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This is by design to some degree over the last few decades for much of the UK television landscape too. Successive UK governments have directed the BBC (state r
by giobox 5y ago
This is by design to some degree over the last few decades for much of the UK television landscape too. Successive UK governments have directed the BBC (state run broadcaster responsible for huge amount of UK TV) to incorporate more regional content/actors/accents. Historically the BBC had often been accused of a London/“Received Pronunciation” bias.
This has been accomplished in a number of ways - opening more regional TV production studios, commissioning more content from regions outside London, hiring presenters/actors with regional accents etc, the net effect of all of which has been to broaden BBC talent pool beyond the usual cadre of “Received Pronunciation”-style presenters.
As one example, I personally find the presenter Freddie Flintoff to be almost impossible to understand on any BBC show he appears on, but he has exactly the sort of accent you would never have heard on BBC 40 years ago.
- DnDGrognard 5y agoDoes have a down side if you move production to Wales / Scotland etc you don't have many BAME Actors and Technical Staff.
- dredmorbius 5y agoI'm well aware of the BBC shift in practice myself, understand many of the arguments for it, and yet ... if the end result is incomprehensible mush, well, They're Doing It Wrong. I've cut back tremendously on my listening in part on this basis. (Overall quality of coverage also seems to have flagged, also often with an eye toward popularity over significance. I'm aware that there's been a war against the BBC by political elements within the UK, I disagree strongly with it, and feel that also has a large role in these trends.) But as with online content: if your design and/or presentation are getting in the way of your message and ability to communicate ... please stop doing that.