BBC: public question case for licence fee

[Sweetpea]

Well, that was on the old forum, so why not reiterate?

[Bruv]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Well, that was on the old forum, so why not reiterate?

Reiterate ?
Can I reiterate in this thread without being banned ?

The British love to beat up their successes, the BBC is one of our finest most prestigious respected successes.
For your small licence fee you dont only get BBC One and Two, Three and Four, you get all the local radio programs, plus the national radio stations, plus the World service.
The BBC is not perfect, but it is by far the best of its kind.
One major series such as the Blue Planet makes up for some of the dross.
Many classics would never have been shown on a channel funded by advertising, The Sky at Night for instance.

Complain as much as you like in order to keep them on thier toes, every corporation needs a kick up the jacksie at times.....but dont bring them down to the level of Sky One or ITV with wall to wall shite sandwhiched between the adverts

[Sweetpea]

Sir Terry Wogan has said the BBC has lost its standing as the finest broadcasting organisation in the world.

The "old-fashioned thoroughness and commitment" which he encountered in his early days with the Corporation have long disappeared he said.
The Radio 2 presenter, whose career with the Corporation stretches back over 40 years, said staff no longer held a job with the BBC in high esteem.
"When I started, people who worked for the BBC knew they weren't earning as much as people in commercial television, but they did have the satisfaction of knowing that they worked for one of the finest, if not the finest, broadcasting organisation in the whole world. I'm not sure they feel that any more, or at least that it means as much as it used to," Wogan said.
Illustrating the way times have changed, Wogan recalled getting his big break in the 1960s: "When I sent in my first tape to the head of Gramophone Programmes at the BBC, I had made the fatal mistake of forgetting to rewind it to the start. Yet that gentleman took the time to wind it all the way back, and once he'd listened to it, things went from there.
"I can tell you, if I was a young chap coming over from Ireland today, they probably wouldn't even listen to my tape, let alone rewind. Somehow, that old-fashioned thoroughness and commitment have disappeared. I suppose no-one has the time for it any more."
He also lambasted modern presenters "who just read out the autocue without any of their own personality and with these awful glazed eyes, like a seagull's", although he declined to name the offenders.

Sir Terry Wogan: The BBC is no longer the best broadcaster - Telegraph

[Bruv]

Suspect any person with 40 years service in any company could say the same.....so what ?

[Haqa]

Originally Posted by Bruv2

Reiterate ?
Can I reiterate in this thread without being banned ?

Careful... I've not had the pleasure yet (Only kidding)

Originally Posted by Bruv2

The British love to beat up their successes, the BBC is one of our finest most prestigious respected successes.

WAS... not is...

Originally Posted by Bruv2

For your small licence fee you dont only get BBC One and Two, Three and Four, you get all the local radio programs, plus the national radio stations, plus the World service.
The BBC is not perfect, but it is by far the best of its kind.
One major series such as the Blue Planet makes up for some of the dross.
Many classics would never have been shown on a channel funded by advertising, The Sky at Night for instance.

Their funding is for their public service television broadcasting remit, the radio aspect is funded elsewhere. The internet aspect is, IMHO, an example of our money not being spent in the way it was collected for.

It is true, occasionally the BBC still manages to produce a good piece of PSB output, but it is FAR too infrequent to justify the money they are soaking up...

Originally Posted by Bruv2

Complain as much as you like in order to keep them on thier toes, every corporation needs a kick up the jacksie at times.....but dont bring them down to the level of Sky One or ITV with wall to wall shite sandwhiched between the adverts

IMHO it is already WAY below the output quality level of Sky One, and not even in the same league as ITV.

H.

[Sweetpea]

The Discovery channel knocks the BBC into a cocked hat.

[poppy]

even channel 4 is doing better documenatries than the bbc now.

[Bruv]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

The Discovery channel knocks the BBC into a cocked hat.

You dont get a lot of local news though.

Try and catch the credits for their output....you might be surprised.

[Bruv]

Originally Posted by poppy

even channel 4 is doing better documenatries than the bbc now.

Most channels can beat the BBC on a one off every now and again.
Consider the total out put of the BBC, before knocking it.

[Sweetpea]

Do I always want it?