Cowboy Trap...

a1 · Aug 9, 2010

... Anyone watching or watched the episode of "Cowboy Trap" on BBC 1?

I got bored in the first two minutes, Two different families, too much talking and too much going back and forth between the two - Repeating things over and over again. Grr.

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matt.leung · Aug 9, 2010

ur not missing much, kinda channal hopping now...

PC Electrics · Aug 9, 2010

... Anyone watching or watched the episode of "Cowboy Trap" on BBC 1?I got bored in the first two minutes, Two different families, too much talking and too much going back and forth between the two - Repeating things over and over again. Grr.

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Yes, I've noticed this trend - seems to afflict the commercial channels the most. I think it's a tactic to pad out the programme to fit the schedule and to keep costs down. I find it very irritating and frankly an insult to my intelligence. Probably an "Americanism" to cope with an audience with low IQs.

green-hornet · Aug 9, 2010

I have not watched many of them, I have wrote a couple of times to the producers of the program about the sheer lack of expertise when it comes to definitions used to describe electrical work.

They do not even reply, so I just let their useless researchers carry on misinforming the public about misinformed practice, its a bit of a double wammy really.

Giving bad incorrect advise is as bad as the cowboys who they are after.

PC Electrics · Aug 9, 2010

I have not watched many of them, I have wrote a couple of times to the producers of the program about the sheer lack of expertise when it comes to definitions used to describe electrical work.They do not even reply, so I just let their useless researchers carry on misinforming the public about misinformed practice, its a bit of a double wammy really.

Giving bad incorrect advise is as bad as the cowboys who they are after.

I agree with you there. It's just come to me in a flash that one would be better off coresponding with the BBC Trust rather than the producers of the programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/index.shtml

wozz · Aug 9, 2010

Exactly the same as myself GH, fed up of writing to the bbc to be told its been entered into a log the producers definatly read. yeah right!

ive seen the cowboy trap before in the one i saw they said a globe fitting was not waterproof ive never come across one that wasnt ip44, and then went and installed a occupancy sensor that didnt look IP at all. And from what i can remember it appreared to me the builder was going the electrics no mention of PArt P.