tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post845926141113781132..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: From BBC to BNC: Anthony Lilley Part 3John Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-51104048430879687382008-01-31T04:37:00.000-05:002008-01-31T04:37:00.000-05:00There was one PS I wanted to add from Lilley's lec...There was one PS I wanted to add from Lilley's lecture. When he was answering my question about how he would spend 4 billion pounds of feepayers' money on the BBC he made a point of saying "Don't touch news. Don't touch factual." For what it's worth....John Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-11331613068341897922008-01-30T15:22:00.000-05:002008-01-30T15:22:00.000-05:00I have sort of been with Mark from Alexandria on t...I have sort of been with Mark from Alexandria on this: the BBC ain't broke, don't fix it. It may be an odd, cobbled creation, but what a wonderful odd, cobbled creation it is. But I can see now that if you're going to take its mandates seriously--the high-minded way it justifies the license fee--then you have to brainstorm about ways the organization might need to change with the times. It's no John Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-73508496540098987872008-01-30T08:56:00.000-05:002008-01-30T08:56:00.000-05:00During my years in England I listened to BBC radio...During my years in England I listened to BBC radio every day. I thought it managed to cater to a wide variety of listeners, running the gamut from the elite Three (not so elite any longer, some devotees complained) to the less highbrow Four and the demotic or democratic One, Two, and Five. Its interactive Website "Have Your Say," which invites comment, seems to draw many more Five than Three or Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-91228760439112191632008-01-30T07:54:00.000-05:002008-01-30T07:54:00.000-05:00I just don't see where the quality, diversity, or ...I just don't see where the quality, diversity, or quantity of programs available to the "Great British Public" would be significantly served by the imagined reforms of the Beeb. Look at what has become of the PBS once the politicians started mucking around with it. As has been noted by others, Monty Python would never make it to the air on PBS today. The Beeb, like the Monarchy may seem Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-74117587993132935082008-01-30T06:32:00.000-05:002008-01-30T06:32:00.000-05:00God no - that'd be anarchy! Live stonings and the ...God no - that'd be anarchy! Live stonings and the like every night ... have you ever seen the Running Man? A patronising paternalism is the only way. It's what government does very well with taxes.<BR/><BR/>As for the plebs/yoof, I said i disagreed with the commonly-held managerial line that we should make stuff for plebs and yoof in order to grow brand loyalty in the hope that they might Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-9074887323860395682008-01-30T05:25:00.000-05:002008-01-30T05:25:00.000-05:00Plebs and yoof and Radio 3 and 4.The BBC is funded...Plebs and yoof and Radio 3 and 4.<BR/><BR/>The BBC is funded by a hypothecated tax. How much should the people who pay the piper be able to call the tune?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-34351088025491614552008-01-30T05:01:00.000-05:002008-01-30T05:01:00.000-05:00Thanks for the debrief. I've now managed to miss t...Thanks for the debrief. I've now managed to miss the last two of these lectures, but understand them more than the one I went to. <BR/><BR/>Still, there's a strong whiff of guff about it all, don't you reckon? All those C concepts - I can think of another word starting with C...<BR/><BR/>But still, on the Beeb he's right - Non linear scheduling argues for a smaller BBC, which is handy, because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com