11-12-2019, 02:43 PM
(10-12-2019, 09:08 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: These general entertainment shows are not intended to go into technicalities or engineering processes - they are just advertising-revenue-raising stunts. Start banging on about lapping in crown wheels and pinions, or reaming a small end, and most will switch off. Can you imagine the BBC getting into details those below today?I would watch a "serious" programme, but I have given up on the current restoration programmes, not due to the lack of skill from the "workers" but the antics of the co-prestenter.
James May: The Reassemble, was a reasonably serious series, but to show all the work evolved, would a car restoration over a number of weeks appeal to large enough audience?