bibblies Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Easy - change the name of "license fee" to BBC subscription fee, scramble it, and change the law so it isn't illegal not to own a TV without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 They should do it. If they need more money they could do like PBS in the States....tax deductable donations from sponsors. I'm sure people like BP, BAE and Prince Bandar would be happy to chip in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Written any other books? Several actually -- non-fiction and properly footnoted. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Grouse Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Thanks for the invite. Its my birthday Friday so I'm rather committed elsewhere. I'll watch out for any future meetings though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Grouse Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Some people here seem to think I'm in the fiction business. Perhaps we can exchange footnotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Thanks for the invite. Its my birthday Friday so I'm rather committed elsewhere. I'll watch out for any future meetings though. Whenever. Every Friday night, 6:30 at BKK Gulliver's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyfloss Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 On the subject of the BBC, there was some discussion recently on renewal of its Charter. Public Surveys were carried out. I seem to recall that a very low percentage of people said they would be willing to subscribe to the BBC if it became a matter of choice......I do like CBeebies though. Apart from the ridiculous number of ethnic minority presenters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Fiction is actually hard to write. Reconstructing something that has already happened is easier and more fun. (Also gets you in a helluva lot less trouble -- provided it happened long enough ago!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 The Beeb does have a moralistic maternal tone to it for sure. Personally I squirm when I see another documentary about sex slavery in Thailand. But it's fairly sensitive to the public mood I think. If enough people show their disapproval it will adapt. I would say it is an important force for social cohesion in Britain and there's a real danger of fragmentation without it. Of course maybe some people want to see a shake-up but I suspect the majority just want peace and quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Grouse Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 I investigated a Chinese syndicate sending girls to the UK for a LWT prod for C4 Dispatches programme a few years ago. Big mistake. Massive rows. We did the work - they wrote the script later in London. I saw a copy 4 days before programme went to air and went ballistic. Took them to Broadcasting Standards Commission and actually won the case though. They also broke promises of identification of victims. The reporter/prod had a bodyguard with him as 'Bangkok streets at night were dangerous to tread.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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