BBC - Long term solution
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Green Paper setting out the BBC’s long-term future proposed a solution that could end the traditional fee.The paper suggested “either a compulsory levy on all households or even on ownership of PCs as well as TVs”. (source)
Personally I have another suggestion...
And a tip - I was in charge of the Englishettes last night so I put them to bed and settled in front of a roaring fire with a bottle of red, some cheeses, an apple and a fruit knife (I find it shocking that some people eat apples without cutting them into segments first - animals). The BBC had nothing to amuse so I slotted in a DVD we aquired "The Best Comedy DVD ever in Aid of Unesco or something". Promised some classic clips etc. You wouldn't have thought it hard to find a few amusing clips from the past eighty years to fill a DVD would you. Crap - it didn't raise a titter.
Comments
You could have watched Groundhog day. And I've videoed (I hope) Stripes to watch tonight after a curry. Chanel 5 is a useful source of films when there is nothing else to watch terrestrial (especially the dismal Beeb).
Posted by: Esbonio | March 4, 2005 9:14 AM
The only trouble with C5, is the rubbish reception.
I'm only 800 yards from the local mast & looking at C5 is like looking into a snow storm.
Posted by: David | March 4, 2005 11:48 AM
Yeah, it's crap here today. Still, it was adequate enough to watch Groundhog Day on the night in question. Great film.
Posted by: Paul | March 5, 2005 11:08 PM
Worse than apple animals are the banana beasts ... how can anyone eat a banana without peeling it completely and breaking it in half before taking a bite?
Posted by: Omykiss | March 6, 2005 8:33 PM