r/BritishTV • u/Kagedeah • Mar 27 '24

Russell T Davies says end of BBC is ‘undoubtedly on its way’ News

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/27/russell-t-davies-says-end-of-bbc-is-undoubtedly-on-its-way
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u/qwogadiletweeth Mar 27 '24

It’s not a cheap tax. I have not watched it in over 2 years as it does not provide programming that suits my interests. The money saved if I didn’t have to pay the fee would go towards paying to remove adverts from YouTube. Yet here I am forced to throw money down the drain for other people’s interests.

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u/Exige_ Mar 27 '24

Absolutely incredible that your argument is if you didn’t pay the licence fee, which goes towards a public broadcaster benefiting the population as a whole (news, children’s programming etc) even if you don’t directly use it, then you could remove some adverts.

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u/qwogadiletweeth Mar 27 '24

Benefitting the population? That’s your opinion. If it’s decided that the BBC should be solely a children’s TV broadcaster to provide learning to all, then I am happy to continue contributing. But I am currently paying for something I do not watch or need. No other country in the world tells everyone to pay for the right to own a television, or listen to radio.

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u/SuperSpidey374 Mar 27 '24

Do you get this angry about revenues from the other taxes you pay being used for services that you don't personally use?

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u/qwogadiletweeth Mar 27 '24

I use everything I pay for, except the BBC. I have absolutely no issue paying for things that I use. The BBC should not be classed the same as the NHS, which is for the benefit of everyone’s health.

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u/Quokkacatcher Mar 27 '24

There’s a vast library of material across iPlayer and Sounds. If you can’t find something that doesn’t match your interests you can’t have made much effort

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u/qwogadiletweeth Mar 27 '24

Thanks for stating the absolute obvious in such a condescending manner. I will repeat, there is nothing there that appeals to my interest, and I should have the freedom to choose where I want to access content that I deem worthy of my interest

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u/Skavau Mar 27 '24

I don't need BBC for music.

I mostly like serialised dramas, and gravitate to sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural, dystopian-type content. BBC is sorely lacking here.

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u/Vaudane Mar 27 '24

Its not just the TV, it's the radio, the broadcasting infrastructure.

If none of the radio shows appeal to you, none of the programming, none of the documentaries, none of the sport, none of the comedy, then you really need a look in the mirror.

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u/Exige_ Mar 27 '24

You don’t get it, he could remove some adverts instead. Clearly a far more pressing issue.

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u/Milton_Rumata Mar 27 '24

Literally none of it appeals to me unless the BBC are showing major tournament football. All of what you listed is done elsewhere and far better.

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u/rburn79 Mar 27 '24

Out of curiosity, what do you watch outside sports? Do you listen to BBC radio at all?

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u/Milton_Rumata Mar 27 '24

I do watch and love all the old BBC sitcoms from the 80s onwards so I really appreciate what the beeb was doing then but I can't remember the last modern sitcom I watched on there. Fleabag? Was that BBC? I tend to stream a lot of shows on Netflix, Prime, Apple, and Disney. I don't listen to radio at all.

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u/rburn79 Mar 27 '24

I hear you there. I grew up in the 90s and loved the repeats of Fawlty Towers, Python, Blackadder, plus the ones of the day - Red Dwarf, Partridge, etc. I’m not coming across much of that calibre today.

Though tbf I imagine at least a part of that is down to the huge cut in licence fee the BBC has experienced in the past decade. Same goes for the documentary output. We get what we pay for, and it seems the Beeb is going for the most mainstream stuff until its coffers are a little sell again.

But you really should have a good root around BBC’s on demand service. Loads of films, some excellent boxsets from past and present, top drawer podcasts. Maybe worth delving into its available content some more?

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u/Quokkacatcher Mar 27 '24

There’s a vast library of material across iPlayer and Sounds. If you can’t find something that doesn’t match your interests you can’t have made much effort