Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[tr7v8]

chrispmartha said:

gizlaroc said:

chrispmartha said:

It still is, the BBC have created some great comedy recently

What?

Inside Number 9
The Detectorists
Gavin & Stacey (not my thing but can appreciate it)
Stewart Lees Comedy Vehicle
Mum
Two Doors Down
Alan Partridge
Fleabag
Ladhood
A year in the life of a year
Not going out
League of gentlemen
Mortimer & Whitehouse gone fishing
The Trip
Nighty night
The thick of it
This country
What we do in the shadows

Not me, not seen or heard of a lot of them & tried a few that I have heard of & thought them crap. Watch very little TV these days.
If it's on & the wife isn't watching Real Housewifes of xxxxxxxx then I'll have NCIS/CSI type stuff on in the background or it goes off.

[chrispmartha]

tr7v8 said:

chrispmartha said:

gizlaroc said:

chrispmartha said:

It still is, the BBC have created some great comedy recently

What?

Inside Number 9
The Detectorists
Gavin & Stacey (not my thing but can appreciate it)
Stewart Lees Comedy Vehicle
Mum
Two Doors Down
Alan Partridge
Fleabag
Ladhood
A year in the life of a year
Not going out
League of gentlemen
Mortimer & Whitehouse gone fishing
The Trip
Nighty night
The thick of it
This country
What we do in the shadows

Not me, not seen or heard of a lot of them & tried a few that I have heard of & thought them crap. Watch very little TV these days.
If it's on & the wife isn't watching Real Housewifes of xxxxxxxx then I'll have NCIS/CSI type stuff on in the background or it goes off.

As it happens I don’t get to watch too much ch TV these days either but that doesn’t mean the BBC doesn’t produce good shows anymore as was stated. I mainly watch comedy as its my ‘thing’ although ive recently watched Silent Witness whoch you may enjoy if you like CSI, which is/was (is it still going) a bit too ‘American’ for my taste.

If you don’t watch live tv why not get rid of the TV license if it bothers you?

[V1nce Fox]

I've just gone through the process on BBC website of cancelling my licence as no longer needed. Let's see what happens.

[TTwiggy]

V1nce Fox said:

I've just gone through the process on BBC website of cancelling my licence as no longer needed. Let's see what happens.

As it’s currently a legal requirement to have a licence in certain circumstances, would you consider it reasonable for them to check whether or not you need one, rather then just take your word for it?

If I sorn my car it’s not really cricket if I carry on driving around in it.

[768]

How do you check if someone's watching broadcast TV while leaving them with some privacy?

[TTwiggy]

768 said:

How do you check if someone's watching broadcast TV while leaving them with some privacy?

The sort of privacy that the much vaunted Netflix and Amazon afford the viewer?

[anonymous-user]

TTwiggy said:

The sort of privacy that the much vaunted Netflix and Amazon afford the viewer?

Don’t ask difficult questions .......

[XCP]

Ask them?
I daresay most of the anti licence brigade will be delighted to explain their viewing habits, if PH is anything to go by. ( I realise it's not really)

[amusingduck]

768 said:

How do you check if someone's watching broadcast TV while leaving them with some privacy?

You hope that they willingly allow you to come check?

[Crackie]

Blue62 said:

chrispmartha said:

You’ve not seen any of those shows? You’re missing out, what type of comedy do you like?

I would imagine the typical NP&E BBC hater would have a preference for shows like Terry and June, Love thy Neighbour and Mind your language.

It's the way you tell 'em

[V1nce Fox]

TTwiggy said:

V1nce Fox said:

I've just gone through the process on BBC website of cancelling my licence as no longer needed. Let's see what happens.

As it’s currently a legal requirement to have a licence in certain circumstances, would you consider it reasonable for them to check whether or not you need one, rather then just take your word for it?

If I sorn my car it’s not really cricket if I carry on driving around in it.

I'll obey the law.

[TTwiggy]

V1nce Fox said:

I'll obey the law.

I don’t follow? Are you saying that your word should be good enough? Should that apply to everyone, or are you special?

[amusingduck]

TTwiggy said:

V1nce Fox said:

I'll obey the law.

I don’t follow? Are you saying that your word should be good enough? Should that apply to everyone, or are you special?

Do they come and check whether your SORN car is actually SORN? (genuine question)

[DanL]

TTwiggy said:

As it’s currently a legal requirement to have a licence in certain circumstances, would you consider it reasonable for them to check whether or not you need one, rather then just take your word for it?

If I sorn my car it’s not really cricket if I carry on driving around in it.

I’d consider it reasonable - they’d be welcome to visit my house at a pre-agreed time if that’s what they want to do. I wouldn’t be infringing, but there’s clearly no way for them to check that even if they visited and found my TVs weren’t attached to the aerial...

If they turn up unannounced then if their visit isn’t convenient, they can come back another time.

[V1nce Fox]

TTwiggy said:

V1nce Fox said:

I'll obey the law.

I don’t follow? Are you saying that your word should be good enough? Should that apply to everyone, or are you special?

It's not my job to teach you.

[alock]

TTwiggy said:

As it’s currently a legal requirement to have a licence in certain circumstances, would you consider it reasonable for them to check whether or not you need one, rather then just take your word for it?

If I sorn my car it’s not really cricket if I carry on driving around in it.

I take their word for it that they're not running some of my old shareware software commercially without having paid for a licence.

[chris watton]

It seems that the people who infested the EU threads, telling anyone who didn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, have now 'emigrated' to this thread, to tell anyone that doesn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, and to prove their point, reel out a few old 'of the time' programmes (that everyone has forgot about but strangely, not them) to make their hilariously predictable passive aggressive point that they think they are in superior in every way.

[Porsche guy]

chris watton said:

It seems that the people who infested the EU threads, telling anyone who didn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, have now 'emigrated' to this thread, to tell anyone that doesn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, and to prove their point, reel out a few old 'of the time' programmes (that everyone has forgot about but strangely, not them) to make their hilariously predictable passive aggressive point that they think they are in superior in every way.

Good post and true

[V1nce Fox]

Let's try to play the ball not the man (on both sides of the argument here). I've posted my intention and journey beginning today and will report back on the process if people are interested.

[Mark Benson]

Porsche guy said:

chris watton said:

It seems that the people who infested the EU threads, telling anyone who didn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, have now 'emigrated' to this thread, to tell anyone that doesn't agree with them that they're racist, close-minded little Englanders, and to prove their point, reel out a few old 'of the time' programmes (that everyone has forgot about but strangely, not them) to make their hilariously predictable passive aggressive point that they think they are in superior in every way.

Good post and true

I don't know why I bother engaging them, it's sub-Twitter round here once they congregate.