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mandragoraShe asks plaintively.
Why does Channel 4 in Wales feel the need to put on some Welsh-language (not that there's anything wrong with the Welsh language, you understand. It's just that, language of my fathers though it is, I don't speak a bleeding word of Welsh), family entertainment (God, the horror) programme on at 9.00pm on a Friday night.
I'm in a hotel in Cardiff (Torchwood!), preparatory for a work-related course I'm attending at Cardiff University tomorrow, and was looking forward to seeing Ugly Betty at 9.30pm. But when I flicked through the channels at 9.00pm, and came to the '4' channel, which should be Channel 4, I discovered that it isn't. Or, well, actually it is, but it's the Welsh version and prime-time consists of various Welsh-language programmes, instead of the normal Channel 4 programmes.
Oh my God, they've got a Welsh-voice choir on now.
And before that it was a tenor, singing something that I think was meant to be funny.
It's just...really, really awful!
And I have to ask, why? I mean, it's the climax (I think) of Celebrity Big Brother over in England (and presumably Scotland), which is Channel 4's biggest ratings earner. And they're depriving the entire population of Wales the opportunity to watch it. No, I'm not pissed off at CBB (as I rather loathe it, and that was before the racism/ugliness, ignorance and stupidity debacle), but I wanted to watch Ugly Betty dammit. Okay, so I'm recording it at home and will be able to watch it when I get back on Sunday. But that's so not the point.
Bloody Welsh Channel 4.
Why does Channel 4 in Wales feel the need to put on some Welsh-language (not that there's anything wrong with the Welsh language, you understand. It's just that, language of my fathers though it is, I don't speak a bleeding word of Welsh), family entertainment (God, the horror) programme on at 9.00pm on a Friday night.
I'm in a hotel in Cardiff (Torchwood!), preparatory for a work-related course I'm attending at Cardiff University tomorrow, and was looking forward to seeing Ugly Betty at 9.30pm. But when I flicked through the channels at 9.00pm, and came to the '4' channel, which should be Channel 4, I discovered that it isn't. Or, well, actually it is, but it's the Welsh version and prime-time consists of various Welsh-language programmes, instead of the normal Channel 4 programmes.
Oh my God, they've got a Welsh-voice choir on now.
And before that it was a tenor, singing something that I think was meant to be funny.
It's just...really, really awful!
And I have to ask, why? I mean, it's the climax (I think) of Celebrity Big Brother over in England (and presumably Scotland), which is Channel 4's biggest ratings earner. And they're depriving the entire population of Wales the opportunity to watch it. No, I'm not pissed off at CBB (as I rather loathe it, and that was before the racism/ugliness, ignorance and stupidity debacle), but I wanted to watch Ugly Betty dammit. Okay, so I'm recording it at home and will be able to watch it when I get back on Sunday. But that's so not the point.
Bloody Welsh Channel 4.
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Date: 26 January 2007 22:10 (UTC)I also wanted to say Happy Late Birthday. I hope you had fun.
I've been thinking of you and the other lovelies I visited and wishing I felt more communicative but...there's nothing terribly interesting happening in my life. However, my mother looks very punk these days with hair approaching one centimeter in length.
Hugs,
$:-D
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Date: 28 January 2007 15:40 (UTC)You're having a hell of a time atm, I know. I hope that you're bearing up okay under the strain and that your mother's treatment goes as well as it possibly can.
Hugs to you.
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Date: 28 January 2007 18:19 (UTC)Mom's treatment is finished, hopefully never to return, while Dad's is somewhere in the middle. He's holding steady so far but all this has been tough on both of them in ways I can't imagine.
Glad to hear your day improved. I hope Channel 4's programming did too.
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Date: 29 January 2007 20:40 (UTC)Tough on them, and incredibly tough on you, too.