Jump London - Parkour

Ok, so *yes* this jumping around _is_ quite clever, *however it is NOT* the cultural/spiritual phenomena this program (and one last year on BBC2 I think) would like you to think.

Its jumping around in urban areas from object to object, or under or through etc etc. It is *NOT* subverting modern urban landscape for your own spiritual enlightenment

Christ, this sort of thing has been going on with skateboarders, rollerblade/skaters and BMXers for decades (atleast from a skateboarding point of view), moreover *I* used to jump from posts to posts when I was a kid and you see many doing just the same nowadays.

So Im bemused as to why this is apparently seen by Channel 4 and BBC program planners as some kind of new modern dance or whatever.

*EDIT:* Jump London _and_ last nights Jump UK (or maybe Jump Britain) were both Channel 4, not BBC. I think I got confused by the BBCs ident which uses this jump thing. Its worth noting that Sky (I think) did a decent parody of the BBC ident.