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The BBC license fee 16:10 - Jun 4 with 10497 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 16:12 - Jun 4 with 3794 viewspointofblue

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

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The BBC license fee on 16:17 - Jun 4 with 3776 viewsHerbivore

Masterchef, Great British Menu. The Beeb has lots of good programming really. I feel like the licence fee is decent value.

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The BBC license fee on 16:19 - Jun 4 with 3747 viewschicoazul

Bellers you seem to be conflating “worth it” with “things I like”.
I don’t like watching Children in Need but it’s worth it.

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The BBC license fee on 16:19 - Jun 4 with 3743 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Giri/Haji. I'll keep banging on about it until you all watch it. The British/Japanese The Bridge or Fargo. So good and criminally under-promoted.
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The BBC license fee on 16:21 - Jun 4 with 3723 viewsBelsteadCav

The BBC license fee on 16:19 - Jun 4 by ArnoldMoorhen

Giri/Haji. I'll keep banging on about it until you all watch it. The British/Japanese The Bridge or Fargo. So good and criminally under-promoted.


Never heard of it, I’ll check it out

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The BBC license fee on 16:22 - Jun 4 with 3713 viewsBelsteadCav

The BBC license fee on 16:19 - Jun 4 by chicoazul

Bellers you seem to be conflating “worth it” with “things I like”.
I don’t like watching Children in Need but it’s worth it.


Good point.

But I still think it’s worth the money

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The BBC license fee on 16:22 - Jun 4 with 3712 viewsSarge

Biannual international football tournament coverage
Annual Eurovision Song Contest Coverage
The BBC News/sport website

That’s probably it tbh, I think most of the programming is clearly not aimed at me/my generation so it’s more paying the fee for access to other channels.
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The BBC license fee on 16:22 - Jun 4 with 3711 viewsPhilTWTD

The BBC license fee on 16:19 - Jun 4 by ArnoldMoorhen

Giri/Haji. I'll keep banging on about it until you all watch it. The British/Japanese The Bridge or Fargo. So good and criminally under-promoted.


I concur, was really good.
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The BBC license fee on 16:25 - Jun 4 with 3688 viewsGiant_Midget

The Louis Theroux docs. I don't think the early ones would have been commissioned by any other broadcaster.
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The BBC license fee on 16:26 - Jun 4 with 3681 viewsGiant_Midget

Also, Charlie Brooker's screenwipe, newswipe, gameswipe.
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The BBC license fee on 16:27 - Jun 4 with 3678 viewsfactual_blue

All of it.

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The BBC license fee on 16:37 - Jun 4 with 3637 viewsGeoffSentence

The news on any BBC TV or Radio Channel. Not having output controlled by powerful media moguls, like Murdoch, is worth every penny of the licence fee and more.

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The BBC license fee on 16:38 - Jun 4 with 3628 viewsHerbivore

The BBC license fee on 16:26 - Jun 4 by Giant_Midget

Also, Charlie Brooker's screenwipe, newswipe, gameswipe.


Arsewipe.

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The BBC license fee on 17:00 - Jun 4 with 3580 viewsLord_Lucan

After I saw his pre planned and completely set up tirade I had a look at the evenings BBC viewing and the only thing worth watching was Fawlty Towers and that's 40 years old

It's not the amount of money for the license I am against it is the fact that I haven't got a choice.

I mean what is it, £150? I just paid a robbing bastard dentist £50 for 5 minutes of his time.

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The BBC license fee on 17:09 - Jun 4 with 3541 viewsFtnfwest

Certain 1970s TOTP re runs
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The BBC license fee on 17:16 - Jun 4 with 3524 viewsGuthrum

Radio 4

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The BBC license fee on 17:20 - Jun 4 with 3511 viewsBasingstokeBlue

The BBC license fee on 17:16 - Jun 4 by Guthrum

Radio 4


... and 4extra.

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Protect the BBC on 17:22 - Jun 4 with 3501 viewsunstableblue

The forces undermining the BBC are the right, and the right wing press. BBC in a way gives us our identity. It’s demise will see the further rise of populism and the disease of Fox News type journalism.

Yes it has got a lot wrong, and the main news and journalism is weak.

But for me just these items alone justify the fee:

Autumn/spring watch
Motherland
Newsnight

R4 output - in our time, today, broadcasting house, Saturday live
6 music - Sean Keavny

Those items alone justify the license fee

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The BBC license fee on 17:30 - Jun 4 with 3477 viewsunstableblue

The BBC license fee on 17:16 - Jun 4 by Guthrum

Radio 4


Exactly Guthrum

I literally gorge on R4 content

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The BBC license fee on 17:31 - Jun 4 with 3471 viewsClapham_Junction

The news website, which is without doubt the best in the UK IMO.

The football website used to be great, but in recent years they've really cut back the coverage of anything outside the Premier League - removing the league sections from the main page was a big backwards step as now it's quite difficult to access news stories from the lower division unless they make the front page (which isn't very often).
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The BBC license fee on 17:32 - Jun 4 with 3463 viewsPhilTWTD

Life's a Pitch, obviously! And Bagpuss.
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The BBC license fee on 17:37 - Jun 4 with 3425 viewsBelsteadCav

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

Life's a Pitch, obviously! And Bagpuss.


Goes without saying lol

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The BBC license fee on 17:37 - Jun 4 with 3425 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

In some ways the license fee is a piece of forced altruism. Want to watch Eastenders, or catch the latest Attenborough documentary? Then pay for a licence fee so the BBC can still produce stuff others want to watch/listen to.

So Facters is right in my book; what's worth the license fee is the whole output even if only part of that output appeals on a personal level or has any objective worth.

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The BBC license fee on 17:37 - Jun 4 with 3422 viewsleitrimblue

Duggee and some of the better episodes of in the night garden
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The BBC license fee on 17:39 - Jun 4 with 3407 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

The BBC license fee on 17:00 - Jun 4 by Lord_Lucan

After I saw his pre planned and completely set up tirade I had a look at the evenings BBC viewing and the only thing worth watching was Fawlty Towers and that's 40 years old

It's not the amount of money for the license I am against it is the fact that I haven't got a choice.

I mean what is it, £150? I just paid a robbing bastard dentist £50 for 5 minutes of his time.


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

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