BBC stars and comics among hundreds calling on broadcaster to save BBC3
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[url]http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/08/save-bbc3-petition-daniel-radcliffe-lena-headey[/url]
[quote]Olivia Colman, Daniel Radcliffe and Maxine Peake and more than 750 stars and other broadcasting figures have signed an open letter urging the BBC Trust to reverse its decision to close BBC3 as a terrestrial television channel.
Their letter argues that proposals by the BBC’s management to make the channel’s programmes only available online would “remove at a stroke a vitally important outlet for new talent and innovative ideas”.
It will be delivered on Monday to the BBC director general, Tony Hall, and Rona Fairhead, the chair of the broadcaster’s governing body, the BBC Trust, and registers dismay at the cost-saving plan, days before the trust publishes its verdict on proposals made by management last year.
Other big-name signatories include Poldark’s Aidan Turner, Game of Thrones star Lena Headey, and James Nesbitt, as well as comedians including Russell Howard, Jack Whitehall, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Andy Samberg and Greg Davies.[/quote]
[quote]to make the channel’s programmes only available online would “remove at a stroke a vitally important outlet for new talent and innovative ideas”.[/quote]
I too would argue this if there were actually any new talent or innovative ideas being outputed by BBC3, and not just reruns of comedy for young people.
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;47907593]I too would argue this if there were actually any new talent or innovative ideas being outputed by BBC3, and not just reruns of comedy for young people.[/QUOTE]
Who would give money to a channel the execs already decided to kill stone dead?
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;47907593]I too would argue this if there were actually any new talent or innovative ideas being outputed by BBC3, and not just reruns of comedy for young people.[/QUOTE]
Hey, Uncle was a really good show.
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;47907593]I too would argue this if there were actually any new talent or innovative ideas being outputed by BBC3, and not just reruns of comedy for young people.[/QUOTE]
Are you trying that say that constant reruns of Family Guy and Family Guy 2: American Boogaloo is a bad idea???
BBC3 kind of wore down after Being Human and In The Flesh, afterwards it seemed like a rollercoaster of live action shows that varied....Bluestone 42 being above average, Uncle being average...really, it's hard to make a show with a protag that likable, he's basically some sort of lazy-ass song guy and his timid...cousin? Mongrels deserves another season at least. doe's anyone really give 2 shits about the X, Sex and Suspicious Parents shows. Snog, Marry, Avoid, Tatau....have to give props to Successville; it's really hit or miss with the fake celebrities but the angry guy pulls it together.
Apparently the only reason they're shutting it down because the target audience only watches it for the...interesting *cringe* entertaining programmes, and not just because they missed Eastenders at like 7-8, or because of Family Guy/American Dad, once those 2 jump to ITV3 they're going to suddenly gain a lot more viewers if it's placed at a moderate time; as far as basic TV goes, nothing is really competitive after 10. BBC goes all Newsish with the occaisonal movie, Channel 4 just shoves American sports or random crap like Will you Dine with me, Phil Spencer or things that slipped away from E4. E4 just airs white trash shows they got in a package like Tattoos; After Dark, or putting a plug for Made in Chelsea. the lack of Ricky Gervais, Bob's Burgers and possibly the IT Crowd made late-night telly even worse....pretty sure everyone wants the Cleveland Show dead now. would it be safe to assume that even How i Met Your Mother is wearing a bit thin, it's almost like Friends. Supernatural is a breather though.
Fox must really know Bordertown will die off if they already signed an airing deal with ITV with the other 3 Seth McFarlane shows, happened to Napoleon Dynamite and Allen Gregory when they were aired on E4 with Cleveland and Bob's Burgers.
[QUOTE=Plucky;47907923]doe's anyone really give 2 shits about the Snog, Marry, Avoid[/QUOTE]
Disclaimer, I pretty much don't watch TV at all and I normally hate trashy shit, but no joke Snog, marry, avoid is pretty fucking hysterical. Me and a friend started unintentionally watching it one time and there are some absolute lunies on that show that make it pretty fucking funny.
Isn't BBC3 just the Family Guy channel.
Being Human was fucking ace, literally only time I watched BBC3
[QUOTE=ijyt;47907993]Isn't BBC3 just the Family Guy channel.[/QUOTE]
This, the channel should just be axed imo, its a crock of shit.
[QUOTE=ijyt;47907993]Isn't BBC3 just the Family Guy channel.[/QUOTE]
Three was meant to be that channel that does all that really weird stuff like documentaries about really niche things. You can tell by BBC 3's program lineups in the past that its aimed at young adults and teenagers, probably why they wanted to put it online.
I think putting it online is a fantastic idea. With the rise of Netflix traditional TV output for young people seems like an outdated idea.
[QUOTE=Midas22;47908242]You can tell by BBC 3's program lineups in the past that its aimed at young adults and teenagers, probably why they wanted to put it online.[/QUOTE]
Another clue is that it says in the [url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/tv/2013/bbc_three_sep13.pdf]BBC 3 service licence[/url] that its target audience is 16-34 year olds
I've seen a few BBC3 "comedy" shows and honestly they all they're very similar in their vein of comedy, which is to say they are all similar in their brand of shittynesss
The cast is usually composed of morons or weird people who are shit at what they do, the humour revolves around whackiness and trying to be as unusual as possible in the set context, like the soldiers in Bluestone 42 acting like children.
The BBC has been showing comedies like this for decades. Dad's Army, The Young Ones, Keeping Up Appearances, etc etc, some of them have been reasonably funny but as a whole they're just stale and about as predictable as it gets.
[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;47909771]I've seen a few BBC3 "comedy" shows and honestly they all they're very similar in their vein of comedy, which is to say they are all similar in their brand of shittynesss
The cast is usually composed of morons or weird people who are shit at what they do, the humour revolves around whackiness and trying to be as unusual as possible in the set context, like the soldiers in Bluestone 42 acting like children.
The BBC has been showing comedies like this for decades. Dad's Army, The Young Ones, Keeping Up Appearances, etc etc, some of them have been reasonably funny but as a whole they're just stale and about as predictable as it gets.[/QUOTE]
Did you just try to imply Keeping Up Appearances was bad?
Burn down BBC3, replace it with the Dad's Army Channel.
BBC 3 made mighty boosh and some other good stuff but it'd suit being online
[QUOTE=smurfy;47909744]Another clue is that it says in the [url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/tv/2013/bbc_three_sep13.pdf]BBC 3 service licence[/url] that its target audience is 16-34 year olds[/QUOTE]
yo you actually read that shit?
[QUOTE=Midas22;47917510]yo you actually read that shit?[/QUOTE]
no he pyschically absorbed the information
[url]https://www.change.org/p/to-the-bbc-trust-savebbc3[/url]
A petition made for saving BBC3.
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