are we all getting fed up of the BBC?

But it used to be so great- thats why it was envied- there used to be such good well made stuff, particularly comedies- likely lads- porridge- fools & horses- outnumbered- Gavin & Stacey-and more-but this xmas week we only had a ghosts special- rest were all repeats if any and a below par mrs Browns boys which has gone downhill since it began.There used to be good dramas (now we have only call the midwife and silent witness- which must both be nearly limping to a final end?) We have only eastenders for a good soap but its not as brilliant as it was years ago..Its like the beeb have run out of ideas.

In fact didnt they even end silent witness then bring it back again?

timetogo2016

I am getting fed up with wokery on the BBC.

What on earth does this mean? What is wokery? To me it interprates as being something to do with being aware of and caring about the feelings of other people.

Back on OP subject - I am so greatful to the advert. free BBC programmes. So much choice. Yes, a lot of the films etc shown at Christmas I have seen as I now have quite a lot of christmas's past under my belt. But probably pretty new to a lot of people. Still enough new for me to enjoy - and I tend to use my Humax to record what I want to watch and then watch it when it suits me.

The world would not be such a good place without the BBC

Maybe they need to put bbc sport on separate channel?- and same with news and others and cancel licence fee.Id rather pay for just dramas & comedies and eastenderscould go on iplayer.

I wonder if all the people complaining about "wokery" just haven't noticed that the world has moved on and it's them that are living in the past?

Chestnut

^The table to one side of us were complaining about all the lefties taking over the BBC, the party on the other side were moaning about their right wing bias. What we took from that was that the BBC had got it just right.^

I can give an example of left wing bias when the BBC were teaching children aged 9-12 that there were 100 different genders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wandALGRoqU

Can anyone here give an example of BBC right wing bias?

Surely whether you think the BBC left or right biased in its reporting is mainly down to personal political leanings (confirmation bias) and age group?
Polls have show that older people tend to view the BBC left leaning whereas younger folk, if they are bothered at all, think the opposite.

BigBertha1

I have always been a big BBC fan but really their Xmas TV was pretty poor. The BBC as we knew it has gone for ever I think.

I absolutely agree with this. Even their news coverage isn't our first choice now. They seem to produce elaborate historical productions at great expense, but really nothing we want to watch. And even 4Extra has been rubbish over Christmas, loads of old programmes from poor comedians whom we didn't like the first time round, with everything repeated twice more that day and a bonus repeat at the weekend.
Like many people I simply don't think that they're not worth the licence fee.

Has no-one read this??

BBC blasted for ‘failing to read the room’ after £7m logo rebrand by furious GB News guest
The BBC has been heavily criticised for its £7 million logo rebrand which comes at a time the corporation is forcing over-75s to pay its licence fee and closing regional news outlets to save money.
www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1714306/bbc-blasted-7-million-logo-rebrand-gb-news
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqsc_yr0cZk&t=10s

A quote from a GB News guest in the Daily Express?

No, surprisingly, I haven't read it.

Being housebound and more or less chair bound I watch a lot of TV. I cannot stand sex and violence which there seems to be a lot of nowadays on all channels. Also there are too many cookery and sport programmes. Channel 4 news 7 pm is better than BBC. I like films. Have been a film fan since I was three (silent movies then). I have DVDs of all the old Cary Grant films, Hitchcock films.
The old BBC serials. The Pallisters, Bleak House, wives and Daughters. Etc. Remakes of things Rebecca for instance do not follow the book and are sexed up.
BBC 4 used to have serious archeological programmes etc but now the old comedy shows. One foot in the Grave etc.
I suppose they cannot please everyone and a lot of people don’t watch TV anyway.

So apparently some people don't want to read about the BBC wasting £7m on a new logo PattyFingers. Maybe they think that's okay. Thank you for posting it.

I read it afterwards.

forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2440168/bbc-spending-7-million-on-new-logos

I'm guessing the work was a wee bit more than £7m on a few boxes which the guests could have "drawn themselves"

volver

^Can anyone here give an example of BBC right wing bias?^

Farage had been on Question Time 33 times by 2018.

Ukip appeared on almost a quarter of the Question Time programmes in the years 2010 to 2017 - despite never having more than two MPs.

So what about all the left leaning panellists who have been on 2010-2017. Maybe you can balance the figures? Although they probably lost count.

Nah.

It'll never catch up with the Farage stuff. You know the guy who has never won an election but thinks he speaks for the people? Remember him?

I love the BBC and rarely watch or listen to anything else. iPlayer is excellent and everything I watch I access via that route. Radio 4 is without parallel. The BBC has a worldwide audience as a trusted source of news, which is particularly important in countries where their own media cannot be trusted. I am sure that contributes to the UK punching above its weight in world affairs.

volver

Nah.

It'll never catch up with the Farage stuff. You know the guy who has never won an election but thinks he speaks for the people? Remember him?

So you're saying Farage was on more times than all the left leaning politicians and panellists over an 8 year period? As there were probably at least 2 lefties on every week I find that hard to believe. It needs confirmation otherwise the number of times Farage was on doesn't prove the BBC are right wing.

Farzanah

Chestnut

The table to one side of us were complaining about all the lefties taking over the BBC, the party on the other side were moaning about their right wing bias. What we took from that was that the BBC had got it just right.

I can give an example of left wing bias when the BBC were teaching children aged 9-12 that there were 100 different genders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wandALGRoqU

Can anyone here give an example of BBC right wing bias?

Surely whether you think the BBC left or right biased in its reporting is mainly down to personal political leanings (confirmation bias) and age group?
Polls have show that older people tend to view the BBC left leaning whereas younger folk, if they are bothered at all, think the opposite.

No-one mentioned reporting. I think the people at the table were apparently discussing the BBC in general. I am asking for an example of BBC right wing bias. That could be in any programme.

Practically every comedy programme on R4 between 6.30-7.00pm is dominated by comedians who more than just left of centre, but so far left they begin to share views with the extreme right.

I complained to the BBC once for Unionist bias. The time a reporter lied on air and I knew he was lying.

They just prevaricated.

I still like watching Strictly though. 🤣

M0nica

Practically every comedy programme on R4 between 6.30-7.00pm is dominated by comedians who more than just left of centre, but so far left they begin to share views with the extreme right.

Can you name any right wing comedians who they could have on to balance things up?

Geoff Norcott, of course. Then there's...erm..no. I'm stuck.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-right-wing-comedians-conservative-not-funny-tim-davie-a9700326.html

The people who run /present trigonometry are not of the left, I think they still do some comedy.
I dont think that's an example of BBC bias but rather a reflection of comedians in general who tend to be in the left or at least say they are.
The 6.30 slot on R4 tends to be very poor and I love R4.

On the left even

nanna8

Probably- I used to go out of my way to try to connect from here but it isn't worth it anymore . We have better here which is a bit of an indictment because our tv isn't known as being much good.

I spent a week locked in a hotel room in Perth after arriving there from Adelaide
following 2 months in Australia.
This was a total surprise so we hadn’t got many books to read so we had wall to wall TV to keep us occupied.
I can say that compared to what we watched the BBC is absolutely amazing.
Too left for the right… too right for the left.
Too many viewing hours to fill for all channels.
It needs to slim down and get rid of the dross.
Yes, dear readers, I DO, mean football🤦🏼‍♀️

volver

M0nica

Practically every comedy programme on R4 between 6.30-7.00pm is dominated by comedians who more than just left of centre, but so far left they begin to share views with the extreme right.

Can you name any right wing comedians who they could have on to balance things up?

Geoff Norcott, of course. Then there's...erm..no. I'm stuck.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-right-wing-comedians-conservative-not-funny-tim-davie-a9700326.html

It's a pretty poor show that any comedian has to be right or left. Once upon a time we had comedians who made us laugh year after year but had no political bias at all. Why don't today's batch actually write something funny instead of taking sarcastic digs at people in the news all the time. If they're not doing that they're either swearing or mentioning bodily functions.

Chestnut

volver

M0nica

Practically every comedy programme on R4 between 6.30-7.00pm is dominated by comedians who more than just left of centre, but so far left they begin to share views with the extreme right.

Can you name any right wing comedians who they could have on to balance things up?

Geoff Norcott, of course. Then there's...erm..no. I'm stuck.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-right-wing-comedians-conservative-not-funny-tim-davie-a9700326.html

It's a pretty poor show that any comedian has to be right or left. Once upon a time we had comedians who made us laugh year after year but had no political bias at all. Why don't today's batch actually write something funny instead of taking sarcastic digs at people in the news all the time. If they're not doing that they're either swearing or mentioning bodily functions.

Try listening to "The Unbelievable Truth" They give a speech they've written which is made up of lies except for 5 truths they try to get past the other comedians.
Or
Mark Steele's in Town there are loads of these. He visits places and talks about the quirks, advantages and disadvantages of living there with some audience help.
No politics
But I love a bit of left wing comedy- Alexi Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar is great.