The death of regular TV

[BeyondMyWits]

Is it just us, or are the BBC going to really regret this wall to wall coverage of the mourning period.

Today we shall be watching "a queue".

No, we won't, we'll be watching streaming services. Bye-bye BBC, we won't be back.

I've watched more BBC TV in the last week than I normally do in a month. All the ceremonial parts, not the documentaries. Strictly starts back next week. The BBC aren't losing me any time soon.

@Featuredcreature Oh I see what you mean. Yeah, I don't know why anyone needs BBC!

They still get your license fee so I don't think that they care too much.

I highly recommend the Blue Planet - it’s brilliant (not watched any royal coverage - I’ve found it’s quite easy to avoid).

I usually hate the BBC as it is so woke
But this they have got right
It is the most historic even since the death of Churchill
If you have no interest in the culture and history of your own country watch some series in netflicks with loads of rubbish actors who could never work on the stage and a load of computer generated special effects

Funny - was just talking about TV yesterday. Does anyone still watch the soaps- Eastenders, Coronation Street etc? I had to ask someone if they’re still on TV.

It is the most historic event since the death of Churchill

The mind boggles. It's a lot of things but historic is hardly one of them. Unless the good people of the United Kingdom do suddenly rise up and demand a Republic what actual difference to anything other than stamps do you think this is going to make?

@Porcupineintherough the monarch of 70 years isn't going to die again though ...

Seems a dramatic overreaction to a huge event. I’m pretty sure you can find a gazillion other channels available if you look hard enough. Or maybe… read a book? Just a suggestion.

Am I the only person who looks at the newspaper TV guide on a Sunday to see what is on TV during the week? I look at channels 1-5 and don't have Netflix and didn't realise until recently that TV could be watched on You Tube. (I have only used if for 'How to....' videos.

I don't really understand this attitude. The death of a monarch whether you are a royalist or not is a massive historical event.She reigned for 70 years so of course there will be maximum coverage.

I haven't watched normal tv for years, I have no idea what programmes are on what days/times etc as I just use all the apps. i have to say though, BBC I play is one of the best apps, they have some great documentaries etc on there. They won't care whether you switch off or not, you pay your licence fee so it's no skin off their nose.

I mean there’s no compulsion to buy into any of it but to happily give off the impression you don’t understand it is pretty dense.

what’s escaping you? The very human compulsion to perform ceremonies, mark occasions, project personal emotions onto public events, hold individuals in high regard, social ordering (which is evident in every social structure in existence in some form or another and rewritten time and time again).

Even if your personal conclusion is an event is actually a non-event practically you can recognise when it’s a historic occasion surely?

Yes it's a historic occasion but not a historic event. They are different you know.

I disagree, I think this qualifies as both.

I’d be interested in your reasons why it doesn’t though.

I think with the Internet, net flix etc people watch TV differently now anyway ,I rarely watch BBC and have totally boycotted it for days.

I hardly watch tv as it is and we haven't had virgin or anything for a good few years now anyway. So I think the death of normal tv has started already tbh. I used to watch tv all evening every evening. All the soaps and everything and it gets pretty mindless after a while. I can't believe the tv is just showing this though. It's ghoulish

Not just the bbc. Itv. Radio too LBC, BBC radio. Even smooth radio playing dirge music. I liked the queen but feel I am on an alien planet

It's ghoulish

again, disagree. It’s fascinating. We’re able to watch ceremonies in full that have taken place out of the view of most people for hundreds of years. It moves a good number of people and clearly they find it meaningful.

A lot of tradition and ceremony around death can appear ghoulish but it’s important to those who choose it otherwise it would have died out long ago.

personally my family are under strict instructions not to put me in a hearse. I find the whole concept of my body being driven through the streets unnerving. But that would be an outrageous suggestion to make to others who hold it as an important part of their final goodbyes to loved ones.

Been enjoying The Capture on iPlayer

It is crazy.
But it is in the official plan agreed by the Queen. The BBC do not have a choice.

And lots of elderly people only have the regular channels.

Of course it's 'once in a lifetime'. Charles isn't going to be our monarch for 70 years! Even if he dies as King in 25 years, it won't be anything like as historically important to our nation & the world.

@BeyondMyWits mind the door.

Been dipping into Netflix and catching up on my reading. Haven’t really watched much since last Thursday

Its 10 days of something different. Just do something else. I doubt very much when normal schedules ressume you wont think oh fabulous that new xyz show is on BBC but I wont watch it because the queens coverage annoyed me.

Im so bored of people moaning that their lives have apparently been massively disrupted because their tv schedule has altered for a few days.

Calling it ‘the death of regular TV’ is a bit dramatic. It’ll all revert back to normal a day or two after the funeral. If this is enough to make you bid farewell to the BBC you must have the patience of a mayfly!