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Dewi said:

Map Man

BBC2

Thurs, 16 September

1930hrs

Wonder if he will have a GPS :-)

Followed by Ray Mears doing his bushcraft thing....
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Just watched him try to follow a road that stopped in the middle of nowhere.
Well ... not nowhere ... actually on the edge of Rannoch Moor.
I think he did the right thing getting out of there by train.
Interesting nevertheless!

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Dewi said:

Map Man

BBC2

Thurs, 16 September

1930hrs

Wonder if he will have a GPS :-)

He used one to set his boundaries when doing the 2degrees W trip

Richard Webb

Dewi said:

Map Man

BBC2

Thurs, 16 September

1930hrs

Wonder if he will have a GPS :-)

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Bloody regional variations. BBC2 Wales is showing an admitedley very good
documentary about Pembrokeshire. Map man sounded very interesting, I like
cartography. For those East of the border, just be thankful you`re spared
S4C!

Ed.

Ed Whittaker said:

Bloody regional variations. BBC2 Wales is showing an admitedley very
good documentary about Pembrokeshire.

Repeat.

Quoted message said:

Map man sounded very
interesting, I like cartography. For those East of the border, just
be thankful you`re spared S4C!

Yeah. Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)

And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

Paul
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Ed Whittaker said:

Bloody regional variations. BBC2 Wales is showing an admitedley very
good documentary about Pembrokeshire.

Repeat.

Quoted message said:

Map man sounded very
interesting, I like cartography. For those East of the border, just
be thankful you`re spared S4C!

Yeah. Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)

And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

There's plenty of rubbish on the Digi channels, but occasionally they
repeat something you've missed on the Big Five.

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...
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Gordon

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:50:22 +0100, "Ed Whittaker"
<[email hidden]> uttered:

Quoted message said:

Dewi said:

Map Man

BBC2

Thurs, 16 September

1930hrs

Wonder if he will have a GPS :-)

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Bloody regional variations. BBC2 Wales is showing an admitedley very good
documentary about Pembrokeshire. Map man sounded very interesting, I like
cartography. For those East of the border, just be thankful you`re spared
S4C!

Ed.

My sky is set to Wales, but look in the 960 (I can't remember without
looking) numbers you can get all the regional variations...

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In article <[email hidden]>, pvs1
@wildwales.fsnet.co.uk says...

Quoted message said:

Yeah. Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)

And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

If you like something slightly more stimulating the the normal dumbed
down dross (and judging u.r.w.music you do) you'll probably find BBC4
good at times as it is more BB2 than BBC1 b ut without the reality TV.
BBC3 varies: a lot of repeats but with the odd good documentary here and
there.

ITV2 IMO opinion is better than ITV1 (not hard, granted), especially in
showing some slightly less mainstream films.

--
Darren

Gordon said:

Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)

And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

Unless you are into 22 men kicking a ball of wind about on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.

Quoted message said:

There's plenty of rubbish on the Digi channels, but occasionally they
repeat something you've missed on the Big Five.

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...

Or civil war stuff, or any old stuff. But yes an awful lot of WWII
stuff.

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.
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Phil Cook said:

Gordon said:

Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)

And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

Unless you are into 22 men kicking a ball of wind about on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.

Quoted message said:

There's plenty of rubbish on the Digi channels, but occasionally they
repeat something you've missed on the Big Five.

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...

Or civil war stuff, or any old stuff. But yes an awful lot of WWII
stuff.

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.

What's the point of planning to watch anything on the digital channels?
There's a very good chance that it will be repeated, probably very soon.

The digital channels don't seem designed for regular viewing in the same
way that ITV for example will schedule a particular drama series once a
week. Digital channels are for remote control surfing to fill in the
time between half decent stuff on the big five, or for catching up on 25
year old episodes of Dad's Army. Wish they'd show Steptoe & Son repeats ;-)

Trust me on this one, I've just had 6 weeks watching the damn things
while I recovered from a broken arm. Ever tried working the remote with
the wrong hand - it ain't easy :-)

--
Dave McLaughlin

[censored] Sapiens Non Urinat In Ventum

Dave Mclaughlin said:

Phil Cook said:

Gordon said:

Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

> Just today I was given a set top box by my mother. A few things
>of interest, like 24 hour news if I want it, travel and history channels
>are not bad, but at least it's got the real Channel 4! :-)
>
>And those BBC3/4 thingies, if they're any good. Probably no point even
>looking at ITV2, there's never anything on ITV1.

Unless you are into 22 men kicking a ball of wind about on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.

Quoted message said:

There's plenty of rubbish on the Digi channels, but occasionally they
repeat something you've missed on the Big Five.

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...

Or civil war stuff, or any old stuff. But yes an awful lot of WWII
stuff.

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.

What's the point of planning to watch anything on the digital channels?
There's a very good chance that it will be repeated, probably very soon.

The digital channels don't seem designed for regular viewing in the same
way that ITV for example will schedule a particular drama series once a
week. Digital channels are for remote control surfing to fill in the
time between half decent stuff on the big five, or for catching up on 25
year old episodes of Dad's Army. Wish they'd show Steptoe & Son repeats ;-)

Trust me on this one, I've just had 6 weeks watching the damn things
while I recovered from a broken arm. Ever tried working the remote with
the wrong hand - it ain't easy :-)

In our household we have a Tivo machine - we never watch TV in
'real-time' now, never watch adverts, don't actual watch a lot of telly
either!!! But we do view what we want to - when we want to, would never
go back to the old way...

Phil Cook <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.

I'll add my recommendation also. I never buy a TV guide, and for
about 7 quid a year Digiguide is good value.
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Gordon

"Ed Whittaker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Bloody regional variations. BBC2 Wales is showing an admitedley very good
documentary about Pembrokeshire. Map man sounded very interesting, I like
cartography. For those East of the border, just be thankful you`re spared
S4C!

Ah - pobol y cwm!

Dewi said:

My sky is set to Wales, but look in the 960 (I can't remember without
looking) numbers you can get all the regional variations...

960? Does not compute. It's only a simple set top box, located all the
available channels automatically. No regional variations on mine,
although it does have BBC2W - is that digital BBC2 Wales?

And why does S4C not show programs for much of the day when the real S4C
does? And what's S4C~2?

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...

Or civil war stuff, or any old stuff. But yes an awful lot of WWII
stuff.

Much as I'm interested in WWII, I've seen so much of the stuff already
on Channel 5 that I'm pretty fed up with it. It's rare that I see
anything new about WWII anymore.

Quoted message said:

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.

Noted. I'll take it into consideration, but I do like the trusty Radio
Times.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk

Keith said:

Dave Mclaughlin <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The digital channels don't seem designed for regular viewing in the
same way that ITV for example will schedule a particular drama
series once a week. Digital channels are for remote control surfing

Yes, I've been looking at the history channel and most of it I've seen
before.

Quoted message said:

In our household we have a Tivo machine - we never watch TV in
'real-time' now, never watch adverts, don't actual watch a lot of
telly either!!! But we do view what we want to - when we want to,
would never go back to the old way...

Tivo?

I've never watched adverts, can't stand the things.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:55:52 +0100, "Paul Saunders"
<[email hidden]> uttered:

Quoted message said:

Dewi said:

My sky is set to Wales, but look in the 960 (I can't remember without
looking) numbers you can get all the regional variations...

960? Does not compute. It's only a simple set top box, located all the
available channels automatically. No regional variations on mine,
although it does have BBC2W - is that digital BBC2 Wales?

And why does S4C not show programs for much of the day when the real S4C
does? And what's S4C~2?

Paul

This is a Sky box, and just looked, BBC variants appear from 641 until
you get to the rudies...

But just realised, that the ITV variants are no longer there...

S4C Terrestrial is different to S4C Digitol, I don't know why...

S4C~2 shows the Welsh Assembly (no giggling there please) activities.

I use the favourites to mark the beginning of each set of channels;
Documentaries, Films, Shopping, Variants, Comedy, and the main
channel.

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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Tivo?

A very complicated way of watching TV. ;-)
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

Then there's the History channel, with lots of WW2 stuff...

Or civil war stuff, or any old stuff. But yes an awful lot of WWII
stuff.

Much as I'm interested in WWII, I've seen so much of the stuff already
on Channel 5 that I'm pretty fed up with it. It's rare that I see
anything new about WWII anymore.

Quoted message said:

May I recommend DigiGuide? http://www.digiguide.com/ searchable for
stuff you are interested in.

Noted. I'll take it into consideration, but I do like the trusty Radio
Times.

How much does it cost you in 12 months?
Or do you pinch it off your mum? ;-)
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Gordon