Wonderful to watch sloppy reporting, tabloid approach, selecting one of the worst locations of the blighted Spanish coast, focusing on the ugly and hopeless, including sores and dementia – neglecting entirely to even consider why would anybody want to become an expatriate
How do you spot sloppy, lazy reporting? When the main source of information is a taxi driver. Reporters constantly take taxis and, guess what? Taxi drivers love spouting on any subject, ranting on and on. So you just put a microphone in front of a driver’s face, and you have a story nice and ready, with minimal or no effort – don’t even need to answer any questions.
And doing a bit research on locations and people would have helped: there are fabulous locations on the Spanish costas, not only vomit-covered repositories for losers. But then, that’s not picturesque and not tabloid enough to cover, for a lazy reporter.
Programmes like this make me regret defending the BBC as the shining example of quality journalism and programming.
I should add that the Gaurdian’s write-up is as flat and unimaginative as the original video, describing, with no comment, the programme – and that’s it. A quality paper too lazy to do its job.
Whatever happened to those hazy dreams of relocation to the sun and a Sunday roast in 40-degree heat? BBC1’s new documentary spills all
Source: Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing – the end of an expat dream? | Television & radio | The Guardian
At least The Telegraph seems to notice the lack of research and depth to the programme: Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing, review: ‘colourful’. This documentary was an entertaining if insubstantial look at ex-pat life, says Ceri Radford.