Paxman: BBC Newsnight is made by 13-year-olds
Veteren broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has criticised Newsnight just weeks after retiring from the flagship show, claiming it is made by a bunch of ’13-year-olds’ who […]
Month: June 2014
How to avoid paying the BBC TV licence fee
Hundreds of thousands of people legitimately avoid paying for a BBC TV licence, saving themselves up to £145. Here’s how Can you save £145.50 by […]
BBC’s ex-boss says TV licence is too expensive: Michael Grade also believes people who do not pay should not be criminalised
The BBC licence fee is ‘too high’ and should be decriminalised, its former chairman has admitted. Michael Grade, who left the corporation in 2006 to […]
BBC to spend £2.1million of licence fee money fast-tracking ethnic minorities
The BBC plans to spend £2.1million of BBC licence fee money on fast-tracking ethnic minority talent onto the screen with a new ‘diversity’ committee (Yipee […]
BBC controller claims £120 for cupcakes
Shane Allen, comedy commissioning controller, made expenses claim to thank staff for working on two programmes The latest release of BBC expense claims reveals that […]
Now The BBC Want To Spy On You
WEB CAMS are being installed in 200 homes across the UK in TV viewing experiment It’s like an episode from the hit Channel Four series […]
Nearly half a million iPlayer users avoid paying licence fee: £145.50 saved by declaring they do not watch live shows
Nearly half a million people avoided buying a BBC television licence last year because of a loophole the BBC hoped would create a BBC Internet […]
BBC boss attacked as ‘out of touch’ after he says viewers have ‘free access’ to corporation’s shows – despite paying £145.50 a year for a BBC TV licence
The BBC’s Head of Television has been criticised after he appeared to claim viewers have ‘free access’ to the broadcaster’s programmes. Danny Cohen said the […]
BBC sends 300 staff to Glastonbury Festival – that’s 28 more than its World Cup crew!
The BBC is sending 300 staff to cover Glastonbury festival – 28 more than it is sending to the World Cup in Brazil just weeks […]
Harman calls for BBC licence fee review
Deputy Labour leader calls compulsory charge ‘a means to an end, not an end in itself’ and other methods may be considered Deputy Labour leader […]