BBC Three Going?!!?
The BBC seem to have snuck this on under the Radar!! BBC going!!?? It was quite often the best of em all (but yes somtimes the worst too). What with the closure of the TV Centre what is happening to our beloved BBC. The powers that be are chipping away at it piece by piece.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26469085
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26469085
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and to be honest i never really thought the bbc was good as targeting teens, they were much better at the very young (ooo errr) and the older audience. channel 4 is a lot better for the cool kids.
remember it's still appearing online.. like youtube etc.
hasn't had anything good on it for a fair while , so quoting really old stuff like little britian / gavin stacey that are 4-5+ years old, isn't the same .. and a lot of it could be shown on bbc2 anyway.. as for channel 4.. also it appears to be private, it's partly funded by the public indirectly.
I watch bbc4, but it's an age thing.. but sadly on it there are way too many repeats. I wish they would re-run shows like indelible evidence etc on it..
with regard to BBC wood lane (the tv centre).. the bbc are leasing the studios there still, or that was the plan..endimol own a mass of buildings up the road, so was surprised they didn't take it over.. a few things from other channels used their facilities also... they wanted to turn it into flats.. but it's got listing status IRC..or should have.
I've been in that building hhmm 4-5 times when I was younger, one day I had access to that doomsday bbc thing for 2 hours myself :) as dad worked there in the late 80's-90's where he was based was round the corner from the blue peter garden (which looks a lot bigger on tv) ..I was in a sunday when the filmed the title for alexi sayle tv show, where a kid goes "whos that fat b'stard" that was in the receiption.. and no I didn't meet / see any nonces in tracksuits, thankfully. partly for that reason perhaps they would like to distance themselves away from that building.
you only can go into the regent st. one after a 30 minute fire safety briefing apparently.
The Guardian
We'll soon be back to BBC 1 (in b&w) and BBC 2 (in colour), with the channels showing Ceefax or testcards in the morning (with Guitar Man and Live and Let Die playing in the background).
BBC 1 will have Pebble Mill at One, naturally, and don't forget to pay your radio licence.
Actually, a quick google reminds me that The Smoking Room was on BBC, and that was fantastic. So it's my favourite BBC3 program, followed by Mongresl, then (some of) Little Britain. Also, BBC has the Great Movie/TV Mistakes programs (presented by the bloke out of The Smoking Room), which is worth watching. And Torchwood was on there, which started out awful (I gave up after a few epsiodes), but I've heard got much better, and I have been meaning to give it another go. The Sarah Jane Adventures were supposed be OK too, and they're on my must-watch-some-day list.
But mostly BBC3 was just terrible comedy, plus reality shows that might be good (I don't know) but don't appeal to me so I can't judge and don't care, and a few imports that I didn't like (except for Family Guy, that's funny).
But even if most people won't miss it, it's not right that the channel is going simply to cut costs, when the BBC wastes money in so many other ways that, if fixed, wouldn't result in lost programming.
That's their main argument but it doesn't appear to have any basis in fact.
I can't remember the last time I watched anything on ITV - might've been the odd film or F1 when they had it.
I would prefer it if the BBC just got rid of the utter dross that clutters up BBC Two, Three and Four and combined the good stuff onto Two and Four - I do watch repeats of great shows. Here's an idea, BBC Four to show documentaries with all background music removed - no plinky plonky stuff and watch the ratings sky rocket.
Download the latest version of Bomb Munchies Ver2210 4th July 2020
from tv menu here's the rest of tonight's lineup
DR WHO
DR WHO
I AM NUMBER 4 (movie about a teenage alien)
EASTENDERS
FAMILY GUY
FAMILY GUY
AMERICAN DAD
AMERICAN DAD
well, what can I say, this will be a pretty hard loss to take. :)
better to loose BBC3 than suffer that w****r any longer. :)
I strongly question what value a series of documentaries on steam trains, canals, buses, old factories or old bands has in terms of informing young people or informing older people on the lives of young people.
We live in a society where the older generation has it much better than the young. Are we not prepared to give up a tiny bit of privilege for their sake?
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I think the BBC's long term strategy is to wait for all its viewers to die, then fade into obscurity.
These documentaries you mention are obviously just general interest (adults) and nothing to do with informing younger people or rarely about young people , I would seriously question older generation having it better than the young.
While I don't want to get all Tumblr on you: "representation is important".
For example, I found the It's a Mad World season absolutely captivating. A brilliant insight into the lives of troubled young people and of people relevant to the young.
In particular, I found Don't Call Me Crazy to be a must-see.
You could argue that you could show programmes about mental illness of people of any age, but that excludes the critical element of representation. That critical element that makes you feel worthwhile and included.
Imagine a hypothetical circumstance where a channel devoted to current-gen consoles was closed down so that we could watch endless programmes about the 8-bits, using a compulsory licence fee? Would that be a fair use of society's resources? Would that be fair on the younger generation?
Additionally, post-BBC3, you can't expect the commercial channels to make anything other than the lowest common denominator programmes - they exist solely to make money.
I'm not sure if it would be effective to have a debate here on which generation has it worst. While inequality plagues all generations, not having a good start to your working years does make life rather difficult (I know this personally). The current youth unemployment rates and low wages all over Europe are quite stark.
No. Long live BBC4!
I watched I AM NUMBER 4 last month. I recorded it over Christmas I think and it sat on my planner for ages. It was okay-ish.
said the same thing on FB the other day.. and alluded to the fact it must be handy having a dad who is a well known tv agent.. coincidence ?
he should go back to barnes and learn to drive a car.. figure that'll keep him off telly for a bit ;)
I didn't see this uproar when they cancelled blue peter annuals or the tax disc :)
been the same for years, more channels of dross. and repeats.. only so much you can make / show on channels.. thats why 17+ million viewing figures are long gone
I notice it's directed by Michael Bay... can't really handle his schlockbuster action + explosions + CGI-fests
i had to check that as i watched the start and it didnt seem like it.
he was only a producer, some other guy directed it.
it seemed to me like a twilight film with sci fi elements, but didnt watch it all so not sure how it turned out.
Real time TV is so last century, I just grab everything from get_iplayer, 3 quid HDMI cable from laptop into the telly and I can watch stuff at my leisure.
In five years' time the whole world and their granny will have smart TVs and we'll have forgotten what all the fuss is about...
Imagine a BBC music channel with the BBC's extire archive on continuous play/demand.
apparently the 2nd half is full of action and explosions. :)
this line from a review on imdb has really put me off checking it tho
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80-90% are on the gravy train regardless of party , labour also have done a pretty good job of mucking things up also... a local one here got a rather cushy job abroad after being around here.
funnily enough I just had one of the 2 major ones turn up on my day off today.. told em, come back when your london based mud slinging MP isn't ****ing the rest of us for a ?6k bathroom and kitchen .. and doesn't have a 2nd house when they live 30 minutes from parliament :) . remember labour is supposedly for the workers.. yer right.
got no time for any of them now, yet people go on FB spouting off their left or right wing views... there really isn't a divide / not as clear cut as it used to be. i'm sure there is the odd decent one, but well they are very few / far between and have to tow the party line.
if they put "none of the above" on ballot papers, they might get an awakening to how tired folk are of their antics.