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jambutty

18-09-2008 15:03

Coast

Narrated by Neil Oliver, Alice Roberts and others this is probably the best documentary about the British Isles ever.

It is a fascinating series that took the viewer all around the British Isles coastline.

I particularly liked Oliver’s style of narration – a cross between an enthusiastic schoolboy and a university professor. His obvious but not intrusive Scottish accent added that extra something.

Even the most brain dead would be enthralled with a trip around the coast.

The BBC series 1 – 3 as a 9 disk boxed set is available for £47.98 from Amazon.

But you can do better than that at Asda Entertainment at http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/asda/elysium.search?search=coast where the same set costs £32.93 with free delivery.

jaysay

18-09-2008 16:47

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A great series JB watch every episode, I like Alice Roberts she's that bit different, she also did another series about the human body which was well worth the trip too

jambutty

18-09-2008 18:31

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I think that the real beauty of the series is that each episode leaves you wanting more. Even more so with those ten minutes snippets we get from time to time.

I beat my credit card into submission and sent off for the full set this afternoon. Bread and dripping isn’t all that bad if you put some salt on it and its only for a week.:p

Caz	18-09-2008 23:17

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Brilliant series this. Can watch repeats of them over and over. Will be investing in the DVDs myself as soon as we can afford to.
Love that theme music too.

mrskitty

19-09-2008 15:27

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Was it on recently?

jambutty

19-09-2008 18:11

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You still get 10/15 minutes snippets now and then as time fillers between programmes. But the series as a whole finished a while ago.

mrskitty

20-09-2008 12:42

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I really can't afford DVDs for that price.......do you think they may repeat the series at all?

Caz	20-09-2008 13:21

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Series 4 has been confirmed for next summer. I would assume there will be some reruns before then, if there aren't already on BBC 3. :)

Caz	20-09-2008 14:14

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If you have UK TV History, a series of it is starting on Monday 4pm. Not sure which series though. :)

jambutty

20-09-2008 17:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by misskitty (Post 632952)

I really can't afford DVDs for that price.......do you think they may repeat the series at all?

£32.93 might seem like a lot but it is for 9 DVD’s and that puts it at under £4 each.

What you do is get two other people who are interested and they pay you £11 each. With their £22 and your £11 you send for the package and when it arrives you give each of them one series and then exchange them around until all three of you have watched it all.

One of the three might then want to keep all three series so they can buy them off the other two for £11 each.

wadey

21-09-2008 12:45

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Play.com (UK) - Free Delivery - DVD - Search Results: coast
do it as seperate series and free P&P

jambutty

21-09-2008 13:07

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Originally Posted by wadey (Post 633331)

Play.com (UK) - Free Delivery - DVD - Search Results: coast
do it as seperate series and free P&P

At £12.99 per series (£38.97 for all 3) it is still dearer than Asda’s boxed set offer.

Asda series1 £9.93 free delivery
Asda series2 £9.93 free delivery
Asda series3 £10.93 free delivery
Total £30.79. Boxed set £32.93 free delivery and that is only £2.14 for the box.

For the boxed set from Play at £47.99 - you are paying £9.02 for the box.

mrskitty

22-09-2008 08:23

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Do you know if they cover alot of the Kent coast?

Neil	22-09-2008 09:12

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 632346)

The BBC series 1 – 3 as a 9 disk boxed set is available for £47.98 from Amazon.

But you can do better than that at Asda Entertainment at http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/...h?search=coastwhere the same set costs £32.93 with free delivery.

Look out folks I just had an interesting thought-

This series is produced by the BBC using money from us licence payers.
Should us licence payers be able to buy the series for the actual cost of the physical DVD's?
What would that be, a couple of quid?
By paying the full price are we not being asked to pay for the series twice?

jambutty

22-09-2008 11:00

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 633544)

And earnings from the sale of other programmes.
No!
Probably less. Say 50p.
No more than if people subscribe to Sky etc and watch the adverts that we pay for by buying the advertised goods. Sky etc get paid TWICE. Once by the advertiser and once by the subscriber. You do get a programme thrown in though.

If the BBC did not sell their programmes all around the world, it would not have the funds to make quality programmes like it does and in order to do so the licence fee would have to increase substantially.

Neil	22-09-2008 11:35

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633559)

If the BBC did not sell their programmes all around the world, it would not have the funds to make quality programmes like it does and in order to do so the licence fee would have to increase substantially.

I did not say they cant sell it around the world. I asked why licence payers are having to pay twice. As a licence payer you should get it at cost - we have already paid for the program.

jambutty

22-09-2008 12:26

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 633568)

I did not say they cant sell it around the world. I asked why licence payers are having to pay twice. As a licence payer you should get it at cost - we have already paid for the program.

I didn’t say that you did, but why let the reality spoil the start of an “I said, you said” argument.

I was just pointing out that if you object to having to pay twice by buying a DVD of a BBC programme, the same applies to subscribing to commercial pay as you view channels. But you don’t hear any arguments about that.

It seems to me that instead of regaling us with your views on the Coast programme, which is what this thread is all about, you decided to have a poke about the license fee and the BBC.

People will happily pay to rent a DVD of a film or pay two or three times as much to buy it.

I happen to think that buying DVD’s of BBC programmes is not only good value but also aids Aunty Beeb to produce more first rate programmes. Of course it also helps to pay certain programme presenters exorbitant salaries, but that is a different issue.

Neil	22-09-2008 13:17

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633573)

I happen to think that buying DVD’s of BBC programmes is not only good value but also aids Aunty Beeb to produce more first rate programmes. Of course it also helps to pay certain programme presenters exorbitant salaries, but that is a different issue.

That is because you have been brainwashed by the beeb and can't see the reality of it.

Please explain why the BBC is so good we should all pay for it if we want to watch it or not.

jambutty

22-09-2008 18:01

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 633585)

That is because you have been brainwashed by the beeb and can't see the reality of it.

Please explain why the BBC is so good we should all pay for it if we want to watch it or not.

The only people who are brain washed are those who still think that the TV license is to watch BBC programmes and pointedly refuse to accept that this is not the case.

You don’t pay just to watch BBC programmes. If the BBC didn’t exist we would still have to pay the annual TV license fee.

The TV license authorises the installation and use of video receiving equipment in a house, pub, hotel etc. and you can watch whatever broadcasts are available to you, regardless where they come from. In private domestic property the single license covers all the TV sets in that property.

Neil	22-09-2008 18:23

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633701)

You know that is only a play on words as to what the licence is really for. Its to pay for the BBC, that's where the majority of the money goes.

You know it does but you like to pretend that if there was no BBC we would still pay such a high fee.

jambutty

22-09-2008 18:47

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 633715)

No play on words Neil. It’s a fact.

Have a look at http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp

Nowhere does it specifically refer to the BBC.

The BBC being a public service broadcaster is funded from government funds better known as taxpayer’s money. Doesn’t that make it paying three times for a BBC programme DVD? The government recoups this outlay with the license fee. The BBC is charged with collecting the license money and keeping tabs on who has or has not got a current license.

High fee? £139.50 for a colour license has to be the deal of the century. That’s just a smidgin over 38 pence per day. It would cost you more than ten times that just to go and watch a film in a cinema.

Neil	22-09-2008 19:06

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633723)

No play on words Neil. It’s a fact.

Have a look at http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp

Nowhere does it specifically refer to the BBC.

And that is why you have been suckered in. You cant see the wood for the trees.

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