BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:15:34 +0100
Recliner wrote:
Yes, you'd think so. I assume the equipment on boats may get wetter
than in normal land conditions, and being battery-powered may not
help. They had the further problem that they lost comms when boats
went under bridges.

Yes, I noticed that. You wouldn't have thought that it would be too hard to
keep constant comms in the middle of a large flat river with plenty of sites
for antennas 4 miles from TV centre when they can manage to broadcast richard
hammonds naff gags live from the middle of umbongo land.

B2003

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:50:45 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:15:34 +0100
Recliner wrote:
Yes, you'd think so. I assume the equipment on boats may get wetter
than in normal land conditions, and being battery-powered may not
help. They had the further problem that they lost comms when boats
went under bridges.

Yes, I noticed that. You wouldn't have thought that it would be too hard to
keep constant comms in the middle of a large flat river with plenty of sites
for antennas 4 miles from TV centre when they can manage to broadcast richard
hammonds naff gags live from the middle of umbongo land.

I turned off Planet Earth Live after the first five minutes, but I
wonder just how much of it was actually live? Very little, I suspect.
And not having watched it, I don't know if Hammond and Julia Bradbury
went walkabout in the live sections, or stayed in the bush studios.

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:57:08 +0100
Recliner wrote:
I turned off Planet Earth Live after the first five minutes, but I

It was pretty awful.

wonder just how much of it was actually live? Very little, I suspect.

I think Hammond was live - they did a link up on the One Show before it
kicked off. Or as live as he ever can be - he seems to go through the same
pre programmed set of gurning, facial tics and phony excitement in every show
he appears in.

B2003

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other JubilleeEvents
 

On 08/06/2012 12:11, d wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:04:25 +0100
wrote:
It seems that some cameras were indeed killed by the weather, as this
account by Clare Balding indicates: "Balding, a freelance presenter
and not a BBC employee, said staff did the best they could but were
beset by technical problems.

Perhaps I'm being naive here - but shouldn't outside broadcast equipment
be rainproof? After all , it is going to be used, errm, outside.


You would have thought so :-0 The problem is there are too many
miniature connectors for things like power supply and servo controls to
the lens. Also radio link equipment is notoriously finicky in wet
weather. There were also problems with the sound equipment on the
orchestra boat caused by the weather.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

Graeme Wall explained on 08/06/2012 :
You would have thought so :-0 The problem is there are too many miniature
connectors for things like power supply and servo controls to the lens. Also
radio link equipment is notoriously finicky in wet weather. There were also
problems with the sound equipment on the orchestra boat caused by the
weather.


Maybe in view of the weather forecast if someone had have bought some
of those big Union jack umbrellas everyone would have been better off.

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

"Brian" wrote in message
eb.com...

Graeme Wall explained on 08/06/2012 :
You would have thought so :-0 The problem is there are too many
miniature connectors for things like power supply and servo controls to
the lens. Also radio link equipment is notoriously finicky in wet
weather. There were also problems with the sound equipment on the
orchestra boat caused by the weather.


Maybe in view of the weather forecast if someone had have bought some of
those big Union jack umbrellas everyone would have been better off.

Of Course !

" There were also
problems with the sound equipment on the orchestra boat caused by the
weather."

Caused by incompetence more-like.
Bad weather was clearly forecast - the choir should have been provided with
cover of some sort.
I felt really sorry for them.

Pete

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other JubilleeEvents
 

On 08/06/2012 18:51, Pete wrote:


"Brian" wrote in message
b.com...

Graeme Wall explained on 08/06/2012 :
You would have thought so :-0 The problem is there are too many
miniature connectors for things like power supply and servo controls
to the lens. Also radio link equipment is notoriously finicky in wet
weather. There were also problems with the sound equipment on the
orchestra boat caused by the weather.


Maybe in view of the weather forecast if someone had have bought some
of those big Union jack umbrellas everyone would have been better off.

Of Course !

" There were also
problems with the sound equipment on the orchestra boat caused by the
weather."

Caused by incompetence more-like.

You are an expert are you?

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

In message , at 20:12:48 on Fri, 8 Jun
2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
" There were also problems with the sound equipment on the orchestra
boat caused by the weather."

Caused by incompetence more-like.

You are an expert are you?

I'm not a weather forecaster, but rain was foretold by professional
weather forecasters from about a week before.

I know because I was supposed to go to a Jubilee party some three hours
drive away, and as I rather suspected, it was rained off at 7am that
morning.
--
Roland Perry

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

"Brian" *wrote in message
eb.com...
Graeme Wall explained on 08/06/2012 :
You would have thought so :-0 *The problem is there are too many
miniature connectors for things like power supply and servo controls to
the lens. *Also radio link equipment is notoriously finicky in wet
weather. *There were also problems with the sound equipment on the
orchestra boat caused by the weather.

Maybe in view of the weather forecast if someone had have bought some of
those big Union jack umbrellas everyone would have been better off.

Of Course !

" There were also

problems with the sound equipment on the orchestra boat caused by the
weather."

Caused by incompetence more-like.
Bad weather was clearly forecast - the choir should have been provided *with
cover of some sort.
I felt really sorry for them.

Pete

Feel a bit sorry for the Beebe on this one. It really was a massive,
exceptionally long drawn out and very unpredictable event to film.
More than twelve thousand people afloat in the most horrendous weather
conditions, many on precariously small craft. I can understand the
director thinking, this is going to be long drawn out and
tedious,looking for plan B diversions such as baking cakes in
Battersea Park etc. He was beset with technical fault after fault,
equipment failure after failure, in fact everything which could have
been thrown at him happened on that wet dismal day.

Then there were the protocols. Royal. Unbelievable security levels.
Health and Safety etc. Dictats from the Port of London Authority. They
even dictated that the Queen and the Duke had to wear life jackets
when going out to the Royal Barge on Britannia's tender. The Duke told
them in no uncertain terms to eff off! That is fact! Did you notice
everyone else on that craft, even the two Royal funkiest in red, were
all wearing life jackets! All exept HRH and the Duke!

Even for the all mistakes, bad judgement, poor coverage and lack of
info about the boats, all in all I enjoyed it. Did get very niggled
when wanting to see particular boats and having to watch artists on
the bridge etc or having to watch Sandy Tosdig talking drifflel. Think
it portrayed a certain very attractive British eccentricity in typical
British weather. Only we could do it!

Roger

BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events
 

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 13:22:21 -0700 (PDT), Roger Murray
wrote:


Then there were the protocols. Royal. Unbelievable security levels.
Health and Safety etc. Dictats from the Port of London Authority. They
even dictated that the Queen and the Duke had to wear life jackets
when going out to the Royal Barge on Britannia's tender. The Duke told
them in no uncertain terms to eff off! That is fact! Did you notice
everyone else on that craft, even the two Royal funkiest in red, were
all wearing life jackets! All exept HRH and the Duke!

Ahem, HM, not HRH (which happens to be one of the most
complained-about commentators' errors).