Are the BBC allowed to get over excited? Or should they inform and/or educate and/or entertain? In this instance the entertain is from the football, we only need inform and educate - sadly lines were blurred. BBC WC coverage was arrogant and drifted into the One Show or All Together Now territory and what’s more did not reflect public broadcasting service values. That’s the standard, like it or not, and why we have to put up with UK laws and fines to protect it . The role reversal where ITV were the more sober of the two surprised me - I never ever wanted to watch ITV over BBC before for the WC.
I’m with Brian Clough on this. The BBC should have let the football do the talking, and not treat it is an ex-pro lads away hol, like we were watching a WC Big Brother and the tone should have been the same had they been reporting it for Sco, N.Ire, Wal or Eng, as its a PBS.
To reiterate I think the fans and team were let down by the BBC. It’s another nail in their coffin now TV comes from Apps inside Smart TVs and Netflix and Amaxon and Now TV etc. need paying. Easier to delete the app...