The White Knight 9,039 Posted June 13, 2015 Maybe my career as a TV critic will be short-lived HaHa CHR. Don't give up the day job. :rofl: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted June 13, 2015 Primetime BBC One, probably watched by more people than the whole speedway season added together on sky and a better advert for speedway than the June 1 sky meeting to boot. It's a win win! How many people watched it and said, "We used to have a speedway track in XXX*". Used to amaze me in the Tim Stone era the people who would say to me, "we used to have a rack in Newport" when I mentioned speedway in Newpport. *XXX = there local town or city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted June 13, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedway102285 13 Posted June 15, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. Because it isn't !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leicester Lion 274 Posted June 16, 2015 Pearson and Tatum have been giving us clues for years... telling their viewers about Charlie in the pits (who seems very popular with the riders). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E I Addio 15,844 Posted June 16, 2015 Maybe I am totally wrong and will be ready to admit it if people disagree with me, but I just felt that anyone watching who had never seen or heard of speedway would not have been encouraged to want to see more. Lakeside is far from atmospheric and the place was almost empty, which hardly gave the impression of a viable sport. The place was almost empty because a lot of the crowds scenes were not at a meeting, just actors drafted in. When do you ever see a Speedwáy crowd looking like that lot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
00000 1,279 Posted June 16, 2015 The place was almost empty because a lot of the crowds scenes were not at a meeting, just actors drafted in. When do you ever see a Speedwáy crowd looking like that lot? Perhaps clubs should draft in those actors when they are on Sky. It would help make the crowd scenes look more healthy. Or, promote the event and charge a fiver - or for free as Lakeside did some time back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted June 16, 2015 The place was almost empty because a lot of the crowds scenes were not at a meeting, just actors drafted in. When do you ever see a Speedwáy crowd looking like that lot? I knew that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
