Secrets of the Bible<\/a> that hacked me off. It shared all the usual faults of BBC documentaries: too much explaining of basic knowledge, not enough trust in the viewer, endless cutting away to pretty pictures, that annoying thing were the presentor interviews somebody and the camera cuts away to them nodding in an understanding manner, but above all the relentless Nigellasation of the documentary.\n<\/p>\n\nYou see, Francesca Stavrakopoulou is, apart from a bible scholar, also somewhat of a looker and boy do the camera and the director know it. It’s not enough to have the usual closeups of her looking thoughful, no she has to bend down looking in the camera with her boobs almost popping out. The BBC should not need to do this to attract viewers; it’s pandering of the worst kind. And Francesca Stavrakopoulou should think twice about lending herself for this.\n<\/p>\n
\n(Kudos for S. for the title. Yes, she’s home today and hopefully for longer than last time…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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