t mention it.
I thought that we were supposed to be considerate of such things now,
or is discussion of mental health still taboo?

Yes, we do react differently, of course we do. That’s why I mentioned it.

I don’t think it’s right for us to comment on how the coverage may or may not be good for some people’s mental health.

We’re all different.

I’m loving every minute. The programme this afternoon about the Queen in the 1950s was especially interesting to me, because I remember it all. It annoys me that there is a tendency to portray the fifties as the dark ages. Certainly not true for me, but I suppose I was lucky.

Greyduster yes, I imagine that Camilla is absolutely exhausted

Franbern I agree with you. It’s not going to help people who are struggling or depressed.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my mom died just before Diana did.
I was 25 l, she was 50, and I was absolutely devastated, on the cusp of a breakdown.
The Diana stuff absolutely did my head in.

My NDN has been watching it all constantly for the duration.
It’s not good for one’s health.

DH is watching the golf, and I’ve got a load of Sky comedy lined up for later. I’m a new convert to Sky, so there is much to catch up with.

I’ve checked the LBC schedule, and Nick Abbot is back with his ‘abnormal normal show’ on Sunday

The screen on my TV has never been so black! I cannot stand the wall to wall coverage going over and over about the same stuff. I look on my mobile for the latest headlines, and yes, I agree with an earlier post, there is a savage war in Ukraine, as I type this people will be dying. Let's get a grip!
I have loads of things recorded and DVDs that I havn't watched yet. That is what I will be doing until the funeral takes place and I will respectfully watch that.