Have what purports to be an hour long programme but actually contain huge amounts of adverts; tell you before the ads what will happen after them; will repeat after the commercials, all of what had gone before; introduce artificial time restrictions on the search or dig 'to bring artificial excitement; slow the starting of the programme by advertising other programmes; end early and fill up with advertising other programmes; constant repetitions.
Some 'hour longs' struggle to give you 25 minutes of any substance.
THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT WE WILL NOT NOTICE!
The technical wizardry of 'Drain The Oceans' leaves all of the other sea-based explorations in their wake.
The producers do not treat viewers like fools; they are not repetitive; they give full measure in terms of time.
Splendid stuff. I have been fascinated by each and every episode seen, especially investigating the 16th century wrecks which are relevant to the Spanish Armada's demise.
We have a family legend that, on my grandmother's side, she was related to a Spanish sailor who escaped murder after his ship was destroyed off Ireland.
Obviously, a silly, created folk myth but when my ancestry was traced back - where does that small Spanish element come from? Huh?
Although a Lincolnshire lad myself, my family history is wholly Yorkshire-based in recent centuries but there are some Pictish elements, also going way back.
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