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Just seen bbc news has a new TV studio refit what was wrong with the previous set ?
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Just seen bbc news has a new TV studio refit what was wrong with the previous set ?
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Just seen bbc news has a new TV studio refit what was wrong with the previous set ?
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Just seen bbc news has a new TV studio refit what was wrong with the previous set ?
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Just seen bbc news has a new TV studio refit what was wrong with the previous set?
Nothing, but the BBC is good at pissing money up the wall. Like Eastenders, Mrs Brown's Boys etc etc.
It can do, but news is quite a commodity these days to be sold abroad, particularly the "magazine" element which is big business.
They've just merged the news departments so I'd imagine whatever it cost will be paid off quite quickly by international sales.
If you've ever watched local news abroad, it's not surprising operators like to have Sky and BBC on their services. I'm a huge fan of Sky News.
Pretty much everything else is either trying to see the presenter through on screen graphics or terrible virtual studios a ZX Spectrum would be ashamed of.
Both great British exports taking it seriously and we should be proud of them.
Does your insight into the Beeb cover radio as well?
Genuinely, I think R4 is astonishingly good, virtually every minute of it. I’d pay the licence fee for R4 alone.
Does R4 as a ‘profit centre’ cover it costs?
No idea, but radio is very very cheap compared to TV. I'm not sure it's saleable because it's effectively free.
I used to be a every morning Today programme listener, when it got the big interviews but binned it years ago. Still listen to R4, however I'm now a huge fan of Radio 5 Live.
I also love LBC. It's got that name of the cab drivers station of choice, but in reality it's incredibly mixed politically. Unashamedly "bias" from presenters, but the balance is preserved by the callers.
You've have of course arch pro EU James O'Brien in there, but also Farage and Rees Mogg. Throw in some nut job Covid conspiracy presenters they had to dump
They get the fascinating interviews (and debates) time and time again, that you'd never hear in the BBC because (my understanding) LBC are allowed a different interpretation of balance via OfCom.
The James O'Brien v Farage and James O'Brien v Rees Mogg debates are well worth a listen.
Nothing, but the BBC is good at pissing money up the wall. Like Eastenders, Mrs Brown's Boys etc etc.
Nothing, but the BBC is good at pissing money up the wall. Like Eastenders, Mrs Brown's Boys etc etc.
Nothing, but the BBC is good at pissing money up the wall. Like Eastenders, Mrs Brown's Boys etc etc.
No idea, but radio is very very cheap compared to TV. I'm not sure it's saleable because it's effectively free.
I used to be a every morning Today programme listener, when it got the big interviews but binned it years ago. Still listen to R4, however I'm now a huge fan of Radio 5 Live.
I also love LBC. It's got that name of the cab drivers station of choice, but in reality it's incredibly mixed politically. Unashamedly "bias" from presenters, but the balance is preserved by the callers.
You've have of course arch pro EU James O'Brien in there, but also Farage and Rees Mogg. Throw in some nut job Covid conspiracy presenters they had to dump
They get the fascinating interviews (and debates) time and time again, that you'd never hear in the BBC because (my understanding) LBC are allowed a different interpretation of balance via OfCom.
The James O'Brien v Farage and James O'Brien v Rees Mogg debates are well worth a listen.
Weird to have picked two popular programmes as examples of wasting money.
And no, I don't watch either.
Does your insight into the Beeb cover radio as well?
Genuinely, I think R4 is astonishingly good, virtually every minute of it. I’d pay the licence fee for R4 alone.
Does R4 as a ‘profit centre’ cover it costs?
What all 42p a day of it?
You can always buy The Daily Mail for 65p.
I listen to Today and often PM on R4 (and other non-news progs) and I have never understood why they need to have so many presenters. I understand the "specialists" (political editor etc) but why do they need to employ someone to read the weather, someone else to read the sport as well as two main presenters (on Today). Surely the two presenters can just read those bulletins to reduce costs?
The other oddity is why farmers get their own programme. Why farmers? Why not "Nursing Today" or "Accountanting Today"? Why is it only farmers who get their own programme so they can whine on about why life's so hard?
Although I'm aligned with JOB on most issues, I find his personality incredibly off-putting. The smirk, the little laugh, the tone. I must admit I've only seen the odd video clip of his show but based on those, it's not for me.