skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
So the calls for privatising the NHS begin.
I can think of lots of examples of shows made by PSBs that are obviously British, nothing springs to mind that isn't. Seems like they're trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist and in a way that will be virtually impossible to define.New 'Britishness' requirements for public service broadcasters set out by Govt
Plans to protect "distinctively British" shows and broadcasters have been set out by the Media Minister today at the Royal Television Society Convention.www.cityam.com
I kind of agree... as long as they don't try and define what Britishness is.
See, I'm reading it as a shorthand for 'distinctive'. Not sure Drag Race UK or whatever counts as that. (That's not, incidentally, to say there shouldn't be some kind of drag type show, but importing the format is maybe not the way to go).I can think of lots of examples of shows made by PSBs that are obviously British, nothing springs to mind that isn't.
Is it travelling to the other side of the world to eat a kangaroos anus live on TV without permission from your political party forcing them to remove the whip from you on return. Bang goes the political career.New 'Britishness' requirements for public service broadcasters set out by Govt
Plans to protect "distinctively British" shows and broadcasters have been set out by the Media Minister today at the Royal Television Society Convention.www.cityam.com
I kind of agree... as long as they don't try and define what Britishness is.
There's also an issue of funding. It's all well and good them citing the likes of Dr Who and Downtown Abbey as the type of programs they want. PSBs don't have the funding to fill the schedule with programs like that, they need the cheap crap to fill the rest of the Tim.See, I'm reading it as a shorthand for 'distinctive'. Not sure Drag Race UK or whatever counts as that. (That's not, incidentally, to say there shouldn't be some kind of drag type show, but importing the format is maybe not the way to go).
Married at First Sight and Masterchef also both diverged from their initial kind of 'British' type style, to be just another in a global format, so you can't really tell if you're watching a UK or Australian version.
Fortunately ITV are commercial, so kangaroo anus is probably safe.Is it travelling to the other side of the world to eat a kangaroos anus live on TV without permission from your political party forcing them to remove the whip from you on return. Bang goes the political career.
What? She’s now the culture secretary.
I don't disagree they need more cash. Not sure Fisher is required to binge too much on TV mind you.There's also an issue of funding. It's all well and good them citing the likes of Dr Who and Downtown Abbey as the type of programs they want. PSBs don't have the funding to fill the schedule with programs like that, they need the cheap crap to fill the rest of the Tim.
Nick Ferrari highlighted Clarksons Farm on Amazon as something very British made by a US TV company.I can think of lots of examples of shows made by PSBs that are obviously British, nothing springs to mind that isn't. Seems like they're trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist and in a way that will be virtually impossible to define.
Now imagine the uproar if the BBC had handed Clarkson a £160m deal.Nick Ferrari highlighted Clarksons Farm on Amazon as something very British made by a US TV company.
He did drive an Italian tractor though.Now imagine the uproar if the BBC had handed Clarkson a £160m deal.
More things like thisChannel 4 has an excellent British drama on right now. Help, staring the excellent Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham. It’s basically a drama about how the Tories shit on care homes during the pandemic. I wonder if that’s what he meant.
Just looked. The Crown costs about £70M a season to make. How’s the BBC going to fund that?Now imagine the uproar if the BBC had handed Clarkson a £160m deal.
Shows like Dr Who, Downton Abbey, Great British Bake Off, Top Gear, The Bodyguard and Planet Earth were given as examples of popular British TV shows which “reflect Britain and British values”.
Sitting in Limbo is another good BBC drama about a British story. The Windrush scandal. More specifically it’s about this guy Anthony Bryan: ‘My Windrush drama won a BAFTA but I still haven’t received compensation’More things like this
BBC Two - I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach drama. Daniel Blake needs help from the state after a heart attack.www.bbc.co.uk
I’ll celebrate when bendy bananas come back.
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Fuck sake.In other brexit news pasteurisation is to be phased out. Screw these frenchies meddling in our British right to get salmonella and listeria, it’s what makes us British said one government spokesman. Etch A Sketch’s and parachutes also to be banned in an effort to reclaim Britain because right, I want Britain to, right, be about British.
Wind upFuck sake.
Genuine??
Thank fuck.Wind up
Believable though isn’t it?Thank fuck.
134,00 dead from Covid, one of the highest rates by population in the worldAhh really addressing the pressing issues of the moment. Fuck sake. State of these pricks.
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