Now what?

Nexus · 13 Aug 2012 at 17:32

Guerrilla said:
No indeed, the Paralympics always falls in the shadow of the Olympics, which is a bit of a shame.

It's Channel 4 which have it aswell, I'm sure they will do a decent enough job but the BBC really pushed the bar for the Olympic coverage would be surprised to see that for anything else.

I'm pretty sure Channel 4 is going to give us the best Paralympics ever, so I wouldn't go slating it before its even begun. The adverts and stories they have been doing to get to know the athletes (which I don't know of) so far has been good.

It will be on Channel 4 and More 4, plus three online streams and 6 dedicated channels on Sky... hardly to be sniffed at. Plus they've done a talent search to bring in new disabled presenters to join existing presenters, which I think is very much in the spirit of things.

Shashman · 13 Aug 2012 at 18:22

Hurray! A commercial channel showing the paralympics!

Ad breaks during the 100m anyone?

One of the aspects of the olympics I like the most is the complete lack of adverts at the venues.

Now it'll be "Archery - Brought to you by Wilkinson Sword" :rolleyes:

lokiss · 13 Aug 2012 at 18:28

Heh, or you could just watch euro-sport...

They've been airing out sports for donkeys years that don't get the wider audience

Personaly im just hoping the goodwill that seems to have come from road users during the olympics continues. When out on the road during my runs, have to say, most people are stoping, slowing down to pass me when another cars coming.

MikeHunt79 · 13 Aug 2012 at 18:42

Chris [BEANS];22551454 said:
Good point on watching things you usually wouldn't...

I pretty much only watch UFC, international rugby, F1, and if it's not on sky sports a bit of boxing.

Yet with the red button I've found myself really getting into some random things!
Tried to watch as many different events as possible but was particularly 'into' the judo, weight lifting, gymnastics, track cycling (so exciting! I never knew!!), BMX.

It's been great fun.

Surely there has to be an Olympics in review show or something that can let us down easy?!

I've been catching up with things on the iPlayer.

The mens MTB race is worth watching if you haven't seen it, not as fast paced as the BMX stuff however.

I've also enjoyed table tennis even though the ball flys so fast it's hard to see it at time. :eek:

Shashman · 13 Aug 2012 at 19:17

MikeHunt79 said:
I've also enjoyed table tennis even though the ball flys so fast it's hard to see it at time.

I had the same issue with the hockey! Hard to keep track of the ball a lot of the time. The SmurfTurf was win though

mithrandir · 13 Aug 2012 at 19:40

I miss the olympics too! It was my first day back to work after a short break an' all.

jonneymendoza · 13 Aug 2012 at 22:28

Chris [BEANS];22551027 said:
Sadly, the reason I was lucky enough to watch the entire Olympics, is also the reason I won't be going for a run any time soon.

Pretty sure I can wander off to the shops and reward my efforts with well deserved Gold Medals though

uhh? u make no sense. please elaborate

jas72 · 13 Aug 2012 at 23:34

im going to start watching eurosport which i believe is actually free on satellite (if you arent with sky who make you pay to watch what the rest of europe gets for free

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MikeHunt79 · 14 Aug 2012 at 05:00

jas72 said:
im going to start watching eurosport which i believe is actually free on satellite (if you arent with sky who make you pay to watch what the rest of europe gets for free )

I can tune my dish in to Thor (1 degree west).

Will Eurosport be on here? There are already a few channels showing the F1, FTA.

Guerrilla · 14 Aug 2012 at 06:50

Nexus said:
I'm pretty sure Channel 4 is going to give us the best Paralympics ever, so I wouldn't go slating it before its even begun. The adverts and stories they have been doing to get to know the athletes (which I don't know of) so far has been good.

It will be on Channel 4 and More 4, plus three online streams and 6 dedicated channels on Sky... hardly to be sniffed at. Plus they've done a talent search to bring in new disabled presenters to join existing presenters, which I think is very much in the spirit of things.

I wasn't slating it, I simply meant that the BBC has done such a good job with the Olympics it would be hard for anyone to follow.

Channel 4 had the last world championships and that was totally fine, even the presenter who kept messing up ended up being a positive

FrankJH · 14 Aug 2012 at 11:35

Shashman said:
Hurray! A commercial channel showing the paralympics!

Ad breaks during the 100m anyone?

One of the aspects of the olympics I like the most is the complete lack of adverts at the venues.

Now it'll be "Archery - Brought to you by Wilkinson Sword"

instead "60 second news" that took 3 minutes because of adverts for Drama etc instead lol