ededwards wrote:I liked this new feature, it has potential...however I feel it needs a bit of tweaking to make it right, which will hopefully address some of the issues raised above.
The biggest problem was it was far too visual. I like the live streaming but too often Radio 1 forgets that no matter how many 1000s of viewers they get there will always be at least a hundred times more listening on the radio. The listeners should always be the priority over the viewers. For example, Aled was giving directions to the camera guy today to point the camera at Tina and not Fearne, when really he should have been asking Fearne to describe what was going on better.
This feature would also work well if it was listeners facing their fears. I know this would be a involve a bit more preparation work but it could be pulled off well. Plus it is far more exciting for a listener to be winning a once in a lifetime prize than someone who is BBC staff.
Also will be interested to see if all the challenges are restricted to being local to Radio 1? So much more potential if the challenge was revealed the day before, recorded during the day then broadcast on the following show. (Similar to when Scott did the Sport Relief 'mile a day' challenges) Could involve stuff like bungee jumping/sky diving etc.
Was really hoping Chris' challenge would involve something along the lines of stunt flying with the red arrows. But obviously this would be near impossible to do during the live show.
I dont really want to see listeners facing their fears. Personally I couldn't care less about the fears of someone I don't know whom the show hasn't built up a rapport with.
There are obviously budget issues with your other suggestions, but you have a point about extending it beyond Radio 1 HQ. And the Scott Mills stuff was good in theory, and was quite entertaining in the end, but was also a bit tame.
I thought building the whole thing up so much and then to not actually do anything yesterday was an anti-climax and just didn't work in my opinion. Today with Tina I quite enjoyed, but it had been hyped up so much that I expected a bit more than just going to the top of a relatively low building in a cherry picker. I operate these machines on quite a regular basis, so I know they can be an issue for a lot of people, but it had been over hyped somewhat. She didn't really "scale the building".
I think too many on here have gone a bit OTT with the criticism. It is a good feature that, so far at least, has been blown up into being a bigger deal than it actually is. And I think a lot of people just slate Fearne Cotton almost as a default reaction. She isnt every ones cup of tea, and I am not exactly a fan myself, but no matter what she does some people will slate her.
It will be interesting to see what happens for the rest of the week, but my summary so far is : good feature, but over-hyped.
PS: Bit strange how she wasnt allowed to move the picker into thin air at the start but was allowed to manouvre it towards a building at the end. Neither should be dangerous, but as an operator of these machines I know which one I would have preferred.
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