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De fund the BBC
Have you had a brain injury?Good
No have you?
I'd quite happily pay double the license fee. Fantastic value
Most won’t care on here, the new moral right will be too busy watching GB News 24/7 with the odd break to swallow some more Government bullshite and regurgitate it on here!Gone, more or less.
BBC Four to become archive channel as cost-cutting drive continues
Overhaul means channel will no longer commission original content but will broadcast performances
The guy in charge is Boris' mate so perhaps contact him.I wonder if the licence fee will be reduced?
I won’t hold my breath after they stuck two fingers up to the over 75’s free licence.
I recorded a couple of good documentaries about Blackpool from BBC 4: one about the development of the town as a seaside resort and one about the heyday of the shows. It has carried some really interesting, niche stuff - not pandering to the need for huge audiences or the potential for resale through the BBC's commercial arm.
I wouldn’t mind seeing that first one, think I’ve seen the latter many times
I agree it’s the best of the BBC channels
No but I bet you watch MUTV although most of the popular stuff on there will be in black and white.
No-they'll keep Googlebox and The Chase and they'll be storyline on Corrie about suicide bombing soon.
Already happened on Saturday nights.
Gogglebox is ok.
Not for me although its good to see real people getting a few quid from the TV companies, rather than some of the luvvies who have the personalities of cardboard. I dont how they've got away with this Equity nonsense for so long which is nothing more than a closed shop.
A bit of a sweeping statement that, Lytham. Unforgotten was excellent as were others I can't remember off hand. It is the never-ending stream of "reality" bollox on Ch4 & 5 that I can't abide.
Unforgotten was one of the dramas I recorded, it's their strong point, Endeavour is my favourite TV show.
When you compare a full Sky and BT package with all the additional streaming extras will cost you about £100 a month, (cue posts about firesticks, illegal streaming etc) then yes, the licence fee is fantastic value.
Why ?Good
Have you watched The Terror' Lytham? Great BBC drama
Yeah, watched all of Season 1 last year, not got to Season 2 yet but it's on the list.
There is but it's an entirely different story, these anthologies are everywhere these days since AHS.
What a movie!
In what way?
In the way they pursue any individual that opts not to have a TV licence. The approach is borderline criminal / fraudulent.
Its against the law not to have one and of course is a self funding concession of older people who get it for free.
It’s not against the law not to have one at all. However the BBC licensing agents certainly sail extremely close to the wind by the way they carefully (and in my view fraudulently) give that to impression to vulnerable individuals, through carefully crafted wording.
I agree with this. I don't think there is anything else in this country where a company can legally hound people in the manner done by TV licensing. Those who don't even own a TV (I know a youngish couple like that who choose not to) still get hounded after their initial declaration to check they still don't have one, something which doesn't sit right to me. It's like they cannot accept or believe someone doesn't watch TV.