[Jordan.]

I miss Young Dumb and Living Off Mum

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I miss Young Dumb and Living Off Mum

Oh I actually liked that, the last winner was ****e though, everybody else made the effort to go into full time employment and he ****ed off around the world and came back and got a part time job at Claire's Accessories

[Jordan.]

When that fat chav girl got removed in the episode for going mad and trying to kick the front door in <3

[Black Dagger]

omfg yes, because the blonde chav wanted to top and tail the posh girl </3

[InOne]

I watch a fair bit on there... Stacey Dooley's docs , Family Guy, the random 9pm docs they have which are usually good. Old before my time was really good, can't remember when that was on. I'd definitely miss it if it went.

[arista]

Tony Hall expected to announce he will save BBC4 and make channel that first aired Gavin and Stacey online only


BBC3 is due to Axed in a few mins
as he goes to the BBC Trust meeting

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...lans-tony-hall

[Me. I Am Salman]

^ you're overthinking things, if they merge bbc two & four it would be perfectly fine. forget about this 'testing ground for new shows' rubbish, the point of the bbc before anything is to provide a public service yet they're taking away their only channel which caters for teenagers & young adults

[Tregard]

Originally Posted by Salman!

^ you're overthinking things, if they merge bbc two & four it would be perfectly fine. forget about this 'testing ground for new shows' rubbish, the point of the bbc before anything is to provide a public service yet they're taking away their only channel which caters for teenagers & young adults

An audience which prefers seeing content online, which is where BBC Three is being moved to. BBC Three is not being taken away, but being moved somewhere it makes a lot more sense to be. Three airs a lot more repeats than Four, and as such makes more sense on the iPlayer, if one channel did have to get moved entirely.

Merging Two and Four would definitely cause a lot of Four's programming to be lost or simplified (although not as much as some people think), but something that would absolutely be lost is BBC Four's identity and character, something I think Three will retain in it's move online.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Tregard

An audience which prefers seeing content online, which is where BBC Three is being moved to. BBC Three is not being taken away, but being moved somewhere it makes a lot more sense to be. Three airs a lot more repeats than Four, and as such makes more sense on the iPlayer, if one channel did have to get moved entirely.

Merging Two and Four would definitely cause a lot of Four's programming to be lost or simplified (although not as much as some people think), but something that would absolutely be lost is BBC Four's identity and character, something I think Three will retain in it's move online.

that's a bit of a dumb generalisation, I HATE watching programmes online
and if that's the case then they should get rid of bbc two altogether. or that random alba channel

[Tregard]

Originally Posted by Salman!

that's a bit of a dumb generalisation, I HATE watching programmes online
and if that's the case then they should get rid of bbc two altogether. or that random alba channel

They should get rid of BBC Two all together, it gets a hell of a lot more funding for a lot less quality output, but unfortunately Two is far too embedded. Realistically, Two's original programming could be dispersed between One, Three and Four and things would work out a lot better, considering Two has no particular character to it.

It was always going to be between Three and Four, and Three's content just adapts better to the online environment.

[Shaun]

can't say I'm fussed, there are other channels putting out the Family Guy/American Dad reruns (and to be honest I think we've all seen each episode about 40 times anyway?) and the best of the rest will be picked up by others.

too much crap and trashy TV to be a loss to me.

and lol @ the usual "i don't watch something so it MUST be bad!" comments re: bbc four. get some culture.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shaun

can't say I'm fussed, there are other channels putting out the Family Guy/American Dad reruns (and to be honest I think we've all seen each episode about 40 times anyway?) and the best of the rest will be picked up by others.

too much crap and trashy TV to be a loss to me.

and lol @ the usual "i don't watch something so it MUST be bad!" comments re: bbc four. get some culture.

Thats Tonys thinking

[T*]

I'm really sad

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cuda

I'm really sad

You will get over it

[Black Dagger]

You have internet... no reason to be

[T*]

I have superslow internet </3

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cuda

I have superslow internet </3

thats OK
download will take longer
but playback will be the same

[T*]

We pay for these ****ing channels, it's their fault we have to pay a licence fee, WE SHOULD BE GETTING WHAT WE PAY FOR

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cuda

We pay for these ****ing channels, it's their fault we have to pay a licence fee, WE SHOULD BE GETTING WHAT WE PAY FOR

You should not have to pay
they can stand on their own Fat Feet

[T*]

Originally Posted by arista

You should not have to pay
they can stand on their own Fat Feet

We shouldn't pay for it indeed! Just so they can skip adverts!
I'd rather have adverts than lose bbc three on the tv

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Cuda

We pay for these ****ing channels, it's their fault we have to pay a licence fee, WE SHOULD BE GETTING WHAT WE PAY FOR

But you don't pay, pmsl.

[T*]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

But you don't pay, pmsl.

HHAHAHAHAHA IKR OMG

My parents do. Its money that could be spent on other things.

[arista]

Its OK Honey
move onto Online and Ipad

[Jack_]

If the move to online turns out to be true it may be interesting, as I've wondered sometimes about how eventually we may end up in a situation where most TV shows are available on the internet to watch when people want to, and so BBC3 could pave the way in that respect.

I still stand by what I said though, if you close BBC3 you're cutting off the one channel that the public service broadcaster is providing for young adults, personally I think that's going against the remit of the BBC and isn't acceptable. The criticism at BBC4 is unjust, and I don't dislike that channel at all - they brought Parks and Rec to the UK for one thing, but their shows do overlap with BBC2, and I'm sure there could be a way to rebrand the three new existing channels to have family entertainment, sport and drama on BBC1, cutting edge documentaries, historical and cultural based and up and coming shows on BBC2 and teen dramas, comedies, documentaries and political based shows on the new BBC3 which would run 24 hours a day.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jack_

If the move to online turns out to be true it may be interesting, as I've wondered sometimes about how eventually we may end up in a situation where most TV shows are available on the internet to watch when people want to, and so BBC3 could pave the way in that respect.

I still stand by what I said though, if you close BBC3 you're cutting off the one channel that the public service broadcaster is providing for young adults, personally I think that's going against the remit of the BBC and isn't acceptable. The criticism at BBC4 is unjust, and I don't dislike that channel at all - they brought Parks and Rec to the UK for one thing, but their shows do overlap with BBC2, and I'm sure there could be a way to rebrand the three new existing channels to have family entertainment, sport and drama on BBC1, cutting edge documentaries, historical and cultural based and up and coming shows on BBC2 and teen dramas, comedies, documentaries and political based shows on the new BBC3 which would run 24 hours a day.

Yes a Bonus