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    Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    He will take on the iconic role during the three 60-minute episodes aired later this year.
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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    Good to see them using that great icon of the gaming industry, Trevor Mc8BitDo!

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    On a more serious note, the last couple of decades have seen a lot of 'special interest' TV shows vanish from our screens; alongside GamesMaster, we also lost Tomorrow's World, Top of the Pops, The Tube, The Old Grey Whisle Test, to name just a few that I miss.

    Instead, we seem to be bombarded with reality TV and an infinite run of programmes covering Michael Portillo's train travels in silly trousers.

    And don't get me started on MTV no longer showing music videos... the world's gone mad.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    WOH! Certainly didn't see that one coming.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    Quote Originally Posted by KultiVator View Post
    On a more serious note, the last couple of decades have seen a lot of 'special interest' TV shows vanish from our screens; alongside GamesMaster, we also lost Tomorrow's World, Top of the Pops, The Tube, The Old Grey Whisle Test, to name just a few that I miss.

    Instead, we seem to be bombarded with reality TV and an infinite run of programmes covering Michael Portillo's train travels in silly trousers.

    And don't get me started on MTV no longer showing music videos... the world's gone mad.
    Who is watching broadcast television? My mother, who loves Michael Portillo. But no one with a Netflix account. For now, a lot of them are still paying the licence fee, unnecessarily. I don't think it will be that long before Portillo is stuck reviewing Ely-Peterborough.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    That actually sounds quite good. I think he's got the voice for it.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    Quote Originally Posted by TeePee View Post
    Who is watching broadcast television? [..] But no one with a Netflix account.
    Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube-Premium - are all great, but terrestrial TV still has value, for those skilled in dodging Portillo's whacky pantaloons.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    Quote Originally Posted by TeePee View Post
    Who is watching broadcast television? My mother, who loves Michael Portillo. But no one with a Netflix account. For now, a lot of them are still paying the licence fee, unnecessarily. I don't think it will be that long before Portillo is stuck reviewing Ely-Peterborough.
    I still watch 'normal' TV, and I don't have a single subscription to anything else (I'm still in my 30's). Don't automatically assume that everyone is keen to spend a fortune on multiple subscription services. There are a few things I'd be interested to watch, but that tiny number of series spread across those multiple platforms seems like very bad value for money to me.

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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    We need the Games Mistress to make a comeback


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    Re: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE becomes the GamesMaster

    If sir Trevor is that hard up for cash he could sell a kidney or maybe hang about kings cross toilets, could be wrong of course maybe he's just after upgrading his gpu ?

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