The BBC have been overwhelmed with complaints about coverage of Prince Philip

[ArseInTheCoOpWindow]

Showing the same thing on 2 channels simultaneously.

Now you just enter your email to complain as they couldn’t cope with the amount of complaints.

PMmcginty I agree. I found it an interesting read a few years ago, but re-reading it today it felt dated.

I don't know if it's the pandemic or the world in general but wall to wall multi-platform coverage feels off. And I'm no republican, just only mildly interested.

You’re not getting it. Do you like having other people decide what you should watch and listen to because they think you should be mourning? That’s the creepy thing and that’s what people are objecting to, not missing their favourite TV show.
And yet again, nobody is forcing me to watch anything or telling me I should be mourning. For all you object to the off button comments from people, it's a valid point.

And people are objecting to missing their TV shows because their show not being on is apparently dictating their leisure time.

What's creepy about there being something on the telly that I'm not compelled to watch and have the freedom to change channels, watch something else, or turn the damn box off?

I saw some of the coverage and then, shock horror, decided I'd had enough and turned it off. No forced mourning, nobody telling me to sit sobbing at home, nobody told me I was obliged to watch something I don't care much about, nothing. In fact, it was a perfectly normal day.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I’ve complained. One channel would have been fine.

Do you only have access to BBC one and two then? No other channels at all you could watch? I very much doubt it. It's selfish and self centred

But honestly: "We've lost the grandfather of the nation." says Prince Andrew.

No we haven't. I do know a few people this year who have lost grandfathers, some of whom died prematurely,
and that matters a lot more to them.

It's selfish and self centred

Why?

Why is it so important to have simultaneous broadcast?

Do you only have access to BBC one and two then?

The BBC is supposed to be for all of us. And it didn't feel like it was. Or if it was for all of us, the assumption was that all of us were upset about Prince Philip dying/thought it was a very significant event.

@MarshaBradyo

It's selfish and self centred

Why?

Why is it so important to have simultaneous broadcast?

To complain about something that was a mark of respect. There are plenty of other channels, even on free view so no need to pay extra than why you would already be paying. Also iPlayer was available, many people also record programmes which they could've watched. Realistically it was half a day that they reported on it that was all

You’re not being forced into mandatory grief. The programming is not about grief, or mourning. It’s about solemnity and dignity and nationalism. All TV broadcasters choose what you watch and listen to anyway on any old day of the week.

@RubyFowler

Do you only have access to BBC one and two then?

The BBC is supposed to be for all of us. And it didn't feel like it was. Or if it was for all of us, the assumption was that all of us were upset about Prince Philip dying/thought it was a very significant event.

They also had iPlayer which was still up and running with thousands of BBC programmes on. It's absolutely ridiculous. This has been protocol for years and years it is a mark of respect. If you don't like it watch something else!

selfish and self centred😂 why?

I don’t agree with this grief fest. I don’t support a monarchy. Why is that selfish and self centred? I think their wealth should be shared out. What’s selfish and self centred about that?

@daisypond

You’re not being forced into mandatory grief. The programming is not about grief, or mourning. It’s about solemnity and dignity and nationalism. All TV broadcasters choose what you watch and listen to anyway on any old day of the week.

They do. But people pay licence fee to watch and listen. So better to listen to who pays.

*Why?

Why is it so important to have simultaneous broadcast?*

Why is it so important not to that you would feel the need to complain, and turn a man's death into a mud slinging match? Why couldn't you just let it go?

Jesus it was one fucking day what a bunch of moaning self centred twats. Oh no, I can’t watch pointless/ready steady cook/ morse/eastenders (delete as appropriate). Eastenders, been taking up prime time slot for decades, still a pile of shite. Don’t see me complaining though as I turn the channel. Maybe drag your telly addicted arses out for a walk, or maybe phone a relative or read a book. It was one day.

The 'Grandfather of The Nation' thing doesn't work at all - he wasn't that sort of person and definitely didn't hold that place for ppl.

All TV broadcasters choose what you watch and listen to anyway on any old day of the week.

Yes, aligned to the demand from their audience. Can you imagine Netflix or any commercial channel stopping access to all programming other than retrospectives about a member of the royal family because despite what their customers wanted they decided we should be mourning? Never in a million years.

The BBCs lead news story this afternoon is basically Prince Andrew telling us his mother is grieving. How is this news, and why is it more important than anything else happening in the country today?

@Iamthewombat

There's an off button

You are the first person to make this profound remark. Oh wait, you aren’t.

Not being able to watch your chosen TV show isn't being forced to mourn someone.

You’re not getting it. Do you like having other people decide what you should watch and listen to because they think you should be mourning? That’s the creepy thing and that’s what people are objecting to, not missing their favourite TV show. That’s before you even start on the banner message on CBeebies. Even little kids have to be co-opted into the mandatory grief.

I don't like being 'told' I should watch Bargain Hunt, Homes Under the Hammer, a New life in the Country, Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders, Rick Stein, Football, Rugby, Tennis or Mrs Brown's Boys because they think I should be in anyway interested in those. Or that I should be more interested in the various sport events than Gardeners' World and stump up the legally require licence fee so they can send celebrities off to walk up Kilimanjaro and get helicoptered off it rather than walk back down again for 'charity'.

Just over 24 hours being given over to this before regular programming came back on (and then some televised church service) is nothing compared to the rest of the week when the only things worth regularly watching in my opinion are Gardeners' World and Only Connect.

@aSofaNearYou

*Why?

Why is it so important to have simultaneous broadcast?*

Why is it so important not to that you would feel the need to complain, and turn a man's death into a mud slinging match? Why couldn't you just let it go?

No really I’m interested in your answer. Rather than answering a question with a question.

It obviously didn’t match public mood for many anyway, you can ignore it if you want, or rather the BBC can but every year streaming services become more relevant.

Personally I like the BBC and hope it will remain, not as likely if it’s tone deaf.

@Doggitydog

Jesus it was one fucking day what a bunch of moaning self centred twats. Oh no, I can’t watch pointless/ready steady cook/ morse/eastenders (delete as appropriate). Eastenders, been taking up prime time slot for decades, still a pile of shite. Don’t see me complaining though as I turn the channel. Maybe drag your telly addicted arses out for a walk, or maybe phone a relative or read a book. It was one day.

I always find the most pleasant responses from the royalists.

NeverDropYourMoonCup I agree with your post up to but not including Only Connect!

I've tuned in more the last couple of days than I have in the whole of the last six months.

@MarshaBradyo I’m not even a royalist, I watched a bit of the coverage and then turned over as I’m a grown up and I can both swear and make sensible decisions like turning the fucking channel and not getting my knickers in a twist over one day of not watching whatever programme will be airing at a delayed time. It was one day.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

So sad that people pay a license fee to watch channels totally dominated by something they may have no interest in.

i am forced to pay a licence fee and i watch bbc perhaps once a month, dont use their website or listen to their appalling radio output.

Do people really honestly think he was that special a person?

The web site is so trashy now. It was very good in the beginning.

It was one day

It wasn't, it's still the number one news story and will be for the next week.

Were the news reported on the basis of what was actually important information we'd have heard alot about it on Friday, and then relatively little since then until the day of the funeral. However the BBC Breaking News on their Twitter feed, which just sent a notification to my phone, is that the Queen has described the death of DoE as having left a huge void...etc. I'm sure it has, I feel sympathy, but how is this 'breaking news'? It's stating the obvious surely. It would have been more dignified and respectful to have had less reporting after the first few hours, rather than frantically trying to simulate a feeling that doesn't exist for much of the modern population.

Neither do l to be fair. I hardly watch tv, but plenty of people do who pay their fee. And why should the be subjected to endless royal dirge because the BBC decree it?