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Sunday, 22. July 2007, 16:22:49

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Unless I'm very much mistaken this is what Formula 1 should sound like.

Murray Walker returns to the mic for Five Live

Formula One’s legendary voice, Murray Walker will commentate from the European Grand Prix in Germany on 22 July. This is Murray’s first return to a UK commentary box since his retirement in 2001.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/formulaone.shtml

Great commentary as you would expect from Murray Walker today. Makes you remember why you started watching it all those years ago.

However what prick in charge of programming at the BBC with his head stuck up his arse and shit for brains thought, "Murray Walker? We've got Murray Walker commentating for us? Wow man what a coup. You know what would make it even better? During the live broadcast? During the actual race? Cut away to golf. Brilliant. That's how we'll capitalise on this great opportunity. Yeah ITV will be so jealous." FiveLive: What complete and utter cunts. Actually cunt is too good a word for them. Let's settle for lame-jobsworths-lacking-integrity shall we? I think that fair sums it up.

The BBC, for some time now I fear, has been crumbling from the inside under the weight of it's own incompetence. It's not because of this one event that I mention this, but the evidence is everywhere you look inside the BBC now. Apparently no one has the balls these days to say, "I'll show you how it should be done". Soon it shall come to represent nothing but a husk of it's past former glories. I never thought I'd say it but I no longer believe they deserve the licence fee any longer. As much as I hate to resort to such overused colloquialism, the BBC have well and truly lost the plot.

Some fine, and not so fine, audio examples to follow in a while...

"Life goes on without me"Baby Alonso Throws A Paddy

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Anonymous 2. August 2007, 07:47

Anonymous writes:

FadesinSlowly saying hi. I can't believe I linked to you without even realising you're Mr. JP Everyday! Nice blog and nice to see that you're also an OPERA devotee.

Entrailicus

garywalsh 5. August 2007, 15:03

Thanks Entrailicus :-) I must say that Fades In Slowly is looking the dogs bollox mate! Some conscientious quality updating going on there. (makes me feel less guilty for not updating jped)

Yep Opera is great - no competition in my view, despite the Wand's occasional amnesia.

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