BBC licence fee poll.
Poll: BBC licence fee poll.
Total Members Polled: 1030
Discussion
chris watton said:
LOoks ace!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on...
Just looked at my planner, of stuff from the BBC I have all the news/politics shows on link; This Week, QT, DP, SP...in tis area the Beeb is light years ahead of everyone, I always think of the SI Election '87 quote, 'game for a laugh ITV tat.'
Other things are films and Top of the Lake (imports) and the Detectorists and Talking Pictures series, currently John Mills and Peter O'Toole. Also some wildlife programmes, one about killer whales and merkats.
Most of my other stuff are films or from Sky ATlantic.
In areas of sitcoms Beeb has reclaimed some of it's glory days, the drama is hit and miss, but it is picking up for sure.
Halb said:
chris watton said:
LOoks ace!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on...
Just looked at my planner, of stuff from the BBC I have all the news/politics shows on link; This Week, QT, DP, SP...in tis area the Beeb is light years ahead of everyone, I always think of the SI Election '87 quote, 'game for a laugh ITV tat.'
Other things are films and Top of the Lake (imports) and the Detectorists and Talking Pictures series, currently John Mills and Peter O'Toole. Also some wildlife programmes, one about killer whales and merkats.
Most of my other stuff are films or from Sky ATlantic.
In areas of sitcoms Beeb has reclaimed some of it's glory days, the drama is hit and miss, but it is picking up for sure.
TBH, we do not watch as much TV as we used to. We usually watch box sets (Amazon, Netflix or buying the hard copies and the latest films). We are even thinking of cancelling a lot of the SKY stuff like movies, as we buy all the best ones when they're released anyway.
Unlike you though, I could no longer stomach their news and current affairs output.
Blue Cat said:
I ilke the BBC for the simple reason they do different programmes which don't need to find a huge audience but are little gems
Like this for example - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b049mtxw/the-...
Me too. I'm about half way through a load of programmes about Japanese art/culture I recorded a couple weeks ago. Completely fabulous stuff that I'd hate to be without. I could watch 4 times as many documentaries on the BBC than I ever have time for. And for peanuts.Like this for example - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b049mtxw/the-...
I appreciate that's irrelevant to the argument in some people's eyes but I just wanted to say it. By the way - I think that on PH the anti-BBC people are the noisy ones and aren't entirely representative of a website that itself isn't representative of the population.
The BBC isn't perfect and certainly has a left leaning bias but compared to a lot of other news outlets around the world it is as straight as a straight thing on a straight day.
But as we all know or should know every organisation reflects to a greater or less extent the views/prejudices of the staff/owner. Therefore we the audience should acknowledge this and seek alternative reliable sources and make up our own minds and not lap up everything we are told as gospel from a single source.
If we didn't have public service broadcasting can you imagine all the repeats ITV has hiding in their vaults, scary.
But as we all know or should know every organisation reflects to a greater or less extent the views/prejudices of the staff/owner. Therefore we the audience should acknowledge this and seek alternative reliable sources and make up our own minds and not lap up everything we are told as gospel from a single source.
If we didn't have public service broadcasting can you imagine all the repeats ITV has hiding in their vaults, scary.
chris watton said:
TBH, we do not watch as much TV as we used to. We usually watch box sets (Amazon, Netflix or buying the hard copies and the latest films). We are even thinking of cancelling a lot of the SKY stuff like movies, as we buy all the best ones when they're released anyway.
Unlike you though, I could no longer stomach their news and current affairs output.
If I had a better connection, I might get Netflix.Unlike you though, I could no longer stomach their news and current affairs output.
DP, SP, TW al have Brillo, he gives all a fair shake, and the trio of talking heads he has on SP are balanced, plus he has POrtillo on TW, there is nothing else as good anywhere. I don't care for other content
I realised this or last week (after I used all my data) that I watch youtube a hell of a lot; RLM, Preston Jacobs, Kermode, Joe Rogan, thunderfoot, emergency awesome, I do not watch any review type show or current affair show on telly, it's all youtube. The people on youtube offer high quality, indephy nuanced reporting, and makes regular telly look pish.
I can see things shaking up in the next ten years, but the UK needs the infrastructure, and yet again, here is where the UK falls down.
Halb said:
If I had a better connection, I might get Netflix.
DP, SP, TW al have Brillo, he gives all a fair shake, and the trio of talking heads he has on SP are balanced, plus he has POrtillo on TW, there is nothing else as good anywhere. I don't care for other content
I realised this or last week (after I used all my data) that I watch youtube a hell of a lot; RLM, Preston Jacobs, Kermode, Joe Rogan, thunderfoot, emergency awesome, I do not watch any review type show or current affair show on telly, it's all youtube. The people on youtube offer high quality, indephy nuanced reporting, and makes regular telly look pish.
I can see things shaking up in the next ten years, but the UK needs the infrastructure, and yet again, here is where the UK falls down.
Yes, I see the Andrew Neil stuff on YT or Guido, he is the only one who treats each interviewee the same, it seems. An anomaly!DP, SP, TW al have Brillo, he gives all a fair shake, and the trio of talking heads he has on SP are balanced, plus he has POrtillo on TW, there is nothing else as good anywhere. I don't care for other content
I realised this or last week (after I used all my data) that I watch youtube a hell of a lot; RLM, Preston Jacobs, Kermode, Joe Rogan, thunderfoot, emergency awesome, I do not watch any review type show or current affair show on telly, it's all youtube. The people on youtube offer high quality, indephy nuanced reporting, and makes regular telly look pish.
I can see things shaking up in the next ten years, but the UK needs the infrastructure, and yet again, here is where the UK falls down.
technodup said:
schmunk said:
You do realise that you need a TV license to watch live broadcasts on Sky, even channels other than the BBC, don't you...?
That's a technicality (and a con) which exists purely because of the BBC.If the BBC didn't exist would the fee remain? Of course not.
Blue Cat said:
I ilke the BBC for the simple reason they do different programmes which don't need to find a huge audience but are little gems
Like this for example - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b049mtxw/the-...
Because they don't need to 'earn money' they can take more risks or take time to built a drama. How many times have people on here complained because a new US series was binned because it didn't find the audience it needed fast enough.
Also they have just started their proms coverage which again is unique to them.
They are so much more than BBC1, sport and news
My opinion has always been that if it's culturally important to have a state broadcaster then it should be paid for out of general taxation or through a tax placed on other licensed broadcasters rather than the archaic system we currently have which places criminal sanctions (or at least it did and still has significant ramifications if you don't pay) on individuals. Especially when those sanctions can be levied at someone who may never even watch the state broadcaster but still needs the equipment for watching other services.Like this for example - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b049mtxw/the-...
Because they don't need to 'earn money' they can take more risks or take time to built a drama. How many times have people on here complained because a new US series was binned because it didn't find the audience it needed fast enough.
Also they have just started their proms coverage which again is unique to them.
They are so much more than BBC1, sport and news
oyster said:
I pay many tens of thousands of pounds tax a year. Mostly for stuff I never use.
Why does that seem to bother so many people less than the cost of an meal for a TV Licence?
Also, I can never understand why PH seems to have such a noisy anti-BBC / Anti licence fee compared to the nation in general.
I take it that everyone that takes this view has every type of cheap licence going they can get their hands on, eg fishing licence - £30 a year or 8p a day, outstanding value compared to the TV licence.Why does that seem to bother so many people less than the cost of an meal for a TV Licence?
Also, I can never understand why PH seems to have such a noisy anti-BBC / Anti licence fee compared to the nation in general.
BlackLabel said:
Just been down that list.Oh well. Nothing surprising.
Oh wait! - No C Evans listed on Radio.
Hang on... the highest paid?
£2,200,000 – £2,249,999
one Chris Evans – Presenter
Were the beeb hoping we'd miss him not being listed in Radio?
t. It's like some pseudo adult-cool to dislike the BBC. A bit like not wanting to be seen being dropped off by your parents at school. Combine that with individuals thinking they're being clever and astute with simplistic generalisations about the BBC's apparent political leanings, and that completes the miserable moaner.
The BBC produces some superb content and I think anyone who can't find a TV licence fee worth of content is rather uncreative.
Commercial independence in today's media environment is a highly valuable asset.
The BBC produces some superb content and I think anyone who can't find a TV licence fee worth of content is rather uncreative.
Commercial independence in today's media environment is a highly valuable asset.
mickmcpaddy said:
I take it that everyone that takes this view has every type of cheap licence going they can get their hands on, eg fishing licence - £30 a year or 8p a day, outstanding value compared to the TV licence.
Almost as stupid as your 'contributions' to 'acid' thread. Almost.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff