are we all getting fed up of the BBC?

If I read "woke" used incorrectly one more time I may not be responsible for my actions ... 🤪

BBC programmes this Christmas were generally awful with a few notable exceptions. I prefer Channel 4 news where interviewers are not afraid to challenge interviewees. There is definitely a woke aspect to BBC which grates so we watch a fair amount of Netflix and very little iplayer. Dislike BBC Breakfast programme as I find it mind numbingly boring most of the time with too many tedious and irrelevant celebrity stuff. Do like Marie Antoinette although I recognise the issues around it.

The bbc is getting more and more woke and boring xmas TV was awful on all channels too many repeats

Brownowl564

I absolutely hate the BBC , haven’t been impartial for years.
The licence fee should be scrapped and a subscription service for those that want it, it is totally outrageous that you have to pay even if you never watch the BBC at all, if you watch live tv on any other channel you are supposed to pay, unacceptable.
It’s like shopping at Asda but having to pay a fee to Tesco to do so

You hit the nail on the head!

I got so fed up with the bias and wokery, I cancelled my license over a year ago and they sent me a refund. I watch catch up or netflix and Prime when i bother to register with it.

We may moan at our BBC but oh dear we are really lucky. My two eldest daughters live in France and I was there just before Christmas! Now if you want poor quality tv it’s there! Terrible programmes. Only white journalists and presenters that you realise what an amazing diverse and fantastic BBC & itv we have! When watching other country’s tv channels you then appreciate what you have here. Don’t knock it. We are lucky. Yes this year Christmas programming was poor but that’s only one day! Money is tight for everyone. Maybe Gary Lineker & Zoe Ball, Holly Willoughby & Phillip schofield should take pay cuts to allow some of their excessive wages go to better artists! Who knows. But we are lucky

volver

I posted this on another thread and seem to have got away with it. I'll have another go.

but they are such kind, considerate people

I absolutely hate the BBC , haven’t been impartial for years.
The licence fee should be scrapped and a subscription service for those that want it, it is totally outrageous that you have to pay even if you never watch the BBC at all, if you watch live tv on any other channel you are supposed to pay, unacceptable.
It’s like shopping at Asda but having to pay a fee to Tesco to do so

I posted this on another thread and seem to have got away with it. I'll have another go.

I think the BBC is rapidly declining. Wokery and left wing bias is sadly all too obvious, as is their anti Brexit stance despite a democratic referendum on the same. Educate, inform entertain? Well the entertain bit is sadly missing for me anyway and the rest? If you agree with their views ok. I don’t see balance here and resent having to pay a tax for channels I rarely, if ever, watch. In this age of multi channel, multi streaming I think the whole concept needs re examining.

BBC seems to be turning into a Sports Channel. Many regular programmes were moved or cancelled through summer and autumn. Also, the quality of many programmes, and presenters, has gone downhill. Good dramas are ruined by their muttered speech with heads turned away from camera. The news is still very well presented though, with top class presenters.

Sorry Gan Gan

I mostly listen to the radio. The podcasts and special features are very good still; the news, not so much. I loved listening to The Dark is Rising over the Christmas period, it was very well produced.
And on TV, The Detectorists was charming.

I totally agree with nodding fan fan
BBC used to be a go to for the News
But now ..... stories are never followed up. Reporters tell THEIR point of view instead of asking relevant questions and are sometimes their accents make it difficult to understand, their pitch drops so you cant get all the sentences
Without their excellent dramas
It wouldn't be worth watching
Oh, I should say, the childrens TV was a God send when my grand children were little.

I find BBC radio channels far superior to the ones with adverts

Love the BBC, only channel I regularly watch. Maybe a few dramas on a SKY channel, but I hate all the commercials, so much quality and choice. No contest in my opinion

BBC phone line - difficult to get anyone to pick up.
New Year Hogmanay programmes have been insulting. So very sad.

Very disappointed in their Radio 2 shake up.
The removal of Steve Wright in the Afternoon was a huge mistake. The new presenter is woeful and the choice of music even worse.

I cancelled my tv licence a couple of years ago. The BBC has changed, and not for the better. Certainly not worth the cost of a tv licence. I read news online, and I have realised I have very little time for watching TV. I occasionally watch Netflix.

I love the BBC and use many of its services in addition to the TV channels. I would really miss it if we lost it.

Well here is one person who won’t be watching the next series of Strictly. All the gushing, screaming and fawning really got on my nerves, so American. There’s not much on any of the terrestrial channels worth watching, although occasionally they come up with something good. As someone said they certainly need to sort out the sound to music ratio, or is it just me??

bevisp1

No not at all. Between this & other channels there’s plenty to watch. I wonder if the viewing ratings are much lower because of all the other streaming channels, ie 5 of our adult children all rely on Netflix, Disney+, apple, Brit box, Amazon etc.

Your adult children must be well off if they can afford all those channels because they all have to be paid for. The average family might find all that too expensive.

Paperbackwriter

Chestnut

Terribull It does make me smile when programmes aimed at a younger demographic are made by the BBC because my perception is "they are either out or if they are in they are watching Netflix"

Well I hope they are not watching BBC3. I have checked it out a couple of times to see what they are putting out for young people and have been shocked and dismayed. It certainly didn't make me smile. It was either completely stupid or sex-obsessed i.e. six one hour episodes of Cara Delevingne exploring the female orgasm in graphic detail. I just hope 12 year olds aren't watching this. Is that what the BBC was set up for?

Hmm.. but by the time a child is 12 they will have had sex education at school. I think it's rather a plus that someone is telling them that girls like it too! Nobody ever mentioned that back in my day!

You think we should be giving a 12 year old girl six hours education on how to have an orgasm?

There are still lots of innovative programmes on the BBC, and a huge resource on Iplayer. Radio 4 is a great educator, from women's issues, news, comedy, literature and political debates. I would hate to be without it.

It is interesting reading 38degrees. They are suggesting that the government is trying to get rid of the BBC to private investors. IMO it will go to foreign investors with their own agenda , such as Murdock and we will loose our independent media. I do not buy a newspaper very often as I find MANY of them very biased. We need an independent BBC. rather than government controlled such as Russia, China, etc
I can not comment on the drama programmes as I don't watch any as OH owns the changer