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Originally Posted by papa smurf
well you obviously like wathing bbc programs and thats fine ,thing is i dont like paying for you to be able to watch them ,thats unfair,and thats the problem i have with the licence fee,i'm paying for your entertainment  |
It's a nice way to put it but I dont think the issue is as simple as that. In the same way that governments have support for art although many who pay the taxes dont go to art gallerys. Theres culture at stake.
This is more than their high quality of programming, which is very high. Its about the BBC giving many young actors a chance, many new ideas a chance, and making a lot of British shows. Without them what we have left. You really need to see what TV is like in European countrys to see just how lucky we are.
Imagine all the actors, shows, musicians, writers and so on that we would not have if we did not have the BBC. We would not have TV which is respected world wide or a news service which is. This is before we get into the other stuff the BBC does for schools, other artists, they do projects (recording memories from WW2 for example), and so on.