BBC Three
It was confirmed today that BBC Three will move online from February 2016. This is something of a tricky issue. I think it would be reasonable to say that most young people no longer watch television in its conventional form, so it might be logical to put the network's programming online even if this move has clearly been taken for financial reasons. A number of the corporation's hit programmes started life on BBC Three and it's difficult to imagine that the next Little Britain or Gavin and Stacey will gain the same sort of traction without being nationally broadcast.
I think most right minded people who aren't idealogical hatemongers recognise the value and importance of the BBC. But it's difficult to believe that the changes will stop here and that the BBC as we know it may come to an end. I once went out for drinks with a relative and some of his friends*. One of them was a taxi driver who was telling me about his inexplicably strong hatred of the Beeb. He cited the occasion where he launched into a rant against a man in the back of his taxi who told him when asked that he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
At the end of the ride, the man asked for a receipt before informing him that the fare would be paid for by his licence fee. He took this as further proof of the arrogance of those who work for the BBC, rather than one of the potential consequences of launching into an unsolicited diatribe about a passenger's occupation. Lord what fools these mortals be.
* One of them had a genuinely amazing story that might be the subject of another blog.
I think most right minded people who aren't idealogical hatemongers recognise the value and importance of the BBC. But it's difficult to believe that the changes will stop here and that the BBC as we know it may come to an end. I once went out for drinks with a relative and some of his friends*. One of them was a taxi driver who was telling me about his inexplicably strong hatred of the Beeb. He cited the occasion where he launched into a rant against a man in the back of his taxi who told him when asked that he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
At the end of the ride, the man asked for a receipt before informing him that the fare would be paid for by his licence fee. He took this as further proof of the arrogance of those who work for the BBC, rather than one of the potential consequences of launching into an unsolicited diatribe about a passenger's occupation. Lord what fools these mortals be.
* One of them had a genuinely amazing story that might be the subject of another blog.
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