+1 best thing they could do, appalling program
BBC Cuts..
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+1 best thing they could do, appalling program
BBC3 has some good stuff on it sometimes. Also BBC4 has re-runs of some great documentaries.
If you want to cut the trash look at BBC1.
Kill EastEnders and then Top Gear please.
F1 and wildlife progs are the best things on the BBC.
wildlife on the BBC just hasn't been the same since David Attenbrough stopped doing the commentaries for them, they just don't hold the same attention like they did.
And Science was been rubbish for the past 10 years. Gone are the days The Planets/Walking with Dinosaurs/Blue Planet etc. Replaced with some kind of man-child who just jabbers at the screen with little or no special effects anymore.
F1 will go back to ITV so no loss. Dr Who, The Apprentice, some comedy and the news website is all i use it for.
+2 on that!!
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Two separate sites?
The BBC has about 20 sites in London alone.
Moving a few shows to Manchester is chicken feed.
Yes really, it's a load of rubbish [mod edit - please refrain from bad language ] to be frank. It's not the content, it's the presentation, there's no flare anymore and I'd rather see some nice animation and reconstructions to help put the point across rather then watch the man-child pop up at some random world location for no good reason what-so-ever and jabber and the screen for 10 mins.
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No loss? ITV's coverage of F1 compared to the BBC's is ..well.
Its like trying to compare getting beaten up in some random alley way to a massage in a 5 star health suite.
4Extra (Radio 7) is virtually all repeats so can't see it costing much to run. They can keep that too please.
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People have no idea how good the BBC is, trying to watch telly on most countries is a painful experience
Dumbing down of documentaries? We need a smarting up of society
Dumbing down of documentaries? We need a smarting up of society
It makes sense, inflation and all that. They can't please everyone so it's a lose lose for them. As to whether the funding structure should be changed, I'm waiting for a serious proposal before making up my mind. I wouldn't want to lose iplayer, the bbc website, or ad free science programmes but could live without doctor who or their other poorly produced rubbish 
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could live without doctor who or their other poorly produced rubbish
Dr Who is watched by more people than the science programmes though, and it's also one of the biggest sellers overseas which kinda allows the beeb to fund more niche shows or reduce the licence, depending on how you want to look at it.
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charge for iplayer abroad. problem solved
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dropping sports? I did not even know that BBC had sports. I know they did not have the cricket world cup. For the price that people are taxed for the BBC, total £4 billion+, you would think that they would have a dedicated sport channel, with constant sports from around the world. Maybe if they did not spend £1 billion on a new premises they would have enough to pay for cricket world cup. This is just another reason to never support the state media.
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it's simple; stop employing and paying top and middle management with absolutely ridiculous sums of money.
it's a joke. they cut programs / radio etc but still pay these people thousands every year.
most people would do their job for half what they get.
they want us to be all happy they froze the fee. big deal, they should be cutting it. i would happy pay £100 for what i get. nearly £150 is a joke, and when you're forced and threatened it grates even more.
it's a joke. they cut programs / radio etc but still pay these people thousands every year.
most people would do their job for half what they get.
they want us to be all happy they froze the fee. big deal, they should be cutting it. i would happy pay £100 for what i get. nearly £150 is a joke, and when you're forced and threatened it grates even more.
It's not just inflation; Labour shafted the BBC by making them carry much of the cost of the digital transfer and forcing them to run extra digital content to encourage people to switch. Then the Tories shafted the BBC by making them pay for various other things, such as the World Service. All without letting them raise the license fee.
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as long as they keep moto gp and top gear i'm not bothered what they do
The BBC is not state media; it is publicly funded media - these are fundamentally different concepts.. Not that I expect you to be able to grasp simple facts like that.
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IF the bbc is not a state media then what would a state media look like?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...m-London-to-Salford-could-cost-1-billion.html
There are many countries in the world that have tv taxes and a public media, most people in those countries consider that media to be a state media.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...m-London-to-Salford-could-cost-1-billion.html
There are many countries in the world that have tv taxes and a public media, most people in those countries consider that media to be a state media.