The Future Of The BBC & Celebrity Book Clubs vs 'BookTok' | PODCAST

[@TheRestIsEntertainment]

What is the best BBC Show?

[@banky2398]

House of Fools

[@33point3rpm]

QI

[@SD-fg8co]

Always "Hey Duggee " - a show that I think only the BBC would make.

[@TCJones]

Newscast

[@lspudpage]

WILTY

[@Giant3panda]

This podcast has quickly emerged as one of my favorites.

[@TheRestIsEntertainment]

🙌

[@tatianaporembova232]

​😮😮😮😮😮😮@@TheRestIsEntertainment

[@icarusandtherabbit]

If the BBC iplayer launched globally, as an UK expat I would pay for that subscription fee. Also 30min episodes are great.

[@Bellabambina123]

Yes I think a lot of people would! It is a wonder why they aren't already doing this! They would earn a lot from this I bet!

[@kpwand]

All the major shows and news channels are already syndicated globally, so a player would provide no significant additional benefit.

[@icarusandtherabbit]

@@kpwand a live steam of the BBC channels would be awesome. They are distributed internationally but they are all over the shop and fragmented across platforms. To each their own.

[@jackiebardsley9946]

I'm a Brit living in the USA. I would definitely subscribe to the BBC (or buy a license fee or whatever). I already get BritBox, Acorn, etc. but having to wait a year to watch WILTY ... 😢

[@melissa.deklerk]

I would love to watch and listen to BBC content that isn't available in Germany. I'm not a UK expat, but am a fan of the BBC, and the programming, and what I can gather about the whole British approach to content and TV shows. I'd pay for a BBC service to be available across the globe to watch any BBC show I would like to see.

[@JBrandtBuckley]

"I want the BBC work more like American TV," they said, and the monkey's paw curled. As an American, I'd suggest thinking very carefully before changing your TV (or healthcare) to look more like ours.

[@ShotOnDigital]

Having lived in North America for some time, I would kill to have the BBC again. Its effect on the UK media ecosystem is incredible. News, drama, game shows, and adverts are so much better because of the Beeb. The licence fee is such good value for money.

[@scarba]

Brits don’t know how lucky they are. I’m British living in Germany. I cannot describe how awful the TV shows are here. Hospital soaps 🤮 and terrible wooden acting. Everything in English is dubbed rather than subtitled like it is in Holland and Sweden etc. Thank goodness for KZbin

[@callum8184]

Swear some people don’t realise just how much the BBC produces aside from linear TV and programmes in general. Just think about the sports websites and radio stations, natural history, the educational resources, weather, podcasts. And then there is the world services, that as a British national I don’t use, but I know the value and soft power that it can have. Yes, not everyone uses everything at once, but across my lifetime I’ve used BBC resources at every point. People need to look at other countries to see how lucky we are with what we have. Short sightedness again I my opinion.

[@Robutube1]

I can only agree with you.

[@carolineskipper6976]

@@Robutube1 I'm always very sceptical when people say "I never use the BBC!" I'm sure there are people out there who truly never watch/listen to anything produced by the BBC - but the vast majority consume BBC products without ever really thinking about it. It's not just watching linear TV on BBC1-4.

[@redrumttam]

Hitting like for this podcast was super easy, barely an inconvenience (for any Rest is Entertainment / Pitch Meeting fans )

[@magnuswarnessmusical]

Best crossover comment yet!

[@KatPadmore]

as an editor hearing about the potential future of the BBC shoots a chill up my spine... for all workers in our industry. hoping creativity is always prioritised.

[@idrinkmilk282]

Yeah, you 100 percent aren't an editor for gogglebox xD. It's honestly really really sad that you go around youtube comment sections pretending to be... and i mean... really. Really. Sad. But, it is usually somebody that looks like you doing things like this. Looking for acceptance and approval in life after having been completely ignored because of appearance. You're kind of like the folk on catfish. Always pretending to be beautiful and successful until they're revealed to be monstrous.

[@sloveniadave]

I am a Brit, living in Ghana for the last 5 years. My regular driver is permanently tuned to the BBC World Service. As he says, it is both quality and trustworthy. I agree.

[@tristanp1983]

Put the entertainment, news, and natural history output to one side - we also get with the licence fee: the BBC news and sport websites, BBC radio (local and national) and BBC sounds, and the BBC weather app. A lot of us watch a lot less of linear TV, but think about how many BBC resources we all use every day.

[@PazLeBon]

none of them, all pretty much junk

[@virtualal]

You don’t need the weather app - why should we pay a tax for the BBC for that when we also pay for the Met Office ? Sounds ? Its just an online service - make it subs based and we will see where the “love” for the BBC is

[@paulinemably9572]

It’s not just about how good the BBC is, it’s about the standard it keeps the other channels to. Without the BBC you’ll have non-stop advertising and no programmes that aren’t of interest to the majority. I live in Slovakia and Slovak tv is rubbish because there is no decent standard that it’s held to. You might think you don’t watch the BBC but wait until you don’t have it to see how much you’ll miss it.

[@virtualal]

@@paulinemably9572 I don’t watch its news output and I would be happy to subscribe and pay for the limited content I do consume. I object however to a compulsory tax that I have to pay for a licence that allows me to watch any channel (ITV Ch4 , Ch 5, Dave) even though the cash from that licence only goes to the BBC whose content I barely consume relative to those other channels that I had to pay the licence for

[@user-tg6vq1kn6v]

Needing a licence for a TV is dystopian

[@peterjordan-turner8789]

Ralf Little commented that he hates people calling Death in Paradise a 'guilty pleasure'. If we can celebrate other well-made supposedly low culture shows, then this is one of the best. Plots sometimes feel shoe-horned into the format, but production values and cast are always good, and it is both fun and charming.

[@GlynJones-l9m]

It's not a guilty pleasure it's the same rubbish week after week it's been poor since Ben Miller left

[@DrCalamityJan]

@@GlynJones-l9m I guess we all have opinions, just as we all have a$$holes.

[@johnn9031]

@@GlynJones-l9mthat’s one of your 5 opinions for the year used.

[@Hexon66]

Maybe they're guilty because it's gone for 10 series, and had, what, 5 or 6 leads? Yet they can never quite seem to find a non-white, European, male to be the lead detective, on an island that is, excluding tourists, 95% Black. Strange that.

[@cariad4297]

I'm a Brit who has lived in the USA for 20 years and it is completely impossible to explain to Americans how utterly brilliant the BBC and NHS are.

[@tonythesuperperson]

I love the BBC. It’s been so sad to see it under attack. A lot of people don’t know how good they have it!

[@grahammccready2647]

who is it mostly under attack from............generally it is from the same people who write and broadcast on agenda lead biased platforms and try and attack the bbc for being biased and having an agenda. it is pure projection and jealousy. Also some members of political parties simply can't understand why the bbc doesn't do their bidding when they are in power.

[@jamesburke2094]

Under attack? Utterly deluded

[@virtualal]

Any “attack” is utterly deserved. We pay a compulsory tax for this flabby left wing bunch of metropolitan sneerers. They broke their relationship with the public during the Brexit Ref and thought it wouldn’t have any blowback for them. Now they are worried

[@jasuindiloan]

Been following the channel for a while now and mostly kept my mouth shut as I mostly agree with everything you two legends have to say. And that's still the case, but I need to throw in my supporting voice for just a second. For years we (Belgian, more specifically Flemish, by the way) had one of the best public services in the world, that was often compared to BBC standards. It might have been simple as it only had two channels. One was more for the popular market but had some decent show all around, the second was the "cultural" channel with brilliant comedy, news, arthouse movies, etc. For years it was absolutely fantastic but the righter the government started to shift, the less great it got thanks to huge budget cuts. Talent moved to the commercial channels but never really got to prosper there, and shows got dumbed down. The cultural channel has become mostly news and debates on prime time that lead nowhere. We completely moved to the BBC about ten years ago and it's an absolute gem. From great comedy, to drama, to shows you may take for granted like Spring Watch and QI to all the documentaries that are world class. If we could also get a paying iPlayer account that works abroad, I wouldn't think twice.

[@ByronLina]

Paid iPlayer seconded.

[@Robalogot]

Here in Belgium we had an equivalent of the tv license and we got rid of it over a decade ago, at the time our national (well it's more complicated than tat in our complex structure of a country) it was at the forefront of good television in a very similar way to the BBC. These days, it has become a bastion of reruns, "safe" formats (let's send a cook on a trip around the world), and reboots of old glory. We went from a direct tax for tv and radio to the government deciding how much they allocate from the overal budget. So today with Flemish nationalists in charge of the Flemish government we see "docudramas" softly steering the ship of their political ideals (Think talking about Scottish inventions as British and English inventions as English.)

[@RubbishGimpy]

Sounds like the BBC.

[@blabla7752]

Yeah we get that here, gladiators may as well be a rerun on ITV. Get rid of the licence fee, channel 4 is fine without it. Their news standards is much better than the BBC

[@GerryHat-trick]

I'm delighted that you put forward part of the case for the BBC. Politicians kick it around like a football, because they're scared of impartial reporting. The current govt have done their best to "Tory it up" while still complaining that it's biased 🤦‍♂ The news aside, people forget about dramas with high production values, such as Silent Witness, or anything with David Attenborough. Not to mention the variety of radio output, now enhanced by BBC Sounds. Yes, the licence fee is a lot of money for some people, but when you work out the daily cost compared to the average monthly Sky subscription, the BBC wins by a country mile. Yes, there's access to many, many channels via Sky, but I don't think many get great viewer numbers. It's time people stopped being lead by Murdoch, through whatever drivel comes out of the Sun or Times etc, and thought for themselves. Murdoch has his own obvious agenda, and to lose the BBC would be a crying shame.

[@petercolledge2236]

It's good to hear facts from these two stars, especially about the success of the BBC.

[@stevenbeaven1]

George Osborne (Chancellor who made the BBC start paying for the World Service) recently said on his podcast it was all about reaching cuts in the Foreign Office budget. He regrets it now.

[@parametr]

Anybody who has lived abroad knows: the BBC such is treasure. It sets the standard of British TV media to a whole other level. It makes everybody abroad think that the British are smart, informed, funny, honest, ... Not rare at all to see foreign friends distrust their own media and check the BBC seeking the most trustworthy reporting.

[@PazLeBon]

nonsense. we realise its garbage

[@petercolledge2236]

The BBC archive is a jewel in the crown. Few seem to know about it or use it as a precious resource.

[@stevewithington1787]

Richard early in the episode: The only reason other channels produce good stuff is because of what the BBC produces. Richard later in the episode: The truth is that if a programme isn’t good people won’t watch it. If anyone is wondering why they never mentioned the elephant in the room when it comes to BBC wasting money (how much they pay Gary Linekar), you only need to look at who is behind Goalhanger podcasts. The BBC does some very, very good stuff. However, if people watch live TV but do *not* watch BBC then they should not have to pay a licence fee. I have not heard a single good argument for doing this. The threatening letters that TV Licensing sends out are also disgraceful and win the BBC no fans whatsoever. Richard also says “the BBC makes so much money for the UK….” If this is the case then the license fee is totally unnecessary, the government would fund it and walk away with the profits. It is hideous to argue that anyone who ever watches live TV should pay what is effectively a £14 per month subscription to a company without the option of ever cancelling even if you stop watching that company’s output.

[@sl1msn1per]

I'm South African, and the BBC's output makes up a sizable portion of the media I consume. Certainly more than the domestic SABC, which I don't watch at all. I don't know if British people realize how large Clarkson's Top Gear was - only the the american Office was a rival to that in terms of popularity here.

[@BrayTube]

Never apologise for passion! It's the passion and the exceptionally well informed opinion that has me hooked. I believe Ireland trades it's national broadcaster with Northern Ireland, but however it happens I've been watching BBC programmes in Ireland since the 70's. It was always streets ahead of our own output. I can't imagine having lost out on shows llike The Good Life, Dracula (1977), Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister, Top of The Pops, The Young Ones, Boys from the Blackstuff, Old Grey Whistle Test, Grange Hill, Horizon.. ..I could just go on and on, having barely made it into the 80's. The Sky at Night, Life on Earth, Film '84, Swap Shop, The Great Egg Race, Record Breakers.. (I can't stop!!) I'm Irish and the BBC is woven into the fabric of *my* youth. Nothing with such a heritage should be dismissed as outdated and I hope the British public appreciates that. I suspect they do, regardless of media reports to the contrary. I don't always appreciate the output of RTE (and they've had their own problems lately) but it still reflects Ireland back to me in a way that makes the license fee worth paying for. National broadcasters are more than just content farms, they make local content we are genuinely interested to see. Content no streaming service would ever make. And as has been seen with both RTE and the BBC recently, they *can* be held to account. You can only do that if you pay a license fee. Try holding Netflix accountable for your subscription fee because of the dross they waste money on. Good luck with that! :¬)

[@grahammccready2647]

The one place I do think the BBC could allow advertising is sports coverage. Everytime they show any sport there is masses of advertising all over the screen anyway so why not allow sponsored programming?

[@ernestoyepez5103]

Hi from Venezuela. The BBC and speciallly news is so trusted that it can actually makes and force changes in local and national politics, even here

[@rprobp186]

Propaganda

[@ernestoyepez5103]

@@rprobp186 you don't understand what propaganda is

[@PazLeBon]

lmao are you ill?

[@33point3rpm]

The ABC in australia is also very good, albeit based on the BBC principle. The ABC managed before the internet was here, to connect EVERY Australian through radio so that someone in western Australia could talk with someone in "the outback", with someone in Brisbane through a moderator on the radio. This was no mean feat back in the day. Also public funded

[@DrCalamityJan]

Indeed. And facing all of the same pressures. Continually being accused of bias one way or the other but still managing to provide a great service to all of us. Interestingly, we don't have licences here. The ABC is funded through taxes, just as with every other public service.

[@PazLeBon]

@@DrCalamityJan its a tory pile of cack

[@nahuelma97]

@@DrCalamityJan that's the way it should be. I remember reading about ABC in Australia for the first time when I started watching Please Like Me, a sitcom made in Australia a few years back, and the creator and star of the show talked about how writing a show for ABC means writing a show that's good. Doesn't matter how many people watch it, you just have to worry about the quality, which is the best way to motivate and foster artistic endeavors, really. National media companies should all be treated like electricity, water, sewage, healthcare, education, and public transit. They're all public services, that everyone should have access to, and they should be funded by taxes.

[@cybergornstartrooper2157]

The BBC currently makes about 3.7billion from the licence fee. Netflix makes about 1.5 Billion in the UK. Making the BBC subscription based would mean massive cut-backs of the BBC.

[@russellrichardson554]

(Brit in the USA, here) I'm getting really queasy that the BBC question is going to be a Brexit re-run. Very pleased to learn that it's being defended (against the usual suspects) and wondering if the. Great British Public will fall for the same bait & switch for another time. Surely not, I hope. So I liked very much your collective righteousness. More power to you.

[@mev202]

Go to the USA and watch 5 mins of TV and you will long for the BBC. Years ago we were out there watching a film on TV, they literally minimised the film into the corner of the screen, played a 4 min advert for a non stick baking tray, whilst the film was still playing in the corner. You couldn't watch the film like that so we gave up.

[@Mrmayhembsc]

Amen !!! Love the defence of the BBC. I think it offers up so much valve for money, soft power and growth for the UK. BBC is one of the cornerstones of british culture and one the things US brits should be proud off.

[@BobHannent]

The fact that charter renewal occupies so much of the BBC's time, for literally years before completion, is a shame. I spent a short time at the BBC during a previous renewal and it hinders every aspect of the BBC during that period.

[@clarekelso7841]

I live in New Zealand and BBC World Service is so amazingly good next to all our media I would feel true grief if it was taken away.

[@docholiday8066]

Do you pay for it?

[@travisolson9413]

I am an American. I get my news from the BBC because I believe it is unbiased. At least in the fact that it is not as biased as American news sources. All of them over here seem to have agendas that are not: 1. Provide unbiased news to the people.

[@lucygittins7896]

I'm a big fan of bbc radio we can't lose that

[@darrylhunt210]

Greetings from the USA...I just discovered this podcast and decided to start it from the beginning. This episode didn't really have an intro and jumped right into the topic. Is the audio versions of the podcast generally different from the KZbin version?

[@c.t.martin3915]

A police car and a screaming siren, a pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete

[@squirrelarch]

I see what you did there.

[@markpratten7295]

Look at what the bbc did when the pandemic hit... education programs for all ages covering alot of subjects. At a drop of a hat. Only the BBC did that only the BBC could do that. Cbeebies is a standout in my book

[@rprobp186]

If the bbc thinks it’s so good then it should do a subscription service. Then those that dont watch it don’t have to pay for it

[@rosslogan4154]

The crux of the matter is why should people have to pay a £169.50 annual licence fee to the BBC in order that they can watch any live TV on any station? Peoples consumption of content has changed so much over the last few years that the BBC's current funding model is farcical.

[@Montycat78]

Used to watch the bbc but in the last 3/4 years I’ve pretty much stopped and only watch KZbin if I’m watching tv. Still pay my licence though, but looking in the next few years to probably cancel my licence to be honest.

[@Valentine82]

It’s a tough one for me, in our house we don’t consume live television anymore. We pay for KZbin Premium, Disney Plus & Netflix. Radio wise we listen to commercial radio. We still pay a licence fee although I can’t see our house hold continuing paying a licence fee in its current form long term. We are 100% cancelling Sky when it’s out of contract in February.

[@straitJacketFashion]

Started watching Death in Paradise based on your chat, still on first series but very charming and always good to see Red Dwarf’s Cat.

[@JohnDoe-tp8mc]

Unfortunately when I think BBC I still think of overfunding while harassing people for licence fees. It’ll take a while to change their image I think. Love the podcast though and love the points put across.

[@chrisredditch]

2 people here, BBC supporters, talking about and praising The BBC. No counter argument here and the idea of maintaining the BBC due to the World Service is ludicrous.

[@DSQueenie]

I know someone who did an early season of Death in Paradise and yes the whole crew hated it after about two months. She loved it, especially since she was French so she had a lot of fun with the locals. I think she said they do two shifts now so the technical crew don’t do the whole run.

[@chrischarlescook]

The BBCs survival comes down to the licence fees rules. Its so complicated at the moment, people have it out of fear, without needing it. The "any live broadcast rule" shouldn't exist in 2024. Its criminal.

[@RubbishGimpy]

Hear Hear! It works the same as a protection racket.

[@MrIantodd]

I’ve been to Guadeloupe. Never seen Death in Paradise but did visit the town it’s filmed in. We both said we’re glad we’re not acting in this heat, it’s insanely hot there. The town itself is a proper ghost town

[@snotface1]

If the BBC prides itself on having programs that are for the people, why do you think that they licensed out doctor who to disney. Surely this undermines their point

[@hazy33]

Richard what bald patch covering hair spray or shake on powder do you use for your TV appearances?

[@TheSarkyGamer]

We need the BBC. It's the standard that pulls up every other broadcaster in the UK, and sells so many series to other countries. Thank you for flying that flag when so many people (who maybe don't understand what a lynchpin it is) rail against Aunty Beeb. If I ever get the chance to get some of my work televised, I want it to be on a BBC channel... maybe Channel 4 if they don't like it.

[@RachelMay1989]

If I'm ever tipsy at a party (two rare occurrences these days) I will undoubtedly start talking about Death in Paradise and how A. It's the best and B. How killing off your Lead Detective and having his murder investigated by the Character taking over from them is literally my favourite thing that a murder mystery show has ever done. I am super fun at parties.

[@Elwaves2925]

It's kind of like a non sci-fi version of regeneration in Doctor Who.

[@RachelMay1989]

@@Elwaves2925 I have been known to say this during my evangelical Death in Paradise speeches 😄

[@Elwaves2925]

@@RachelMay1989 😆

[@bjarkih1977]

The programs produced by the BBC are a huge 'Soft power' tool for the UK internationally.

[@sh8736]

Think some of the performers are over paid. E.g. DJs who get 200k for 8 hours work a week, really?. But we need an affordable package for all TV providers Sky, Disney charge a fortune. How are pensioners on 11k a year supposed to pay for essentials then Wi-Fi costs to get media entertainment

[@ChrisRoberts-vb8es]

*At 10 mins*: The UK export successes (weapons; financial services; media and creative industries) All true, but you forgot the other thing the UK is also excellent at: Higher Education. Higher Education, creative arts/creative education, and TV production are, arguably, two of the UK's greatest exports. Full disclosure: I work in Higher Education teaching creative arts - Television to be precise....just wanted to throw that in.

[@mytube001]

The first thing the UK government could and should do is to move to the system implemented in Sweden in the previous decade. The Swedish public service system (made up of three separate companies: SVT for television, SR for radio, UR for both radio and television but exclusively educational, and "piggybacking" on the other two) is closely modelled on the BBC and is to this day very similar. Instead of each household paying a fixed fee, regardless of income and number of members with an income, there is now instead a "media tax", relative to your individual income and with a fixed maximum amount (so that extremely rich people won't pay hundreds of times what the old fee used to be). Now, people with a very low income, like single parents, students and some chronically ill, pay very little, while those with normal incomes pay the bulk of the total. Also, since it's now a tax instead of a fee that you could decide not to pay, you don't have the issues surrounding fee collection and enforcement of that. The tax collected is earmarked for the public service companies, and can't be used or got at by the government.

[@Snoodlehootberry]

The BBC owns commercial channels Dave, Gold, W, alibi, yesterday, Eden and drama and the on demand service UKTV Play. What happens happens to all of the money that’s earned via advertising on those channels seeing as a lot of them simply re-run older BBC shows

[@catbwoy]

Thanks for the Simon Garfield wrestling recommendation. Bought a copy as soon as you mentioned it and can't wait to read it.

[@sosimple3585]

I always trusted BBC News and current affairs programmes, but the complete stifling of any pushback on trans issues has been a shock. Nothing on the WPATH files, Woman's Hour ignoring Helen Joyce and others...it's been a rude awakening.

[@newmie01]

I like the bbc but I do think the license fee is outdated. Make it a subscription service fully

[@StudioSquidink]

Definitely bought "The Great Eastern" on the recommendation of this podcast!

[@MTMMoonlight]

Omg just found out you do full videos 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@andrewmontague9682]

Recommendations: A terrible country record and a novel that pitches to the London elite. I don’t know where people get their idea that the media is out of touch… 🤷‍♂️

[@Nevyn515]

The BBC is not something that I have any strong opinion on but as a 41 year old the only 3 people I know who watches linear TV are my parents at 70 and nearly 70 and my 94 year old grandmother. I’m not happy that I would have to pay nearly £200 a year to watch any TV channel ever, despite having not watched a BBC channel in 25 years not connected to the BBC in any way, but if I wanted to watch a commercial or live channel I have to pay a tax to own a television. And it absolutely is not free to watch the BBC it costs £200 a year, twice as expensive as Netflix and nowhere near as usable or convenient. If it was on a subscription model maybe I might possibly watch some BBC shows maybe on a case by case basis, but not at that price.

[@alansouthall8221]

if the bbc is such great value, then it would have no problem gaining subscribers winning awards should be the norm when everyone 100% of tv viewers is forced to pay them . imagine if 100% of the market was forced to pay a netflix subscription, we would expect lots of people to watch netflix. its outdated.

[@sigjudge]

TV that would be acceptable in the middle of the day whilst waiting for a doctors appointment is now classified as prime TV viewing. Based on the drop in quality and lack of fresh ideas, I think it’s unfortunate but understandable that mainstream TV viewers are questioning the TV license.

[@presterjohn71]

I just bought a trilogy of books thanks to Reddit. I fancied reading a fantasy series and looked at Reddit recommendations. Literally the first books mentioned were by Richard Nell (never heard of him) he got a few nots of agreement and then the guy himself chipped in and said he had noticed a blip in sales so popped on to the thread. I liked the cut of his jib and noticed he was on offer on audible. the rest is history.

[@mrsheffield37]

These are always terrific. Thanks.

[@jimnolan830]

If everyone loves the BBC why are you so frightened of a subscription funded service? Suerly, we British would flock to subscribe.

[@davidh6651]

If people watch the BBC then they should pay but how is it fair that people have to pay to watch all live TV channels? There is no defence of this issue. If BBC was subscription then the people who use If can pay, those who don't want the BBC won't need to pay

[@scottgiles7178]

This is amazing, viva la bbc

[@darriendastar3941]

About celebrity book clubs.... At one stage, Pewdiepie (the KZbinr with more than 100 million subscribers) had his own, kind of book club in which he was discussing Plato, Aristotle and Nietzche and philosophy in general. He didn't appear to be pointing people in a specific direction - just recommending that read they read books and think about the ideas. Did that show any upturn in philosophy books?

[@Celtic23]

I almost never watch BBC. I only use the news app but they have ruined that too.

[@archwombat9250]

I really don’t understand why the BBC does local radio. Seems like a complete waste of this ever shrinking pot of license payers money.

[@ChrisH78]

I wonder if placing a levy on all foreign film production in the UK which goes towards the BBC is a good idea.

[@buonafortuna8928]

@23:24 a couple of podcasts I listen to recommend books, While the presentation is going on, I'll add it to my wishlist. After the presentation, I might delete it, if not I'll get it later on when I want a read. Maybe I'm just an outlier

[@rmccaw7]

The level of gaslighting about this is just offensive. Many people like myself have fallen out of love with the BBC because its presenters and shows appear if not obsessed then heavily preoccupied with generic progressivism. Race, sex, and sexuality especially dominate radio chatter, dramatic themes and subtext, and the typical presuppositions behind many of the nuts and bolts of the BBC's output is self-evidently what one would now call "woke". I'm sorry that there isn't a better word for it, but the smug eyerolling and fake yawning at its use just feeds the bipolarity monster. But what's worse is just coming back with "people don't actually think that". When you are literally saying that to the people who do think it, you're nothing but a truthless cad.

[@Tiz147]

It's interesting to see the amount of people who still believe the BBC is impartial.

[@guystewart9554]

I love the BBC, but if it is true that we all watch it, why can't they provide a service that we only receive if we subscribe like Netflix etc. Those that do not want the BBC should not be forced to pay because the BBC pipe it to their homes whether they want it or not.

[@daviebananas1735]

Surely you can see how bad Netflix has become and how it’s the worst example for a public service broadcaster. The BBC is admired around the world and we’re going to regret destroying it.

[@kencampbell881]

The BBC and the NHS are two of the things we should be most proud of in this country and our government has been doing its best to destroy both of these over the last 14 years.

[@precociousdeathdealer202]

FUCK THE BBC AND TV LICENCE FEE. THANK GOD INTERNET FREED OF FROM SLAVERY OF CABLE TV

[@gavinbuck8130]

@@precociousdeathdealer202 You seem very intelligent and the sort of person that has views I should take notice of. /s

[@markshirley01]

Quality podcast - thanks ❤

[@atimelord852]

About 60% of the TV I watch as a 21 Year old is from the BBC. It’s got great drama, cool quiz shows and ‘trustworthy news’. Comedy is a bit lacking but I use KZbin to watch comedy instead.

[@digbyfox]

I'd pay just for Radio 4's Evan Davis, and Radio 6 Music - light houses keeping us off the rocks...

[@react2786]

The point for me is not on whether the BBC provide value for money as that's irrelevant, as they either do or they don't and that is based on each individuals personnel preference/opinion. It's the fact that I don't have a choice on whether I pay for that quality of service and that to me is the crux of the matter, as I have no choice.

[@rhiannon8424]

Oi KZbin, the number of advert interruptions was excessive in this episode

[@jaimefernandez2624]

i have watched 0 james bond but a couple of series worth of death in paradise. i also watched a season of a french version of it, with a female detective with kids moving to some french island etc.

[@richmaniow]

The BBC has an income of £5 billion per year, is this showing on screen?. We now get the same programmes churned out each year like clockwork, the majority were devised well over 15 years ago, MasterChef with Greg Wallace is now 20 years old. These fill most of the schedule, to the point that viewers no longer know what's new and what's repeated, which is deliberate of course. The BBC should be pushing the envelope with new programming becoming an incubator for new talent but instead it's like white noise, something to put on in the background while people take a breather between box sets..

[@davidhughes4185]

One of the main problems is the presenters salaries, it’s sickening that 10,000 licence fees go directly into to Gary Lineker’s bank account every year

[@maxine2798]

Or very much less than £1 from each licence payer. Some celebrities or preserver good wages. Why don’t you apply for his job? We also get the genuine bonus of a public figure putting his money where his mouth is and taking in refugees. And the same public figure putting his mouth where his mouth is and raising great points on his social media’s. How much do you think presenters should be paid and how much on other channels with the same reach?

[@emptysquares6863]

Presumably you prefer non-BBC presenters like Piers Morgan, Nigel Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dan Wootton - and what do they earn??

[@davidhughes4185]

@@maxine2798presenters on other channels are paid from the private sector, gary lineker’s wages come from threatening people with prison if they don’t pay

[@davidhughes4185]

@@emptysquares6863i have no problem if gary lineker wants to get a job on sky sports and earn £1.5m a year, i do however have a problem with the public being threatened with prison if you don’t pay your tv licence fee and 10,000 of those licence fees going directly to gary lineker

[@kevmullins1984]

What's annoying is that I have to pay the TV licence to watch Sky Sports. I don't watch bbc it doesn't interest me

[@silversteel6312]

She ain’t getting it. Not about consumption. Not about trust. It’s about we do not have a choice!!! Silly girl.

[@Hexon66]

The argument that 60% of the British public consumes BBC news, and therefore defeats the notion that it is not trusted, doesn't automatically mean it is *_actually_* trustworthy. It may just suggest an overly credulous public.

[@mindofmyown8597]

when Marina Hyde makes the comparison of "truste" media outlets she makes an silent point of comparing FOX news to Nt, instead of cnn. 10% opaque.

[@JonHogg]

Why no intro this ep?

[@tomgleeson813]

I’m sorry but the recommendation of Beyoncé’s new album seemed…odd

[@MarcusSheppard]

Yay, the presenters have been convinced to face the camera!

[@TheRestIsEntertainment]

Never again 🤣

[@killerhertzmercedes]

Sooner the licence fee is abolished the better.

[@JorWat25]

The first half of this episode seems a lot more serious than usual.

[@peterhase1045]

in germany we pay about 20% more for the public founded broadcast systrem. I would happily swap it out for what you brits get for your money...

[@Anna-hd5wm]

we do get a lot more for it though, loads of radio stations and local tv...we have way more channels

[@tomskih203]

somehow there needs to be more interactivity between the BBC and the viewers.

[@paulhignett378]

You both are wrong on the fact people love the bbc or that it’s quality and came across quite biased (one person specifically). If you love it pay for it but I can’t remember the last time my family watched linear tv, maybe Graham Norton 10 years ago, games up on the legacy behemoth.

[@mediocredan8194]

I'm mid-30s. I don't watch the BBC. I spend my time engagingwith interactiveentertainment. Any interest I had in the BBC died with Mock the Week and killing the original BBC 3 content. As far as I'm concerned, I'd scrap the fee and move to an advertising / monetization system.