So just to clarify ennui - only have competitors on Strictly who live within a bike ride of White City? Or do you mean that the BBC should provide accommodation for them for the duration of their involvement?
Why do BBC employees have chauffeurs?
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Originally Posted by ennui:
“1. Find accomadation more suited to your own personal preference in career choice. OR. get a different job suited to the location that you have chosen to reside in.
2. Go to Bike shop. Buy bike. Ride bike. OR. Get on a bus. OR. Go hail a taxi.
sending a car is an industry standard? For Hollywood A list stars or platinum selling artistes maybe. For people who read the sports results? Get a reality check. Ask your self WHO sends it. If you believe it some industrial standard, like some human right, then the BBC needs a firm, sound thrashing for squandering the public purse.”
“1. Find accomadation more suited to your own personal preference in career choice. OR. get a different job suited to the location that you have chosen to reside in.
2. Go to Bike shop. Buy bike. Ride bike. OR. Get on a bus. OR. Go hail a taxi.
sending a car is an industry standard? For Hollywood A list stars or platinum selling artistes maybe. For people who read the sports results? Get a reality check. Ask your self WHO sends it. If you believe it some industrial standard, like some human right, then the BBC needs a firm, sound thrashing for squandering the public purse.”
1. I don't work for the BBC. I was explaining the general difficulties in reaching that area, not my own.
2. Cycling in London is not an option unless you have a death wish.
I don't read the sports results. I do know and work with several platinum selling artists.
I understand the BBC to be very generous with hospitality. Some very high-profile cases were publicised recently e.g. birthday parties and lavish gifts for performers (I think Brucie may have been one).
I don't know how they justify it commercially or even to whom they are accountable or whether artistes consider a BBC contract a cushy number. Certainly these are benefits in kind and should be taxed.
I don't know how they justify it commercially or even to whom they are accountable or whether artistes consider a BBC contract a cushy number. Certainly these are benefits in kind and should be taxed.
Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant:
“I understand the BBC to be very generous with hospitality. Some very high-profile cases were publicised recently e.g. birthday parties and lavish gifts for performers (I think Brucie may have been one).
I don't know how they justify it commercially or even to whom they are accountable or whether artistes consider a BBC contract a cushy number. Certainly these are benefits in kind and should be taxed.”
“I understand the BBC to be very generous with hospitality. Some very high-profile cases were publicised recently e.g. birthday parties and lavish gifts for performers (I think Brucie may have been one).
I don't know how they justify it commercially or even to whom they are accountable or whether artistes consider a BBC contract a cushy number. Certainly these are benefits in kind and should be taxed.”
Would you tax a taxi ride?
Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant:
“Taxis? Yes, I think they might well be taxed.”
“Taxis? Yes, I think they might well be taxed.”
They're not. And the car service used in the entertainment industry is identical to taking taxis. Except cheaper.
Originally Posted by Stunty:
“ ........ whether it is our business or not, as us licence payers fund the BBC perhaps we possibly have a right to know.
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“ ........ whether it is our business or not, as us licence payers fund the BBC perhaps we possibly have a right to know.
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i accept that we pay a licence fee that goes to the beeb, but i don't accept that the licence fee 100% funds the bbc and therefore we have a right to know what every penny is spent on. The beeb get a huge amount of dosh from all the countries they have sold SCD onto.
Oh, the dancers aren't employees of course. They are likely to provide a service and be directors of their own limited companies. Well, that's how I'd do it.
Originally Posted by Quizmike:
“They're not. And the car service used in the entertainment industry is identical to taking taxis. Except cheaper.”
“They're not. And the car service used in the entertainment industry is identical to taking taxis. Except cheaper.”
the bbc has 4 billion of our cash to spend at least they enjoy our money
Originally Posted by tvaddict37:
“i accept that we pay a licence fee that goes to the beeb, but i don't accept that the licence fee 100% funds the bbc and therefore we have a right to know what every penny is spent on. The beeb get a huge amount of dosh from all the countries they have sold SCD onto.”
“i accept that we pay a licence fee that goes to the beeb, but i don't accept that the licence fee 100% funds the bbc and therefore we have a right to know what every penny is spent on. The beeb get a huge amount of dosh from all the countries they have sold SCD onto.”
we all pay £150 a year which is 4 billion for the bbc
so they can spend it on whatever they want nothing we can do
esp when they spend 12K a week on dont tell the bride.
makes me wonder why people complain about the bbc after all without them we couldnt watch strictly come dancing
Originally Posted by FarmLoon:
“It's all very well to get at the BBC for chauffeuring people to and from programmes, but it's standard practice in the business. All programme makers want to make sure that their performers/stars get to filming on time. I'm sure that everyone on Eastenders, Coronation Street, etc etc, will be transported to and from the studio. There are various obvious reasons for this I'd have thought. While it is possible to use your own car, it is obviously time well spent if you can learn lines or do research for a daily news programme during the journey. The thought of the cast of the various soaps having to run the gamut of the general public every day on the bus, train or tube, being pestered by people on subjects from storylines to what the other actors are like in real life, is quite ridiculous. Finally and I suspect for the programme makers most importantly, the cost of filming being delayed due to the late arrival of a cast member far outweighs the cost of the transport. Things like this are an easy target for some MP wanting to draw attention to himself, but much less easily reconciled in real life.”
“It's all very well to get at the BBC for chauffeuring people to and from programmes, but it's standard practice in the business. All programme makers want to make sure that their performers/stars get to filming on time. I'm sure that everyone on Eastenders, Coronation Street, etc etc, will be transported to and from the studio. There are various obvious reasons for this I'd have thought. While it is possible to use your own car, it is obviously time well spent if you can learn lines or do research for a daily news programme during the journey. The thought of the cast of the various soaps having to run the gamut of the general public every day on the bus, train or tube, being pestered by people on subjects from storylines to what the other actors are like in real life, is quite ridiculous. Finally and I suspect for the programme makers most importantly, the cost of filming being delayed due to the late arrival of a cast member far outweighs the cost of the transport. Things like this are an easy target for some MP wanting to draw attention to himself, but much less easily reconciled in real life.”
Plus a professional driver will know the routes and the problems and the alternatives and probably be a better driver so they will get you there on time. They also will have organised their day so they are not driving you there on 4 hours sleep or home again when you are falling asleep.
Originally Posted by thenetworkbabe:
“Plus a professional driver will know the routes and the problems and the alternatives and probably be a better driver so they will get you there on time. They also will have organised their day so they are not driving you there on 4 hours sleep or home again when you are falling asleep.”
“Plus a professional driver will know the routes and the problems and the alternatives and probably be a better driver so they will get you there on time. They also will have organised their day so they are not driving you there on 4 hours sleep or home again when you are falling asleep.”
you would think so except Ian & Jades driver who seems to like driving over boulders and causing an accident
Originally Posted by Camino:
“you would think so except Ian & Jades driver who seems to like driving over boulders and causing an accident”
“you would think so except Ian & Jades driver who seems to like driving over boulders and causing an accident
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Boulder? As this was a report (or "claim") in the Sun, it was probably a small pebble or stone.
Or maybe just a stone chipping.
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