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The BBC is a national disgrace.
onecitizen
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The BBC is responsible for many depressing and uninspiring programmes.
The are infested with negativity.
It is widely seen as representative of no one except a smug and self important London media elite.
But worse than this is a stream of scandals which proves it is a badly run and wasteful organisation. Shameful.
81 BBC staff face sex allegations in wake of Jimmy Savile scandal
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/81-bbc-staff-face-sex-allegations-in-wake-of-jimmy-savile-scandal-8637443.html
BBC pay-off scandal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10296484/BBC-pay-off-scandal-executives-questioned-by-MPs-live.html
BBC admits £100 million IT project was a "waste"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/382057/bbc-admits-100-million-it-project-was-a-waste
They even have their own wikipedia page dedicated to their incompetence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies
The are infested with negativity.
It is widely seen as representative of no one except a smug and self important London media elite.
But worse than this is a stream of scandals which proves it is a badly run and wasteful organisation. Shameful.
81 BBC staff face sex allegations in wake of Jimmy Savile scandal
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/81-bbc-staff-face-sex-allegations-in-wake-of-jimmy-savile-scandal-8637443.html
BBC pay-off scandal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10296484/BBC-pay-off-scandal-executives-questioned-by-MPs-live.html
BBC admits £100 million IT project was a "waste"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/382057/bbc-admits-100-million-it-project-was-a-waste
They even have their own wikipedia page dedicated to their incompetence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies
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I think they (or rather any show producers and controllers at the time) have questions to answer over Savile if allegations of abuse in dressing rooms is ever confirmed but (unfortunately) it might be so far in the past and such a tangled web that it might be impossible to critique the situation accurately. I'd be surprised if that kind of thing did happen if there wasn't some negligence on someone's part but I guess that's an ongoing concern that will take years to resolve.
Funding is an issue for me. Their position as national broadcaster is a concern (seems like a major competitive advantage in a marketplace).
In general, I think they make better shows than ITV (e.g.) but that's a purely subjective view. One person will like BBC2, one person will like C4 or C5. That proves nothing other than what our individual tastes are.
the British police are a national disgrace
Parliament is a national disgrace
the Armed Forces are a national disgrace,
the NHS is a national disgrace,
blah, blah, blah.
All big organisations get into these situations. The BBC has enriched my life a thousand times more than at least two of the above organisations. Who else is sick of this neverending Tory inspired bitch fest about the BBC? It's truly pathetic.
More " repeats" than the channel Dave.
All articles quoted are around -18 months old!
What about a rant re Murdoch?
Fake Sheikh, 25 cases including people Falsely put in prison under review, ( this week).
Phone hacking.
Putting up subscriptions due to paying too much for sports and movie rights.
Charging free to air TV to use sky platform but in other countries the other way around.
Senior MPs too close too senior Murdoch group officials.
Indeed.
Another yawn-inducing anti-BBC rant from a poster with an agenda, picking up incidents and issues spanning many years (and issues that have been widely discussed on DS previously)
Agree....
I wonder if OP is a journalist at the DM as this new thread is recycled very very very old articles.
Over Christmas ITV has far more repeats than the BBC on BBC1
It's a vicious circle.
So please shut up.
Well the new series of Still Open All Hours - which is billed as a BBC Salford production - was actually recorded at Teddington in London despite there being perfectly adequate studios at Media City in Salford. I'll let you decide......
Odd, as I met someone on Tuesday who does some work for the BBC as an extra (in the Midlands), and he said that he was offered 1 day's filming on SOAH in Doncaster (I think it was, anyway up in the North of England) for £90.
So maybe studio scenes in London, exterior scenes (and post-production?) in the North. I wonder if studio availability (and maybe cost) for the duration of the shoot has any impact?
The location where the show's production team are based (in this case Salford) is not necessarily the same location where it is shot, (not even the studio content)
For instance Question Time is produced in Glasgow
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopen-all-hours-filming-set-to-end-1-6962955&ei=R-eCVMm6CLOp7AanhYGYDw&usg=AFQjCNHxQoGfkU4E3umuo0ysfNqF86UjHA&sig2=CB-Vk3Cdx1PoJ0aZvQ1Vzg&bvm=bv.80642063,d.ZGU
Or Rupert Murdoch or his son?
If father ever did page 3 would the caption be....
"Rupert Laid Bear"
Teddington is in Middlesex, not 'London' It has a TW postcode. Its like saying Call The Midwife, an east End story was filmed in Chatham! Oh wait, it was
You obviously have not learnt your lesson from the other anti BBC threads you have started.
Exteriors were shot in Doncaster, the studio recording was at Teddington, I believe because some of the leading actors didn't want to travel to Salford !
By the way Question Time is a programme always on location, the production office happens to be in Glasgow, it could be almost anywhere.
I wonder how those same "leading actors" managed with the exterior filming in Doncaster then
Sad. Sad. Sad.
I feel sorry for the kittens?
Yes Murdoch and The Sun are so PC with page three.....
Don't joke took much the Anti BBC quality newspapers and Also the Daily Mail are working on finding the connection as we post.....
Yes I had a look at this posters threads and posts and I would encourage everyone to click on the left side to see the regular themes.
Clearly the OP has found the BBC has been very good since summer 2013 as all of the threads googled are older than that and they couldn't find anything since to quote.
Finally I went to my supermarket and asked 500 people do they think that they should get their food for free and not pay the supermarkets as the food is often the same each week. interesting.... 100% of people thought they should get their food for free.
But less than 40% say the LF should go....
That just means it was commissioned by BBC Salford and all prepared by them.
For the recording, it may have been more convenient for the stars to have it filmed somewhere in London.
Incidentally, SOAH was the very last programme made at the Teddington studios before it gets demolished this month.
Just think of all the programmes made there, both during and outside of ABC Television and Thames TV's occupancy.