The BBC

[ccfcchris]

If it is so good and so loved, why are we being coerced into paying for it?

 

[ccfc1292]

This thread seems apt.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

If it is so good and so loved, why are we being coerced into paying for it?

Go and study what BBC does and how it provides information and benefits the Country educationally. It aims to caters for everyone and is amazing value for money. It promotes tv, film, comedy, creative filmmaking. It promotes and links with science, technology, politics, news, history, archives, careers, health, food, sport, art, music, and is a major source of entertainment on tv and radio.
Netflix, Prime, Sky, GBN etc. are all limited, formulaic, and commercially influenced by brands and consumers and they also result in higher consumer prices through adverts. Their quality pales into insignificance with the BBC/C4ITV track record.
We should be investing more into BBC.
Sure there are improvements needed and reform never a bad thing but like all institutions to keep relevant and up to date.
If anyone thonks GBN is the future this country is seriously fcuked socially, culturally and intellectually.

 

[ccfcchris]

There is no debate for me. It could be the best broadcaster in the world, but I shouldn't be forced to pay for it.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

A few facts....
- BBC generates £2.63 for every £1 of direct economic impact.
-In 2024/25, the BBC contributed £6.7 billion to the UK economy and supported around 79,000 jobs, with two-thirds of this impact flowing to the creative industries.
- The BBC plays a central, system-shaping role in the UK music sector, with c31m people tuning in each week for live output across BBC’s radio stations (c25m for R1, R1Xtra, R2, R3 etc.
Report here....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/bbc-and-creative-industries-growth-economic-impact-report.pdf

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

The future of the BBC - explore our impact across nine key sectors

Discover the BBC’s unique impact on key content areas, from Sport and News, to Music and Comedy

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[wingy]

Redundancies at GB news and Farages new channel.

 

[rob9872]

Question time in Warwick this week. I'll tune in, but having lived here for years, I'd wager that I dont recognise a single member of the hand selected audience.

 

[Sbarcher]

I know 2 people who have not paid the licence fee for some years. One gets regular letters, but isn't bothered as a licence investigator has to be invited into your home to check equipment. If you deny access there's nothing they can do. Well, this is what he tells me.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

This thread seems apt.

Quite right too. 3 fucking wankers.

 

[rob9872]

Quite right too. 3 fucking wankers.

Not at all right. Whatever you think of them is your opinion. But if they were to be replaced, it should always be the best person for the job, not because they are black, gay, disabled or whatever other quota is short. They equally shouldn't be excluded because of being black, gay, disabled etc but should always be on merit.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Not at all right. Whatever you think of them is your opinion. But if they were to be replaced, it should always be the best person for the job, not because they are black, gay, disabled or whatever other quota is short. They equally shouldn't be excluded because of being black, gay, disabled etc but should always be on merit.

Well…we could get into a very long discussion here…
One might argue, in terms of equality, that it’s not a level playing field from the get go in terms of the social graces/intersections.
If that is the case how as a society do we address the balance and ensure under represented sections of society are heard/included?

 

[stupot07]

Not at all right. Whatever you think of them is your opinion. But if they were to be replaced, it should always be the best person for the job, not because they are black, gay, disabled or whatever other quota is short. They equally shouldn't be excluded because of being black, gay, disabled etc but should always be on merit.

I agree, but watching the clip all he was asked is if they had considered employing a presenter that represented a portion of the demographic or their viewers. Like he said, if he'd have said "we'll give that some thought", he'd have left and got on with recruiting whoever he felt best without and come back. But stupid middle class middle aged man made in the same mould of the 3 middle class middle age wanker presenters decided to be an arse.

 

[chiefdave]

But if they were to be replaced, it should always be the best person for the job, not because they are black, gay, disabled or whatever other quota is short.

So out of Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan which one is black, which one is gay and which one is disabled?

 

[wingy]

Swinger more likely.

 

[rob9872]

So out of Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan which one is black, which one is gay and which one is disabled?

EJ disabled (midget)
MLB gay
CE deviant

 

[wingy]

EJ disabled (midget)
MLB gay
CE deviant

CE dates young women while he's in his thirties I think.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

CE dates young women while he's in his thirties I think.

Billie

 

[Hybridtheory]

I love the BBC. People pay for enough crap Tele but begrudge paying for the BBC. Imo it should be put into normal taxation so no one can avoid paying

 

[Major Tom]

Compared to what I pay to other TV subscriptions BBC Radio is worth the licence fee alone. BBC Radio 4 and World service is unparalleled.

 

[Otis]

Compared to what I pay to other TV subscriptions BBC Radio is worth the licence fee alone. BBC Radio 4 and World service is unparalleled.

BBC 6 Music is my go to.

Great station.

 

[rob9872]

I love the BBC. People pay for enough crap Tele but begrudge paying for the BBC. Imo it should be put into normal taxation so no one can avoid paying

Disagree completely. It should be a choice and a subscription service like all the others. Nobody forces me to have Netflix or Sky, but if I want to watch those I also need to have a TV licence to fund the BBC.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Disagree completely. It should be a choice and a subscription service like all the others. Nobody forces me to have Netflix or Sky, but if I want to watch those I also need to have a TV licence to fund the BBC.

You do realise that if you only watch on-demand or catch-up (as long as it's not i-player) you don't have to pay a tv licence, right?

 

[rob9872]

You do realise that if you only watch on-demand or catch-up (as long as it's not i-player) you don't have to pay a tv licence, right?

No I didnt, I always thought if you had a tv you had to have a licence. Back when there was only analogue, you couldn't claim you only watched ITV.

Not sure how you prove it either way. I know loads who have cancelled, but I'm convinced if I did, that they'd make an example of me!

 

[skybluetony176]

Disagree completely. It should be a choice and a subscription service like all the others. Nobody forces me to have Netflix or Sky, but if I want to watch those I also need to have a TV licence to fund the BBC.

So are you just going to promise to not listen to any of the BBC radio stations like CWR on an away day when the game isn’t on TV? The big difference is that the BBC is on the open air, Netflix ect isn’t. It’s a false equivalence.

 

[rob9872]

So are you just going to promise to not listen to any of the BBC radio stations like CWR on an away day when the game isn’t on TV? The big difference is that the BBC is on the open air, Netflix ect isn’t. It’s a false equivalence.

I'll be at the match Tony, you should try it.

 

[Captain Dart]

Compared to what I pay to other TV subscriptions BBC Radio is worth the licence fee alone. BBC Radio 4 and World service is unparalleled.

You don't need a TV licence to listen to radio.

 

[Major Tom]

You don't need a TV licence to listen to radio.

But the fee contrbutes to the maintenance and broadcast

 

[Captain Dart]

But the fee contrbutes to the Maintenance and bradcast

No thanks.

 

[Legionairre]

another bbc ‘star’ soon to be outed as a wrongun

add him to the long list

 

[Sbarcher]

Looks like Alton Towers have jumped first.

 

[TomRad85]

Looks like Alton Towers have jumped first.

I didn't know they had a Walliams Land right next to Rolf World and Bill Cosby Creek.

 

[Johnnythespider]

I didn't know they had a Walliams Land right next to Rolf World and Bill Cosby Creek.

You should see the Stuart Hall of mirrors

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Another BBC Name to come out soon according to social media

 

[Grendel]

I didn't know they had a Walliams Land right next to Rolf World and Bill Cosby Creek.

Garry Glitterland is worth a look. Under 12s get in free.