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Really pissed off that ch5 have not put 1 non-English person into big Brother house,a program famed for diversity, 14 housemate All from England ,do no other nationality's now exist outside England ,cant ever remember seeing a program on ch5 that was based in Scotland Wales or N.I. .
Hope this channel suffers badly in terms of viewers and income from advertiser's ,phone line's and they wake up to a U.K. audience.
Hope this channel suffers badly in terms of viewers and income from advertiser's ,phone line's and they wake up to a U.K. audience.
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Tiresome.
The BBC Nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) get far more local programming than the English regions.If they only survived on the licence fee drawn in those countries they would have a much inferior service so English viewers are effectively subsidising these regions,plus jobs created by the BBC pushing production out to Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow (Casualty has just gone from Bristol to Cardiff). Most of the programmes made in Cardiff for instance have no Welsh connections at all - Torchwood, Merlin, Crimewatch UK,Casualty, Dr Who, Upstairs,Downstairs,so they could be made anywhere in the UK. The Celts should think themselves lucky:D
England's always the default nation anyway. Pushing English shows with English actors and English production teams into Wales, Scotland and N.I isn't the same as encouraging home made productions. It's a typical lazy approach from the BBC.
For C5 BB must be the only non-American thing they show (yes, I know this is an exaggeration!)
The BBC does local soaps in Scotland (River City) and Wales (Pobol y Cwm) which is more than can be said for ITV and provides work for local technicians,writers and actors etc.Northern Ireland is really too small to support much local drama but does a variety of other programmes including documentaries, comedy etc.
You should see that as something positive because housemates are usually weirdos and nutters
Plus you know how it is, they always end up putting in other people later on..
In fairness to C5, it has been like that for years on Channel 4.
I debated this in the Radio forum when Heart bought airtime on C5 during CBB. Heart for those of you not interested in radio station brands is a female focused station for 30+ females, those who would've been loyal to the C4 show during the last decade who'd stick with the show on C5.
Yet, it seems C5 are trying to bring in a new generation of fans to the programme by bringing in a selection of basically young morons bar one or two housemates who don't represent the majority of the demographic C5 are trying to attract!
The devolved nations have far more than that and all year round unless Im mistaken.
If people still doubt the BBC's bias AGAINST the English then let me provide you all with two links from the CEP and tell me what you think.
http://www.thecep.org.uk/2011/07/25/...all-to-action/
http://www.thecep.org.uk/2011/08/30/union-flagging-bbc-at-it-again/
And so we should. Count yourself lucky you have regional programme as well because the rest of us don't. England is the only Nation to be the focus of the vast majority of programming while still being fortunate to have more specialised programming in the it's regions also.
Network broadcasting is what you get. In Scotland we're no different to viewers in Ireland or Australia watching English television. It yours. Enjoy it.
Yeah so stop moaning as if you receive less. You say what do u get that's just for you guys. Is Home and Away any less Australian or Desperate Housewives any less American because it's screened in the UK. No it it's not and neither is network programming. It's English. You have a strong media industry so stop moaning and trying to fabricate a situation where England is the victim.
The reason for this is because Most British people are English and so British culture is English culture. Scottish and Welsh culture exists in it's own right as does Englishness, it's just called Britishness to make the rest of us feel included. It doesn't work.
500 miles between Lerwick and Dumfries, 300 miles between Portree and Eyemouth. What English region covers this geographical spread?
What is the population covered by BBC South West?
BBC North West covers about 1.5 million more people than BBC Scotland, despite having a geographically smaller area (although this are does stretch from the English Midlands and the Welsh border to almost the Scottish border)
On another note YAY another thread where we can all feel victimised and hard done to because of our perceived nationality! We were severly lacking these :rolleyes:
We do. You ever heard of the BBC?