teapot Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 'Working The Sea' is on BBC ONE at 7.30pm on Friday 4 August 2006. Hope you'll all be watching! IOM Steam Packet at it's best - hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I was tickled to see that they put subtitles on for the Peterhead accent. i suppose its televisions fault really when we have no difficulty with a black guy from new york speaking in urban patois but a glaswegian from 300 miles away could be talking martian. [ got this point off of a Glaswegian playwright on telly this week] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Yes, I was greatly amused by the subtitles for the Scottish accents My mother in law is Scottish and when I first met het I couldn't understand a word that she said. If she was talking with a smile on her face I would nod back at her and if she was frowning I would shake my head. It took me ages before I understood her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Aren't we talking about two different programmes here? Peterhead? Trawlermen BBC1 7:00 pm Steam Packet? Working the Sea BBC1 7:30 pm Particularly enjoyed the Trawlermen series (subtitles and all lol) . They sure as hell earn their money. Yes, I was greatly amused by the subtitles for the Scottish accents My mother in law is Scottish and when I first met het I couldn't understand a word that she said. If she was talking with a smile on her face I would nod back at her and if she was frowning I would shake my head. It took me ages before I understood her Who needs languages with that sort of understanding. Excellent :-)) The Scots can be very difficult to understand /me stands back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 see closed thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Politician Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I always used to enjoy watching "Rab C Nesbitt" with the Ceefax subtitles on. The BBC's attempts to transcribe the dialogue into recognisable words bordered on the surreal. But getting back to "Working The Sea", it was a pretty good documentary. Maybe they should make a fly-on-the-wall series about the adventures of the Steam Packet to replace "Airline" and "Airport"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 But getting back to "Working The Sea", it was a pretty good documentary. Maybe they should make a fly-on-the-wall series about the adventures of the Steam Packet to replace "Airline" and "Airport"! Have you been to the Sea Terminal recently? There is nobody to argue with - you just use the static terminals to book your ticket online and hope that there is a cleaner there to point out which pier the boat is leaving from. That does not sound like good telly in my book. You'd be better having Anneka Rice running round with the challenge of finding someone that works for the Steam Packet in the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Better still, move the venue to the outskirts of Douglas and call the programme Challenge Anagh Coar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScope Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Better still, move the venue to the outskirts of Douglas and call the programme Challenge Anagh Coar. It was my lifelong dream to open a chinese restaurant in that area. I'd have called it Anagh Coar Rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Politician Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Better still, move the venue to the outskirts of Douglas and call the programme Challenge Anagh Coar. Or in the same vein of outrageous puns, how about a programme called Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares about the challenges facing restaurateurs in the north? If the BBC ever gives us the local TV channel we deserve, the possibilities are endless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScope Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Better still, move the venue to the outskirts of Douglas and call the programme Challenge Anagh Coar. Or in the same vein of outrageous puns, how about a programme called Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares about the challenges facing restaurateurs in the north? If the BBC ever gives us the local TV channel we deserve, the possibilities are endless. We've had our own radio station for years, and I've never once heard mention of a Peel Session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Better still, move the venue to the outskirts of Douglas and call the programme Challenge Anagh Coar. How many years have you been waiting for the right thread to post that? Still it was worth the wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Why Declan, do I sniff a hint of a compliment there? PS, cracking idea about Ramsey's kitchen Nightmares Politician - pretty much everywhere in this fair town would qualify for that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lard Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 I missed the beginning of this programme but was pleased to find I could see it again here: BBC Website - Watch Again I thought Dermot O'Toole did a good interview, who as well as being an officer with the Steam Packet, wrote a book on the Parish Walk and has completed the walk 15 times I think! Aye, and he isn't one of them that goes around calling himself 'Captain' when ashore like some buffoons from the merchant navy insist on doing on this Island! Anyway, good programme and good publicity for the Isle of Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 I like that statement in it: "It costs 140 quid for a palette of fruit to get from South Africa to Liverpool, and 95 quid to get it from Liverpool to the Isle of Man - that's a situation that needs to be resolved" Quite a bit of truth in that.. Oh, and they've got actors for the PSSR course now - nice idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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