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 Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 21 Sep 18 7.36am |
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I know, let's have a quiz show ! we'll get a z-list celebrity to host (cheap) and we'll get the public as contestants and audience.
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Badger11  Beckenham 21 Sep 18 7.42am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
WTAF! You watch that? And you critique it? FYI, it isn't really pitched at your demographic. Also, I am sorry to tell you that over the hill and far away doesn't actually exist and the clangers have all died from lack of oxygen.[/quote] Nooooo I love tiny clanger and the soup dragon. Actually I don't have a problem with the BBC creating multicultural programs. The key word there is creating. The issue I have is when the BBC culturally appropriates (see what I did there) well known factual or historical events. There are no minority people in Robin Hood or King Arthur or Jane Austin so please either don't make it or just leave it as written. As for Balamory or Eastenders feel free to do what you like.
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Pussay Patrol  21 Sep 18 9.04am |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Why does Balamory have to resemble an "actual Scottish island community" FFS? It's a children's programme. You might as well slate Play School because nobody's house has three windows in a row all of different shapes, or Bagpuss because the shop couldn't possibly be commercially viable, or Postman Pat for violations of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2007, etc. etc. And don't get me started on The Clangers. Balamory is a real place but called Tobermory in real life
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 21 Sep 18 10.25am |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
Balamory is a real place but called Tobermory in real life does the demographic look like West Croydon ? if so, fine. But if not, why do the BBC think it necessary to deviate so far from the truth ?
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 Hrolf The Ganger 21 Sep 18 11.23am |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Why does Balamory have to resemble an "actual Scottish island community" FFS? It's a children's programme. You might as well slate Play School because nobody's house has three windows in a row all of different shapes, or Bagpuss because the shop couldn't possibly be commercially viable, or Postman Pat for violations of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2007, etc. etc. And don't get me started on The Clangers. Ha ha. The left really has become the home of the deliberately obtuse.
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| Pussay Patrol 21 Sep 18 12.26pm |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
does the demographic look like West Croydon ? if so, fine. But if not, why do the BBC think it necessary to deviate so far from the truth ? Er, cos it's a Kids program and makebelieve? Like Teletubbies and Rasta Mouse
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| Penge Eagle Beckenham 24 Sep 18 8.51pm |
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UKIP interim manifesto... "UKIP will legislate to change the BBC TV licence from a tax to a voluntary subscription. The licence fee currently costs the holders £3.7 billion per annum. The licence fee is an outdated, regressive tax, which unjustly criminalises those who don’t wish to watch the BBC, particularly the poor. The BBC World Service could be retained under Government control."
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| Stirlingsays 24 Sep 18 9.06pm |
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Originally posted by Penge Eagle
UKIP interim manifesto... "UKIP will legislate to change the BBC TV licence from a tax to a voluntary subscription. The licence fee currently costs the holders £3.7 billion per annum. The licence fee is an outdated, regressive tax, which unjustly criminalises those who don’t wish to watch the BBC, particularly the poor. The BBC World Service could be retained under Government control."
'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen) |
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| Mapletree Croydon 24 Sep 18 10.17pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
So you never ever watch it or use its web site?
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chateauferret  24 Sep 18 11.11pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
You missed out "middle class" a source of endless amusement for comics and sitcoms ala Terry and June and Mrs Bucket. Yup let's all have a larf at that lot with there pretensions and social climbing, of course they are the bedrock of the country and pay the most in taxes. And the people who make those programs and are finger pointing? Yup most of them had a privileged upbringing which they like to downplay "Just call me Jim". That's been going on for centuries. Look at An Inspector Calls, then at Revizor ("The Government Inspector" ) by Gogol', the scathing wit that was Voltaire, Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte (or for that matter Le nozze di Figaro), a few examples off the top of my head, but the origin of satire aimed at the (then-emergent) middle class is I think The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by chateauferret (24 Sep 2018 11.12pm)
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| Stirlingsays 25 Sep 18 2.49am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
So you never ever watch it or use its web site?
A service which charges most people the same price and makes it difficult to leave is not an honest nor deserving actor. I hardly use the BBC at all and I have contempt for its political and social content.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 25 Sep 18 9.01am |
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Originally posted by Penge Eagle
UKIP interim manifesto... "UKIP will legislate to change the BBC TV licence from a tax to a voluntary subscription. The licence fee currently costs the holders £3.7 billion per annum. The licence fee is an outdated, regressive tax, which unjustly criminalises those who don’t wish to watch the BBC, particularly the poor. The BBC World Service could be retained under Government control." It would be nice if UKIP had the same impact on the licence fee as they did on Brexit. I struggle to understand the justification for compulsion. If you want news there are many alternatives from Fox to Al Jazeera pick your personal flavour. Other broadcasters offer dedicated sports channels, nature and documentary channels etc. I cannot think of anything that the BBC provides that is unique. Now if the BBC focused on education, arts and minority interests not covered by the mainstream then there would be a case for keeping it but at a reduced rate. I see no justification for bilking the public to show reality TV and commercial radio. There is also the argument that if we are going to use taxpayers money why should the BBC have a monopoly? Why can't the other broadcasters receive a portion of the funds in return for providing public service TV on their channels? Finally if the BBC is so wonderful why not make it a subscription service like the hated Sky? Or are they worried they might not be as popular as they say. Edited by Badger11 (25 Sep 2018 9.04am)
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