PDA

View Full Version : Dave TV

Beef Magic
15-10-2007, 03:00 PM
BBC Re-run merchants UKTV have deleted UK Gold 2 and made a TV channel for me, called Dave.

Well, I say me, my name being Dave, and me being their target audience - Young males who think Men & Motors is low brow. Basically, it's all the top cuttings from BBC2 with a sprinkle of BBC1 when needed, Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, Dragons Den, QI, etc etc. Sloganed as the "home of witty banter", it certainly makes a change from "UK Gold 2" and makes for an interesting marketing idea. Thoughts, etc?
archbishop_josh
15-10-2007, 04:18 PM
I think its great.

Those shows are basically the only ones i watch (exept from dramas like spooks and hustle).

Plus its going to be on freeview!

Awesome.
Muppet
15-10-2007, 04:58 PM
I think it's pretty good, except Airport was on just now.

...That's the sort of thing my mum watches. Question of sport now though :)
feeshy
15-10-2007, 05:17 PM
I saw the ads and thought 'goodie!'. Exactly the stuff I like to watch.
archbishop_josh
15-10-2007, 05:45 PM
Just turned it on.

Its channel 12 for those of you wondering.

And Dave = W I N.

Quetion of sport... mehh, but next; Whose Line is it Anyway!

Fantastic show.

Coooool
doctor_fruitbat
16-10-2007, 12:06 PM
I just can't get used to calling a TV channel Dave. It's like naming your vacuum cleaner.

There was one hell of a line-up last night though.
terrorbite
16-10-2007, 12:49 PM
BBC Re-run merchants UKTV have deleted UK Gold 2 and made a TV channel for me, called Dave.

Well, I say me, my name being Dave, and me being their target audience - Young males who think Men & Motors is low brow. Basically, it's all the top cuttings from BBC2 with a sprinkle of BBC1 when needed, Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, Dragons Den, QI, etc etc. Sloganed as the "home of witty banter", it certainly makes a change from "UK Gold 2" and makes for an interesting marketing idea. Thoughts, etc?
To me, it seems like they're trying to create a psuedo-intellectual channel for your average lager-swilling, pot noodle-eating type of guy :D

Having said that, its nice to see a channel aimed at men, considering 99.9% of all other tv is women's shite these days.

I just can't get used to calling a TV channel Dave. It's like naming your vacuum cleaner.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3408/henrynumaticcylinderyx2.jpg
Smartie
16-10-2007, 12:54 PM
'enry t'oover. heh.
Apparently he has a myspace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=109669696)!

This is I never had UK Gold2 or whatever it was anyway.
I love UK Gold 1 though. It's truely awesome.
There can never be enough Ab Fab/ My family/ Vicar of Dibley/Dinnerladies etc, in my life.
Cjw
16-10-2007, 01:14 PM
Having said that, its nice to see a channel aimed at men, considering 99.9% of all other tv is women's shite these days.

Well, you could always go with Nuts TV*


Although if you value your sanity, don't
flapjackboy
16-10-2007, 01:28 PM
Do they plan on renaming any of their other channels though?

Maybe Arthur for UKtv Gold or Jeff for UKtv Drama.
BluTacshrooms
17-10-2007, 01:06 PM
i was well chuffed when i saw this, for so long we as freeview watches we have been tomrented by being able to see whats on UKTV G2 but never been able to watch it

now they change it to Dave and we get it, its brilliant

i for one am very happy with the change

does sound strange saying whats on dave tonight
Chris
17-10-2007, 04:09 PM
I love Whose line is it Anyway? ! and Have i got news for you? ! and QI!
Why couldn't Virgin 1 be more like this?
feeshy
17-10-2007, 05:26 PM
Hehe... I watched Whose Line is it Anyway? yesterday.

I <3 party quirks. We used to play it in drama.

Oh, and I do believe this weekend is a QI weekend. Woooooo :)
Thomp
17-10-2007, 07:36 PM
Top Gear was on before, the one where they make the limos.

Seriously, love this channel :D
terrorbite
17-10-2007, 10:25 PM
STOP THE PRESSES!

Despite my somewhat negative comments about the channel earlier, I see they air Red Dwarf and Bottom! Two of my fave shows of all time.

Edit: In fact, now I've actually looked through at the range of programs on it, it seems a pretty damn decent channel (although too much Airport and A Question Of Sport for my liking :D)
Jay
17-10-2007, 10:29 PM
Bottom for the fucking win.
BlueIncaPilot
18-10-2007, 06:23 PM
I always wished they made UK Goldavailable to me on freeview but this will do, even if it is called Dave. I had a look at the TV mag, seems to be decent stuff! Got a night of QI on Saturday or Sunday :p
Mister Qwerty
21-10-2007, 01:54 PM
Dave is officially the greatest channel ever.
feeshy
21-10-2007, 02:06 PM
^ That.

I spent last night watching QI, and have spent every weekday evening watching Whose Line Is It Anyway?. I think the powers that decided to make the change had a direct psychic link into my head...
Dingbat
21-10-2007, 06:16 PM
I don't get why it's called Dave...

Good channel though, far better reruns than most others.
Svelter
21-10-2007, 06:21 PM
Fantastic channel. Although, Cbeebies could air back-to-back repeats of QI and I'd hail it as fantastic. It shouldn't be called Dave though. That makes it sound like it's a channel of moronic reality-tv, hidden-camera based clip shows.
Beef Magic
21-10-2007, 06:22 PM
Dave is a typical blokey bloke bloke name. This channel is for typical blokey blokes. Everyone knows someone called Dave.

EDIT - "Makes it sound like a channel of moronic reality tv clip shows"

Thanks for the insult to my name, you bastard.
Mister Qwerty
21-10-2007, 06:25 PM
Everyone knows someone called Dave.

Papa Lazarou.
Beef Magic
21-10-2007, 06:47 PM
By the way, it's not funny if you go up to someone called Dave, adopt the Papa Lazarou voice and go "HELLO DAVE".

It's wasn't funny the first 300 times, so it's not going to be funny now.
Mister Qwerty
21-10-2007, 06:51 PM
By the way, it's not funny if you go up to someone called Dave, adopt the Papa Lazarou voice and go "HELLO DAVE".

It's wasn't funny the first 300 times, so it's not going to be funny now.
I know. I've actually had it tried to me by an attention seeking little bastard who doesn't even know my name. I told him to stop being such a retarded little axe-wound and do something productive with his life.
ynnekkenny
21-10-2007, 07:46 PM
By the way, it's not funny if you go up to someone called Dave, adopt the Papa Lazarou voice and go "HELLO DAVE".

It's wasn't funny the first 300 times, so it's not going to be funny now.

same as saying to someone named Kenny (ie me) "oh my god you killed Kenny, you bastard." just not funny anymore
Luna
21-10-2007, 08:31 PM
Dave is a typical blokey bloke bloke name. This channel is for typical blokey blokes.

Says the bloke called Dave, bloke bloke.

Everyone knows someone called Dave.

Everyone knows a bloke like Mickey! Christ I hate that advert.
Beef Magic
21-10-2007, 09:31 PM
Says the bloke called Dave, bloke bloke.

Man walks into a bar and says to the barman, "You know, I bet you I could have any woman in this bar".
Barman says, "Oh yeah? Why's that then?"
Man says "I'm a rapist".
Luna
21-10-2007, 11:09 PM
Man walks into a bar and says to the barman, "You know, I bet you I could have any woman in this bar".
Barman says, "Oh yeah? Why's that then?"
Man says "I'm a rapist".

Man walks into a bar and says to the barman, "Alright mate, my name's Dave".
Barman says, "The drinks are on me tonight".
Beef Magic
22-10-2007, 12:37 AM
Mine was funnier.

Went to the Opera last night.


Got a Tenor off.
flapjackboy
22-10-2007, 03:30 AM
Dave is a typical blokey bloke bloke name. This channel is for typical blokey blokes. Everyone knows someone called Dave.

I know several Davids, but not a single Dave.
Mister Qwerty
22-10-2007, 09:59 AM
same as saying to someone named Kenny (ie me) "oh my god you killed Kenny, you bastard." It's never been funny! EVER!!
Fixed. :D