BBC3 Axed

[RedDragon]

They've just confirmed it on their on-line news site

 

[belboid]

online only 'the BBC has learned.' Odd phrasing...shame. I'll miss all those repeats of Family Guy

 

[Balbi]

"The channel that aired Gavin & Stacey..."


Too late to try and fix it now. James Corden is loose.

 

[RedDragon]

BBC1,BBC2, BBC4

 

[Lord Camomile]

"Save BBC3" campaign... executives "listen to overwhelming support"... station stays

 

[Throbbing Angel]

BBC3 was crap, though. It was like the ITV of the BBC, or something

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

What sort of thing is on BBC3?
I can't remember watching it.

 

[Belushi]

They can axe 1 and 2 as well as long as they keep 4.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

What sort of thing is on BBC3?
I can't remember watching it.

A lot of Family Guy/American Dad repeats and a load of sub par comedy imho

 

[alpha slappa]

That's a bugger. Along with channel 4 its one of my favourite channels for shit reality TV e.g sex and suspicious parents etc

 

[DotCommunist]

being human was beeb 3 was it not? also that Shades thing. The rest of it was crap to me. but you know this will just be softening up for cuts in programs I DO like.

Sooner or later they will work out how to make it really hard to access iplayer without a license. Pin code or the like

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Yup. It's a load of shite and no mistake. Worried about the future of BBC4 though.

Although the whole idea of a 'channel' is becoming increasingly irrelevant. The BBC can still break new comedy etc by putting stuff on the iPlayer or late night TV or whatever. A couple of films, some hit-and-miss new comedy, repeats of family guy and an occasional home for early Saturday evening Rugby highlights does not a channel make.

Plus it's pissing off Jack Whitehall so it must be right.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

A lot of Family Guy/American Dad repeats and a load of sub par comedy imho

Oh right, well I have even managed to get bored of watching those blind drunk so it's not loss.
Just makes me worry for BBC4 as that is pretty good.
My secondary worry is that they will start putting some of their BBC Choice / 3 shite on BBC4

 

[belboid]

only four successful transfers to the 'proper' BBC in ten years (Being Human, Torchwood, Gavin & Stacey and Little Britain). Not enough, really.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

A lot of Family Guy/American Dad repeats and a load of sub par comedy imho

Sub par is a bit polite. Bafflingly shit was more accurate for a lot of it. As in 'who the fuck thought this was a good idea?'

 

[belboid]

Oh right, well I have even managed to get bored of watching those blind drunk so it's not loss.
Just makes me worry for BBC4 as that is pretty good.
My secondary worry is that they will start putting some of their BBC Choice / 3 shite on BBC4

Four should be safe, it was the original extra channel, delivering the artsy stuff they should be showing as a 'public service', but dont want to put on 1 or 2.

 

[Lord Camomile]

only four successful transfers to the 'proper' BBC in ten years (Being Human, Torchwood, Gavin & Stacey and Little Britain). Not enough, really.

While not exactly supporting BBC3, why is a move to 'proper' channel (by which I assume you mean BBC1 and BBC2?) the sign of a successful show/channel? How many have transferred from BBC4?

It's the same thing with shows moving from BBC2 to BBC1 - channels can have their own identity without simply being feeders for the 'bigger' channels.

 

[DotCommunist]

Torchwood was shit as well. I say this as a person who watches loads of crap sci fi.

Didn't Spike from buffy turn up in it for a bit? that was weird

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Four should be safe, it was the original extra channel, delivering the artsy stuff they should be showing as a 'public service', but dont want to put on 1 or 2.

The original extra channel was BBC Choice, mostly knocking out BBC 3 shite with a remit to get just enough culture and art in for it not to be ITV 2.
This is what I worry will become of 4.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Oh well. Fuck the iPlayer, though, I hate it.

 

[belboid]

The original extra channel was BBC Choice, mostly knocking out BBC 3 shite with a remit to get just enough culture and art in for it not to be ITV 2.
This is what I worry will become of 4.

quite right, 4 was originally Knowledge.

While not exactly supporting BBC3, why is a move to 'proper' channel (by which I assume you mean BBC1 and BBC2?) the sign of a successful show/channel? How many have transferred from BBC4?

It's the same thing with shows moving from BBC2 to BBC1 - channels can have their own identity without simply being feeders for the 'bigger' channels.

cos everyone gets 1 & 2, always has. The same shows will (or should) get much bigger audiences, so they're worth more, and fund themselves (and the rest). What do you think the beeb is? A public service broadcaster?

 

[Lord Camomile]

cos everyone gets 1 & 2, always has. The same shows will (or should) get much bigger audiences, so they're worth more, and fund themselves (and the rest). What do you think the beeb is? A public service broadcaster?

*shakes irony detector, checks batteries*

 

[Remus Harbank]

not bothered, bbc 3 was painful to watch.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

The original extra channel was BBC Choice, mostly knocking out BBC 3 shite with a remit to get just enough culture and art in for it not to be ITV 2.
This is what I worry will become of 4.

Ahem. I think you'll find it was originally called BBC Quirke.

 

[sim667]

There was one or two alright things on bbc 3, but its not exactly the greatest loss to the world.

 

[Gingerman]

As long as they leave BBC4 alone........

 

[Lord Camomile]

There was one or two alright things on bbc 3, but its not exactly the greatest loss to the world.

Exactly what a lot of people would say about BBC4 (or BBC2 or 6Music for that matter!).

Again, I'm no big fan of the channel (though the Family Guy/American Dad repeats are handy for late night "I can't bothered to watch anything else" TV), but I'm pretty sure BBC3 does have a lot of other fans - do they deserve to lose the channel they like over any of the others?

 

[sim667]

Exactly what a lot of people would say about BBC4 (or BBC2 or 6Music for that matter!).

Again, I'm no big fan of the channel (though the Family Guy/American Dad repeats are handy for late night "I can't bothered to watch anything else" TV), but I'm pretty sure BBC3 does have a lot of other fans - do they deserve to lose the channel they like over any of the others?

Im not keen on those american cartoon adult comedy things.

But things like bad education and bluestone 42 I like

 

[Manter]

That's a bugger. Along with channel 4 its one of my favourite channels for shit reality TV e.g sex and suspicious parents etc

Didn't it have that robot makeover show?

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

At first I was gutted - then I couldn't recall anything good on there in ages.