BBC Licence fee to be abolished in 2027

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Fucking Tories. Why do people vote for them? Why isn't there a viable opposition?

I would protest against this decision, but, oh, they've abolished that too.

Oops I see this has been covered now.

The BBC licence fee/tax was abolished in our house a few years ago by me, so makes little odds
Shocked at the amount if people that still pay for it!

Having watched TV in the US, I am rabid BBC fan.

The BBC gives us world prestige and is one of, if not the most widely watched and admired systems in the world. It produces quality news, drama, documentaries, entertainment, radio, local radio, and of course, iPlayer and Sounds. It costs, via the licence fee, pennies over £3.00 per week for an amazing range of content.

Governments have been slagging it off for decades. Whichever wing the government is, they accuse the BBC of being biased against it, which suggests it is pretty neutral. But they should go after the government of the day when they get it wrong or do something wrong - we need our leaders to be kept on their toes.

This cancellation is all about distracting us from the mess Johnson has got himself in to. When the execrable Nadine Dorries says it's all to do with the rising cost of living, don't forget she voted to cut UC by £20 per week, so she is weeping crocodile tears. They're going for what they see as soft targets. Don't be distracted. Keep you eye on Johnson.

And once we lose the BBC, we will never get it back.

I'm looking forward to this but the government need to focus on what they are going to do about energy prices because that problem is going to cost households more and is imminent if not current.

The BBC gives us world prestige and is one of, if not the most widely watched and admired systems in the world. It produces quality news, drama, documentaries, entertainment, radio, local radio, and of course, iPlayer and Sounds. It costs, via the licence fee, pennies over £3.00 per week for an amazing range of content.

Lmao

Technonan

Having watched TV in the US, I am rabid BBC fan.

The BBC gives us world prestige....

Eastenders?

The BBC gives us world prestige and is one of, if not the most widely watched and admired systems in the world. It produces quality news, drama, documentaries, entertainment, radio, local radio, and of course, iPlayer and Sounds. It costs, via the licence fee, pennies over £3.00 per week for an amazing range of content.

But I and many others in the U.K. do not watch or listen to the BBC and find it irrelevant so why should we have to pay for something that we at best find irrelevant and at worst absolutely despise?

World prestige and admiration 😂😂😂

I’d pay £3 a week not to see Mrs Brown’s Boys ever again TBF.

BBC is absolute bull. "Trusted"? Biased.
Why should I fund the BBCs huge wages when I don't watch it?

@sst1234

BBC is a symbol of Britain’s soft power. An invaluable asset in that’s sense. But in the last two decades or so, it has become increasingly partisan and left wing and quality of programming is shockingly bad. It turned itself into a dinosaur. A valuable lesson that public sector organizations fail to learn, time and time again.

Agree with that comment 👍

Just quoting government stats. Numbers don't lie (unlike our PM)

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The BBC gives us world prestige and is one of, if not the most widely watched and admired systems in the world. It produces quality news, drama, documentaries, entertainment, radio, local radio, and of course, iPlayer and Sounds. It costs, via the licence fee, pennies over £3.00 per week for an amazing range of content.

Is that you Gary Lineker? I'd say this 💩 if I was on your salary too.

was that question at me?

@Iggly it was and it wasn't. It was in response to your remark about whether tee BBC produces better quality content than its competitors. I was asking if anyone had seen the new "Kevin's Big Farming Adventure" on the BBC which would serve as a direct comparison to Clarkson's Farm as they have the same premise (celebrity with no farming experience buys a farm).

By the way, if you don't like Jeremy Clarkson, you might like Clarkson's Farm - pretty much everyone tells him off at one point or another.

Escape to the country, Antiques road trip on continual repeat.....value for money 😂

@Snowiscold

Now, when you can watch pretty much whatever you want, when you want, it's hard to see what its role is.

That’s half the problem. People only wanting to watch what they want. It’s childish, like toddlers in a sweet shop. What about the stuff you need to be informed and educated about? The stuff your children should be informed and educated about? The stuff you don’t even know you don’t know, or don’t know you might actually like if you even knew about it. That’s what publically funded TV can be good at. You don’t get that stuff on Netflix or Amazon.

I can see your point - up to point, BUT

I have been informed about stuff via Netflix - in some cases by documentaries that were not available via BBC.

You can't force people to watch the BBC (or anything else).

Some people have zero interest in current affairs.

If anyone's got an interest in history or archaeology, I thoroughly recommend the "Origins" and "Drain the Oceans" series on Disney+. I really want to go diving off the Gulf of Naples to see the Roman equivalent of Vegas now. Had I not stumbled across the series on Disney+, I'd never have known that I might want to visit.

If you were going to say what the five most extraordinary television series created by the BBC were, what would you say they were? (let's say drama, for instance).

@sst1234

BBC is a symbol of Britain’s soft power. An invaluable asset in that’s sense. But in the last two decades or so, it has become increasingly partisan and left wing and quality of programming is shockingly bad. It turned itself into a dinosaur. A valuable lesson that public sector organizations fail to learn, time and time again.

Left wing? What planet are you on!

Can't understand who in earth would think this isn't a good idea, but clearly the OP is one of them 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Technonan

Having watched TV in the US, I am rabid BBC fan.

The BBC gives us world prestige and is one of, if not the most widely watched and admired systems in the world. It produces quality news, drama, documentaries, entertainment, radio, local radio, and of course, iPlayer and Sounds. It costs, via the licence fee, pennies over £3.00 per week for an amazing range of content.

Governments have been slagging it off for decades. Whichever wing the government is, they accuse the BBC of being biased against it, which suggests it is pretty neutral. But they should go after the government of the day when they get it wrong or do something wrong - we need our leaders to be kept on their toes.

This cancellation is all about distracting us from the mess Johnson has got himself in to. When the execrable Nadine Dorries says it's all to do with the rising cost of living, don't forget she voted to cut UC by £20 per week, so she is weeping crocodile tears. They're going for what they see as soft targets. Don't be distracted. Keep you eye on Johnson.

And once we lose the BBC, we will never get it back.

This

I’m not su sure that the BBC is a soft target. It’s communications infrastructure. What’s the first thing targeted in war?

Lose the BBC and as a country we lose one of the last common communications links.

Pressed post too soon. I think they’re starting on the big ones. Royal Mail, now the BBC… next will be the NHS.

BBC is a symbol of Britain’s soft power. An invaluable asset in that’s sense. But in the last two decades or so, it has become increasingly partisan and left wing and quality of programming is shockingly bad. It turned itself into a dinosaur. A valuable lesson that public sector organizations fail to learn, time and time again.

Left wing? What planet are you on!

@AJGranny the planet I’m on recognises that people complaining about it being both left & right wing just prove that the BBC is doing a better job at being impartial than either side give it credit for.

the planet I’m on recognises that people complaining about it being both left & right wing just prove that the BBC is doing a better job at being impartial than either side give it credit for.

Personally I don't see any form of racism as a good thing. And not the sort of 'soft power' that I want as a representation of my country.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-accused-of-antisemitism-in-shame-list-smh9pw26p

www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/08/nadine-dorries-grills-bbc-over-coverage-of-antisemitic-attack-story