Squashed Credits

And so it has come to pass... The BBC has adopted its new "squashed into the corner" credit policy with quite dire results.

You can no longer hear the programme's closing theme music, since audio from the top video preview plays over the top.

You sometimes can't read the credits because they're too small. I sat about five feet away from a 32" TV the other night, and couldn't read the Dr Who credits at all. The font was too small to be legible.

You sometimes can't read the credits because they're not correctly aligned. Several programmes in the last couple of days seem to have an "oducer" and "rector." Which is nice.

If I made programmes and could throw my weight around, like Stephen Poliakoff for example, I'd insist on having my credits go out in full size and unmolested.

As it stands it's quite simply insulting to viewers.

Oh, and if the idea is that running these simultaneous trails will stop be channel surfing, it actually does the exact opposite. Now I know that when a programme ends, I might as well immediately flip channels because I'm not going to be able to see the credits or hear the closing theme music anyway.

I hate hate hate the new style credits.