are we all getting fed up of the BBC?

timetogo2016

I am getting fed up with wokery on the BBC.

What does that mean?

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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

MerylStreep

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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.

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.

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

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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?

Apparently the viewing figures for BBC3 are very poor - yet it was BBC4 the BBC thought of discontinuing.

I think they should put a lot of the sport on BBC3, make it a dedicated Sports Channel. The amount of sport on BBC1 and 2 recently was quite overwhelming. I watch some, but for those who dislike sport it really was unfair, especially when BBC3 contains so much dire rubbish.

I am getting fed up with wokery on the BBC.

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

BBC TV ain't what it used to be.

I suppose we move with the times... and then there's the funding.

For me, the heyday was the 70s and 80s era. Well-crafted drama (Play for Today) and less of the 'glitzy' stuff.

And a lot of the children's programmes were well worth watching, according to my now 50-year old son.

Wyllow if you like old repeats then yeah, plenty on the BBC this Xmas.

I just love BBC radio, especially R4 which has excellent programmes, and so much choice on BBC sounds.
They also have some excellent TV dramas, although these have declined in recent years. Possibly due to funding.
I think the world service is a great asset too and keeps me company on sleepless nights.
Not keen on BBC news. Prefer Ch4.

Our Netflix failed for some reason, which left us with terrestrial tv and fview.
I am a fan of bbc, especially r4 and worldservice, but did struggle a bit with what was offered over Christmas.

Oh? I watched plenty. Love the list, Ilovecheese.

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.

You got that right!
Xmas tv was the worst ever this year.

By the way, I only managed about 30 mins of CD before switching off. I'm just interested in what the BBC are putting out for young people.