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What’s the creepiest BBC programme you’ve ever watched that was not technically horror?

What’s the creepiest BBC thing you’ve watched that just had an unsettling vibe the whole way through?

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u/OopsIDroopedMe — 6 days ago
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What’s one BBC programme everyone seemed to love that you just couldn’t get into?

Sometimes it’s not even that the programme is bad, it just never clicks for whatever reason while everyone around you is calling it the best thing on TV. Mine was probably Peaky Blinders. I could appreciate the acting and production but I never got fully hooked like everyone else seemed to. What’s yours?

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u/MadridOrMadness — 3 days ago
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So not only did I learn he’s a really good painter, he’s also a Disney Princess. The man has range 😭

u/RobotBoyJT420 — 1 day ago
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Should the UK replace the TV Licence with a ring-fenced Public Service Media Levy collected through Council Tax, business rates, and media-service tax systems? The argument is that BBC/public-service media should be treated as civic infrastructure, not as a “pay-to-watch” product. Lower bands and small businesses could pay less or nothing, while larger properties contribute more. Fair reform, or just a new tax?

Goal: This project explores replacing the BBC TV Licence with a fairer, ring-fenced Public Service Media Levy collected through existing property, business-rate, and media-service tax systems. The model tests who would pay, who would save, and how much revenue could be raised while reducing enforcement costs and ending the separate TV Licensing regime. Future scenarios could include different VAT or levy rates for Netflix, Sky, Amazon, Disney+, YouTube, and other streaming or broadcast services, with revenue returned to public-service media. The next stage is a website where users can edit assumptions, compare rates, and see who pays.

I’d love feedback ❤️ - on the idea and the model itself. The numbers are just placeholders at this stage, I had to put something in, but I haven’t spent much time refining them yet. My main focus now is building an interactive website where people can play around with the idea, edit the numbers and bands, and test different scenarios.

What should be added to or removed from the model? What assumptions should users be able to change?

Update: Based on the feedback 6-May*,* a model based on internet connection, fixed line & mobile might be a better fit.

u/Rif-SQL — 8 days ago
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It wasn't 'an historic' election

Was anyone else left grinding their teeth at the number of times 'an historic' was mentioned on the post-election news broadcasts?

I expect the BBC to be the last bastion of correct English grammar.

For the avoidance of argument, I'm following Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth's agreement that the correct usage is 'a historic' (as discussed in their now-defunct podcast Something Rhymes with Purple).

Edit: Friday 8 May's BBC News at Six on the BBC iPlayer - link - at 18 seconds:

>The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, calls the results "an historic shift in British politics."

Ok, they're quoting Nigel Farage. But at 1m 44s it's not a quote:

>The Labour Party is set for an historic defeat.

And it sounds to me that Sophie Raworth is definitely aspirating that 'h'. (Trivial, I know, but to my ears she's not pronouncing it an 'istoric.)

u/Frequent-You369 — 5 days ago
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Has BBC Sounds actually replaced normal radio for you?

I barely listen live anymore and mostly use BBC Sounds while travelling or working. Weirdly, I probably listen to more BBC content now than I did years ago because everything’s easier to find. Do you still tune in traditionally or mostly use apps now?

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u/Seabeachlover10 — 2 days ago
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This week a discussion about AI written dissertations getting lower marks reached over 175,000 people on Reddit alone. University staff from Cambridge and other institutions commented publicly about quietly giving AI work a 52 and moving on.

South Africa just withdrew their entire national AI policy because it was written using AI with fake citations. The same thing is happening in UK universities daily.

This is a national story affecting every student employer and institution in the country. The BBC has covered AI in education before but nobody has investigated the scale of what is actually happening inside university marking rooms right now.

This feels like a Panorama episode waiting to happen.

Is this something the BBC should

be investigating?

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u/Harveybritish — 10 days ago
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Shows for 4 year

Hi all! My 4 year old has been screen free until now. I am looking for some shows my child can watch that will be great for her knowledge and learning. I want her to watch on cbeebies channel on youtube for 30 mins a day. We speak our native language at home so hopefully she can learn some english too!

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u/blueyboo11 — 5 days ago
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BBC news, no news on local elections

Can anybody tell me why there is virtually no information about local elections on BBC News. I am in Turkey at the moment, so I have limited channels I can view. But not Sky News and GB News the main stories are about the local election, but when I turn to BBC News there is almost nothing about it?

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u/No_Voice_Left — 3 days ago
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Guy Goma, il protagonista dell’intervista sbagliata più bella della storia. Ecco come andò

Il protagonista è quest'uomo che sta andando in iperventilazione. Si chiama Guy Goma, è l'8 maggio 2006 ed è seduto nello studio della BBC. 

Lo stanno truccando, e in quel momento sta capendo che qualcosa non torna, perché Guy Goma non deve fare quell'intervista. 

Lui è un tassista originario del Congo, vive nel Regno Unito e quella mattina si è presentato negli studi della BBC per un colloquio da tecnico IT. 

All'arrivo gli chiedono se sia lì per una «interview», che in inglese può significare sia «intervista» che «colloquio». 

Lui dice di sì, e viene fatto aspettare in reception. 

Nello stesso momento, in un'altra reception, c'è Guy Kewney, che è giornalista ed esperto di tecnologia invitato dalla BBC per commentare una vicenda di diritti musicali. 

Il produttore entra in reception, chiede: «Sei tu Guy?» 
Lui dice di sì, lo prende e lo porta subito in studio. 

Arriva la conduttrice, si inizia a registrare e presenta Guy Goma come esperto di tecnologia.

A quel punto Guy realizza definitivamente e inizia a sudare. Riceve delle domande su una disputa sui diritti musicali online, e lui prova a rispondere. 

Arriva la seconda domanda, e lui va avanti. La giornalista capisce, e così chiude l'intervista. 

Ma la cosa bella è che quella clip diventa una delle prime viralità dell'era Internet. 

I motivi secondo me sono diversi:

1️⃣È divertente, non c'è niente da fare.

2️⃣C'è il contrasto tra l'errore umano e la macchina tradizionalmente perfetta della BBC. 

3️⃣C'è immedesimazione. Tutti ci chiediamo che cosa avremmo fatto al suo posto. 

4️⃣ Più importante, c'è quello che il produttore che aveva commesso l'errore chiama lo charme. Guy avrebbe potuto interrompere tutto, ma invece ha scelto di non ridicolizzare la BBC e di non mettere in imbarazzo la giornalista. 

In un ambiente come Internet, in cui molti sono pronti a puntare il dito contro chi ha sbagliato, questa di Guy è, vent'anni dopo, una piacevole eccezione. 

Per la cronaca, le previsioni sulle industrie musicali di Guy si rivelarono azzeccate. 

Lui non ottenne il posto da tecnico informatico, ma passò alla storia come l'uomo che nonostante tutto, evitò di mettere a disagio chi aveva davanti. 

u/GaiaArticles — 2 days ago
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BBC Breakfast - Where has Sally Nugent been lately?

Basically what the title says. For the past couple of weeks, Sally’s been absent for whatever reason, and Sarah Campbell‘s been stepping in to cover alongside Jon Kay. Normally, The Mirror usually has articles on goings-on on Breakfast, but somehow there’s radio silence going on. This got me speculating that Sally may be either be suspended (like numerous ex-BBC presenters), or may have taken a leave of absence for some reason.

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u/TheIngloriousBIG — 3 days ago
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tv show

anyone remember a tv show being filmed near paul stacy house during summer of like 2022 or 2023 or 2024 and aired in december? i need to find this because i seen a scene getting filmed

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How the Scottish presenter pronounces ‘constituency’.

I have really enjoyed the election coverage. I do love a good election. The ridiculous sniping between political guests, the swingometer and Westminster filling up graphics, the ‘I know this isn’t a general election, but if it was…let’s see what it would mean histrionics’. Oh it’s glorious.

But how the young Scottish political presenter (not Laura, the young lad whose name I missed) pronounces ‘constituency’ is a joy. It’s a weird and beautiful ‘conshcishuency’.

I keep wanting to find a Scottish person, to determine if this is just how it sounds across certain Scottish dialects, or if he’s personally invented a new word. Can somebody more familiar with Scottish speakers please tell me, as it’s a big talking point in our house!

Update: I found it!…the presenter was David Wallace Lockhart and he even says constituency in the clip!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5y7p2e11wpo?app-referrer=deep-link

u/Signal-Ad2674 — 4 days ago
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Am sick of seeing this on BBC Sounds "There was a problem..."

Ever since the international switch off of BBC Sounds I've constantly experienced glitches, slow performance and errors.

It used to be really good. Now I'm finding I go for other sources to find podcasts and programmes to listen to.

Can't just be me. Is it?

Edit:
Don't know who flaired this as "international", but it isn't. Will change.

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u/Kiss_It_Goodbyeee — 5 days ago
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i'm getting interviewed for Radio Wales and i won't be able to record it live, can i record it tonight? is there a site for past recordings? im american and not too familiar with the bbc

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u/New_Negotiation_59 — 8 days ago
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David Attenborough's call of the wild: Charles sends surprise 100th birthday message

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u/theipaper — 5 days ago
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Me specifically, Katie Morag, Melody and the Numtums. These shows seem very fun, entertaining and even had some humorous stuff here and there. I feel bad that these shows doesn't have that much attention.

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u/Optimistic_Pup_2018 — 8 days ago