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With all the reported BBC cuts for programmes like Top Gear, it was certainly a cheap way to fill the last 10 minutes.

On the contrary, clips of F1 cost a fortune. For that reason, it is unlikely that episode of Top Gear will be shown as a repeat on other channels.

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On the contrary, clips of F1 cost a fortune. For that reason, it is unlikely that episode of Top Gear will be shown as a repeat on other channels.

Interesting that you say that as the repeat on BBC3 last night was edited and was only a 45 minute show that didn't include the Senna tribute.

During the Senna era the BBC had the rights to show F1, so I'm surprised that they would have to pay more to show old F1 clips.

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Just watched that BASE jumping thing, madness.

I saw a bit of it Bryan. Last winter when we were in Switzerland we got the train to the top of the Jungfrau. En route the train passes within the Eiger. You get off the train half way up the Eiger (inside the mountain) and walk to three big picture windows and look out from effectively within the north face. Anyone who jumps off from the top of the north face wants certifying! :o

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I saw a bit of it Bryan. Last winter when we were in Switzerland we got the train to the top of the Jungfrau. En route the train passes within the Eiger. You get off the train half way up the Eiger (inside the mountain) and walk to three big picture windows and look out from effectively within the north face. Anyone who jumps off from the top of the north face wants certifying! :o

I saw that train when I watched Joe Simpson take it in "The Beckoning Silence" -- half way up is bad enough!

There was a programme on channel four last year, daredevils I think it was called. One episode was about Alain Robert who climbs sky-scrapers with no safety gear. Another was about the guy who does tightrope wlking across canyons with no harness. As a self-confessed vertigo-sufferer, it was hard to watch.

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One episode was about Alain Robert who climbs sky-scrapers with no safety gear.

Saw that programme. Great tv. On one of his climbs he was in, I think, China. He got changed into a spiderman outfit whilst on a coach. As he approached the target skyscraper, he legged it off the coach. The security guys/police spotted him too late and, as they chased him, he reached the building first. In a split second he was out of reach and went up the shear wall like a ferret!

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Interesting that you say that as the repeat on BBC3 last night was edited and was only a 45 minute show that didn't include the Senna tribute.

During the Senna era the BBC had the rights to show F1, so I'm surprised that they would have to pay more to show old F1 clips.

And yet the whole show is on iplayer...

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Glenn World Cup

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Whilst I never base jumped myself, back when I was skydiving, I did mix with a lot of people who had. The obvious buzz with base jumping isn't "how high" but actually "how low". In that vid (which is obvious legal, sanctioned base jumping) the tower is that high than there isn't just plenty of time to deploy, but to deploy, malfunction and go for your reserve, which makes it no real difference to other kinds of sky diving.

The nutters who do cheddar gordge on the other hand should be locked up.

If it's still in print, there is a great book about a group of base jumpers called Ground Rush.

Edit - Found a jump off the Gorge. No messing around with freefall here, the pilot chute is deployed whilst running !

(the actual jump is 1:40)
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Anyone watch this in full?

Madness In The Fast Lane

Yep, it was on the other night wasn't it. Complete headcases, especially the one it follows in detail (not going to put any spoilers here in case you watch it), worth a watch. Remarkable stuff, never seen footage like it, felt sorry for the drivers that must have been traumatised by it all.

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Not technically TV but I've just got back from watching Corrie! at the Lowry. I wasn't really sure what to expect but it was fantastic. Just five actors play over 50 odd characters spanning the past 50 years of Corrie. I don't watch Coronation St religiously like some, just if it is on, but this covered all the major storylines that I could remember, with Deidrie and Gail as the two main characters.

It is on until Saturday and is well worth a watch if you're not doing anything.

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My favourite BBC program is back, last night saw the new series of Ideal, which has a role for Sean Locke as a woman,as a man. BBC3.

Anyone see Vic Reeves impression of Peter Kay last night on Shooting Stars? Superb.

I'm a big fan of ideal too, not sure about Sean Locke's role yet, it seemed just a little too surreal.

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