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What’s been on them that’s any good?What do you get from Sky? Many more channels than on the BBC.
Genuinely interested.
"We have done a vast amount to make the BBC simpler, leaner, and more efficient. We have brought down overheads to industry-leading levels: just 6% of our total costs." BBC Annual Plan 2018/2019
Just curious. Can you provide more detail of how they are inefficient?
Does Sky do radio, online, local news and media, produce as many quality programmes of its own? I think you have the wrong comparator there.
Why would you want to mess around with (a somewhat admittedly flawed) public institution that actually works and the world envies?
Britain has privatized numerous public services and look at how that has turned out.
Look at the comedy that’s been made/shown on the bbc that would never have got a chance otherwise, in the last year it’s had:
Fleabag, derrygirls, vic and bob’s big night out, This time with Alan Partridge, What we do in the shadows, inside no 9, still game, gone fishing, cunk on Britain, limmy’s show....
It really gets me why people complain about the BBC. Here's a quote from Digital Spy:
"... £97 million was spent making seasons one and two of The Crown, resulting in 20 hours of content across two seasons, which was viewed by 14% of adults and ranks 8.2/10 for viewer appreciation of that content.
Meanwhile, the BBC claims to have spent £97 million making 18 different drama series – including Poldark, Call the Midwife, Our Girl, Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and many more – and producing around 85 hours of content viewed by 72% of adults with a viewer appreciation ranking of 8.7/10.
I love the Beeb and happy to pay its tax.
I think the programming is crap, but needed to provide a outlet for the broader spectrum.
Maybe we'll have to start talking to our elderly relatives and neighbours now? How ghastly!
Only professional moaners and groaners could possibly disapprove of coughing for a licence fee. Going forward over 75s will effectively have to pass a means-test to qualify for a free one. Those wrinkly b'stards whose income is too high or have assets and/or savings above a certain threshold shall have to pay full whack.
The government should implement similar with regard to Winter Fuel Allowance as it would save billions that it can add to the £15 billion it's giving away in Overseas Aid this year. Continuing austerity for Britons while foreigners have a knees-up at our expense is something we can all fully support, or had better else risk being branded a racist, xenophobe, white supremacist, Brexit nutter, etc.
If pensioners can afford to pay it they should. Those who can't will get it free. I do not see what's wrong with that.
The reason why some folk have a dig at the BBC is probaly ( we hate anything British ) campaign.
I wish they would all go live in some anti western despot place like Russia or China if I'm honest , where real state television can be enjoyed, as it might be more appealing to them .
From what I’ve read, it only affects those that can afford it anyway
If all the idiots who don't pay it because they claim they don't use the BBC coughed up the stupidly small sum of £150 a year - then perhaps we wouldn't have to force the poorer and more vulnerable members of our society to do so. Nothing as thick as a working class capitalist.
This is wrong, it has nothing to do with the device capability to receive a live signal. Here is the official guidance:
You don’t need a TV Licence if you or anyone at this address:
never watch or record programmes on any channel as they’re being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, and
never download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand.
This could be on any device, including a TV, desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder.
The licence fee is excellent value for what you get I'd be lost without the BBC , TV, Radio,Podcasts and the I Player, all for £154 quid. 🤣
If you have over 15 devices you then pay another £154. Lol.
Some burn £154 in a weeks drinking and eating.
Nuts
Exactly, £3 a week, tremendous value. We went to a wedding all day/night on Saturday so were on the settee all day Sunday. Binge watched the 8 episodes of Series 2 Killing Eve. Approx 6 hours of brilliant television, beats me when people complain about the cost of the tv licence.
Maybe the BBC need to "market" the licence fee better. £3 a week sounds a lot better than £150 a year.
The money is given away and £15 billion will be gifted this year. The budget is ring fenced and increases each year, while - for example - many benefit payments have been frozen since 2016. As I also stated, it's continuing austerity for Britons, millions of 'em.