Does my licence fee really go towards making such rubbish?

brokeinyorkshire

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

I love Dancing on ice and Britains got talent, as it's just sooo funny!

How old are you???? About five??

No offence but i thought it was only little kids that like that drivel.

I jsut detest that Amanda Holden.

The psycophantic ( think thats how you spell it )way she jumped up to clap Su Bo after she and her fellow judges had already mentally written her off was sick making!!!

Dancing on Ice is bearable although far too long winded!!

sweetstudent

trisontana wrote: »

Meanwhile, over on BBC4 you could have seen two excellent programmes - Wonders Of The Solar System

That was a brilliant series, cant wait for the second series to come out!

Was also very impressed by the Doctor Who 3D trailer at the cinema, last saturday. If only the BBC made more well presented science and Human Body programs i would watch more of the BBC!

(Only other good thing BBC is good for is BBC News Online - makes those dull working days so much better!)

Freddie_Snowbits

I stopped watching the BBC at 22:33A on Monday 3rd May 1982

daska

brokeinyorkshire wrote: »

How old are you???? About five??

No offence but i thought it was only little kids that like that drivel.

I jsut detest that Amanda Holden.

The psycophantic ( think thats how you spell it )way she jumped up to clap Su Bo after she and her fellow judges had already mentally written her off was sick making!!!

Dancing on Ice is bearable although far too long winded!!

Almost, but you had one 'p' too many (I do miss Bob Holness LOL)

There is the odd good programme: Seven Ages and the one about the navy spring to mind, but even those are a bit lightweight if you have half a brain.

Darksun

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

I stopped watching the BBC at 22:33A on Monday 3rd May 1982

Any particular reason for stopping at that precise time? :think:

pmduk

hoyles10 wrote: »

That's not to bad then... It's Man City V's Man United on Saturday lunchtime so at least if BGT is on when I get in i'll be trollied and either fall asleep in my kebab or I just won't remember watching it the following day :beer:

Unfortunately for those of us who don't want to go out with all the drink-laden "fans" causing mayhem, the tv becomes even more attractive. Thank goodness for my pvr.

custardy

CHR15 wrote: »

Girls, short dresses, Dancing...... what's the problem

didnt watch it but on this review i may give it a look

hoyles10

pmduk wrote: »

Unfortunately for those of us who don't want to go out with all the drink-laden "fans" causing mayhem, the tv becomes even more attractive. Thank goodness for my pvr.

I wouldn't quite say that drink-laden ''fans'' were causing mayhem, maybe a couple of idiots but no more than the usual night out in town.

angiebhfx

brokeinyorkshire wrote: »

OMG Noooooooooo. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Please spare us from that load of drivel with narcissitic presenters and the sheep in the audience...

Trouble is that people watch it and actually LIKE it!!!

Beggars belief!!!!!!!

phew and I thought I was the only one. Anything that ITV do is drivel and my god don't they drag it out. 52 weeks in a year right? 26 weeks of breaking the ice, 26 weeks of lets take the p155 out of the general public, 10 weeks of I was a celebrity and now I am just sad and finally 26 weeks of I can scream at the top of my voice. How do they do it? ITV get 88 weeks out of a year.

And they always used to say that the Australians can't make TV!!! Give me neighbours any day of the week.

Ang

angiebhfx

sookipeaspud wrote: »

Of all the BBC channels, bbc1 tries to hard to please everyone and is loses its way every now and then. BBC3 & BBC4 are good channels. BBC radio is excellent. BBC websites are very good too. The BBC also provide very good period dramas aswell.

The licencing fee is pittance in comparison to what I benefit from the BBC. I pay for Virgin media and used to pay for sky. These are truely companies that charge a subscription to watch a bigger selection of channels. However these channels contain on average of 14 minutes of adverts in an hour of viewing. That is 25% of viewing. The BBC provide a full hour of program material and can be joy to watch since there are interuptions, for instance watch the 'Blue planet' on BBC then watch it on a discovery channel - two completely different viewing styles.

Generally, paid for television is aimed for masses with short attentions spans and loud advertising to break up their attention. BBC is not.


Thank you.


PS.
I have given my opinion, I shall not field any questions. The matter is closed.

I'm with you, although I do think it's quite an unpopular thing do, to big up the BBC. All other channels are plop. E4 for e.g. should be renamed the Friends channel and E4 plus 1 should be called the even more Friends channel