are we all getting fed up of the BBC?

Chestnut
If a 12 year old has a smart phone they don’t need the bbc to access that content.

AmberSpyglass

His Dark Materials was stunning though! And for kids, the semi-recent adaptation of the Worst Witch books was delightful.

The Worst Witch was great.
We enjoyed the books too, very many years ago.

MerylStreep

Chestnut
If a 12 year old has a smart phone they don’t need the bbc to access that content.

Well it all depends on what kind of parents they have and also what kind of child they are.

I still prefer BBC news, no adverts for one thing. And lots of their programmes are good. I still prefer Mastermind, Only Connect, University challenge to other lesser quizzes .
And their nature documentaries are brilliant. Some series also.
The BBC are not perfect, but to me they are still better than many of their rivals.

Chestnut
The child I know has a mother who is a Radiologist and father is an Architect.
Why do you think some MPs are trying to get the online safety bill passed.
I think your inferring that it’s only a certain class of family that have children who can access this material.

I find that labelling some of the ancient and motheaten content of Radio 4Extra either 'Classic' or 'Vintage' does not make it listenable several decades on.

ie: Life with the Lyons, ITMA, Parsley Sidings, Paul Temple etc, etc.

Even the chairman knows something is wrong.
Good luck to him trying to change the bbc.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11500287/BBC-chairman-Richard-Sharp-says-broadcaster-fighting-against-liberal-bias.html

We watch the BBC on Mondays for the quizes. The only programme we watched over Christmas was Call the Midwife.

BBC still does somethings well but their news and current affairs is appalling. They also fail on sports coverage.

We record nearly everything we watch on commercial channels now so that we can miss out the adverts.

The BBC needs to be preserved even if they sometimes mess up. The far right and the far left would love to get rid of it but we need it as a source of information not to mention some outstanding programmes.

Ilovecheese

Dramas I have enjoyed on the BBC this last year or so:
This is going to hurt
Chloe
Hidden
Life after Life
Sherwood (best one, in my opinion)
The light in the hall
Trom(Swedish)
Suspect
The Control room
Blood lands
Inside man
Crossfire
The Pact
After Love (film)
Granite Harbour
The English

How can anyone be fed up with all that lot to choose from, quite apart from old favourites like Silent Witness and Death in paradise and call the midwife. Then of course there is the repair shop.

So much to enjoy

I agree. I don’t have time to watch all of the brilliant programmes and series on the BBC because there are so many of them. The English alone was worth the licence fee. And when I’m not watching them on the tv I’m listening to BBC Sounds while I’m doing housework etc. Or listening to music on R6.

That list has not appealed to me very much. Everything is too dark and violent or too fantasmical and unbelievable. Didn't they just start Marie Antoinette last night? It's already getting slammed for being historically inaccurate (aren't they all?) with too much style and no substance.

Grantanow

The BBC needs to be preserved even if they sometimes mess up. The far right and the far left would love to get rid of it but we need it as a source of information not to mention some outstanding programmes.

100% agree

I'd say they mess up more than just 'sometimes'. They can't even get the sound and lighting right in their dramas. I've seen endless complaints (going back years) about the picture being too dark or the voices too quiet in their drama series. Hopefully they have improved now, but it was a recurring problem.

Chestnut

MerylStreep

Chestnut
If a 12 year old has a smart phone they don’t need the bbc to access that content.

Well it all depends on what kind of parents they have and also what kind of child they are.

This is a rather judgmental statement.
No children of this age are immune to unsuitable internet content regardless of background. To believe otherwise is naive.

timetogo2016

I am getting fed up with wokery on the BBC.

What does that mean?

The boy the mole the fox and the horse. From the book by Charles Maskery Brilliant!

AmberSpyglass

His Dark Materials was stunning though! And for kids, the semi-recent adaptation of the Worst Witch books was delightful.

But the Mulefa had legs!! I can never forgive them for that!

(In joke for His Dark Materials fangirls...😀)

Good things on the BBC over Christmas...

The Christmas Lectures with Sue Black
Two Doors Down Christmas Special
The Detectorists
Mayflies
Marie Antoinette (Maybe not historically accurate, but I liked it)

But yes, whoever greenlighted Granite Harbour should be drummed out of the service 😉

I've recorded lots so we've yet to sample some of the delights.

If they're rubbish, there's always the delete button.

We rarely watch any channel other than BBC (but almost always recorded or iPlayer). Very occasionally we might spot something on another channel and record it. We've just finished catching up on 'Strike' and 'The English', and 'Vienna Blood' is next on the list. Recently rewatched 'Wolf Hall'. Might take a look at 'Mayflies' too.

A lot depends on how much time people spend watching TV I think. If it's on a lot then I doubt anyone would always find something to watch.

Farzanah

timetogo2016

I am getting fed up with wokery on the BBC.

What does that mean?

According to this report the BBC's programmes are infused with a left wing bias which is warping modern Britain.
Woke viewpoints are warping modern Britain

The report is by the Campaign for Common Sense (So my red flag's up already, with a name like that.)

I think they may be a wee bit biased.

campaigncommonsense.com/about/

Chestnut, I see that report is from the Daily Mail.

No the report is not from the Daily Mail.

volver

The report is by the Campaign for Common Sense (So my red flag's up already, with a name like that.)

I think they may be a wee bit biased.

campaigncommonsense.com/about/

The point they're making is that the BBC is biased as evidenced in some of their programmes.