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Greyduster Fri 03-Jun-22 09:20:19

It’s on iPlayer now without commentary. I don’t mine Huw Edwards, or the military commentators who add valuable background for those not familiar with the huge effort of precise military correography it takes to stage the trooping, but anyone else is superfluous.

Direne3 Fri 03-Jun-22 08:53:19

Calendargirl. Unfortunately the red button facility did not do the job on my little tv - heigh-ho. Thanks anyway.

LadyGracie Thu 02-Jun-22 19:49:48

Alastair Bruce commentated on Sky, an ex military man, it was fascinating to listen to someone who knew exactly what was happening and spoke only when necessary. A joy to watch today.

Direne3 Thu 02-Jun-22 17:43:55

Calendargirl Thank you for that tip, I shall certainly give it a try and report the result tomorrow. smile

ExDancer Thu 02-Jun-22 16:27:42

I'm so pleased other people found the celebrities as intrusive as I did. Its a trend that's being used more and more these days.
Dare I also say I get irritated by the token inclusion of various minorities in every programme - for example - a gay person of both genders (or is it 'sexes'?), a person from every colour and creed, a celebrity, an old person, a young person, a homeless person and so on.
Why is it necessary?

Bakingmad0203 Thu 02-Jun-22 16:11:15

I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a lot about the forces, the music that was being played and the history behind the Trooping of the Colour.
I do agree though that the ‘celebrities’ were irritating and added nothing to the event. (I had to Google Sheridan Smith, no idea who she was!)
However, I thought Huw was perfect as a commentator, easy to understand and only speaking when he had interesting facts to convey.
We probably got a better view than most who were actually there, and the excitement of the crowd at Buckingham Palace came across very clearly.

LadyGracie Thu 02-Jun-22 15:40:04

I’ve recorded it on Sky Showcase so no Hugh or the simpering Alan Titchmarsh.

Cabbie21 Thu 02-Jun-22 14:19:49

I agree with Septimia.

Chestnut Thu 02-Jun-22 14:17:37

I would always prefer these events with no commentary and because I record them I can't use the red button. I don't watch TV during the day, I save it for the evening. Also, if I show any of it to the grandchildren I'd prefer to give them my own commentary, telling them what they're seeing. I think you should have the choice of no commentary when you record a programme.

Septimia Thu 02-Jun-22 12:50:19

Some commentary can be informative. I enjoyed the background information about training the horses, for example.

However I could happily have done without the interviews with irrelevant celebrities making fatuous comments.

Dempie55 Thu 02-Jun-22 12:50:05

If you press the Red Button on your remote, you get BBC without the dreadful Hugh.

Calendargirl Thu 02-Jun-22 12:49:52

You can press a red button to get ‘no commentary.

Juliet27 Thu 02-Jun-22 12:47:24

I found it interesting to hear about the history of the various troops

Anniebach Thu 02-Jun-22 12:43:46

I agree

Direne3 Thu 02-Jun-22 12:39:46

My husband is currently happily watching the Trooping of the Colour. However, I would much prefer to view it without the constant commentary. Obvously, I don't just want to switch down the volume on our other tv but it would be nice to simply get the view, atmosphere and sound 'as if I were there' without the (to me) constant spoon-feeding chatter. Now, I appreciate that the majority of you will not agree but is there anyone out there that agrees with my point of view.