Forum » Topic: BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button

Forum » Topic: BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 09:16:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php button on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158969 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:30:34 +0000 button 158969@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Button moon is my favourite button. charlies_hat on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158926 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:31:46 +0000 charlies_hat 158926@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ So, what it's your favourite button, Button? Paddy Berzinski on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158925 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:17:17 +0000 Paddy Berzinski 158925@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Sweet. Stars. I've been shouting at the telly for years. I thought it was normal. button on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158920 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:51:52 +0000 button 158920@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Honestly Perks I'd love the BBC to introduce the tortoise shell button, I could use the extra work. Perks on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158918 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:42:40 +0000 Perks 158918@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Nice, although I can't help feeling this is a campaign for your sunburnt cousins. Squudge on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158911 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:11:44 +0000 Squudge 158911@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ some of us have been shouting at the telly for years - red button redundant Titus on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158898 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:44:37 +0000 Titus 158898@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Nice - and nice punchline. Stars herewith. button on "BBC to trial new shouting at the telly service on the red button" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54986#post-158895 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:31:24 +0000 button 158895@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Following in the successful footsteps of children’s programmes such as Dora the Explorer and Team Umizoomi in which children are given the belief that by shouting at the television you can alter the outcome of the programme you are watching, the BBC are rolling out the idea in mainstream entertainment. Upon selecting the ‘suspend your disbelief further’ option from the red button menu, viewers will be encouraged to shout answers to questions posed by a narrator in order to determine the events unfolding in front of them. In a pilot run on tonight’s Eastenders, viewers will be asked questions such as “Which pub should Phil go to for a drink?” and “Should Dot buy some bananas from Sainsbury’s or the market?” This will be followed by a special episode of Casualty, where during a scene at a lumber yard the viewers will be asked “Do you think the lorry driver has secured those logs properly?” and “Should the attractive young female motorist die instantly, or be taken to hospital and have her dress cut off by the doctor?”. If successful the Beeb hope to extend the service to more significant programming such as general election night. Viewers will be encouraged to stay at home rather than visiting the polling booths, where they can shout at the telly the name of the candidate they think looks nicest in a suit. The BBC are pleased to have stolen a march on Channel 4 who have also been developing the idea for some time, however Noel Edmunds remains reluctant to go fuck himself.