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Ok tin hat time....

Keyword here is 'drama'..it's irrelevant that we know the outcome... guess what?.... Scrooge gets reformed, Sidney Carton dies, the shrew gets tamed and the Germans lose WW2.

The BBC has done some really great drama that has affected how we think and act today...

Stuff like Threads, Cathy Come Home and Edna the Inebriate Woman...

There have been excellent serial dramas like I Claudius, Edge of Darkness, Poldark(original)

Edgy comedy like Monty Python, Not the nine o clock news, Fawlty Towers (flowery tw**s), Blackadder etc..

And format comedy like Fools and Horses, open all hours, good life

How many of us grew up with Bill and Ben, Woodentops and Andy Pandy

More recently there have been dramatic bios on Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Hattie Jacques...but hey we know the outcome..they died

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEUySDDg-I

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just the bbc cashing in on a poor girls traumatic life changing event that will now be sold off to the world not just the UK

the lass will be older now and if she is getting a big payday out of this in royalties and is happy her personal life is been dug up all over again then fair enough but no mention of her was in the information about it other than the juicy bits to get people interested

i can help but think the BBC would have ploughed through with this even if she begged them not to though

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I will never pay for TV License. Currently my housemate does, but hes glued to the TV... Personally I never watch anything live, therefore do not need one

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Talking of things being sold off, I mentioned in this post:-


Just take a look at W's schedule, it contains all the programmes that used to be on BBC3, you remember that channel the Beeb have moved to the internet to save money (without even a hint of a refund to it's fee payers for loss of service).

So BBC3 has gone & in it's place is a new commercial channel gaining revenue from commercials and still nothing being returned to the fee payers, something stinks about how they got away with this.

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im not up to date with the latest scams the bbc are pulling but i was told today the bbc are planning on charging for their iplayer to people who dont have a tv license

if someone is already not paying for a tv license its a pretty safe bet iplayer isnt their only source for BBC shows lol

its kind of worrying a company sooo far behind with technology and the times along with a reputation for supporting child abuse is considered one of Britain finest assets and exports around the world

its a bit like the world thinking our Mps are the best example of citizens in the country lol

the sad part is they should be but MOST of them actually put criminals on the moral high ground because a criminal has at least been punished and labeled a criminal

no wonder government keeps handing the BBC a free ride they are of a similar ilk

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Once again, this evening the Brusels Bullshting Co-operative, show their bias, giving it large about those vile Russkies & Assad, laying waste to their ME/Arab chosen ones. Yet on the streets of London those same "Pets" are demanding UK become a caliphate, preaching hatred & spitting bile (Allegedly illegal ... well for some of us at least) but I can't see anywhere where the biased Beeb are highlighting & denouncing this.

WATCH: British Muslims Gather to Demand Caliphate

Further more one of the "Fatherlands Enrichers" kicked a young woman down the underground stairs in Berlin, watched her fall, then ambled away with his "Bros"(end of Oct). All caught on CCTV, local Police said they were going to release the video "Tomorrow" but only after it was "Leaked" Monday, something deplorable happening here in Germany. Mind you, Herr Bulle will be bringing their full force to bear & rightfully & viciously prosecute ...... the leaker! Still the world press, news outlets & the bbc covered it didn't they?

German Police Hunt Leaker of Subway Attack Video

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I sometimes feel because of these people there are chances of HolocaustII, but, will it be them or us?

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More likely us, due to their numbers outbreeding the local populace, when your government & law enforcement care more for the rights & protection of the outsiders as their own, you just know you're onto a hiding & eventual subjugation.

And the bbc are actively complicit in the subversion via their skewed morales & biased reporting.

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Interesting to read all this, frankly I just wouldn't miss broadcast television anyway.
I'm part of a merry little band of nuts who have recorded my favourite shows since oh 1978 so with nothing really worth watching today its nice to go back to the old stuff for some nostalgia. I've had a TV licence every year but is it worth anything to me...no.

Don't know about the rest of you but old cynical me can see right through these reality shows for what they are and the days of any sort of real variety is long gone. When I look back at the old black and white (think we can still say that) TV recordings like the Crazy Gang on the Variety Show you can see the talent of experienced entertainers unlike todays contrived tripe and the licence cost sure aint worth what we are landed with today.

Its so sad to see older folk getting marginalised and under valued in Britain's society and the removal of the already instigated TV licence would be just another example.

The beeb waists so much money, does Strictly Come Dancing need two presenters??

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Is it worth broadcasting?

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Once more the Brussels Bullshtting Co-operative,showing their colours! I'm not a raging royalist in any way shape or form but this should be getting their lefty ononist, British hating management put in the tower to rot if not up against a wall to be shot (I'm a tad rusty in the old shooting but I'd volunteer to pull the trigger & with a fully belted Jimpy, I'm sure I'd manage to do the job).

And with them just recently getting their charter renewed too shows you the contempt these creatures hold for their "Customers" & "Employers"

Slur that Prince Harry is not Prince Charles's son parroted in new BBC2 drama | UK | News | Express.co.uk

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Shameful

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I was surprised that they were allowed to make such a programme while all the characters were still living. It shows that they do not have much idea at what makes a good programme. I hope Prince Charles sues them.

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Up here in Scotland ..The Biased Broadcasting Corporation, nearly always gives good headlines to the Scottish Nazi Party.

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No surprise there then, the wee ginger tom & the snats are anti English so of course the beeb will be for them.

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Oh! STV must be owned by the Scottish Nazi party..there coverage is a disgrace!!!

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A quick DNS test should be all that's needed then sue the BBC or just shut them down altogether.

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Trouble with that good idea, is who shuts em down? it certainly wont be government.;)

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That would depend what the DNS test found. If the BBC are correct would James Hewitt be tried for treason because committing adultery with the heir to the thrones wife is treason?

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The royals have always overindulged in bedhopping.
Try reading this for hints of secret affairs, and decide for yourself whether they sound credible.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ty/PXjkJT4MvJ8

"Two separate British republican movements REPUBLIC (www.republic.org.uk) and
Throne Out (www.throneout.com) have called for the DNA testing of all
members of the royal family who receive money from the British taxpayer.
Here is the background to that call for DNA testing. Times have changed.
There was a time when the royal family was looked upon with respect. They
are now figures of ridicule. The royal family has fallen from its pedestal.
Not only has the family fallen in public esteem but the dark secrets which
only a few have known about and which have been talked about behind closed
doors for many years are now surfacing. The revelation of these secrets
could have historic repercussions.

In 1956 the Queen discovered that Prince Philip was having an affair with
Princess Alexandra. She banned him from her bed and the marriage ended in
the conventional sense. In his book 'Queen Elizabeth II, a woman who is not
amused' Nicholas Davies writes at page 169: It is extraordinary that an
affair involving two members of the royal family, one of them married to the
Queen, has remained a secret for so many years. To the nation and their
beloved Commonwealth, the royals have purported to set an example for all
their subjects. Yet, the Queen's consort, the man married to the Head of the
Church of England whose views on adultery were unwaveringly strict, has been
living an adulterous life for most of the 45 years he has been married to
the Queen. Alexandra's daughter, Marina, almost revealed the secret in 1989
when she became pregnant. Her parents urged her to have an abortion and
Marina was so angry that she decided to tell all to a newspaper. Fortunately
for her parents and Elizabeth and Philip caution prevailed and the affair
remained a closely guarded royal confidence known only to a very few.

When it became finally known that Alex and Philip were lovers the revelation
caused a major crisis in the family. Absolutely furious when he heard about
the affair Lord Mountbatten confronted his nephew and ordered Philip to end
the affair. Philip refused and told Mountbatten to "mind his own bloody
business."

The affair became known throughout the royal family including the household
of the Queen Mother and eventually of Prince Charles. Elizabeth had known
that Philip chased other women. Dickie Mountbatten explained to Elizabeth
'Philip knows what side his bread is buttered. Don't worry. He'll be back.'

In 'The Royal Marriages' Campbell writes (page 97): For Lillibet the pain of
discovering that her marriage possessed dimensions of which she had known
nothing was only part of the picture. When most couples reach a point of no
return they part. This, however, was never an option for Lillibet. No matter
what happened between Philip and her, they could never take the paths of
either separation or divorce. They were tied together for the remainder of
their natural lives and irrespective of how they might feel about one
another or what form their lives might take in the future they could never
present anything but a united front to the world at large.

By 1956 Philip and Lillibet were leading separate lives. Philip went on to
have many affairs. In the five books the names mentioned are: the late
Helene Cordet, TV star Katie Boyle, actresses Anna Massey, Jane Russell, Zsa
Zsa Gabor, Shirely Maclaine, Merle Oberon; the Duchess of Abercorn, the
Countess of Westmoreland, the late Susie Barrantes (Fergie's mother), Patti
Kluge, Christina Ford and many polo wives.

THE PORCHESTER AFFAIR
In 'Queen Elizabeth II, a woman who is not amused' Nicholas Davies writes
(p.186): Elizabeth became romantically involved with another man, Henry
George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon also known as Lord
Porchester. Throughout the '50s and '60s Porchester and Elizabeth spent
many, many hours together discussing racing. But there was more to the
relationship than racing.

The Cabinet papers of 1959
On January 1,1990 the Cabinet papers of the Macmillan government released
for the year 1959 (the year that Prince Andrew was conceived) confirmed that
the royal family was discussed in Cabinet on three occasions that year but
the subject matter was sufficiently sensitive for the government to order
that it be kept secret for a much longer period than normal. One of the
items was stamped with a 50 year embargo - as opposed to the normal 30
years - and two items were locked away for 100 years not to be revealed
until 2059. What could possibly be serious enough to warrant this kind of
secrecy? It was virtually without precedent in times of normality. From
recent times only the Cabinet documents relating to the Abdication remain
precluded. In 1959 there were no wars, political upsets or constitutional
crises. 'Prince Philip- a critical biography' by John Parker (p.200).

Appearance
In 'The Royal Marriages' Campbell writes (p.105): Andrew bears an uncanny
resemblance to Lord Carnarvon/Porchester and that similarity goes beyond the
facial. Unlike the other males in the royal family who are slender like
Philip, Andrew is chunky like Lord Carnarvon/Porchester and the two sons
born to his marriage.

In 'The Royals' Kitty Kelley writes (p.421): Prince Philip had agreed in
1993 to be profiled by journaliist Fiammenta Rocco in 'The Independent on
Sunday.' The reporter referred to the allegation that Prince Andrew is not
really Prince Philip's son, that he is the son of Lord Porchester, the Queen
's racing manager. Philip did not flinch. Knowing that any reaction would be
front-page news, he said nothing. He sat as impassive as stone. "Like a
child with porridge in his mouth" the reporter later told a colleague. She
had addressed the issue of his son's paternity because it had been raised
weeks before by Nigel Dempster in 'The New York Times Magazine.' "Get hold
of a picture of Prince Andrew and then one of Lord Porchester at the same
age" Dempster was quoted as telling writer Christopher Hitchens. "You'll see
that Prince Philip could never have been Andy's father." The Palace did not
challenge the published statement.

Secrecy surrounding birth
In 'The Royal Marriages' Campbell writes (p.105): Baby Andrew was kept under
wraps as no other royal baby has been before or since. The world received no
glimpse of him, not even when he was christened, for there were no official
photographers present to record what is normally a happy semi-official
occasion shared by the royal family and the public alike. In public
relations terms such secrecy was a disaster which would have long-term
repercussions.
Coming on top of society's knowledge that Philip and Lilibet's marriage had
been nothing more than a viable but unromantic partnership and that he had
been absent during much of the period when she might have been impregnated,
it only fed the fires of lurid speculation as to whether Philip was actually
Andrew's father.

The rumours
In 'The Royal Marriages' Campbell writes (p.106): I had no idea how
widespread the rumours about Andrew's paternity were until I visited Ireland
for the launch of 'Diana in private.' I had always assumed that what I had
heard was confined to the narrow circle surrounding the Queen, her court and
her cousins, but, to my consternation, Terry Keane of the prestigious Sunday
Independent asked me if I could confirm whether it was true that Prince
Andrew was Lord Porchester's and not Prince Philip's son. I mumbled
something diplomatic and unquotable, hoping to sidestep the issue as gently
as possible. I was therefore astonished to pick up the paper the following
day and read a graphic description of the whole encounter which left no
doubt in the readers' minds regarding Ms. Keane's views on the subject. In
her book 'Elizabeth' Sarah Bradford also mentions the rumours about the
paternity of Andrew (p. 284).

THE PLUNKET AFFAIR
In 'Queen Elizabeth II, a woman who is not amused' Davies writes (p.193):
Elizabeth's only other emotional involvement was with Baron Patrick Plunket,
Deputy Master of the Royal Household, probably her favourite courtier.
Prince Edward's' coincidental resemblance' to the Plunket family is a taboo
topic of conversation in royal circles - 'The Royal Marriages' by Lady Colin
Campbell, page 122.

If DNA tests were to prove that Lord Porchester is Prince Andrew's
biological father and that the late Baron Patrick Plunket was Prince Edward'
s biological father then the Queen would be in deep trouble and the United
Kingdom could have a constitutional crisis. If it was proved scientifically
that the Queen had had four children to three different fathers then the
scandal would have international ramifications, the Abdication Crisis would
pale into insignificance and the monarchy would fall in a great heap.

These rumours have surrounded the Queen for many years but until recently
there has been no method of either proving or disproving them. DNA tests can
now prove paternity.

In all other respects the Queen has been an exemplary monarch and it is
unfair that these stories about her alleged affairs and the paternity of two
of her children should persist into her old age. Until such time as the
British government does this then the rumours will circulate and the
institution of monarchy and the edifice of the British state will be
tainted. If there is nothing to fear, members of the royal family should
welcome a simple DNA test involving a swab taken from inside the cheek or a
blood sample. If they refuse to take such a test the inevitable conclusions
will be drawn by the British people.

Red Dragon"

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Most people I work with don't have a tv license

You don't need one to watch Netflix on demand

Stop paying the tv tax

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I don't mind paying this licence fee. Do not forget the fee covers listening to the Radio, some good talk and sports commentary on there. I just wish the BBC were less biased in Political and Foreign reporting.

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iv started getting letters again asking if i need a jimmy saville and various other 70's child abusers TV tax thingy and the more recent ones are now saying they are sending an inspector to my home

the next one will be escorted off my property as well

i hope i get the same one as lasttime he will know the way out

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I do mind paying it, T.V. and radio worldwide are paid for by advertising leaving others with freedom to choose what they want to watch or listen to.

We on the other-hand must fork out for a service we might not want before we are allowed to watch/listen to the free worlds broadcasting!

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The TV fee is good value for money. It still shows football and other sporting events. how much would it cost to attend some of these games.

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but ITV , C4 , C5 and many freeview channels show sporting events with no cost to the public

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so far i have yet to talk to any american that pays a TV license fee to the BBC to watch BBC america

i talk to a lot of yanks from all over america and they cant believe we are forced to pay for that crap

although a few of them do have a thing for dr who

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The Yanks have Public Broadcasting, but the difference is that they CHOOSE to subscribe to it.
The Brussels Broadcasting Corporation make £millions selling product across the world but that is never enough, it still demands everyone in the UK pays a compulsory tax to keep its staff on bloated salaries (sorry, I mean salaries that must be high to compete with those in the private media - figure that one out).

But no political party will ever do anything about it because they know the BBC will give any half-wit politician air time.

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only in the UK can a company be as anti British as the BBC , cover up mass sexual assaults and rapes of women and small children and be allowed to not only continue trading but have the general public pay them for the pleasure under threat of imprisonment or a hefty fine

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yeah i know how it works in yank land and how great it must feel to live in a country of choice where you can choose what goods you buy and which ones you consider garbage and dont;)

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At least Murdoch shut down the News of the World

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aye but the BBC make him look like a saint in comparison unless theres some things he has done i aint aware of

wasn the the one that hacked or approved the hacking of dead children's phones or something

maxwell hasnt returned from his yachting trip yet... He will be in trouble when he gets back i tell ya

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For his own benefit no doubt.:rolleyes:

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There was no phone hacking, it was all the fault of the mobile phone companies making everyones PIN number the same and not forcing customers to change it. Anyone who knew your mobile number could listen to your answer machine messages using the pin number 1234 or whatever it was. I never changed mine back then either. That was the majority of what went on and other newspapers were doing it as well. I think the Mirror group had as many arrested as Murdochs lot. Out of all the arrests only one or two was it did jail time and that was for something else anyway. Big news story arresting people in dawn raids and then nothing reported as they were released without change.

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News of the World was the biggest Sunday paper in the country and when it closed many of it's readers must have stopped buying a Sunday paper as other papers circulations didn't go up by the numbers buying the NotW at the time. When he started the Sun on Sunday the circulation was massively smaller than the NoTW so he lost a lot of readers. Something like a million less I think it is

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Aye but the damage he may have done to his main cash cow i reckon was the deciding factor.

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When I was admitted to a care home on 26th Jan, it was a provisional arrangement in case I didn't like being here. A direct debit of £12+ for TV licence was taken from my account on 12th Feb.
I decided to stay so applied for a refund of that one month's TV licence - they refunded me the equivalent of THREE months payments.

I have got an email today to remind me to renew my TV licence which expires at the end of May :confused:

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I think it is totally wrong that people in care homes should have to pay for a licence individually. Hotels do not have one per room so why should care homes. I remember when my son went to uni each room was supposed to have a licence .He had taken his small tv from his bedroom with him and my husband told him if the authorities came to throw it out the window (he was on the 3rd floor) as a new set would be less than the fine.It is the only time I have ever heard him condone something wrong. Years ago an elderly relative lived in a sheltered housing complex and only paid about £25 for her tv.

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4 days to go until their inspector arrives to see if i need a tv license

they were nice enough to give me a date but not a time

iv come to look forward to these little visits from the BBC henchmen but i am disappointed they have removed the element of surprise and given me a heads up they are coming :(:(

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Kuenssberg is a labour supporter, the BBC are a disgrace with there biased reporting.

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So you don't mind paying towards a disgrace?

Yes, they do seem to be biased, why then should we all be forced to pay for them before we listen/watch what we may find unbiased (well, maybe less biased)?

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Just read this article below, seems the Brussels Bullsh'ting Co-operative have now become Tinterweb guardians! Since when have they been given the nod to do plods job? And on top of that what happened to the rules about peoples privacy & data protection? Their lawyers keep screeching loudly enough about it when Joe public starts asking questions of the beeb & it's functionaries but it's okay for them to castigate, criminalize & report the proles!

BBC Threatens to Contact Your Boss if an Online Comments is Perceived as Illegal

Willkommen zum Stasi UK!

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BBC didnt show up today to inspect my home

shoudl i lodge a complaint ?

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Don't contact them online they'll insist on you getting a licence for using their facilities!