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As someone who grew up in the UK then moved to the US where there is no functional equivalent I have little time for Brits that complain about the BBC. The valu
by untog 7y ago
As someone who grew up in the UK then moved to the US where there is no functional equivalent I have little time for Brits that complain about the BBC. The value for money you get in return for the license fee is simply staggering. And while a genuinely strong public broadcaster has its downsides you’re much better off with than without.
- whywhywhywhy 7y agoNo sorry the BBC we have today is not the BBC you grew up with and the fact that when I buy a TV off Amazon they're informed and start to send me threatening letters straight away demanding their license fee would be considered dystopian and a huge breach of privacy if it were in the US. I love a lot of the BBC programming from the 70s-00s but I have zero interest in funding anything they're making today. They're not even making anything for me anymore. Just too concerned with trying to compete with the big kids not serving the niches that was supposed to be the advantage of a public broadcaster.
- DanBC 7y ago> and the fact that when I buy a TV off Amazon they're informed That stopped happening in 2013 when the law changed.
- whywhywhywhy 7y agoHappened for the TV I bought in 2017. Lived in a flat for 5 years, buy a TV and then the threatening letters started to arrive the same month.
- n4r9 7y agoThe BBC is still serving niches,for example fleabag, the night manager, inside no 9, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, people just do nothing, Dr who, silent witness, death in paradise, and the detectorists.