tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34812312.post6654598419684067892..comments2023-10-23T17:07:34.238+00:00Comments on Hoff Limits: What's yours is mineMike Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301650532274665517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34812312.post-83802994542659421512011-03-16T22:47:09.595+00:002011-03-16T22:47:09.595+00:00Well I don't want to come across as some kind ...Well I don't want to come across as some kind of Telegraph reading autobot but aside from the fact that it is a magnificent institution, the core output of the BBC is mostly rubbish. Cutting edge drama and current affairs is more and more becoming a hallmark of channel four's programing than the BBC's.<br /><br />I know someone who worked there recently (hence anonymous post) and it was their opinion that arriving at the BBC full of idealism and enthusiasm they came away from it seeing it as a snake pit of oxbridge educated nit wits and mindlessly ambitious social climbers, ill deserving of the license fee.<br /><br />Bland and gutless is how I'd describe 90% of BBC output, whereas Channel four can at least justify shows like Big Brother because they pay for the good stuff, how can the BBC justify, well just look at the listings for BBC 1 and 2! Mindless drivel most of it. Even the intelligent stuff is simplified so much so that an average episode of Horizon feature about as much info as you'd get from a two paragraph article in new scientist.<br /><br />Granted Radio 4, 6 music, the world service are jewels in the crown, but they cost a fraction of the TV output, which is dire, in an era where the BBC is under attack it should be standing up for itself, harnessing and utilising talent instead of cowering in front of the likes of Murdoch and the Tories. As such they would never have the guts to show stuff like Chris Morris' Jam, Longford, and so forth, meanwhile out and out racists like Jeremy Clarkson are allowed prattle their vile to their hearts content, yet what counter balances Top Gear? <br /><br />For fuck sake their director came out recently and said Britain needs a fox news channel, WTF??!!!<br /><br />Maybe there's a chance the culture in the BBC can shift, but to my mind it looks like a half-dead entity already. Of course the kind of fat they need to cut off (namely upper class twits), will never happen, not under the conservatives that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com