Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
9am on a Sunday and the bass-line of The Chain wakes every F1 fan up and drags them into the spare room to watch the Malaysian Grand Prix (thanks to Scooby Doo commandeering the main TV in the house), and had a wonderful thought. The cgi-based graphics running during the BBC theme are far in advanced of those in the Hollywood delight (ahem) of Sylvester Stallone’s Driven.
Doesn’t matter about the rest of the coverage, it could come from a shed in Brisbane with a batty old commentator and a marijuana fuelled ex-driver refusing to pick up the microphone; the British F1 fans will be resting easy after the first 65 seconds of the BBC coverage…
As I just tweeted… @MikeChannell YES the BBC really did need to confirm they were using The Chain! Otherwise I Would Have Predicted a Riot While I might (might) have accepted after a few years the BBC using The Foo Fighters All My Life for any coverage of the return of Formula 1 to the Council Tax Telly Station, the news that they will be using Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain as the theme tune means they can cock everything else up… I’ll be happy.
