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It seems the world and his dog were sat in front of their TVs last Friday night, with their eyes glued to Channel Five S new documentary. Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers.
CMs deputy group news editor Christopher Walton sat down, laptop in hand, and blogged throughout the programme. As CM went to press. more than 1,000 people had viewed the blog, many leaving comments about the programme some enjoyed it, others not so much.
Here are some of the highlights: CM editor: "Lethal load? Oh, purlease! This is a documentary not an action movie..."
Newbie: "I assume the purpose of this programme is to promote the profile of truck drivers."
S wilky: "What a load of rubbish: Mo did 3,000 miles supposedly that is not possible," dawn: "Loved the programme. It had strains of Ice Road Truckers."
John: "It's Ice F?oad Truckers without the ice! Actually not a bad start, but a couple of dodgy details like the 450-mile round trip from Crick to Redhill (110 miles away) and the first map that placed Crick somewhere west of Daventry."
Dail "It was over-glamourous hyped-up nonsense about an otherwise tedious job. Where were the cameras at 2arn on Saturday morning, when the driver was eight hours into his nine-hour shift and drooling onto the steering wheel counting catseyes on the M6?"
Walton will be b kagging about this week's episode, in which an attractive female driver warns us about a big creamy mess in the back of her trailer„ ,apparently.
Watch the next episode at Rpm Friday on Five, and join the brig at www. roadtransport.com/ stobartchannel5