Tuesday 15 March 2011

Brian Cox says BBC is wrong over show music

Physicist Professor Brian Cox has said the BBC made a mistake by agreeing to turn down the music volume for his scientific series Wonders of the Universe.
The BBC agreed to lower the sound after receiving 118 complaints about the background music on the first episode being too loud and/or intrusive.
Speaking on Radio 4's Start the Week, Cox said he thought it was an error.
"We can sometimes be too responsive to the minority of people that complain."
"It should be a cinematic experience - it's a piece of film on television, not a lecture," he added.
In the BBC Two series, Cox reveals how the most fundamental scientific principles and laws explain the story of the universe and humanity. Each show this series has been watched by more than 3m people.
Pop career The four-part series tackles life's big issues, such as what we are and where we come from, as well as how gravity sculpts the entire universe.
The BBC has yet to respond to Cox's comments.
Cox began his career as a rock star, when his band Dare signed a deal with A&M records in 1986. Dare recorded two albums and toured with Jimmy Page, Gary Moore and Europe before breaking up in 1992.
Cox then joined D'Ream, whose song Things Can Only Get Better was famously used by Tony Blair as the Labour Party election song in 1997.
He studied at Manchester University while he was in the band, and in 2009, he became a professor of particle physics at the same university.
He has since gone on to become a radio and TV presenter. His credits include BBC Two's Stargazing and Wonders of the Solar System.
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5 comments:

  1. Brian Cock. I fuckin hate celebs. What next? celeb teachers? Oh shit. How does he find time to do his professoring? You don't have to be truly intelligent to gain an advanced academic qualification these days it seems.

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  2. 2markol7/
    Just amused that he was still worried about his sound levels!
    Regards/

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  3. Hope you don't think i am unnecessarily abusive ( i try to reserve the abuse for those that deserve it :-) ).
    Regards

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  4. I love Brian. He has turned particle physics to something everyone can understand and love a little.

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