Talent shows with no talent. It's all cheap TV. Game shows and talent shows. The last time I remember Dr Who being good was the early 90s.
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Talent shows with no talent. It's all cheap TV. Game shows and talent shows. The last time I remember Dr Who being good was the early 90s.
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It was good when you were a kid, its a kid TV show. 
In your opinion, backed by nothing. If people were forced to either not watch it, or pay £15 to watch it, the numbers would probably fall. If everyone was forced to pay for Netflix because they wanted to watch Amazon Prime, I have no doubt Netflix view count would also rise.
What existing infrastructure? The transmitters are owned by private companies and the BBC pays to use them just like ITV does. Not to mention this only costs millions, not billions which the TV licence costs.The problem here is that people think the ads on ITV pays for the broadcast costs - they don't. ITV utilises the existing infrastructure that the licence fee funds. If the BBC moved to a different funding model then it would not be able to maintain the existing infrastructure and would therefore probably broadcast exclusively via a subscription based iPlayer facility. Freeview (the clue is in the name) would cease to exist.
Big Break
Noel's House Party
Gladiators
Brian Connelly Show
An Audience with Ken Dodd
An Audience with Freddie Starr
The Two Ronnies
Mastermind
Porridge
One Foot in the Grave
Waiting for God
Father Ted
The Thin Blue Line
God knows what else I'm missing but you never get anything like that anymore.
Noel's House Party
Gladiators
Brian Connelly Show
An Audience with Ken Dodd
An Audience with Freddie Starr
The Two Ronnies
Mastermind
Porridge
One Foot in the Grave
Waiting for God
Father Ted
The Thin Blue Line
God knows what else I'm missing but you never get anything like that anymore.
It's actually a family show.It was good when you were a kid, its a kid TV show.
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Except that's not true at all. There are a multitude of channels on, the laughably named, Freeview that aren't BBC channels, yet if you opt to not watch BBC and only watch those channels you are still required to have a TV licence.
A massive fine. Yea right
From the TV Licencing site:
You could be prosecuted if we find that you have been watching, recording or downloading programmes illegally. The maximum penalty is a £1,000* fine plus any legal costs and/or compensation you may be ordered to pay.
*The maximum fine is £2,000 in Guernsey.
You may not consider a £1,000+ fine massive, but not everyone's as rich as you clearly are ...
No, I'm afraid I know nothing about US TV funding.
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Sounds like you just missed them or don't actually watch TV, been quite literally tons of great shows on the BBC last decade.
Soldato
Are you actually serious with that opening statement, then going on to make those claims.
Yea, NP mate.
Soldato
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Just not true/ignorant.
Wait, because I don't like the trash that is on today that makes me ignorant? What the hell...
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Clearly does as there has been ton of great TV on the BBC and other channels over the last decade.
That's very true as The Sarah Jane Adventures was the kids version of Doctor Who while Torch Wood was the more adult version. Which thinking about it both are better then todays version of Doctor Who.
Dr Who was rerun in the mid 1990s. The Paul mcgann special was used to test the water but bbc2 showed a whole load of old Dr who's right back from the original troughton, Pertwee etc. Usually around 6-6.30 on bbc2 after neighbours. It wasn't as popular as Buffy or star Trek orig/next gen but it seemed popular enough at the time. All those shaky sets and hammy acting.
UK Gold used to show a lot of old Doctor Who. Before it turned into a comedy channel.