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Post by pandaeyes on Dec 1, 2019 10:54:47 GMT
Originally FreeviewHD now it's just Freeview. Discovered this last night when channel hopping. It's on channel 91, and from 1pm until 11pm. Factual and historical. From the Vikings to WWII.
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Post by beverley61 on Dec 1, 2019 19:26:22 GMT
I don't mind PBS now and again but it can sometimes be a patronisingly junior school in the commentary and a bit one dimensional. Was it conceived for children?
I appreciate that the average reading and comprehension age is about 9-10 and programmes are mostly targeted that way.
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Post by redls on Jun 17, 2020 19:14:57 GMT
Public Broadcast Service? ... has to be fairly general I suppose. Some of the afternoon programmes (discovered channel hopping) have been interesting recently. The photography more than the commentary I admit. Also found the Smithsonian another hit and miss, depending on subject.
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Post by beverley61 on Jun 18, 2020 11:34:34 GMT
National Geographic can also be annoyingly low-level and repetitive. Tomb of Gengis Khan for instance seemed to be more about getting trucks stuck in the river than anything else and all described with so much hush and wonder that I hoped they didn't find it and another more adult presenter/historian did and we got a decent programme.
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Post by yankee on Jul 20, 2020 15:45:10 GMT
When I was a boy in the late 60s, early 70s, PBS was primarily a station with educational programming for children; 'Sesame Street' for the wee, 'Electric Company' for early school age, 'Zoom' for pre-teens. In the evening its was some political shows and a very cerebral nightly news broadcast early then high brow programming with classical music, plays, 'Austin City Limits' for live performances by cutting edge rock, alt country, folk, bluegrass and Americana bands, 'Siskel & Ebert' film reviews and lots of British imports - 'Masterpiece Theater,' 'Upstairs Downstairs,' 'All Creatures Great and Small' and the like along with 'Doctor Who' for science fiction fans and 'Monty Python' for a rare opportunity to see blue humor and the occasional naked breast. As us kids grew older they expanded into more nature and science shows to feature more content for their aging core audience, but as you say with somewhat dumbed down narration. These days the news and politics shows are quite good as are a lot of their in-house documentary programs like 'American Experience' and Ken Burns documentary series. 'Nova' is a solid science based program and they still carry a wide variety of educational and infotainment program for the kids. It will never be on par with the BBC when it comes to nature programs - but then no one can touch the Beeb when it comes to nature programs.  |
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Anymore to come?
