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Not a good look for the BBC
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1634232537009782784?t=DRSxDOW3AtaAT9T8klwK2Q&s=19
I think it's time that the BBC was cut loose from the government. It was something to be proud of for a long time but is less so year by year. Better let it make its own way rather than being a government propaganda machine.
Why are the far right dino deniers so bloody perpetually angry?😁
Simply not true.
Wild isles was only ever a 5 part series.
s separate 6th episode “inspired by” wild isles was commissioned for the iplayer
it is increasing common for iplayer only commissions to happen.
from the bottom of the article
”Alastair Fothergill, the director of Silverback Films and the executive producer of Wild Isles, added: “The BBC commissioned a five-part Wild Isles series from us at Silverback Films back in 2017. The RSPB and WWF joined us as co-production partners in 2018.
<p class="dcr-n6w1lc">It was not until the end of 2021 that the two charities commissioned Silverback Films to make a film for them that celebrates the extraordinary work of people fighting to restore nature in Britain and Ireland. The BBC acquired this film for iPlayer at the start of this year.”</p>
I think it’s time that the BBC was cut loose from the government.
In my opinion the BBC's impartiality has only been seriously questioned under the last 12 years of Tory government. Prior to that it was free to take a pop at all and sundry, which it regularly did. It should be noted that it is "Public Service Broadcasting". That means it serves the public not the government.
Prior to that it was free to take a pop at all and sundry
No they weren't. The turning point was 'the dodgy dossier' 2004 when the BBC told the truth that the dossier had been "sexed up" to make Iraq appear a greater threat with WMDs
Downing Street was incandescent with rage at the BBC for telling the truth and as a consequence the BBC was forced to sack its Director General. It never again regained its confidence to stand up to UK government bullying.
Yes I am blaming Tony Blair.
The BBC was of course later vindicated by the Butler Inquiry but by then all the damage had been done and it had learnt that it always needed to toe the government line.
The BBC was the loser in its battle with the Government over the report by Mr Gilligan last year alleging that the September dossier had been "sexed up". Both Mr Gilligan and Mr Dyke, the Corporation's director general, left the BBC, as did its chairman, Gavyn Davies, after Lord Hutton's inquiry came down against them.
Tony Blair was just a Tory in red clothing.
Starmer's the same.
In my opinion the BBC’s impartiality has only been seriously questioned under the last 12 years of Tory government.
In my opinion it had lost impartiality away before that. In fact I'd say that it has always been a propaganda tool of the UK establishment.
The BBC's impartiality was globally renowned. I don't think there has been a broadcaster in history that has ever been more respected for its impartiality than the BBC.
Obviously everything is relative and ultimately the BBC's role is to uphold what are perceived to be the values of a liberal democracy.