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'Strictly': should it continue?
« on: December 18, 2016, 05:13:10 PM »
I have heard a number of folk suggest that, with Len Goodman retiring, now would be a good time for the BBC to retire 'Strictly Come Dancing' - on the grounds that retiring whilst at the top is very good idea.

If that was to happen - and I have no opinion either way - what would you like to see them to replace it with (and should it become another way of fundraising for BBC Children in Need, as it was between Series 2 and 5?)
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2016, 05:16:53 PM »
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2016, 05:56:29 PM »
Billiards, with elliptical billiard balls.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2016, 06:00:15 PM »
Strictly must continue!
I am already bereft at the series ending - wonderfully! - last night.

Len is a legend and will be a tough act to follow - but no-one is indispensible.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2016, 09:40:05 PM »
What could replace strictly?

Formation paint drying.

Competitive smarminess.

How quickly can you make viewers fall asleep/ or turn off.

Strictly come cake making. (with Len Goodman as judge)
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2016, 10:21:17 AM »
How about 'Strickly sing Politics' or 'Eurounion Song Contest'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/38322133
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2016, 01:14:08 PM »
My idea would be a baking competition.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2016, 01:22:10 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on December 19, 2016, 01:14:08 PM
My idea would be a baking competition.

on ice?
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2016, 01:23:59 PM »
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on ice?
That would work. Every time a contestant falls over and lands on their arse, the judges could say "soggy bottom". It would be hilarious.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2016, 01:27:08 PM »
More likely, , "Cock-6!", very loudly as they brandish their paddles!

Nah, Strictly is irreplaceable.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2016, 01:39:22 PM »
Quote from: Brownie on December 19, 2016, 01:27:08 PM
More likely, , "Cock-6!", very loudly as they brandish their paddles!

Nah, Strictly is irreplaceable.
Personally I really can't stand it. It's a banal amateur talent contest of the worst kind except for The Voice and X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent (no it hasn't). The one redeeming quality of all of these is that I don't have to watch them and if they were canceled something else equally bad would replace them.
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2016, 01:46:05 PM »
I love every second of every minute of it (X-factor cannot compare!), rarely do I feel that way about an entertainment series so it must be good for me!   Nothing worries me when I watch 'Strictly', I am totally absorbed and delighted.

It's all in the best possible taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkqxagJglaI
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2016, 01:51:09 PM »
Dear Mods,

Hope started a thread about Strictly >:( I think a days suspension is in order, so he can reflect on the error of his ways ::)

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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2016, 02:42:23 PM »
We enjoyed it, especially as the standard was so high for the top celebrities this year, despite the over the top glamour and glitz. I don't think it will be replaced anytime soon as it achieved such high viewing figures. Actually the highlight for me was the ballroom waltz done by the professionals for Len. and the low points were many of the celebrity guest singers who didn't impress me at all.

However, each to their own. :)
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2016, 03:15:19 PM »
Strictly is awful it has got worse and worse over the years. A programme where you just watch paint drying would be better! ;D
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2016, 06:14:57 PM »
Quote from: Gonnagle on December 19, 2016, 01:51:09 PM
Dear Mods,

Hope started a thread about Strictly >:( I think a days suspension is in order, so he can reflect on the error of his ways ::)

Gonnagle.
Is Gonners sore because no Scot has ever won it?
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2016, 06:18:05 PM »
Quote from: Hope on December 19, 2016, 06:14:57 PM
Is Gonners sore because no Scot has ever won it?
no, no Glaswegian because we trip the light fantastic
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2016, 07:32:24 PM »
My favourite programme.  There's no way they could take it off.   A triumph. 
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2016, 07:38:33 PM »
In the dark end of the 2016, Ed Balls gangnam style shines out
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2016, 10:19:53 PM »
Absolutely!

I've also been to see the Strictly Tour at the O2 (the audience all had paddle-scoring-thingies and called out, "Seven!").

Ed Balls was great, so was Rinder.   They were all good this year but I was quite overcome with emotion when Ore won (could almost outdo him with eye leakage).

It's such a wholesome programme, something for all ages.

When the first series started I had no idea I would love it, I don't generally go for Saturday night family entertainment stuff, much prefer intense drama and eating a nice Saturday night dinner.   What a revelation!   I said it was good for me, a tonic.  I now look forward to it every year.

Like enki, I loved the goodbye waltz for Len and, Wigginhall, it is also my favourite programme.

No Scot has won so far (next year maybe), but Judy Murray was great fun when she competed, Pamela Stephenson-Connolly came second and she's married to the Big Yin and anyway, Andy is Sports Personality of the Year so what more d'you want?

PS:  I was just going through a pile of DVDs and found one of a Strictly tour which I had forgotten about.  It was one where Letitia Dean was competing and Kate Thornton hosting.

I also have a Strictly album, bought for me one Christmas, featuring the lovely Alesha Dixon who won that year.

Can't wait to get the DVD of the new tour, with Ed Balls & Daisy Lowe competing, and Naga hosting.

Am I fan or what?

Oh and in November 2015 Laura Main (from Aberdeen) won the Children in Need Strictly Come Dancing special with dancer Brendan Cole, so the Scots do have a champion.

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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2016, 10:33:29 AM »
I like Strictly. IT is like a pair of warm, comfortable slippers turning up every Autumn. I would miss it if it was not on.

As to one posters suggestion about watching paint dry, all I can say is Bah Humbug!

If you don't enjoy it fine, you can always turn over and watch the zenith of entertainment as embodied in the X factor. :P
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Re: 'Strictly': should it continue?
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2016, 11:05:43 AM »
If there are no Olympics to turn on the TV for, then Strictly is about the only time I turn it on during the year!
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