The Nasty Party (AKA the Tories), it's back!

[winjim]

And his more recent Work Event.

 

[qigong chimp]

You do wonder what the current government imagines it's in power to do, exactly.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Genius bit of work here by a guest on The One Show, well-planned and well-executed.

Listen to the gasps from the presenters..


View: https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1514312511935418384?t=3sxVmyVQI1I7rOONxiTkLg&s=19

 

[Xipe Totec]

 

[cookiemonster]

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I hope you don't mind me stealing that.

 

[Xipe Totec]

I hope you don't mind me stealing that.

Not at all - how d'you think I got it?

And while we're here...

 

[Hitchington]

I wasn't arguing Netflix (or any other streamer) better than BBC, I was arguing, good it may be, but, that does not mean improvements cannot be made.

The point of the BBC is it's a universal service, so individually there is a lot you, me or anyone else probably won't watch, listen to or even like.

But think collectively and as a universal broadcaster and service it is flippin better than anything else. By a long, long way.

 

[Hitchington]

To start, if it's programs are so good, what is to stop it selling content to Netflix/Prime/etc.

There are tons of BBC programmes on Netflix. Don't know about Prime.

 

[Hitchington]

You do wonder what the current government imagines it's in power to do, exactly.

Party like it's 1933

 

[BoldonLad]

The point of the BBC is it's a universal service, so individually there is a lot you, me or anyone else probably won't watch, listen to or even like.

But think collectively and as a universal broadcaster and service it is flippin better than anything else. Buy a long, long way.

Better than anything else, is your view, which, incidentally, I would share. Does that mean improvement is impossible?

 

[winjim]

Can we quit with the 'improvement' nonsense? We all know nothing's perfect but equally we all know what the 'improvement' and 'efficiency' euphemisms are a pretext for. It adds nothing to the discussion, especially without any specifics attached to it.

 

[BoldonLad]

Can we quit with the 'improvement' nonsense? We all know nothing's perfect but equally we all know what the 'improvement' and 'efficiency' euphemisms are a pretext for. It adds nothing to the discussion, especially without any specifics attached to it.

Ok Moderator

 

[Hitchington]

Youth Hosteling With Chris Eubank, Inner City Sumo Wrestling and Monkey Tennis would be all the improvements we need if you ask me.

 

[AuroraSaab]

'Monkey Tennis' is what me and OH say to each other whenever we see a trailer for 'Camping With My Ex Mother in Law' or whatever the next cheap as chips to make reality show is.

The BBC is great at what it does and part of that is providing free online stuff like GCSE revision, and things like the World Service. If we want it to keep providing stuff like this we need to be realistic about it competing with the likes of Netflix who have none of the overheads of these kind of niche things and can thus spend $7 million an episode on The Crown. Perhaps we need to lower our expectations.

For what it offers the BBC is great value for money. I don't use the online stuff or listen to BBC radio but I wouldn't want to lose it because millions of others do, both here and abroad.

 

[Hitchington]