Annoying Background Music on TV

I like University Challenge quite a lot but that bell is unnecessarily loud and piercing. I turn the sound down so I cannot hear the bell and so need the subtitles.

I often resort to sub-titles too. The programme yesterday didn't have them which is why I eventually gave up and turned off.

I agree that background music can be irritating.

What we used to find most irritating, in the days when we went to work, was the frenetic music the local radio station played during the traffic news. It was guaranteed to put you in a panic!

What annoys me is the volume of music. The correct way is to have background music at a low level and the speech at a higher level. We can hear the music! We don't need it blasted at twice the volume of the speech. There have been so many dramas where the speech (especially whispering) is so low I have to turn the volume up, only to have the next scene blasting out music at a deafening level.

I agree with Alexa. If I did not have subtitles I would watch very little.

Background music is the main reason I rely on sub titles.