MP calls for BBC licence fee to be scrapped
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt has called for the BBC licence fee to be abolished – and for the corporation to lose its role as the […]
Month: August 2020
Former No 10 adviser Sir Robbie Gibb launches a TV rival to ‘woke wet BBC’ in the wake of its Rule Britannia debacle as opponents label the corporation the ‘most biased propaganda machine in the world’
A former Downing Street adviser is behind a secret new project to set up an ‘impartial’ television news channel to rival the crisis-hit BBC. Ex […]
Diversity ‘underpins EVERY conversation at the BBC’ and is a ‘non-negotiable’ part of making programmes, head of comedy reveals
BBC bosses discuss diversity in ‘every conversation’ about new programmes and the issue is ‘non-negotiable’, the outlet’s head of comedy says. BBC head of comedy […]
BBC ‘is considering dropping Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory from Last Night of the Proms in wake of BLM protests’ because organisers fear backlash over their links to colonialism and slavery
British anthems Rule, Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory could be axed from the BBC Proms amid the Black Lives Matter movement, an insider […]
BBC defends Kirsty Wark’s Alex Salmond show in wake of bias complaints
THE BBC has been forced to defend Kirsty Wark’s The Trial of Alex Salmond documentary after angry viewers accused the public service broadcaster of bias. […]
The BBC should get over the idea of being a public service broadcaster, and consider other models like advertising, says former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman.
BBC should get over idea it’s the ‘nation’s moral backbone’ says former Top Gear producer. Andy Wilman reveals why the Top Gear team left the […]
BBC ‘diversity’ boss June Sarpong admits corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets and says it will ‘take longer than we hoped’ to reach them
The BBC’s diversity boss has admitted the corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets and says it will ‘take longer than we hoped’ to […]
Lord Vaizey, BBC should leave pop music to rivals
BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 offer little that cannot be provided by commercial radio and should not be funded by the licence fee in […]
BBC TV licence website steering pensioners into overpaying
Pensioners are paying too much for their BBC television licences because the website does not provide enough help, experts have warned. The BBC ended universal […]
Pensioners who are angry at BBC plans to strip over-75s of free BBC TV licence say they will go to jail rather than pay the fee
Pensioners angry about BBC plans to strip over-75s of free TV licences said they would rather risk going to jail than pay up. Pensioners say they […]
BBC demands to see pensioners’ bank statements over BBC TV licence fees
THE BBC is asking pensioners to supply them with their bank statements to prove that they cannot pay the licence fee placing the over-75s at […]