Turn on the telly and see Portia's pointy-chinned sister.
why the bbc is going down the pan
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JimW
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That makes sense, as it's got to be linked to concrete shifts and cycles of capital rather than being tectonic. Maybe the longer shift was there too but whether welcomed due to debt circumstances or resisted is obv in large part down to WWI.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
suck it up, in other words
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
That's the sort of thing one of your Kiwi meathead rugger-buggers would say, is it not?
JimW
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And watch all the things it used to do well occasionally despite being an arm of the Establishment (and hence get a better rep) get buried under waves of media luvvie bubble self-replication.
dude. you make a statement like that and i'm the meathead?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
What can you expect from a nation of piss-drinkers other than a command to drink piss?
i know i've encountered you on a couple of threads, usually referring to your deep knowledge of my country. but in the interests of equality - can I ask where you hail from?
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
WE WILL KILL THE ONES WHO EAT US AND EAT THE ONES WE KILL
got a job yet you surplus cunt?
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
I come from . . . let's just say a lot of places.
international man of mystery - or just a loud-mouthed mitty type?
That's what the BBC says about a lot of people at the moment.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Loud-mouthed, but not Mitty.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Felis demulcta mitis.
ah... slough?.. let me guess.. you went on a gap year to my country and returned a man of the world
_angel_
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I'm not sure how you figured that out.. but it's true that people defend the BBC by saying in America there's an ad break every twenty seconds. We don't have that on our commercial channels, there's regulations on how often ad breaks happen. Also the BBC advertise themselves constantly with trailers for programmes so there almost may as well be other adverts as well.
Plus I'm forced to pay for it whether I like it or not, which I think gives me some rights to have an opinion about it (as gabi).
Teepee
like livewire voodoo
I don't think the adverts on the BBC are even remotely comparable to those on the other sides. The BBC ones boil down to 'we made this, you should watch it'. The others are much more manipulative and boil down to 'You're inadequate and unattractive, but if you give us your money we can fix that! People will have sex with you!' Saying that there may as well be other adverts misses this fundamental difference. Bear in mind also that the BBC will play through things uninterrupted. The adverts are *between* programmes, not *during*
I wasn't talking about America but seeing as you brought it up, they are even worse. They even advertise prescription medication ffs! Prescription medication! I'm sorry, but that's insane.
As for having an opinion on it.. Yes that is your right, I quickly scanned this thread and can't figure out what yours is though. Forgive me therefore if I'm missing your point in this reply
free spirit
more tea vicar?
arse.I hate to point this out as you've probably already sent that email, but you've put WW3 in the 5th paragraph
oddly enough, I've not had a reply yet. TBH I'd forgotten I'd even written that last night, it'd explain why I was so knackered today though.
still, someone was definitely wrong on the internet in that article, and I'm glad for once that I decided to tell him that directly even if it did mean a late night.
I do see your point about sky and itv but all advertiser are guilty of psychological pressure
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
If it's going down the tubes, that's too bad. I've been watching a lot of BBC produced tv shows, and enjoying them immensely.
The one exception is this Robin Hood series I've been watching. I guess there's solace in knowing that people who usually get things so right, can get something so spectacularly wrong on occasion. Proves they're human.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
ItWillNeverWork
Messy Crimbobs, fellow humans.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Objectively, over all, regardless of some fuck ups and doing some stuff you don't like, can anyone offer me a more decent objctive news channel.
One that will try more unusual things drama/programming wise that doesn't wholey rely on advertisers backing something to get it on air?
That is a genuine question. Not asking you to say anything for or against the BBC as such.
I don't even have a tv.
We do use the iPlayer alot though and the BBC news website for easy to read when you first wake up stuff.
One that will try more unusual things drama/programming wise that doesn't wholey rely on advertisers backing something to get it on air?
That is a genuine question. Not asking you to say anything for or against the BBC as such.
I don't even have a tv.
We do use the iPlayer alot though and the BBC news website for easy to read when you first wake up stuff.
kittyP
Pluviophile
goldenecitrone said:
To be honest, I could not give a shit about the jubilee stuff and didn't watch anything at the time, but from what I have seen and heard about their coverage, what the fuck were they thinking!
Whoever was responsible for that will be out on their ear.
It was like a channel 5 thing.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Is one way to look at it.
Fwiw, I watch most of the BBC content I do because I'm alerted to it by trailers - new drama/series being a prime example and which is an obv. target for the BBC as that type of programming comes and goes regularly. I don't know how else I'd be made aware of new drama programming. It's not on going with a regular slot.
On the other hand, the idents drive me batshit.
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