Things which annoy or puzzle you on telly or in films

When people are interviewed in detective dramas people always use the correct rank eg 'Come in Chief inspector', or 'Ive no idea, constable', etc. How do they know? I wouldn't !
Talking of repeating what you've already seen, I find it infuriating that in every documentary series you get almost exactly the same lengthy introduction showing you everything you have seen and then all the best bits that you are about to see with the presenter saying:'I'll be talking to so and so about whatever' and 'I'll find out that....' etc. After this lengthy introduction we see it all again in the actual programme. Sometimes it's repeated again after adverts. It infuriates me!!!

The houses in Walford must be massive. Lots of people seem to be acommodated in each house in Albert Square. The same in Corrie. No queuing for the bathroom ever either!

And who looks after all the babies and young children whilst their parents are in the pub/cafe or having sex.

Why do waters always go first followed by intense pain whenever anyone has a baby

People in soap operas never spend an evening in front of the telly watching soap operas.
Nobody ever gets their sleeve caught up on a door handle
People move in and out of each others' houses without ever having to inform the council, or fill in any forms.
They never come out of the loo and say "well, I wouldn't go in there for 5 minutes".

I was reminded today about the Quick Quid advert where the lad tells his mother there`s no hot water again. She tells him he`ll have to smell for today, but she`ll get someone out to it. Haven`t they heard of boiling a kettle for some hot water, doesn`t he know how to have a strip wash?

Just thought of another two!

1. Historians who use the present tense. It doesn't make what you are saying more immediate. We know it was in the past, the clue being that you are a (or should that be 'an'?) historian.

2. Presenters who pretend they are just meeting the person they are talking to for the first time. No you're not. Do you think we don't realise that you had to meet before to set the whole thing up? (I remember my father complaining about Gerald Durrell doing that in black and white,so I don't suppose it's going to change now.)

Could Todd and Adam run a solicitors? ( are they qualified?) would they employ a window cleaner as a p.a.?

My hearing is not that bad but I can't stand having muzak playing at the same time someone is speaking on tv or radio.

What it is like for anyone with hearing problems I can't imagine.

Why do they do it? I can't imagine anyone complaining if there was no muzak.

Also I agree with those who mentioned news reporters who have to be sent to wherever they are reporting about, even if they aren't interviewing anyone. We know what Number 10 looks like, so couldn't they just report from the studio? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

Haven't listened to The Archers for years, so it may not be the same, but they always started thinking about the Christmas pantomime in November, including writing it, as I remember. I found that unbelievable as well as annoying as our local am-dram play staggered on rehearsing from a ready-written script from August to March!

Why can no-one be 53 years old instead of 53 years of age any more? Why, when someone goes to the hospital and they are about to get bad news does the consultant come out and tell relatives in the corridor or at the coffee machine instead of a consulting room? Why does no-one ever have hiccups, urine infections, or high blood pressure? How do they get instant passports and never have to wait long in a queue?

No 2 characters have the same name eh? What about Corrie? There was Bet, Betty and Liz wasn't there in the Rovers? Then there's words we (well here in the North) like bathing pronounced bathe- ing and once even heard someone on Corrie ask for a Savaloy for goodness sake, we don't have them up here!

The hairdresser scenes in Coronation Street always make me laugh. Not one of the supposed hairdressers look as if they have any clue whatsoever about hairdressing.

Although I have watched and enjoyed Coronation Street for many years, I am reluctantly finding myself in agreement with some recent posters who said it is becoming more and more ridiculous. The characters of Brian and Kathy I find extremely annoying and unconvincing - and some of the plots relating to them quite absurd. Ditto Rosie and her sister doing a window cleaning round and Norris and Mary planning a fake wedding in order to enter a competition. I am starting to lose patience.

As someone else said up-thread, why can't soaps be more reflective of real life? The boring bits can still be cut out, but have people watch telly, go on holiday, get jobs outside the neighbourhood and commute, have (believable) disputes with neighbours, argue about politics and religion, etc. etc. Or perhaps that would be too controversial and it would be hard to achieve balance?

Well I like to be entertained, so I don't want the mundane stuff like not having anywhere to park the car (Boring).

I like sex and violence and a good laugh which brings me on to the InBetweeners , now I'm 66 and the things that go on in that series makes me wonder what the lads at school and later in work were talking about.

And why when a newsreader talks about a court case do we have to have an artists impression of what it might look like. I don't need a picture. Just tell me.

And just how realistic is it that a forensic scientist gets involved with the case to the point of being in danger themselves and then solving the case.

Varian. Or who needed a job or a home for very long. Jobs are found in the street. Houses contain many people. And Ken Barlow can teach someone to read in record time. And I was really annoyed by the way that Leanne portrayed being pregnant. From fairly early in pregnancy she couldn't walk properly. She waddled! I still watch it though

I've been watching Coronation Street on and off for years and I can't remember when, if ever, there was a family consisting of parents who were faithfull to each other living with their own natural children.

Watching the Royle Family, why don't Dave & Denise have a key for Jim & Barbara's house?

"In a corridor"...

I've not read the entire thread so others may have mentioned this - stumbling around in the dark (turn a flipping light on!)

Important and sensitive interviews that take place on the doorstep, on a corridor, or someone's place of work on earshot of others. As if.

And the "main cop" will always, always go into a very dangerous situation without calling for backup.

Or even leave without appearing to pack, make provision for post cat, or anything else come t that!
Why do people creep upstairs if they hear a suspicious noise without turning on the light?! Why do they enter a tunnel or building, obviously terrified, on their own in the dark? Wouldn't you get help?! Coming in late at night and again not putting on the light (normal people do) till you reach the lounge?! Surprise,surprise, someone jumps out at you having been hiding in the gloom of your hallway!!!!

Tizliz (and others) background music on anything! I keep thinking I can hear my phone ringing!! (My sons set it!!) Lots of other niggles have already been mentioned too. Walking along swinging an obviously empty suitcase drives me crazy.

Oh yes some poverty stricken person suddenly finds the cash to fly to some emergency in Spain, America, Australia or wherever I could never afford to go. Similarly characters can go off on holiday the next day with no financial problems or discussions about holiday allowance from work!!

Also why do people in great danger run upstairs to be trapped or down into the cellar. If something horrendous or terrifying happened in my house I would not go and investigate. Either I would leave by the front door or back door or even the patio door .. there is plenty of choice, even climbing out of a window!!!

I hate background music, is it necessary on a documentary?

Predictive text again. Paddles,not panels.