‘All Together Now’ BBC 1

boogieman

Sassafras said:

Funkfingers said:

darthed1981 said:
Horne and Corden.

The only Horne in British comedy who matters died on 14 February 1969. 

Thanks to Radio 4 Extra he can still be heard, I think, on Mondays.
Great comedy that's stood the test of time better than nearly all other 60s comedy shows. Take It From Here is the other one.

I listened to RTH when I was a kid in the 60s and found it funny but all a wee bit odd. Listening to the re-runs makes you realise quite how close to the bone it is, let alone how outrageous it must’ve been for it’s time. Brilliant stuff. 

fandango

boogieman said:

AlexC said:

Surely it can't be too long before the licence fee is abolished? I probably watch about 30 hrs of BBC programmes a year. Seems to me that by chasing viewers (lowest common denominator junk) thay're actually driving most people away and killing off what they used to be good at - drama, documentaries, fearless journalism, etc.

How would they fund the bbc? Ads? I’d rather have it ad-free and pay the licence fee frankly. Not sure they’d make enough income from purely selling merchandise. 

For all the Beeb bashing they still put out a lot of good stuff amongst a relatively small amount of dross. If you want to see how really bad tv is done, go to the US. Some of their product is good, but it’s drowned in a tide of constant ads. The other 90% is just garbage. 

How SHOULD they fund the BBC?

Easy. Subscription.

darthed1981

Funkfingers said:

darthed1981 said:
Horne and Corden.

The only Horne in British comedy who matters died on 14 February 1969. 

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...but seriously, yes Round The Horne was both a British classic and also a really edgy show, especially in it's use of gay slang, genuinely subversive in its own way

darthed1981

fandango said:

boogieman said:

AlexC said:

Surely it can't be too long before the licence fee is abolished? I probably watch about 30 hrs of BBC programmes a year. Seems to me that by chasing viewers (lowest common denominator junk) thay're actually driving most people away and killing off what they used to be good at - drama, documentaries, fearless journalism, etc.

How would they fund the bbc? Ads? I’d rather have it ad-free and pay the licence fee frankly. Not sure they’d make enough income from purely selling merchandise. 

For all the Beeb bashing they still put out a lot of good stuff amongst a relatively small amount of dross. If you want to see how really bad tv is done, go to the US. Some of their product is good, but it’s drowned in a tide of constant ads. The other 90% is just garbage. 

How SHOULD they fund the BBC?

Easy. Subscription.

Then it just becomes Netflix, nothing wrong with that, but it isn't a public service broadcaster any more.