The only problem with that Q advert is that it doesn't
mention that it's got interchangeable lenses

There used to be a game on the Oric Atmos called
"Don't Press the Letter Q "

Perhaps they could use a twist on that
"Do Press the Button Q"

I've never timed a single 8min break.... but ..... it's coming!
6 1/2 min breaks are common on shows like American Pickers (excellent program) on History. That's a 1 hr show (less adds).

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Edit: You need to time the breaks Ken. It's a few
years since we only had 8 mins in 30 mins. No program
runs for more than 25 mins now and there are two breaks
of 4 to 6 mins in that 25 mins
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30 min. Shows like Two and a Half Men and the US Office can't be more
than about 15 -20 min without the adds

There's no way they can show BBC progs on commercial channels
without removing 10 to 15 min per hour of program content and
I doubt if they are bothered about what they remove
A lot of BBC wildlife progs are shown again on Discovery History etc.

According to DigiGuide it's being shown 550 times between now and the end of the year A lot are on Discovery History and again on Discovery History +1

Usually "Time Team" has adds at different times to other channels.

The sad thing is that they "trim/chop" time off the actual programs
to fit the adverts in..... so what starts off as a 28min program
on the BBC gets repeated on a commercial channel cut down to 20min

The reason for cutting to adds at odd scenes is that most of the
commercial companies act like a cartel and synchronize their
add breaks to prevent "channel hopping"

Shows what idiots they are when they think that people will
sit and listen to adds at about 4x the program volume
That's what the mute button on the remote is for

The extra volume is because they run the adds sound channel through a Compressor which raises the lower volume bits up to the same level as the higher volume bits. It has the effect of fooling dB meters into thinking that the volume is lower than in it is. I'm not sure if it applies to all channels, but by law the volume of the adds is supposed to be lower than the volume of the programs, so they get round it by using a Compressor

Some blackbirds have come back to my garden. One young female is very
friendly so I think it's one that's been here before. No idea
where it's been

Good capture of the sparrowhawk Roger.... no time to prepare
for shots like that

Does anyone still watch TV adverts? With them taking the Micky
increasing the volume and running 5 to 6 1/2 mins of adds every
10 minutes I automatically switch over to a BBC/PBC channel or play
4-5 mins of video

For every hour of TV you now watch (at increased volume) about
20 mins of adds. I prefer to record the progs if possible and
then advance 4-5 mins when the adds come on using the 1 minute
advance button on my remote It really is getting beyond
a joke especially when I'm actually paying for SKY

Slightly off topic there's a new channel on SKY callled
PBC (Ch 166) which is the American public broadcast channel,
similar to BBC4. This week they've had a film about Ansel
Adams and one about a tog who produced 20 books and films
about American Indians. They currently show 1min of trailers
no adds yet.

Nice clear shots... the lighting is perfect

I hope it did contain some Nuts!