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The BBC license fee 16:10 - Jun 4 with 10506 viewsBelsteadCav

After David Mitchell defence of the bbc the other day, which tv or radio show do you think is worth the license fee?

Obviously the sport coverage ( World Cup, Olympics etc )
Spring watch
Radio 2, radio 5 live and 6 music

What else do you think is worth it?

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The BBC license fee on 17:40 - Jun 4 with 2117 viewsunstableblue

The BBC license fee on 17:32 - Jun 4 by PhilTWTD

Life's a Pitch, obviously! And Bagpuss.


I’d forgotten about BBC Suffolk!

That country music show rules

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The BBC license fee on 17:45 - Jun 4 with 2109 viewsLord_Lucan

The BBC license fee on 17:39 - Jun 4 by You_Bloo_Right

£50 for 5 minutes! Just as well he isn't providing your TV entertainment.


I know, it went like this.

LL "Hi doc, I've got the toothache"

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LL "Thanks

RB "Goodbye"

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The BBC license fee on 17:53 - Jun 4 with 2089 viewsEwan_Oozami

BBC4
Radio 3 and upwards
The BBC website
Dr Who
Jonathan Meades
HIGNFY

You are the obsolete SRN4 to my Fairey Rotodyne....
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The BBC license fee on 17:58 - Jun 4 with 2074 viewsLord_Lucan

The BBC license fee on 17:53 - Jun 4 by Ewan_Oozami

BBC4
Radio 3 and upwards
The BBC website
Dr Who
Jonathan Meades
HIGNFY


I used to love HIGNFY and I still watch it but I think it's getting a little tired now.


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The BBC license fee on 18:04 - Jun 4 with 2060 viewsFPL_Tractor

Local radio is a great comfort to many, many older people - particularly those on their own. Worth it.

CBeebies in particular and CBBC too are excellent. Left to the market our children would be worse off without much of the programming here.

For more ITFC chat and some fantasy football mutterings follow me on twitter @fpl_tractor.

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The BBC license fee on 18:09 - Jun 4 with 2049 viewsfooters

I rarely watch TV but pay the licence fee as around half goes to support local arts and culture iniatives that may otherwise be lost. That and the Tories want to get rid of it.

As for what I do watch on BBC, mainly BBC Parliament and Storyville documentaries, which are excellent.

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The BBC license fee on 18:12 - Jun 4 with 2046 viewsArnoldMoorhen

The BBC license fee on 16:27 - Jun 4 by factual_blue

All of it.


Apart from Laura K.
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The BBC license fee on 18:23 - Jun 4 with 2020 viewsfactual_blue

The BBC license fee on 17:32 - Jun 4 by PhilTWTD

Life's a Pitch, obviously! And Bagpuss.


Are you going to invite Bagpuss on to your radio show then?

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The BBC license fee on 18:31 - Jun 4 with 2008 viewsfactual_blue

The BBC license fee on 17:53 - Jun 4 by Ewan_Oozami

BBC4
Radio 3 and upwards
The BBC website
Dr Who
Jonathan Meades
HIGNFY


The BBC license fee by factual_blue 4 Jun 2021 16:27
All of it.


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The BBC license fee on 18:34 - Jun 4 with 2006 viewsPhilTWTD

The BBC license fee on 18:23 - Jun 4 by factual_blue

Are you going to invite Bagpuss on to your radio show then?


Next podcast. While we're on a Bagpuss/football theme, my wife always reckoned Arsene Wenger looked like Professor Yaffle.
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The BBC license fee on 18:46 - Jun 4 with 1988 viewsjaykay

when working in saudi you got to love the world service. football on a saturday kept me sane.

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The BBC license fee on 19:02 - Jun 4 with 1967 viewsRyorry

The BBC license fee on 16:12 - Jun 4 by pointofblue

Definitely any programming which wouldn’t be viable on free-to-air commercial television. The natural history department is second to none.


Particularly those produced in conjunction with the OU - 'Blue Planet' series etc. Genuinely the best in the world - I don't know of any other educational programmes which grip most of any nation.

HIGNIFY as mentioned, Line of Duty, other drama (if 'I Claudius', 'Boys from the Blackstuff', 'GBH' and 'Pennies from Heaven' are ever repeated, *watch them*!).

I love radio - Radio 4 & 4Extra as mentioned, 5Live & 5live SportsExtra of course, TMS! And a channel sadly neglected by most, therefore terribly under-rated - BBC World Service. Outstanding documentaries ('From Our Own Correspondent' is unmissable for me, first-person on the spot insights into ordinary peoples' lives around the globe); & truly factual news covering the entire world again - including the UK - my go to for objective news coverage.

Cheap at the price imho.

Edit: Sorry Jaykay, hadn't seen yours when I posted mine, good to see someone else who appreciates the WS!

I also forgot a big mention for R3, esp the Proms, & the Beeb's superb support for musicians, orchestras, choirs, composers, conductors, new music, festivals etc etc - again I think some people not aware of this, hence it's an under-rated aspect of what the organisation does for this country & the rest of the world 👍
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The BBC license fee on 19:15 - Jun 4 with 1959 viewsWeWereZombies

HARDtalk

Panorama

Storyville

The Verb

Last Word

In Our Time

Arena

Imagine

Lights Up

Life Cinematic

Staged

Inspector Montalbano

Spiral

The last two are examples of astute use of funding to bring in quality programming from elsewhere, but it should be noted that the BBC collaborates with other broadcasters to good effect too.

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The BBC license fee on 19:24 - Jun 4 with 1945 viewsRyorry

The BBC license fee on 19:15 - Jun 4 by WeWereZombies

HARDtalk

Panorama

Storyville

The Verb

Last Word

In Our Time

Arena

Imagine

Lights Up

Life Cinematic

Staged

Inspector Montalbano

Spiral

The last two are examples of astute use of funding to bring in quality programming from elsewhere, but it should be noted that the BBC collaborates with other broadcasters to good effect too.


And 'Clue'! The best comedy programme of all time imho, along with 'Fawlty Towers'.

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The BBC license fee on 19:37 - Jun 4 with 1940 viewssolemio

So much including many of the progs already mentioned.
And don't forget The Repair Shop.
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The BBC license fee on 19:39 - Jun 4 with 1932 viewsfooters

The BBC license fee on 19:37 - Jun 4 by solemio

So much including many of the progs already mentioned.
And don't forget The Repair Shop.


Although having just had to sit through the One Show at mother's behest I am now firmly in the defund the BBC camp.

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The BBC license fee on 20:04 - Jun 4 with 1919 viewsdickie

Cbeebies is worth the licence fee alone in its quality content for little ones.

Iplayer is our most used streaming service in our house so the BBC must be doing something right
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The BBC license fee on 21:27 - Jun 4 with 1882 viewsjeera

HIGNFY.

David Mitchell.

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The BBC license fee on 22:01 - Jun 4 with 1868 viewsjeera

The BBC license fee on 20:04 - Jun 4 by dickie

Cbeebies is worth the licence fee alone in its quality content for little ones.

Iplayer is our most used streaming service in our house so the BBC must be doing something right


I use iplayer a lot too.

Some decent dramas; likes of Peaky Blinders, Taboo, LoD etc. Some other excellent stuff like The Detectorists.

I don't want any of that interrupted by flipping adverts for a start.

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The BBC license fee on 22:09 - Jun 4 with 1863 viewsWeWereZombies

Just finished watching the one off drama 'Sitting In Limbo' before it goes off the iPlayer on Monday. Wish I had watched it when it came out, the BBC does these films that light up current affairs pretty well.

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The BBC license fee on 23:23 - Jun 4 with 1823 viewsRyorry

The BBC license fee on 22:09 - Jun 4 by WeWereZombies

Just finished watching the one off drama 'Sitting In Limbo' before it goes off the iPlayer on Monday. Wish I had watched it when it came out, the BBC does these films that light up current affairs pretty well.


I'll have a look at that, thanks 👍

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The BBC license fee on 23:46 - Jun 4 with 1822 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Rather than try and defend it with examples of original programming from the past year, when Covid restrictions have led to multiple delays and cancellations, instead ask yourself this:

If Thatcher had defunded the BBC in 1979, what would we never have had?

Our Friends in the North
14 Days in May
The Lakes
Glastonbury coverage
Broken
This Country
Live at the Apollo
Jools Holland
Professor Winston's remarkable series Child of our time
Murray winning Wimbledon, and all the times Tiger Tim didn't
Test Match Special
Sooo much Attenborough
A Very English Scandal
Rev
Pride and Prejudice
Ghosts
Theroux and Brooker as mentioned above
Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
Happy Valley
Line of Duty
Sherlock
Fleabag
Gavin and Stacey
Peaky Blinders
The Office
The Royle Family
The League of Gentleman and Inside Number 9
Alan Partridge (apart from the Fosters years)
The Fast Show
Killing Eve
The Poliakoff specials
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Victoria Wood
The Thick of It
Saturday Armistice
Fist of Fun and The Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle
Doctor Who's returns
Red Dwarf
Yes, (Prime) Minister
Outnumbered
The Fall
Shetland
Shooting Stars
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Being Human
QI
Jonathan Creek
Match of the Day Live
BBC Radio commentary of Ipswich winning the UEFA Cup
Pointless
Horrible Histories
W1A
Who do you think you are
Deadly 60
Masterchef
Great British Menu


And the best of the lot...

Girj/Haji

And all you right wingers who call for the defunding of the BBC wouldn't have had Top Gear and Clarkson to tell you what to think.

Or even Allo Allo and Little Britain so you could laugh at funny foreigners.

And add your own...
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The BBC license fee on 23:50 - Jun 4 with 1815 viewsmutters

It's an interesting question as I have recently cancelled my license as I wasn't watching any live TV (or the shows that i did watch were not worth the fee). For me it was shows like Mrs Brown's Boys which are so far away from what I would actually watch that did it for me. The BBC needs to be reformed, or how they charge does anwyay. For the 14 pounds per month I'd pay for the license, I can have Netflix and another streaming service and still have change left over. Sadly as much as i do truly rate some of the BBC content, for me it's just not value for money anymore.

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The BBC license fee on 00:32 - Jun 5 with 1783 viewsEnigma_Blue

The BBC license fee on 23:46 - Jun 4 by ArnoldMoorhen

Rather than try and defend it with examples of original programming from the past year, when Covid restrictions have led to multiple delays and cancellations, instead ask yourself this:

If Thatcher had defunded the BBC in 1979, what would we never have had?

Our Friends in the North
14 Days in May
The Lakes
Glastonbury coverage
Broken
This Country
Live at the Apollo
Jools Holland
Professor Winston's remarkable series Child of our time
Murray winning Wimbledon, and all the times Tiger Tim didn't
Test Match Special
Sooo much Attenborough
A Very English Scandal
Rev
Pride and Prejudice
Ghosts
Theroux and Brooker as mentioned above
Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
Happy Valley
Line of Duty
Sherlock
Fleabag
Gavin and Stacey
Peaky Blinders
The Office
The Royle Family
The League of Gentleman and Inside Number 9
Alan Partridge (apart from the Fosters years)
The Fast Show
Killing Eve
The Poliakoff specials
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Victoria Wood
The Thick of It
Saturday Armistice
Fist of Fun and The Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle
Doctor Who's returns
Red Dwarf
Yes, (Prime) Minister
Outnumbered
The Fall
Shetland
Shooting Stars
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Being Human
QI
Jonathan Creek
Match of the Day Live
BBC Radio commentary of Ipswich winning the UEFA Cup
Pointless
Horrible Histories
W1A
Who do you think you are
Deadly 60
Masterchef
Great British Menu


And the best of the lot...

Girj/Haji

And all you right wingers who call for the defunding of the BBC wouldn't have had Top Gear and Clarkson to tell you what to think.

Or even Allo Allo and Little Britain so you could laugh at funny foreigners.

And add your own...


Defunding the BBC doesn't mean abolishing the BBC. It means let it fund itself, like ITV does through commercial revenue.

And how the frig you have left Only Fools & Horses, arguably the greatest British sitcom of all time off your list!
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The BBC license fee on 01:30 - Jun 5 with 1746 viewsjeera

The BBC license fee on 22:01 - Jun 4 by jeera

I use iplayer a lot too.

Some decent dramas; likes of Peaky Blinders, Taboo, LoD etc. Some other excellent stuff like The Detectorists.

I don't want any of that interrupted by flipping adverts for a start.


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