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Oh great another thread based on an 'Daily hate' article:yawn::yawn:.
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Why do BBC employees have chauffeurs?
To attract stars, you need to treat them right. You put banana skins in their way and guess what- you get monkeys.
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I am heartily sick of the anti-Daily Mail posts.
This is the Strictly Come Dancing Thread. And I am old enough and well-educated enough to choose what I read and what I make of it thank you. I'm not telling you what to read or what to make of it. I'm simply asking how you know, given their consistent bias against the BBC, that their figures are accurate. If you don't want to be challenged on that, don't bring it up. |
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Pah! They'll be providing computers and soft toilet paper next.
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I know with the BBC Breakfast presenters they have chauffeurs to pick them up. Due to the hours they work. As they are being picked up at home at 3:30am/4am. I know when Bill Turnball was doing Strictly, we saw him being picked up at home at an unearthly time o the morning
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The whole 'BBC staff milking the public purse dry' is just a tired old 'conspiracy' story from the Daily Heil designed to wind up their middle England readers with neither brains nor common sense ... :yawn: They should pay for their chauffuring out of their own pockets the same as people have to fork out for their oysters cards. It's just like the MP's perks, they'll try and get away with it, until someone exposes the scandalous waste of public money by these BBC employees. |
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Im sorry but a lot of people work early hours and they have to get their ass to work and pay for it themselves, i have read about this before and its not just the Daily Mail, the dancers should get themselves to work fgs what do they want next a flipping butler? oh sorry thats the runners job
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what do they want next a flipping butler? oh sorry thats the runners job
![]() And as explained in an earlier post, it is a common thing in broadcasting (especially in London), so you either have to accept it as coming with the territory, or perhaps get a job in broadcasting yourself and sample it first-hand!
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Im sorry but a lot of people work early hours and they have to get their ass to work and pay for it themselves, i have read about this before and its not just the Daily Mail, the dancers should get themselves to work fgs what do they want next a flipping butler? oh sorry thats the runners job
![]() ![]() It's as if these so-called 'stars' are so important the earth might stop turning if they fail to turn up at their job ...... or perhaps they can't be relied on to turn up if they don't get someone knocking on their door to get them to work.
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No, runners are not butlers, not even close to being so in fact (something that was explained in a behind-the-scenes section on ITT last week).
And as explained in an earlier post, it is a common thing in broadcasting (especially in London), so you either have to accept it as coming with the territory, or perhaps get a job in broadcasting yourself and sample it first-hand! ![]() Even the celebs said they could not manage without them ..... sure seemed like a bit of a butler come dogsbody to me.
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How come everyone automatically seems to know everything about the workings of the world of entertainment and yet ignore the posts of those who have worked within it?
I'll repeat what others have said. It is completely standard within the industry. It's not just a BBC thing. I have had cars many times and none were from the BBC. |
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So lets just for anexample you decide that everyone will drive themselves to work.
Where exactly do you think they would all park. Better to have a set of cars and drivers and go and collect everyone than have a massive car park somewhre and ferry people back and forth in a park and ride system for bbc emplyees instead of shoppers. If i had to be in the studio to present breakfast news that starts at six, so I'm sure they ahve to be there an hour early I relly don't think I'd be wanting to drive myself there. Also not everyone can drive. It seems to be an asumption that all celebs can drive. |
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It's been pointed out several times that 1. this is cheaper than taxis, 2. to have performers being late (especially ones who would need to travel at odd hours) does cost a fortune, so it makes sense from that perspective as well; and 3. the ones using this are not actually BBC employees. But hey, let's all pile on.
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I saw the behind the scenes on ITT and the runners certainly did seem like butlers. Anything that needed doing for the 'stars' was done by them, from ushering them out of their chauffeur driven car in the morning, to running to the cafeteria/restaurant to get their lunch.
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Even the celebs said they could not manage without them ..... sure seemed like a bit of a butler come dogsbody to me. Seemed more like a PA/secretary/gopher/dogsbody than anything like a butler - they certainly did not wait on them hand & foot, neither did they dress them, hold doors open for them, turn washroom taps on & off (as they apparently do at the Savoy in London so my old boss once told me from his personal excperience). Although perhaps people here have had first-hand experience of what a butler does .... ?
Last edited by mossy2103 : 23-10-2009 at 18:39. Reason: added bits at the end concerning the Savoy |
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Seemed more like a PA/secretary/gopher/dogsbody than anything like a butler. Handmaid perhaps, but not a butler (although perhaps people here have had first-hand experience of what a butler does .... ?)
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Check out my late edit on that post (regarding the Savoy)
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It's been pointed out several times that 1. this is cheaper than taxis, 2. to have performers being late (especially ones who would need to travel at odd hours) does cost a fortune, so it makes sense from that perspective as well; and 3. the ones using this are not actually BBC employees. But hey, let's all pile on.
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Check out my late edit on that post (regarding the Savoy)
![]() Even if I was a multi-billionaire, I could never let anyone do that for me!
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That's crazy!
Even if I was a multi-billionaire, I could never let anyone do that for me! |
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The world of the BBC is un affected by financial worries.
It is funded by the License Fee Tax which is raised every year, unlike commercial TV companies who have a lot less revenue this year and have to cut costs. No commercial TV company could afford a to pay a third rate presenter SIX MILLION POUNDS per year. |
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The world of the BBC is un affected by financial worries.
It is funded by the License Fee Tax which is raised every year, unlike commercial TV companies who have a lot less revenue this year and have to cut costs. No commercial TV company could afford a to pay a third rate presenter SIX MILLION POUNDS per year. |
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No, runners are not butlers, not even close to being so in fact (something that was explained in a behind-the-scenes section on ITT last week).
And as explained in an earlier post, it is a common thing in broadcasting (especially in London), so you either have to accept it as coming with the territory, or perhaps get a job in broadcasting yourself and sample it first-hand! ![]() |
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I live in London and the quickest way to get from A to B is by the Tube and NOT by car
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So the excuse of a chauffeur is rubbish
Well, that's all of us told then - end of argument.
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As an ex-bbc staff member I can confirm that it is good practice financially to spend a small amount of money ensuring that artists are given transport to live programmes/recordings as the costs involved in their arriving late or not arriving at all are astronomically high - not to mention the inconvenience and increased stress to armies of people waiting to work with them. I'd be surprised if they would routinely get transport to rehearsals or production meetings unless there were extenuating circumstances, it would just be for recordings etc.
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I live in London and the quickest way to get from A to B is by the Tube and NOT by car and the BBC headquarters in Shepherds Bush is a nightmare to travel too by car. So the excuse of a chauffeur is rubbish and if it's early morning let them drive their own cars like the thousands of other people working in London.
What about those people who don't drive or don't own a car? As so many other people have said, sending a car is an industry standard for TV, radio, press and the music industries. The BBC are not unique. |
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