Well done George... !
Congratulations. Good job.
Programme maker back at the helm.
George Entwistle, a BBC insider since 1989, was today appointed the corporation's new director general and will replace Mark Thompson. Entwistle has the strongest programme-making background of the shortlisted hopefuls for the top job. He is currently in charge of TV - or "director of vision" as the BBC calls the post. That …
Well done? Au contraire, if he's currently in charge of Beeb Telly, then he's also responsible for the BBC's contribution to the desolate "nothing worth watching" schedules over recent months (and arguably years), and he should have been sacked, not promoted.
Peak time offer from the BBC tonight? DIY SOS: The Big Build. Whoofuckingpee. Or about three hours of Wimbledon on BBC2. The other BBC digital channels are stuffed with repeats of repeats. Quite how they manage to come up with so little for their nearly five billion quid income I have no idea.
"The ethical dilemma, as ever, is continuing to levy a full charge on people who don't consume swaths of BBC output - obliging them to subsidise the often wealthier people who do (think Radio 4). "
Isn't it more likely to be the Radio 4 listener subsidising vast swathes of rubbish for everyone else given the tiny cost of running it compared to BBC1 / BBC Three / Sports rights?
Fair point about the quality at best, but the diamonds have become fewer and farther apart. Look at 'em struggling to wheel out three episodes of Sherlock every couple of years. The return of Upstairs Downstairs might as well have been a repeat, for the caricatures in it. And, and... well, there hasn't been much to crow about. Even the events broadcasting has taken a severe downhill turn, to judge by the shite coverage of the Jubilee. Even the news has been a bit gutless and timid since the traitor Blair took the BBC to task for their temerity in showing that he'd lied through his teeth in order to start an illegal war.
Dunno, listening to a radio adaptation of "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" recently, I'd say exactly where they have always stood.
Watch BBC3, of course you get tabloid crap for Daily Mail readers. Different channels for different content isn't that hard to grasp, surely?
Yes, the poorest person I know is an avid listener.
The -real- middle class is a cultural position, a regard for learning, reason, debate, etc.
So my friend has been accompanied by Radio 4 through her blokes drug induced psychotic breakdown, then years of single-motherhood as she's gone to uni, acquired an MA, worked in publishing, started a career in teaching, and raised two of the most pleasant and intelligent kids I've ever met.
And that's in spite of officials telling her she might as well just go on full-time benefits.
Intelligence may be essential, but it's also about values. Money is definitely optional, and possibly even obstructive, given how vacuous, self satisfied and complacent it can make people.