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Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

It would be impossible to produce the quality of programming that they do, without us paying for it. They could run without it, of course they could, but it would be a catastrophe to have the BBC turn into an ITV clone. You may not appreciate all the documentaries that they make, as they're not for everyone.

We lose the BBC at our peril.

I have to disagree, the BBC is miles away from the quality it used to be. For me though, the BBC doesn't need to lose quality and doesn't need to go either,just be made to compete as a business like all other comapanies 'or' people should be given the opportunity to have the BBC on their TV sets or not, as it is the BBC wins hands down all the time and the viewing public have no choice at all.
That no option available is far worse then the BBC having to trim down a bit and take on more commercial funding in my opinion anyway.