Caution: Elderly person gripeing and ranting.

[panik]

I'm watching Museum of Life on BBC2. Fascinating subject and I was actually hoping for a proper documentary but alas, it's just the usual bollocks with the usual over-excited Blue Peter-type presenters giggling and squeeing all over the place and everything dumbed down and over-produced and explained and...

::pauses to sigh::

Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm just getting terribly old but I ache for an adult documentary that respects my intelligence, where a proper presenter like Ken Clark or Michael Wood or James Burke, someone who has a personality rather than is a 'Personality', can take us on a journey without needing to involve us quite so much in the whole wretched process, presenters who don't act like clowns making balloon animals at a children's party.

And here's David Attenborough! But don't worry, he's only being interviewed. He clearly can't be trusted to present the damn thing; too old, probably, too crusty and tweedy and prone to use Big Words that might frighten some viewers.

::sigh:: I fear I may have lived too long.

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

I so almost stole your subject line for the post I just made :)

::steeples fingers::

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I shall pop over and take a gander just as soon as I've finished a birthday post for all the people - like your darling self - I missed over the past few days. And the internet is so achingly slow.

By all the Gods, I needs me a stiff drink.

Re: ::steeples fingers::

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Hee! My dad is out of town and I'm unemployed -- I started my first beer at about 2 pm :)

Re: ::steeples fingers::

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

You should throw a party, pass out cold on the coats, have to clean up the sick before Dad gets home earlier than expected.