I'm German, and I would love to have BBC access here in Germany, but I can't. We only got BBCWorldwide, which only has news. I would pay triple the price to get BBC down here.
Well then, back to importing "Doctor Who", "Sherlock", and "Monty Python" DVD-Boxes! :D
Simply, thank you BBC, for making my life more enterteining in a clever, funny, and dramatic way !
As an American, I am insanely jealous of the wealth of ad-free programming the BBC provides. Most of my favorite shows, Top Gear and Doctor Who, for example, are BBC productions. I turned on my television a few days ago and a commercial immediately informed me how my sex life could be improved with the help of one simple pill. I turned it right back off.
BBC FOREVER, Sky never.If it comes down to a choice between the BBC and Murdoch, well, for any decent person, there is only one choice. Murdoch has demonstrated his poisonous influence time and again, the Milly Dowler scandal being only the most recent outrage.The BBC is a beacon of light compared to Murdoch and his minions.The licence fee is cheep compared to what we would lose if the Beeb lost its' independence. John Peel, Monty Python,The Young Ones etc wouldn't exist without Auntie Beeb !
I in general hate quite a lot of television but the stuff that i do like that isn't american invariably was made for the BBC, i don't like everything on there but there is solid gold that you just don't get anywhere else. I would probably give at least 1 limb just for Sherlock or Doctor Who
It is shocking that people would grouse about paying £13 a month for a wealth of programming, when they are more than happy to pay £500 a year for Sky, which is about 20% new programming, and the rest the dreck from the US!
If we had a choice to subscribe to Sky or BBC I don't think anyone would grouse.
But look at it like this, would it be fair if in order to read the Guardian you were forced by law to pay for a newspaper licence to fund the Daily Mail?
BTW thanks for the info re the Deloitte Report. I'll have a look at that over the W/E.
@Bacalod I understand, but think of it this way - you pay for NHS, even though you may never be sick a day in your life. But the option of privatization is a dangerous one (believe me, I've lived with privatized healthcare all my life, it is awful), as it ruins the quality for all under the guise of options for some. However, I would love to 'own' Sky in the same way we all 'own' the Beeb - I'd love to give old Rupert a piece of my mind before firing him. ;)
Have you ever tried giving the Beeb a piece of your mind?
You'll get a standard (possibly automatic) response along the lines of "on balance, all things considered, we feel that we got it about right..." which roughly translates to "we've got your money, so get lost". At least with Sky you have the choice of not subscribing if you just want Freeview.
Re NHS - google "Private hospitals don't get MRSA". (it's a Telegraph article).
@Bacalod Sorry, this got put in my spam folder. I have complained to the BBC, and been given an actual response. I think the problem is people complain over things that the Beeb have no control on (say BBC search function online, which requires EU-wide procurement exercise). <--- I know this one because I complained about it, and was sent a big fat page explaining the whys and wherefores.
i cam to britain 5 years ago and had heard of the BBC even before that in india.....amazing broadcasting channel, I like Sky many times but still think BBC does an amazing set of programmes and does a fantastic range of other things and I absolutely love it......
Not just the programmes on TV or radio, but all the wealth of info on the website too; Skillswise, Webwise, Bitesize, OU, science and research, support for new writers of comedy, journalism, music and prose, money and finance advice and support, information for and about disabilities, illnesses, local communities... it's incredible what we get for £12 a month. Oh - and NO ADVERTS!!
@CurriedUnicorn very well put. The Beeb is much more factual & educational than Sky or ITV (both with Adverts) have ever been. I also do a fair amount of world travel yearly, I honestly do not think I have seen TV in any other country that measures up to the BBC. 40 pence per day - less than the price of a pint of milk or a Mars bar. It's undisputed.
After living in Canada and California for seven years I really appreciated the BBC. American television news gives more airtime to little league baseball than to world affairs, no wonder the average American has such a stunted worldview. The Canadian CBC is better because it is modelled on the BBC but still not a patch on the original. When Gorbachev was under arrest during the coup attempt he listened to the BBC Russian service because he knew he couldn't trust any other media. Be proud of that
@TheMightyHood Labour have JUST complained to the BBC that their coverage is biased AGAINST them (can't post a link but Google it - The Telegraph reported on it).
@TheMightyHood It hasn't been dismantled by Thatcher & Blair, two of Britain's most powerful leaders who hated the BBC, so I doubt that the future weak prime ministers will dismantle it.
@TheMightyHood The fact that Labour have complained of pro-Tory BBC bias for many years proves it's not a Labour mouthpiece ;)
Though you seem to be rather out of date with your knowledge. The BBC has been slowly privatising bits of itself for the past 25 years. Because it loved Mrs Thatcher so much that they did whatever she said :)
Not a mention of Radio 3 - for some of us elitist snobs, the jewel in the crown. Apart from that, three rousing cheers or Mitch. In the key of C major.
So the BBC is a bit left leaning? Maybe it is. But which of these right wing positions should it adopt to balance it out: A total ban on abortion? Calling for itself to be scrapped or broken up? Should it call out MPs and celebs who are Atheist? Give equal weight to Intelligent Design? Preach that Britain should distance itself from Europe on the 6 o'clock news?
After living in a foriegn country for the last 4 months, I have realised just how proud of the BBC I am. I met many people who said they use the BBC as their main news website, also, traveling on Emirates, you will notice the news headline on their airplanes are provided by the BBC. I have realised, if nothing else, the UK has some of the best media in the world, but, I realised this a long time ago, we should all be proud of the BBC!
If one happens to look through the comments, one will find accusations of bias both to the left and to the right. Clearly that proves impartiality.
Additionally, the BBC is ultimately responsible, through the License Fee, to the public.
Therefore it reports news in the public interest, without the political bias, redaction and commercially-driven sensationalism that is so typical of US news (Fox) or that unthinkable alternative - the Murdoch Press.
so then Tom, by your analysis... if right-wing backbench Tories and grass-root conservative supporters were to accuse the current govt of being too progressively left-liberal - balancing the accusations of right-wingness coming at it from the left - that would prove govt impartiality & neutrality, would it??
In the purely political context of Parliament, that just proves that the present Govt has moved towards the centre once in power (like all Govts). This is more pronounced at the moment because of the coalition - it 'neutralises the loonies on both sides', according to Ian Hislop.
However, in the real world, if the BBC reports news in such a way that irritates both left-wingers and right-wingers, that is indicative of balance.
Attack from both sides does not necessarily indicate balance in a 50/50 manner.
It could easily indicate a 99/1 imbalance, if the offended 1% were very vociferous, or any other imbalanced proportion (which avoids an extreme 100% position either way).
It is well-documented, even from the beeb-horse's mouth, that there is a left-liberal bias at the BBC.
@gudster There is a very slight liberal bias at the Beeb, I'll agree. I do think, however, that the fact that left-wing governments have always felt the BBC was right-wing and vice-versa is indicative of a good balance.
@Lokifan13 OK, my comment was partly tongue in cheek. Humour probably isn't a left/right thing. However, the *type* of humour that is currently considered worthy of broadcast tends to be made by left wingers. Take away comedy made by left wingers and all you have is Top Gear.
My point about intelligence and politics, I stand by. Current evidence suggests that higher IQs are linked with centrism, and more education is associated with liberalism. DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.005
@BaubleRob "Any bias is down to the fact that clever and funny people tend to be more liberal." Bravo! Very much this. Thank you for being the one to say it. The right wing is largely populated by uneducated bigots and xenophobes. It's just worrying what a sizeable chunk of the population that encompasses.
@alfred38uk Nothing especially. My granddad was one. But even taxi drivers must know that the stereotype of them is that they're right wing and like to share their opinions.
@alfred38uk Well the right evidently do, if supporting the BBC equates to being left-wing/liberal.
I know the EDL certainly do, passing off all students as smelly and unwashed, Marxist-reading Communist stereotypes. The EDL are right wing, presumably on the same right wing as you :).
@AidanLunn There you go again,making assumptions. from what i gather about the EDL they are primarily anti Islam how does that make them right wing?My boss is a labour man to the core and he detests islam ,his brother-in-law is a muslim and they get on fine.
@alfred38uk Just because he is Labour doesn't make his views on Islam left-wing. He supports (what used to be) a left-wing party, but he has right-wing views on Islam.
I try to be as impartial as I can (believe it or not), but my views on the justice system are very right-wing (though not to the extent of "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY" etc)
The EDL themselves admit that they are right-wing - why else would they call anyone who doesn't support them left-wing?
@AidanLunn Okay lets agree that being anti-islamic is right wing,why does the left wing offer support to Islam when Islam is so avowdly anti -leftwing,remember what happened to the socialists and comnunists in Iran in 1979.
@alfred38uk Yes, I remember, but that was because of a crazed dictator, which is not representative of Islam at all. I don't think the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that year helped, either.
You might as well make the claim that all Christians are anti-leftwing (which some would debate anyway) because of some dictator called Hitler. Or catholocism because of Mussolini, Franco and the IRA.
@AidanLunn You say that most are not crazed lunatic terrorists,agreed, i am not particularly worried about them, i am worried about the minority that are. "The fact that, as it's a religious belief, it therefore holds no more authority than any other religion?" is that a statement or a question?
@WorldRulerTom I agree with you, but Fox is part of the Murdoch Press, really. It's the warning sign of what could happen if Murdoch gets his foot in properly here..
@WorldRulerTom If you do not want to fox news or the evil murdoch press ,who has suddenly got evil again after dropping support for the Labour party,you do not have to,you are not forced to pay for it,unlike here in the U.K. where if i want to have a television i am forced,by law,to pay for a tv licence which is used to fund the BBC which in turn is/was used to subsidise the Guardian newspaper through the employment advertising placed by the BBC.
@AidanLunnThe tv licence fee is outmoded,there are plenty of other ways to pay for the BBC if you want to watch it,for instance i would gladly pay a subscription to watch Sherlock Holmes but i do not want to pay for their slanted news and current affairs programmes, also i do not want to threatened with upto a £1000 fine and/or a jail sentence by a bloody television company.
@alfred38uk There aren't plenty of ways to pay for a *public service* broadcaster. Regarding the BBC's imaginary bias, I repeat part of one of my below comments:
@alfred38uk To say it is the broadcasting arm of the left, when the left regularly claim it is right-wing biased, just shows that you are so biased to the right that you think that you are impartial. The BBC is regularly "blamed" for being left-wing biased, right-wing biased, pro-Blair, anti-Blair, pro-Bush, anti-Bush, Pro-USA, anti-USA, pro-Iraq, anti-Iraq, pro-war, anti-war, pro-Palestine, anti-Palestine. The fact the Labour party recently claimed it is right-wing biased says it all.
@alfred38uk The news is only slanted to you because you don't acknowledge your bias in the first place. Who is the one who is biased and not taking it into account when making such claims? You or them?
The government are the ones who threaten you (via Capita), as they're the ones who impose the TVL on you. Former BBC DG Greg Dyke wanted rid of the TVL, but it hasn't gone, so it's not even up to the BBC. The BBC, evidently, really couldn't care less about the TVL.
@AidanLunn The BBC collects the licence fee through Capita this is what it states on the tv licensing website The BBC assumed responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the television licensing system from the Home Office in 1991.And they couldn't care less about £3 billion a year.I suppose they could have another loan off the E.U.
@alfred38uk All that actually means is the BBC signs the contract with Capita - the government do the actual decision making on who chooses it, as the government are the ones who have made it law.
ANother loan? In addition to this first imaginary loan that they never received?
BBC *Worldwide* received it - yeah, a private company received it, to be spent on projects aimed outside of Britain. But not *the BBC*.
@AidanLunn The BBC have received three seperate low interest loans from the EIB.the first was direct to the BBC worth £66 million the other two went to BBC worldwide. The EIB has described itself as “an autonomous body set up to finance capital investment furthering European integration by promoting EU policies”.and as for Capita the BBC and the Government, smoke and mirrors comes to mind.
I;m sure I saw this guy years ago at the Ealing comedy fest when he did a rendition of Perfect day where he did all the voices.. or was it someone else....
@AidanLunn A man of few words normally mate but i will elaborate just for you.I hate everything the BBC stands for,its leftist agenda on everything from the global warming scam to its slavish adherence to the E.U. from its hatred of Isreal to its love of all things Islam,its loathing ofthe conservative right and passion for the so called progressive left,and what gets my goat is that it states time after time that it is impartial it isn't, it is the broadcasting arm of the left. So fuck the BBC.
@alfred38uk To say it is the broadcasting arm of the left, when the left regularly claim it is right-wing biased, just shows that you are so biased to the right that you think that you are impartial. The BBC is regularly "blamed" for being left-wing biased, right-wing biased, pro-Blair, anti-Blair, pro-Bush, anti-Bush, Pro-USA, anti-USA, pro-Iraq, anti-Iraq, pro-war, anti-war, pro-Palestine, anti-Palestine. The fact the Labour party recently claimed it is right-wing biased says it all.
@alfred38uk Secondly, it is in the psychology of the media person to be left-wing. Most of those who work at ITV and Sky (myself, the father of the young man who owns this YouTube account) have worked for all three organisations (Yorkshire Television as it was known, for ITV) for 33 years, and of well over a few thousand people I have met in this, I would estimate that no more than a hundred aren't left-wing.
@alfred38uk The ironic thing is, you Tories complain about the degradation of standards on the BBC since the 1980s. Yet you are totally ignorant of the fact that it was the free market policies that Mrs Thatcher forced upon the BBC, by instilling ex-Times chairman Marmaduke Hussey as Chairman and Michael Checkland (and then John Birt) as Director General of the Beeb that actually began its alleged downfall in quality.
@alfred38uk So do you by not even realising that not being right wing does not equate to not being left-wing. And by not even realising that bias is subjective - you seem to insult other people's inteligence by stating your own opinion as fact.
@AidanLunn Right,for a start i am not a Tory.i have not complained about the degadation of standards on the BBC as a whole just its news and current affairs output.I am well aware of the free market policies forced upon not just the BBC but everyone in the country,didn't John Birt with his blue sky thinking work for the labour government and why is it the psychology of the media person to be leftwing and if it is doesn't that answer my original statement which was the BBC has a leftwing bias.
@alfred38uk Birt actually worked for the Thatcher government (at least, I know he was favoured by them) - I know he was Director General during John Major's time in office, and deputy DG during the later Thatcher years.
I can't answer *why* it's in the mindset - that's better left to psychiatrists or psychologists or whatever we're calling them today. I suppose it's because those who work in the media are at the forefront to fasion and culture. All I know is, it just is the mindset.
@AidanLunn Great set of responses. The guy is extremely deluded. Not sure he's ever stepped foot outside this country to see what a raw deal the rest of the world gets. If he just took a few moments to scroll below, to read & realise all the poster comments from folks all around the world. He ought grab a dose of US cable telly which is forced upon me yearly & see how those folks are starved of balanced global news coverage coupled with ads every 7-9 mins. That's brain-washing(ton) by my book.
@emenveeuk Balanced global news,are you bonkers? the BBC have their nose stuck so far up Obamas the E.Us and the global warming fanatics collective ass they will need to be surgically extracted.And for your information mate i have travelled and continue to travel quite a bit for my job,and i am well aware what other nations TV is like.The BBC is funded to the tune of £3billion pounds a year, how is that split between making programmes,however good or bad and keeping 20000 people in a cushy job.
The BBC has been hijacked by a Fabian fifth column. That's why their output is all skewed towards a left wing statist ideology, and explains their fondness for all things EU and reluctance to report anything negative about it, such as it's inability to pass any financial audit.
@Bacalod The BBC has always been left wing. If you want to pretend otherwise you are happy to live in your delusional world where the EU is a bad thing, 'middle england' is a reality and the conservative party aren't stripping public services from us step by step. Just don't vote in the next election please. Claim insanity for the good of the country.
@blackcherry359 I think you'll find that the BBC used 2 b rather conservative (b4 u were born?). At least u agree with me that the BBC has a leftist agenda (which is a clear breach of it's obligations under the Trust).
Meanwhile, I wouldn't dream of asking u to refrain from voting, that wud b anti-democratic, just like the EU president telling the Italian ppl "this is no time for elections...".:
Google/Search YouTube "What gives you the right to dictate to the Greek and Italian people? "
@Bacalod, @blackcherry359 may be younger than you but at least they can spell.... Secondly if you think the BBC has a left agenda then clearly you have little idea what a 'Leftist' agenda is.
@Bacalod Well first of 'yr' is spelled 'your' 'b' is spelled 'be' and 'u' is spelled 'you'. Secondly you said, second line down, that Blackcherry was younger than you but at least they can spell. I would suggest you Google/Search YouTube 'Spelling lessons for the deluded"
1) Look up the word "abbreviation" - it's not the same as a spelling mistake and I used it to accommodate the Youtube comment length restriction.
2) My comment about age was not derogatory, merely making the point that a young person may have the impression that the BBC has always had a left wing bias if that had been their lifetime experience.
3) It is possible to debate an issue without resorting to insults, give it a try.
@Bacalod The BBC's alleged leftist agenda is just you not realising that your own view of it is so biased to the right that you don't even realise it.
@blackcherry359 And how does you accusing it of a left-wing bias make what you said any truer than those who you claim are imagining that the BBC isn't biased?
@Bacalod Or is that just you not seeing your own right-wing bias and just thinking that just because they don't report something, then that's a bias against you?
Ask any expat from the US if they appreciate the BBC, they will tell you, overwhelmingly YES! You Brits are spoiled, and don't know how good you have it. The BBC puts out some of the best programming around, and on (compared to the other networks) a shoestring of a budget. Are they perfect? No. Are they better than 4/ITV/Sky? YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES.
@Bacalod It's actually 4.26B (may seem like a small change in numbers, but we are talking about billions), and considering that a recent study showed that for every £1 spent on the license fee, £2 is put back into the economy, that's a pretty great value for ROI. (For every £1 spent on Sky, only 90 pence is put back into the UK, the rest goes to Murdoch's US companies). And of course, it *does* depend on the economy, as right now it is in a freeze, and will also be next year.
That's interesting, but still one hell of a shoestring - is that USD or GBP?
As for Sky, you have to remember that they are not NOTW and they do not send "inspectors" around to search your home, and no one ever went to prison for not paying Sky subscriptions.
@Bacalod That is GBP. Weirdly, I was going to type a comparison to the US networks, but as hard as I searched, I couldn't find a straight answer on spending. Probably because most US networks are owned by corporations, and are a bit dodgy in what they make/lose on specific pieces of their pie. BBC on the other hand has a sense of transparency.
The independent study was commissioned last year, there is a good writeup here: (hrm, youtube doesn't seem to like outside links.)
@1notyourmum1 Agreed. Married to a US citizen for last 20 years. I visit yearly. Whenever I channel surf on cable in the US, I would think I would have been passing through China. Woah.... oh so little the US nation at large know about world politics compared to world affairs reportage on the BBC. Not to mention the commercial breaks every 7-9 minutes - now that's brain-washing(ton) by my book!
@1notyourmum1 I know, that's what I mean. A channel that has enough of a budget to produce quality and popular stuff. PBS often has good documentaries and things that I personally like, but the majority of Americans just ignore it.
Did anyone else just squeal when they heard a show that they enjoy? "Horrible Histories" yayy!!!! "Mighty Boosh" YaY!!! "Doctor Who!" YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the BBC. I get so sad whenever I see people not liking it, because some of the stuff on there is so amazing! If I ever move out of the country, I'll really miss it. It does indeed make me proud to be British. And also I always feel smugly privileged when I use iPlayer, since the Americans get Hulu when we don't.
To all complaining about the BBC. I moved to Canada from England 2 years ago. Believe me, the BBC is amazing. The TV here is shit. and there's adverts on EVERY channel.
Good to see Formula 1 got a mention, any chance you could help me redo my Formula 1 Imagine song!!! Would love to do a mock video of Johns singing the lyrics on the FREE TO AIR song... Hope you can help... ;)
Mitch you are awesome and correct we do all love the BBC because it is ours and honestly where would we be without it? Who would have put monty python on air? who would have made a second series of blackadder? Who would broadcast brilliant radio programs like I'm sorry I haven't a clue? and ok I am a little obsessed with comedy but still the beeb is brilliant so brilliant that I think we can forgive most its various faults.
May I just say , watching this entirley pointless argument unfold and occasionally objecting is one of the most amusing things I have experienced. ( ok not quite literally I find many a thing funnier but still its exceedingly humourous). I think online arguing should become a fully fleged olympic sport. However I an also of the opinion that we , me included, should all " get a life" as it is widley put.
BBC bosses: tory MP Patten, Bilderberger & barclays bank chairman Agius. Their news consists of repeatedly biased reporting about protests where the "anchors" either play down the figures or edit footage with voice-overs calling activists "anarchists". Perhaps Mitch is just trying to future-proof his work for the bbc? There are good things about the BBC (well, the world service mainly) but their news is just as mainstream and narrow as any corporate news agency
*sigh* To all the people complaining that the only reason he is singing this have not bothered to understand his point of view and also how Mitch earns his living.
Yes. Sometimes he is paid by the BBC. BUT: He also earns his living from touring and gigs etc etc. He is not exactly rolling in money and in a 'job for life'.
For the people who are of the opinion that the BBC is a waste of money they need to leave the country and see how amazing and relevant the world service is.
This comment is nothing more nor less than a shameless pimp of my "I'm Proud of Sky" song at youtube.com/watch?v=yH-D7wLo2Fs which was inspired by this brilliant song.
@avers2k7 Actually, he's singing it because he means it. And most people agree with him. Of course, those tend to be the ones who know how to use capital letters. Maybe if you watch the BBC more, you'll learn too.
Incidentally, if Mitch Benn were all my license fee got me, it would still be a very good deal. May Mitch and the BBC flourish forever.
@Steeleperfect Are you not reading what im saying, he gets paid by the bbc, by work hes done, so the reason hes doing this is because he wants more work. absoloute bint.
AWSOME VIDEO :)
crapbiker4 2 days ago
love ur voice <3
ThoseGlitcherGuysHD 2 weeks ago
Well done. We need to stand up for and support the BBC more now than ever before.
alypally100 2 weeks ago
I'm German, and I would love to have BBC access here in Germany, but I can't. We only got BBCWorldwide, which only has news. I would pay triple the price to get BBC down here.
Well then, back to importing "Doctor Who", "Sherlock", and "Monty Python" DVD-Boxes! :D
Simply, thank you BBC, for making my life more enterteining in a clever, funny, and dramatic way !
Chiquicheeta 3 weeks ago 3
As an American, I am insanely jealous of the wealth of ad-free programming the BBC provides. Most of my favorite shows, Top Gear and Doctor Who, for example, are BBC productions. I turned on my television a few days ago and a commercial immediately informed me how my sex life could be improved with the help of one simple pill. I turned it right back off.
Mayanwolfe 3 weeks ago 2
I would gladly pay twice as much for a license fee if it meant that I never had to watch another advert ever again.
The BBC must be defended for all the reasons in this video and so much more.
KittensGotTalent 3 weeks ago 4
The Beeb may not be perfect but you always get the sense that it's trying. Trying to be something for everybody and that's why its so great.
JallenMeodia 3 weeks ago 3
The BBC is one of the best things about our country.
Max404s 3 weeks ago 3
BBC FOREVER, Sky never.If it comes down to a choice between the BBC and Murdoch, well, for any decent person, there is only one choice. Murdoch has demonstrated his poisonous influence time and again, the Milly Dowler scandal being only the most recent outrage.The BBC is a beacon of light compared to Murdoch and his minions.The licence fee is cheep compared to what we would lose if the Beeb lost its' independence. John Peel, Monty Python,The Young Ones etc wouldn't exist without Auntie Beeb !
terrypussypower 4 weeks ago 3
I love the Big Black Cock. BBC rules.
kourosh89 4 weeks ago
this makes me so proud to be british.
<3
TheDuckielova 4 weeks ago
Fuck Murdock and his evil empire. Up the beeb
JoeyThe14th 1 month ago 19
Could do with showing more tits and vag though.
honestjohntellsit 1 month ago
Could do with showing more tits and vag though.
honestjohntellsit 1 month ago
I in general hate quite a lot of television but the stuff that i do like that isn't american invariably was made for the BBC, i don't like everything on there but there is solid gold that you just don't get anywhere else. I would probably give at least 1 limb just for Sherlock or Doctor Who
Notaballbag 1 month ago 2
It is shocking that people would grouse about paying £13 a month for a wealth of programming, when they are more than happy to pay £500 a year for Sky, which is about 20% new programming, and the rest the dreck from the US!
1notyourmum1 1 month ago 17
@1notyourmum1
If we had a choice to subscribe to Sky or BBC I don't think anyone would grouse.
But look at it like this, would it be fair if in order to read the Guardian you were forced by law to pay for a newspaper licence to fund the Daily Mail?
BTW thanks for the info re the Deloitte Report. I'll have a look at that over the W/E.
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod I understand, but think of it this way - you pay for NHS, even though you may never be sick a day in your life. But the option of privatization is a dangerous one (believe me, I've lived with privatized healthcare all my life, it is awful), as it ruins the quality for all under the guise of options for some. However, I would love to 'own' Sky in the same way we all 'own' the Beeb - I'd love to give old Rupert a piece of my mind before firing him. ;)
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@1notyourmum1
Have you ever tried giving the Beeb a piece of your mind?
You'll get a standard (possibly automatic) response along the lines of "on balance, all things considered, we feel that we got it about right..." which roughly translates to "we've got your money, so get lost". At least with Sky you have the choice of not subscribing if you just want Freeview.
Re NHS - google "Private hospitals don't get MRSA". (it's a Telegraph article).
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod Sorry, this got put in my spam folder. I have complained to the BBC, and been given an actual response. I think the problem is people complain over things that the Beeb have no control on (say BBC search function online, which requires EU-wide procurement exercise). <--- I know this one because I complained about it, and was sent a big fat page explaining the whys and wherefores.
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@1notyourmum1 And a load of adverts.
Tams80 3 weeks ago
i cam to britain 5 years ago and had heard of the BBC even before that in india.....amazing broadcasting channel, I like Sky many times but still think BBC does an amazing set of programmes and does a fantastic range of other things and I absolutely love it......
ameya2693 1 month ago
Not just the programmes on TV or radio, but all the wealth of info on the website too; Skillswise, Webwise, Bitesize, OU, science and research, support for new writers of comedy, journalism, music and prose, money and finance advice and support, information for and about disabilities, illnesses, local communities... it's incredible what we get for £12 a month. Oh - and NO ADVERTS!!
CurriedUnicorn 1 month ago 3
@CurriedUnicorn very well put. The Beeb is much more factual & educational than Sky or ITV (both with Adverts) have ever been. I also do a fair amount of world travel yearly, I honestly do not think I have seen TV in any other country that measures up to the BBC. 40 pence per day - less than the price of a pint of milk or a Mars bar. It's undisputed.
emenveeuk 1 month ago 2
After living in Canada and California for seven years I really appreciated the BBC. American television news gives more airtime to little league baseball than to world affairs, no wonder the average American has such a stunted worldview. The Canadian CBC is better because it is modelled on the BBC but still not a patch on the original. When Gorbachev was under arrest during the coup attempt he listened to the BBC Russian service because he knew he couldn't trust any other media. Be proud of that
Aero65 1 month ago 3
Your mouthpiece is going to get dismantled, Labour arses.
TheMightyHood 1 month ago 2
@TheMightyHood Labour have JUST complained to the BBC that their coverage is biased AGAINST them (can't post a link but Google it - The Telegraph reported on it).
davewomble88 1 month ago
@TheMightyHood It hasn't been dismantled by Thatcher & Blair, two of Britain's most powerful leaders who hated the BBC, so I doubt that the future weak prime ministers will dismantle it.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@TheMightyHood The fact that Labour have complained of pro-Tory BBC bias for many years proves it's not a Labour mouthpiece ;)
Though you seem to be rather out of date with your knowledge. The BBC has been slowly privatising bits of itself for the past 25 years. Because it loved Mrs Thatcher so much that they did whatever she said :)
AidanLunn 1 month ago
He only mentions Dr Who once. It's just that the Tardis is travelling in time.
clivevpotter 1 month ago
Hands off the BBC, Tory arses
FuuuckOffff 1 month ago
Oh, well I retract!!!
imnothere24 1 month ago
Brilliant. No mention of Sherlock though
imnothere24 1 month ago
@imnothere24
Yes there is. Watch it again.
stevebanjo 1 month ago
@imnothere24 Sherlock gets a mention 1:24
Asciarius 1 month ago
Not a mention of Radio 3 - for some of us elitist snobs, the jewel in the crown. Apart from that, three rousing cheers or Mitch. In the key of C major.
ROCValmont 1 month ago
@ROCValmont he mentioned radio 3 right at the start and it's written on one of the cards
MWinckle89 1 month ago
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thehighlander42 1 month ago
if the BBC goes... the whole world will suffer
mattyk722 1 month ago
So the BBC is a bit left leaning? Maybe it is. But which of these right wing positions should it adopt to balance it out: A total ban on abortion? Calling for itself to be scrapped or broken up? Should it call out MPs and celebs who are Atheist? Give equal weight to Intelligent Design? Preach that Britain should distance itself from Europe on the 6 o'clock news?
Batters56 1 month ago 2
I love the BBC more than I love Britain. Can we all just climb inside White City One, hoist a sail, and drift off into the Atlantic?
BaubleRob 1 month ago 5
fuck all tory idiots and the scum yellow tory tossers
dstpfw 1 month ago 3
After living in a foriegn country for the last 4 months, I have realised just how proud of the BBC I am. I met many people who said they use the BBC as their main news website, also, traveling on Emirates, you will notice the news headline on their airplanes are provided by the BBC. I have realised, if nothing else, the UK has some of the best media in the world, but, I realised this a long time ago, we should all be proud of the BBC!
fififi12 2 months ago 23
I don't think he mentioned Doctor Who enough.
Lovergir27 2 months ago 3
If one happens to look through the comments, one will find accusations of bias both to the left and to the right. Clearly that proves impartiality.
Additionally, the BBC is ultimately responsible, through the License Fee, to the public.
Therefore it reports news in the public interest, without the political bias, redaction and commercially-driven sensationalism that is so typical of US news (Fox) or that unthinkable alternative - the Murdoch Press.
WorldRulerTom 2 months ago 8
@WorldRulerTom
so then Tom, by your analysis... if right-wing backbench Tories and grass-root conservative supporters were to accuse the current govt of being too progressively left-liberal - balancing the accusations of right-wingness coming at it from the left - that would prove govt impartiality & neutrality, would it??
gudster 2 months ago
@gudster
In the purely political context of Parliament, that just proves that the present Govt has moved towards the centre once in power (like all Govts). This is more pronounced at the moment because of the coalition - it 'neutralises the loonies on both sides', according to Ian Hislop.
However, in the real world, if the BBC reports news in such a way that irritates both left-wingers and right-wingers, that is indicative of balance.
WorldRulerTom 2 months ago
@WorldRulerTom
You miss my point.
Attack from both sides does not necessarily indicate balance in a 50/50 manner.
It could easily indicate a 99/1 imbalance, if the offended 1% were very vociferous, or any other imbalanced proportion (which avoids an extreme 100% position either way).
It is well-documented, even from the beeb-horse's mouth, that there is a left-liberal bias at the BBC.
gudster 2 months ago 4
@gudster There is a very slight liberal bias at the Beeb, I'll agree. I do think, however, that the fact that left-wing governments have always felt the BBC was right-wing and vice-versa is indicative of a good balance.
Lokifan13 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 3
@Lokifan13
yes, to the same degree as the BNP have a very slight anglo-saxon bias.
gudster 2 months ago
@Lokifan13 Any bias is down to the fact that clever and funny people tend to be more liberal. Who do we want making programmes? Taxi drivers?
BaubleRob 1 month ago 3
@BaubleRob Thanks for showing the class why liberalism doesn't preclude classist idiocy.
Lokifan13 1 month ago
@Lokifan13 OK, my comment was partly tongue in cheek. Humour probably isn't a left/right thing. However, the *type* of humour that is currently considered worthy of broadcast tends to be made by left wingers. Take away comedy made by left wingers and all you have is Top Gear.
My point about intelligence and politics, I stand by. Current evidence suggests that higher IQs are linked with centrism, and more education is associated with liberalism. DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.005
BaubleRob 1 month ago
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@BaubleRob "Any bias is down to the fact that clever and funny people tend to be more liberal." Bravo! Very much this. Thank you for being the one to say it. The right wing is largely populated by uneducated bigots and xenophobes. It's just worrying what a sizeable chunk of the population that encompasses.
Chardicles 1 month ago
@BaubleR What the hell do you have against taxi drivers?
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Nothing especially. My granddad was one. But even taxi drivers must know that the stereotype of them is that they're right wing and like to share their opinions.
BaubleRob 1 month ago
@BaubleRob I thought the left didn't deal in sterotypes.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk This isn't Question Time. This is a YouTube comment.
BaubleRob 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Well the right evidently do, if supporting the BBC equates to being left-wing/liberal.
I know the EDL certainly do, passing off all students as smelly and unwashed, Marxist-reading Communist stereotypes. The EDL are right wing, presumably on the same right wing as you :).
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn There you go again,making assumptions. from what i gather about the EDL they are primarily anti Islam how does that make them right wing?My boss is a labour man to the core and he detests islam ,his brother-in-law is a muslim and they get on fine.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Just because he is Labour doesn't make his views on Islam left-wing. He supports (what used to be) a left-wing party, but he has right-wing views on Islam.
I try to be as impartial as I can (believe it or not), but my views on the justice system are very right-wing (though not to the extent of "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY" etc)
The EDL themselves admit that they are right-wing - why else would they call anyone who doesn't support them left-wing?
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn Okay lets agree that being anti-islamic is right wing,why does the left wing offer support to Islam when Islam is so avowdly anti -leftwing,remember what happened to the socialists and comnunists in Iran in 1979.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Yes, I remember, but that was because of a crazed dictator, which is not representative of Islam at all. I don't think the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that year helped, either.
You might as well make the claim that all Christians are anti-leftwing (which some would debate anyway) because of some dictator called Hitler. Or catholocism because of Mussolini, Franco and the IRA.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn So what is so representitive of Islam that makes the left support it?.Sorry if we are getting a bit off topic.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk The fact that most of them are not crazed lunatic terrorists, as the right frequently believe them to be?
The fact that, as it's a religious belief, it therefore holds no more authority than any other religion?
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn You say that most are not crazed lunatic terrorists,agreed, i am not particularly worried about them, i am worried about the minority that are. "The fact that, as it's a religious belief, it therefore holds no more authority than any other religion?" is that a statement or a question?
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@gudster The DG only admitted it because he was admitting that it is biased from his own *personal* view.
Bias is subjective.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@WorldRulerTom I agree with you, but Fox is part of the Murdoch Press, really. It's the warning sign of what could happen if Murdoch gets his foot in properly here..
FerretBob 1 month ago 3
@WorldRulerTom If you do not want to fox news or the evil murdoch press ,who has suddenly got evil again after dropping support for the Labour party,you do not have to,you are not forced to pay for it,unlike here in the U.K. where if i want to have a television i am forced,by law,to pay for a tv licence which is used to fund the BBC which in turn is/was used to subsidise the Guardian newspaper through the employment advertising placed by the BBC.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk You pay a TV L if you watch or record TV as transmitted. Nothing to do with owning a TV set.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunnThe tv licence fee is outmoded,there are plenty of other ways to pay for the BBC if you want to watch it,for instance i would gladly pay a subscription to watch Sherlock Holmes but i do not want to pay for their slanted news and current affairs programmes, also i do not want to threatened with upto a £1000 fine and/or a jail sentence by a bloody television company.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk There aren't plenty of ways to pay for a *public service* broadcaster. Regarding the BBC's imaginary bias, I repeat part of one of my below comments:
AidanLunn 1 month ago 2
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@alfred38uk To say it is the broadcasting arm of the left, when the left regularly claim it is right-wing biased, just shows that you are so biased to the right that you think that you are impartial. The BBC is regularly "blamed" for being left-wing biased, right-wing biased, pro-Blair, anti-Blair, pro-Bush, anti-Bush, Pro-USA, anti-USA, pro-Iraq, anti-Iraq, pro-war, anti-war, pro-Palestine, anti-Palestine. The fact the Labour party recently claimed it is right-wing biased says it all.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@alfred38uk The news is only slanted to you because you don't acknowledge your bias in the first place. Who is the one who is biased and not taking it into account when making such claims? You or them?
The government are the ones who threaten you (via Capita), as they're the ones who impose the TVL on you. Former BBC DG Greg Dyke wanted rid of the TVL, but it hasn't gone, so it's not even up to the BBC. The BBC, evidently, really couldn't care less about the TVL.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn The BBC collects the licence fee through Capita this is what it states on the tv licensing website The BBC assumed responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the television licensing system from the Home Office in 1991.And they couldn't care less about £3 billion a year.I suppose they could have another loan off the E.U.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk All that actually means is the BBC signs the contract with Capita - the government do the actual decision making on who chooses it, as the government are the ones who have made it law.
ANother loan? In addition to this first imaginary loan that they never received?
BBC *Worldwide* received it - yeah, a private company received it, to be spent on projects aimed outside of Britain. But not *the BBC*.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn The BBC have received three seperate low interest loans from the EIB.the first was direct to the BBC worth £66 million the other two went to BBC worldwide. The EIB has described itself as “an autonomous body set up to finance capital investment furthering European integration by promoting EU policies”.and as for Capita the BBC and the Government, smoke and mirrors comes to mind.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
I;m sure I saw this guy years ago at the Ealing comedy fest when he did a rendition of Perfect day where he did all the voices.. or was it someone else....
mrbillhicks 3 months ago
@mrbillhicks Nah, same guy. He did that the last concert I saw him in too.
Jascain 2 months ago
Doctor Who!
Doctor Who Again!
Did I mention Doctor Who?
No I dont think u did...
telephone7300 3 months ago 4
EVERYTHING ON BBC4!
Fuhqueue 3 months ago
WHERE THE FUCK IS WOULD I LIE 2 U????? and btw i think u might've forgotton doctor who...
telephone7300 3 months ago
He missed out Two Pints and Jonathan Creek... (but I love that they were replaced by Doctor Who)
thelittleewelamb 3 months ago
The BBC > ABC (Australian counterpart)
British Television > American Television
any who say otherwise either have a poor sense of humor or like god aweful reality TV
Also i have the Proud of the BBC T-Shirt
RandomGuy4234 3 months ago
ahhh, the Bloated Broadcasting Corporation
soozikins 3 months ago
@soozikins COnsidering how expensive TV is, compared to Sky, it most certainly isn't bloated.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
Where the hell is Never Mind The Buzzcocks in that song!
TayjanRocks 3 months ago
Fuck the BBC
alfred38uk 3 months ago
@alfred38uk Thank you for that enlightening and thought-provoking comment.
Care to elaborate on you extremely appalling, not-so-vast range of words?
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn A man of few words normally mate but i will elaborate just for you.I hate everything the BBC stands for,its leftist agenda on everything from the global warming scam to its slavish adherence to the E.U. from its hatred of Isreal to its love of all things Islam,its loathing ofthe conservative right and passion for the so called progressive left,and what gets my goat is that it states time after time that it is impartial it isn't, it is the broadcasting arm of the left. So fuck the BBC.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk To say it is the broadcasting arm of the left, when the left regularly claim it is right-wing biased, just shows that you are so biased to the right that you think that you are impartial. The BBC is regularly "blamed" for being left-wing biased, right-wing biased, pro-Blair, anti-Blair, pro-Bush, anti-Bush, Pro-USA, anti-USA, pro-Iraq, anti-Iraq, pro-war, anti-war, pro-Palestine, anti-Palestine. The fact the Labour party recently claimed it is right-wing biased says it all.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Secondly, it is in the psychology of the media person to be left-wing. Most of those who work at ITV and Sky (myself, the father of the young man who owns this YouTube account) have worked for all three organisations (Yorkshire Television as it was known, for ITV) for 33 years, and of well over a few thousand people I have met in this, I would estimate that no more than a hundred aren't left-wing.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@alfred38uk The ironic thing is, you Tories complain about the degradation of standards on the BBC since the 1980s. Yet you are totally ignorant of the fact that it was the free market policies that Mrs Thatcher forced upon the BBC, by instilling ex-Times chairman Marmaduke Hussey as Chairman and Michael Checkland (and then John Birt) as Director General of the Beeb that actually began its alleged downfall in quality.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn You seem to like insulting other peoples intelligence,a common left wing trait.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk So do you by not even realising that not being right wing does not equate to not being left-wing. And by not even realising that bias is subjective - you seem to insult other people's inteligence by stating your own opinion as fact.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn Take a look at the biased bbc blog,quite illuminating.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Only if you believe the horseshit coming out of that blog.
it's a blog - it's a place for people to express their opinions and make up hyperbole. It is not a trusted source of facts.
You might as well ask my dog about the BBC's imaginary bias - you'd still get the same sort of baseless answer (a bark, in this case).
The fact that you haven't even bothered to dispute my facts and are just resorting to pointing towards a blog of opinions shows how little you know.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn Right,for a start i am not a Tory.i have not complained about the degadation of standards on the BBC as a whole just its news and current affairs output.I am well aware of the free market policies forced upon not just the BBC but everyone in the country,didn't John Birt with his blue sky thinking work for the labour government and why is it the psychology of the media person to be leftwing and if it is doesn't that answer my original statement which was the BBC has a leftwing bias.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
@alfred38uk Birt actually worked for the Thatcher government (at least, I know he was favoured by them) - I know he was Director General during John Major's time in office, and deputy DG during the later Thatcher years.
I can't answer *why* it's in the mindset - that's better left to psychiatrists or psychologists or whatever we're calling them today. I suppose it's because those who work in the media are at the forefront to fasion and culture. All I know is, it just is the mindset.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@AidanLunn Great set of responses. The guy is extremely deluded. Not sure he's ever stepped foot outside this country to see what a raw deal the rest of the world gets. If he just took a few moments to scroll below, to read & realise all the poster comments from folks all around the world. He ought grab a dose of US cable telly which is forced upon me yearly & see how those folks are starved of balanced global news coverage coupled with ads every 7-9 mins. That's brain-washing(ton) by my book.
emenveeuk 1 month ago
@emenveeuk Balanced global news,are you bonkers? the BBC have their nose stuck so far up Obamas the E.Us and the global warming fanatics collective ass they will need to be surgically extracted.And for your information mate i have travelled and continue to travel quite a bit for my job,and i am well aware what other nations TV is like.The BBC is funded to the tune of £3billion pounds a year, how is that split between making programmes,however good or bad and keeping 20000 people in a cushy job.
alfred38uk 1 month ago
The BBC has been hijacked by a Fabian fifth column. That's why their output is all skewed towards a left wing statist ideology, and explains their fondness for all things EU and reluctance to report anything negative about it, such as it's inability to pass any financial audit.
Bacalod 3 months ago
@Bacalod The BBC has always been left wing. If you want to pretend otherwise you are happy to live in your delusional world where the EU is a bad thing, 'middle england' is a reality and the conservative party aren't stripping public services from us step by step. Just don't vote in the next election please. Claim insanity for the good of the country.
blackcherry359 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@blackcherry359 I think you'll find that the BBC used 2 b rather conservative (b4 u were born?). At least u agree with me that the BBC has a leftist agenda (which is a clear breach of it's obligations under the Trust).
Meanwhile, I wouldn't dream of asking u to refrain from voting, that wud b anti-democratic, just like the EU president telling the Italian ppl "this is no time for elections...".:
Google/Search YouTube "What gives you the right to dictate to the Greek and Italian people? "
Bacalod 3 months ago 5
@Bacalod, @blackcherry359 may be younger than you but at least they can spell.... Secondly if you think the BBC has a left agenda then clearly you have little idea what a 'Leftist' agenda is.
louisdm123 1 month ago
@louisdm123 Don't understand yr comment about age, spelling or "leftist agenda" - please elucidate.
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod Well first of 'yr' is spelled 'your' 'b' is spelled 'be' and 'u' is spelled 'you'. Secondly you said, second line down, that Blackcherry was younger than you but at least they can spell. I would suggest you Google/Search YouTube 'Spelling lessons for the deluded"
louisdm123 1 month ago
@louisdm123
1) Look up the word "abbreviation" - it's not the same as a spelling mistake and I used it to accommodate the Youtube comment length restriction.
2) My comment about age was not derogatory, merely making the point that a young person may have the impression that the BBC has always had a left wing bias if that had been their lifetime experience.
3) It is possible to debate an issue without resorting to insults, give it a try.
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod The BBC's alleged leftist agenda is just you not realising that your own view of it is so biased to the right that you don't even realise it.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@blackcherry359 And how does you accusing it of a left-wing bias make what you said any truer than those who you claim are imagining that the BBC isn't biased?
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@Bacalod Or is that just you not seeing your own right-wing bias and just thinking that just because they don't report something, then that's a bias against you?
I don't see anything pro-EU on there.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
Ask any expat from the US if they appreciate the BBC, they will tell you, overwhelmingly YES! You Brits are spoiled, and don't know how good you have it. The BBC puts out some of the best programming around, and on (compared to the other networks) a shoestring of a budget. Are they perfect? No. Are they better than 4/ITV/Sky? YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES.
1notyourmum1 4 months ago 5
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The BBC receive about 5.5 billion dollars per annum - that's one hell of a shoestring!
And it doesn't depend on the vagaries of the economy, it just comes rolling in year after year. Makes me wonder why they broadcast so many repeats.
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod It's actually 4.26B (may seem like a small change in numbers, but we are talking about billions), and considering that a recent study showed that for every £1 spent on the license fee, £2 is put back into the economy, that's a pretty great value for ROI. (For every £1 spent on Sky, only 90 pence is put back into the UK, the rest goes to Murdoch's US companies). And of course, it *does* depend on the economy, as right now it is in a freeze, and will also be next year.
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@1notyourmum1
That's interesting, but still one hell of a shoestring - is that USD or GBP?
As for Sky, you have to remember that they are not NOTW and they do not send "inspectors" around to search your home, and no one ever went to prison for not paying Sky subscriptions.
BTW, where did you get the ROI figures from?
Bacalod 1 month ago
@Bacalod That is GBP. Weirdly, I was going to type a comparison to the US networks, but as hard as I searched, I couldn't find a straight answer on spending. Probably because most US networks are owned by corporations, and are a bit dodgy in what they make/lose on specific pieces of their pie. BBC on the other hand has a sense of transparency.
The independent study was commissioned last year, there is a good writeup here: (hrm, youtube doesn't seem to like outside links.)
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@1notyourmum1 that's the spam filter in action.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
@Bacalod Sorry to spam your inbox, the document on ROI was named the Deloitte Report, you can google the full details.
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@Bacalod I just realized, you may have been thinking about Sky's budget, which was 5.9B last year. (Hacking equipment is expensive!)
1notyourmum1 1 month ago
@1notyourmum1 Agreed. Married to a US citizen for last 20 years. I visit yearly. Whenever I channel surf on cable in the US, I would think I would have been passing through China. Woah.... oh so little the US nation at large know about world politics compared to world affairs reportage on the BBC. Not to mention the commercial breaks every 7-9 minutes - now that's brain-washing(ton) by my book!
emenveeuk 1 month ago
I love the complete lack of 'swag' of all the people in this video. It's sort of charming, lol.
I wish we had something like the BBC in America.
RyuuMakato42 4 months ago
@RyuuMakato42 You do, it's called PBS. Unfortunately, no one *has* to pay for it, so no one does, and it has to operate on a shoestring budget.
1notyourmum1 4 months ago
@1notyourmum1 I know, that's what I mean. A channel that has enough of a budget to produce quality and popular stuff. PBS often has good documentaries and things that I personally like, but the majority of Americans just ignore it.
RyuuMakato42 4 months ago
@1notyourmum1 It is partially funded by general taxation, so Americans do have to pay for it whether they watch it or not.
AidanLunn 1 month ago
Did anyone else just squeal when they heard a show that they enjoy? "Horrible Histories" yayy!!!! "Mighty Boosh" YaY!!! "Doctor Who!" YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SavageAsCabbage 4 months ago 4
I wish Mark Thompson was proud of the BBC. He seems hell bent on destroying it.
joannepsi 4 months ago 2
I love the BBC. I get so sad whenever I see people not liking it, because some of the stuff on there is so amazing! If I ever move out of the country, I'll really miss it. It does indeed make me proud to be British. And also I always feel smugly privileged when I use iPlayer, since the Americans get Hulu when we don't.
Fanusunay 4 months ago 3
To all complaining about the BBC. I moved to Canada from England 2 years ago. Believe me, the BBC is amazing. The TV here is shit. and there's adverts on EVERY channel.
YeahAndThat 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Mitch Benn 4
So, anyone else go 'Woop!' every time he mentioned a show you love?
goodbyejohnnythunder 5 months ago 6
Good to see Formula 1 got a mention, any chance you could help me redo my Formula 1 Imagine song!!! Would love to do a mock video of Johns singing the lyrics on the FREE TO AIR song... Hope you can help... ;)
ajhomryder 5 months ago
did anyone mention Dr Who
88dragonprince 5 months ago
Absolutely love this video! So glad he mentioned Horrible Histories as well.
Rainbowdalek 6 months ago
IM ADICKTED TO THIS SONG! WOW!! <3
imonlymeandmeonly 6 months ago
Love the song but how could you miss Doctor Who out? just HOW?!?!!!
;)
Bexiferous 6 months ago 2
quality comedy. im proud of the bbc!!
121Becker 6 months ago
Mitch you are awesome and correct we do all love the BBC because it is ours and honestly where would we be without it? Who would have put monty python on air? who would have made a second series of blackadder? Who would broadcast brilliant radio programs like I'm sorry I haven't a clue? and ok I am a little obsessed with comedy but still the beeb is brilliant so brilliant that I think we can forgive most its various faults.
swordfish1929 7 months ago
i don't think he mentioned dr who enough.
Tormentofprophecy 7 months ago
You forgot to mention the bullying scum at TVL.
onlywhenpissed 7 months ago
@onlywhenpissed never mind, you managed. How do suggest we fund public service broadcasting?
Exeunt26 5 months ago
Did you mention Doctor Who?
Cousjava 7 months ago 58
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Ploppy17 3 months ago
May I just say , watching this entirley pointless argument unfold and occasionally objecting is one of the most amusing things I have experienced. ( ok not quite literally I find many a thing funnier but still its exceedingly humourous). I think online arguing should become a fully fleged olympic sport. However I an also of the opinion that we , me included, should all " get a life" as it is widley put.
MrChe15 7 months ago
56 people were paid by Murdoch
MrNayl0r 7 months ago 3
This came across as sycophantic.
BBC bosses: tory MP Patten, Bilderberger & barclays bank chairman Agius. Their news consists of repeatedly biased reporting about protests where the "anchors" either play down the figures or edit footage with voice-overs calling activists "anarchists". Perhaps Mitch is just trying to future-proof his work for the bbc? There are good things about the BBC (well, the world service mainly) but their news is just as mainstream and narrow as any corporate news agency
pebbleface2 7 months ago
NOTW is down, Murdoch's empire is injured. Strike while we can, there is hope for great quality viewing yet
ThatGuyFromThatBit 7 months ago
So happy Kermode and Mayo were mentioned.
LordCuthberton 7 months ago
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The BBC prickocracy..... An illiberal consensus ...
/watch?v=D4YMbsEm3ms&feature=player_embedded
gudster 7 months ago 54
THIS SHOULD HAVE MORE VIEWS
<3
yacrazydiamond 8 months ago
Ok THE BBC IS AWESOME
AS IS DOCTOR WHO
AND IF YOU DONT LIKE IT GO LIVE IN A HOLE.
MrChe15 8 months ago 6
Yeah, Doctor Who!
TheBulletOfIce 8 months ago
*sigh* To all the people complaining that the only reason he is singing this have not bothered to understand his point of view and also how Mitch earns his living.
Yes. Sometimes he is paid by the BBC. BUT: He also earns his living from touring and gigs etc etc. He is not exactly rolling in money and in a 'job for life'.
For the people who are of the opinion that the BBC is a waste of money they need to leave the country and see how amazing and relevant the world service is.
And no adverts!
oxgoth 8 months ago 65
Thank you UK for the BBC and Mitch Ben for this very important reminder of the importance of public broadcasting...
Peppahh 8 months ago 5
This comment is nothing more nor less than a shameless pimp of my "I'm Proud of Sky" song at youtube.com/watch?v=yH-D7wLo2Fs which was inspired by this brilliant song.
seanellisvideos 8 months ago
only reason he is singing this is because the bbc have payed him for work.
avers2k7 9 months ago
@avers2k7 Actually, he's singing it because he means it. And most people agree with him. Of course, those tend to be the ones who know how to use capital letters. Maybe if you watch the BBC more, you'll learn too.
Incidentally, if Mitch Benn were all my license fee got me, it would still be a very good deal. May Mitch and the BBC flourish forever.
Steeleperfect 8 months ago 5
@Steeleperfect Are you not reading what im saying, he gets paid by the bbc, by work hes done, so the reason hes doing this is because he wants more work. absoloute bint.
avers2k7 8 months ago
@avers2k7 Oh, and where did that incorrect statement come from?
Maybe you might like to think that it might just be possible that others might have different opinions to you?
AidanLunn 4 months ago
Hello Hayley,Greta,Astrid and Clara! I see you!
FlyingHeadbutt100 9 months ago
@rx8boi you just can't appreciate true awesomness when you see it.
MrChe15 9 months ago
@MrChe15 well, if anyone is ever in awe over something, how can they appreciate it as they see it? maybe be afterwards but not as they see it.
anyway, dig out the footage i was refering to. you will be in awe :)
rx8boi 9 months ago
@elydis your too right I'm afraid.
MrChe15 9 months ago
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ha ha mitch ben is so boring
so funny that he failed on "the one show"
seems he went and lost a lot of weight
he was discussing gossip on the tv yesterday
so funny to see him checking out how he looked on the tv
and then he went on about how he was gossipped about regarding copying material
at least it was his own same material he had used on radio 5 live about an hour earlier
so funny
but not intended
rx8boi 9 months ago