briantrumpet
Squire
No need to lose sleet over it. Tyops will happen.
Let’s talk about BBC
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No need to lose sleet over it. Tyops will happen.
Pross
Senior Member
A dancer from Strictly now accused of rape. Obviously still “just” an allegation but it feels like the show is on its last legs. It’s been family viewing in our house since it started and about the only thing we all sit together to watch but it feels like it’s going downhill fast and I’ve struggled to get interested this year.
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Beebo
Guru
They haven’t said when this was alleged to have happened. He was arrested last month but could have happened any time in the last 20 years.
Pross
Senior Member
True but it's still yet another potential blow to the programme. They should probably say when it took place really.
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Beebo
Guru
I wonder if this was the reason for the recent resignation of the presenters
Pross
Senior Member
Possibly the straw that broke the camel's back or they see where things are heading. The BBC have apparently put replacing them on hold. It also seems like this latest case is almost identical to the one in August so maybe a second allegation against the same person following that. Both seem to also involve non-consensual images.
CXRAndy
Pharaoh
BC loses £1.1bn as 3.6m homes refuse TV licence fee over 'bias' claims.
3.6m households, up 300k year on year, say they don't use BBC services, costing the propaganda outlet £617m in annual revenue (PAC report).
Cancel your TV licence today. It is easy to do.
https://x.com/i/trending/1991798928690278680?t=l45ieaKaYwCfhu8oP9K57A&s=09
3.6m households, up 300k year on year, say they don't use BBC services, costing the propaganda outlet £617m in annual revenue (PAC report).
Cancel your TV licence today. It is easy to do.
https://x.com/i/trending/1991798928690278680?t=l45ieaKaYwCfhu8oP9K57A&s=09
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AuroraSaab
Pharaoh
Too much competition these days. Most young people don't watch mainstream TV, they mostly stream stuff. I do think the BBC will end up taking advertising as they don't have the budget to compete with Netfix or Apple.
Apart from the Bob and Paul fishing show I can't think of a BBC show I've watched this week.
Apart from the Bob and Paul fishing show I can't think of a BBC show I've watched this week.
CXRAndy
Pharaoh
This is why the BBC and other legacy media is doomed to fail
Only 12 seconds coverage
View: https://x.com/QueenAnticommie/status/1992002227108811042?t=Ol9HfNwiBf_XX7L9i5aHEw&s=19
Only 12 seconds coverage
View: https://x.com/QueenAnticommie/status/1992002227108811042?t=Ol9HfNwiBf_XX7L9i5aHEw&s=19
icowden
Shaman
No, a "Strictly Star" - an unnamed male celebrity. The accusation is that the rape took place in 2024. No current stars have been ejected.
The internet are conjecturing that it is Thomas Skinner although he has denied it.
You must be watching a different show to me. As far as I can see, Strictly is as good as it has ever been.
icowden
Shaman
I take it you aren't paying for your TV license then?
Gone fishing alone is worth the license fee. It's TV therapy. There is nothing more joyous than watching Mortimer turn into a small child when they get a fish on the hook.
Obviously there is competition. I've got Witcher, Stranger Things, Sandman and Wednesday to get through on Netflix, I need to finish off The Boys and Handmaids Tale. I've got His Dark Materials to watch on the Beeb, and I'm waiting for the next SAS series. There's another Line of Duty being mooted. Strictly of course. HIGNFY when it's on although I'm cross that they dropped the extended edition. Nine bodies in a Mexican Morgue looks like it will be good. I'm waiting for the next series of Ludwig. There's a possible Inside No.9 special coming up...
Pross
Senior Member
I’m not sure another series of Like me of Duty is a good thing. It started out as really good TV that got gradually more ridiculous until the ‘final’ series which was ludicrous. I gave up on the second series of Rogue Heroes too having been looking forward to it.
I’m probably not a good TV critic these days though as there is hardly anything on any channel that engages me enough to invest time watching.
I’m probably not a good TV critic these days though as there is hardly anything on any channel that engages me enough to invest time watching.
AuroraSaab
Pharaoh
Yes, I am paying for my TV license. Why wouldn't I be? I might give it up in the future though. I did watch Hello Dolly on BBC2 a few weeks ago, which was fabulous. I'd forgotten how funny it is.
AndyRM
Elder Goth
I remember discovering Gone Fishing: my ex walked in and asked:
"What are you watching?"
"Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse fishing."
"... What? Are they any good? You don't know anything about fishing."
"Well, Bob is terrible and I know plenty about fishing, but that's really not the point."
He started shuffling around, putting his work stuff away but within 5 minutes was hooked (ha).
Ted is looking properly rickety these days, and Bob isn't in the best of health either, so I suspect this may be their last series. It certainly feels more retrospective than previous ones.
I guess my point is that shows like that just don't get made on other broadcasters, so power to the BBC for making it. Norway's "Slow TV" is the only thing I've found that comes close.
"What are you watching?"
"Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse fishing."
"... What? Are they any good? You don't know anything about fishing."
"Well, Bob is terrible and I know plenty about fishing, but that's really not the point."
He started shuffling around, putting his work stuff away but within 5 minutes was hooked (ha).
Ted is looking properly rickety these days, and Bob isn't in the best of health either, so I suspect this may be their last series. It certainly feels more retrospective than previous ones.
I guess my point is that shows like that just don't get made on other broadcasters, so power to the BBC for making it. Norway's "Slow TV" is the only thing I've found that comes close.
