Presuming that much of the UK is quite dull, the programme veers towards – for want of a better phrase – weirdo safari, in which Warwick searches out unrepresentative local eccentrics.
The SNP's Nicholson, a former BBC news presenter, asked Whittingdale to confirm that the BBC would not be required to show "only dull, unpopular programmes at certain times of the day".
Jeremy Clarkson took a slightly dull and failing car programme and turned it in to the biggest factual TV show in the world.
There would be no clashes or direct confrontations, just the dull recitation of party programmes.
In an article on his personal website the musician said: "In my opinion, The Voice is absolutely the dullest, dumbest, most depressing programme on TV.
Few Greeks watch ERT's four television channels; its programmes are dull and its news anchors are political stooges (a leaked list found dozens of employees earning six-figure salaries).
Until recently the pre-school set has been forced to choose between witless shows like Heckle and Jeckle or non-commercial educational programmes so dull that adults could hardly persuade them to watch.
All sorts of programmes, many dull but worthy, are being developed.Recently a Serbian envoy told his Western colleagues that the best way to help pro-European Serbs was to make sure that the rest of the region made no progress towards Brussels so long as Serbia's bid was stalled.
Even the short film that precedes the feature – traditionally a tiny delicious treat in any Pixar programme – is treacly and dull.
Before Floyd came along, food programmes were safe, predictable and dull; their target market was mainly housewives.
