J G Miller writes:

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:42:26 +0100, PeterC wrote:

This evening: TdF then water the garden as there's nowr else on.

800 million other people may think differently though

But why does it have to be shown live on both BBC1 and ITV1. Especially
for those still on analogue, this greatly reduces the choice for those
not wanting to watch football. Also does the live coverage have to last
3½ hours - the players must have a lot of stamina for the game to last
anything like that long.