Brilliantly put and I totally agree with you, but the BBC would say that they're trying to right the wrongs of the past (???) and that it's OUR FAULT that we don't like what's happening.
It's not just the BBC. It's Hollywood. Disney especially. The amount of film franchises that have been wrecked due to identity politics Is unreal. And when each one bombs the fans get the blame. It's a form of self harm. It's insanity.
At the age of 85, I remember the BBC when it was brilliant. Now, it is so bad I no longer consider watching or listening to the BBC & I am certainly not going to pay them for the privilege of not watching them. I just can't understand how the BBC can hate the very country it is supposed to represent🤔 Without doubt, the BBC should be scrapped!!
Ben Elton said,truthfully,that in the early 1980s a comedian could build a whole lucrative career just by going on stage and shouting "Margaret Thatcher". It certainly worked for him.
And yet, Blackadder was one of our best ever comedy programmes, I believe. Back then, I wasn't opposed to the anti-Thatcher movement (my family were all coal miners) but even so, I couldn't support the idiot Scargill. Tough times for the mining 'communities' who have never really recovered and, as with the EU referendum (and even more so the Indy Ref in Scotland), friends and families were ripped apart by politics. Strange that my father was a massive labour supporter who manned the picket lines and his brother, my lovely Uncle, was a 'scab'. They never recovered from that and both died as 'adverseries'. How sad.
@@mrjagriff in the same vein of fawlty towers, just sarcasm and belittling both the upper and the lower classes who were all portrayed as idiots. I think we were all supposed to empathise with blackadder, the Mr know it all and supposedly the most grounded character when in reality blackadder is the most obnoxious leading character in sitcom land. Arrogance personified. Truly awful. No redeeming features whatsoever
My real gripe about Ben Elton was the way he dissed older, established comedians - Jimmy tarbuck in particular was regularly the punchbag for his "jokes". Benny Hill was portrayed as some sort of lech because of course Elton was "right on" with his caring sharing supporting feminism image. Fair enough if those were his beliefs but you never saw benny Hill, Jimmy tarbuck or any of the other established figures take a swipe at others who made it before them. For someone who championed political correctness and respect for all he seemed quite lacking in showing respect for those he despised because they held different views from him or performed comedy that wasnt to his liking. I feel like I need a shower now. Feel unclean talking about him. Hateful, hateful man
I was weaned on the B.B.C. , in those halcyon days, when it was the yardstick for all broadcasting organizations. Fair, educative, informative, entertaining and renouned for its high standards. Its decline into banal mediocraty and left wing bias, has appalled me to the extent, that I no longer, listen or watch its programmes. This saddens me, very much indeed.
You're not alone Shackled Citizen - in the meantime can I suggest TalkRadio to keep you company over the breakfast cereal? It's lively, unapologetic and pursues issues without fear or bias. The last redoubt in common sense broadcasting.
If you simply cancel your direct debit, you will be in breach of contract and they will come after you for monies owing. It's very simple to do it legally and above board on their website, or over the phone', whereupon they will acknowledge you no longer watch their shite, and therefore do not require a licence. I did this last October and haven't been bothered by them once.
Ditto, nearly three years for me. Just fill out the form online, say you don’t watch any live tv and only stream/download. I’ve not had one goon knock on my door, nor any letters.
I would like to think that many more people are aware of the narrative and bias of the BBC. The acceleration of social media has shown people that the BBC has diversity of people but certainly not diversity of opinions As was said here they are devoid of balance which will be their downfall.
The truth told, bluntly it may be, but that's what telling the truth does, telling it as it is. Of course the PC "snowflake brigade" can't handle the truth, but that's their problem, not ours. 🍷🚬😁
@@chatteyj Where is that in the human rights act or reference to in th eu convention of human rights? Had a look and I can't see anything that references to it or similar
As an American years ago my impression of the BBC from what I knew was that they were, as they say, the gold standard in almost everything they did. And to a large degree this seems to be correct. Perhaps 8-10 years ago I was becoming more aware of Marine Le Pen and wanted to find out what she was really like. I came upon a BBC interview with her. After several minutes my impression was this is not an interview, it's an inquisition. Every single question was an accusation and not even a veiled one at that.
Like so many people - I do not watch the BBC and so why should I pay for it? I don't send my clothes to the drycleaner - so why should I pay for it? I use the roads and utilities so I pay for it...
I do not drive so should I pay for the bit cars use and the cost of traffic lights and the cost of police sorting out accidents? I do not travel abroad so why pay for Consulates? I do not sail so why pay for the Coastguard service...... the get out list is endless!
@@garethwilliams976 You know what I am saying and treating it "literally" is a 'cope'. As an example - I could assume you play rugby bc your name is Garreth Williams. We both know that we can get what we want elsewhere and the BBC is corrupted - so why pay for them? The service they pretend to offer is tainted and we don't either want or need it.
Before we can reform BBC we need to re-examine the reasons for having a public broadcasting organisation. The performance of the BBC over the last 20 years has shown the dangers. The question is "what can a Public Service Broadcaster" do that private organisastions cannot? Nothing. So abolish the BBC.
And this is why I don't pay the TV license. Saved approximately £1k so far, but more importantly, it's £1k the BBC doesn't have. It's really not hard to live without watching or recording live broadcast.
As well as the Martin Bashir issue, don't forget the stitch-up that Panorama was going to do on Tommy Robinson - which eventually resulted in the sacking of John Sweeny.
You mean Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the man with a record for all sorts of criminality as long as your arm? Says he is a journalist, yet appeared to have no knowledge of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, one of the first things taught to journalistic trainees...and he did time because of a judge's order pursuant to the Act.
Completely agree. Filling the airwaves with their diversity quotas leaves less room for the greats of Western classical music. That's the goal - remove our history and destroy our culture. They're well on the way to achieving their hateful aims. To hell with them
Another brilliant programme. What a delight to get home from work, make a nice cup of coffee, collapse, and listen to these two - political opposites - have an interesting and enjoyable discussion. Thanks!
Has the disaffection with the BBC started to be reflected amongst the prols? Absolutely, yes. We are cancelling our direct debits in the hundreds of thousands, if not in the millions.
I doubt it was the voting irregularities that tipped the balance. I wouldn't put it past them though ! But it was more the blanket media hatred for Trump and love for Joe that stole it.
@@edwardmcmanus You've got it backwards . It was a repeat of the 2016 election . Trump rallies attended by thousands - Clinton/Biden - not even hundreds . Clinton didn't, or couldn't, try to cheat by enough . She paid $billions for fake votes , and still lost . This time they used the Dominium machines to take up the slack , as witnessed by the famous 'Leap into the lead ' AFTER THE VOTING HAD FINISHED !!! At this point , the longer the Biden chaos lasts , the better it is for Trump . They have identified 74,000 fake Biden votes in Maricopa so far and haven't made a move , why ? Because there's 10 times more to come .
Did they mention the multi-Millions of Euros the BBC received from the EU, these last 20 yrs? 'He who pays the Piper, calls the tune.' I had to dash, and put some lard on the cats boil.
Should the BBC be overhauled or scrapped? In my view it should be SCRAPPED!!! dismantled and it's parts sold to the highest bidder. And also, the BRAND NAME """"BBC"""" should be illegal so as to stop anyone capitalizing on that brand name. It must be stamped out completely in it's entirety world service and all.
@@yorkshireplumbing I'd personally argue that Nazism had more to do with the cult of personality that formed around Hitler rather than any actual set political ideology, consequently the Nazi party had about as much to do with socialism - by which I think you actually mean communism - as what the Soviets had to do with socialism under Stalin.
Think what you want about Trump, But when he was elected and I had cashed out on Ladbrokes (£250), I flicked the tv on to BBC News. Their faces were worth more than my bet paid out.
Rod Liddle is a national treasure. He manages to be the voice of common sense on multiple platforms as well as running a major supermarket chain. I particularly like their high quality single malts at an affordable price! Given the fact that they don’t sell cigarettes, I presume he has to go to a rival.
It is relentless.. the only comical strand, is the BBC's inability to make a telephone connection while live on air. I am a 66 yoa engineer, who still goes to work every day with a box of spanners, I feel I'm one of the last, at the end of the lord mayor's parade. I still shout at the radio, in my van, regularly insenced at the BBC transmitting from some alien universe! The BBC is its own enemy, by refusing reform. We need the BBC as a tool so save our British culture, our country, our history, but it has become our enemy.
Had an online debate with Ian Katz who was Newsnight editor, i said Newsnight was the worst of the biased corporation and he should be ashamed. He said he was allowed to do whatever he wanted because it wasnt a general election, the sheer arrogance and he has moved on to CH4 now still crapping on the public
Why doesn't OFCOM ensure that impartial views are fully allowed??? We need other sides of stories to enable us to educate ourselves...For instance Climate Change where are the other scientific views discounting the alarmists??
OFCOM is (a very large) part of the problem. It is as infested with left liberalism as every other quango or organ of the state. Even the anodyne sounding Electoral Commission is a hotbed of trots - just look at the malicious prosecution of Darren Grimes for proof of that
Isn’t the point that he should have the freedom to choose whether to drink/smoke living in a democracy? I lead a very healthy lifestyle however I’ll defend your right not too, personal freedoms are EVERYTHING.
I think Rod is one of the best commentators on the state of the UK, BBC, woke madness, etc. He lost me a bit when he stated that he had been in favour of punk rock as a youth. That particular movement was the populist arm of the long march and did more cultural damage to the West than any other phenomenon; post-war.
Seems fairly common that a number of people start off on the left and as the curve of life takes shape they move to centre right. What I would like to know is do those who start off centre right ever go left ?
That used to be regarded as a universal truth, but since the sixties it has ceased to apply. It follows a broader cultural pattern. People who were rock fans or pop music fans in their teens are still fans of the same stuff in their seventies. The rock bands themselves keep performing the same sort of music with the same sort of "aimed at young people" lyrics decade after decade. Supposedly adult people (especially men) are still watching films for children (Batman, Star Wars) no matter how old they get. With a few exceptions -- mainly grumpy old men such as myself -- everyone's tastes have been infantilised. And political opinions or stances have been following the same pattern. It used to be that people were revolutionaries with Che Guevara posters on the wall when they were in their teens or twenties, and by the time they reached forty-five they had become conservatives. Not any more.
I always love to watch / listen to / read Rod Liddle. His uncommon common sense, his amazing breadth of vocabulary, and his sense of the absurd,, means that he can harness his fierce intelligence and communicate with humour.
These guys are news/current affairs, so that’s where they are coming from. But if you are in television distribution, you can see the BBC is in catastrophic relative decline against global rivals and can’t survive on the UK-only licence fee. The national licence fee doesn’t generate enough revenue to buy the rights to the Olympics. Discovery bought the European rights and then sold a package limited to a max of two simultaneous live transmissions to the BBC, U.K. only. Attenborough made his last series for Netflix and the BBC bought just a U.K. rights licence, time limited, in a deal brokered by an Australian distributor. It can’t fund a drama series with the global reach, star casting and production values of The Crown or Game of Thrones. The BBC barely makes any self funded drama. Look at the end credits and you’ll see it’s a Amazon, Netflix or PBS co-production, the other party taking the worldwide distribution rights. The iPlayer was an open goal to switch to global subscription and become the world’s broadcaster. But the ridiculous obsession with the licence fee, a 100 year old funding model for radio, has prevented the BBC from being as big as Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Disney etc. in television. The result is it’s been left far behind and increasingly we won’t be watching it whatever its politics, bias or agenda is or isn’t.
My late parents had lost all faith in the BBC. My father would get incensed at the bias of broadcasters such as Emily Maitliss. Even the legend that is David Attenborough has become increasingly preachy, part of the BBC's endless pushing of climate change and environmental issues. BBC Radio 3 has been dumbed down over the years, although it still has some good programmes. BBC Radio 5 Live is good on sport, but can be frighteningly woke when it covers other issues. One night a few years ago I was shocked to find the Northern Irish presenter (sorry, forgotten his name) hosting a late night discussion about a certain group of gay men who go to parties where everyone is high on drugs and will have sex with multiple partners during the party. When someone on the programme tried to argue against such promiscuous activity, they were slapped down immediately and accused of being homophobic. Ironic really, because many gay men are in steady, monogamous relationships, others are celibate, and I am sure some of these two groups would not be advocates for such drug-fuelled orgies. Rod Liddle is brilliant, I have the greatest of respect for him. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has worked hard to reach the peak of his profession. He is a truth seeker, someone with common sense and decency who wants to see civilised discussions where all sides of an argument are presented. I am fed up with the woke liberal metropolitan elites that control everything now, even banking. They don't know better than you or I as they lecture to us from their middle class bubbles in such places as Islington, where the Guardian is the newspaper of choice and the soya milk lattes taste great, served by mainly foreign workers on very low wages.
I enjoyed the clips between these two men on the latest installment of Heresies and wondered if there was a full interview available. Brilliant, thanks once again.
Have set my stop-watch set as to how long this excellent interview will survive the current climate of unfree speech. I expect its life will be even shorter on Facebook.
They don't think you're mad, Rod: they think you're evil. Up until a few years ago, only true religious believers still used the word "evil." Even now, they would deny that they think that way, but the denials are wearing thin. It's a religion, and people who oppose the true faith can only be "evil."
this is so interesting. I have freed myself from the left now, omg I didnt even appreciate how much conformity was required until I stopped wanting to be one of them. Go Rod hehhehheh
When I moved in to my new build home the council hadn't got me registered yet to sort out my council tax, it still didn't even show up on google maps! But I still got a TV license letter on day 1. I decided to opt out.
The public are not just unhappy about the recent output of the BBC, they look back at the past 50 years or so, and feel that they have been manipulated, used, and abused by the organisation. They see the comedies, the dramas and the news broadcasts as all part of an assault on our culture, and a corrosive presence that was subtle and deliberately used against us, at our expense! The sense in the public that they've been deeply conned, is palpable, however, there is also a kind of consciousness of having been rendered addicted to the Beeb. Many people haven't chucked in their licence because they are addicted to their programmes. They know it, and we can all understand it, I'm sure. Of course they need to go cold turkey, and asap, but we all know that it takes strong character to do that! I haven't had a tv in many many years, indeed only ever had one for a few years, so never long enough to get fully addicted. I had a mum who was super suspicious of the manipulative capabilities of the media.
Concerning the possibility of reform of the BBC, Rod says 'the next two years are crucial'. I'd say the past twenty-five years have been crucial and it's too late to save the wretched thing.
I was with him right till the end. I don't believe the BBC as it is now is worth saving. Should be stripped of national broadcaster status, privatized and made an optional subscription service.
Kierkegaard said something along the lines of journalists being hirer's of opinions, first they impress upon one a need to have an opinion regarding a certain subject then offer you theirs, to wear like a second hand suit.
You need a right wing, left wing and a government source of broadcasting. All funded and protected. This way there is always one source to go to if two are corrupted.
