On 21/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:

>With our money the BBC is currently producing I think 7 TV channels (not
>all are 24-hour and you need digital to receive 5 of them) plus a large
>number of radio channels. All are commercial-free and none are allowed to
>depend heavily on imported programming (is it 30% maximum?). I personally
>don't believe it's bad value at 9-10 quid a month. Many disagree!

It's worth more than twice that! Some of the best programming in the
world, and a news and current affairs network that is second to none.

Not to denigrate any other country's TV - some of my favourite TV ever
comes from the USA (Star Trek, ER (just starting up again tonight-
yippee), The Larry Sanders Show(!), and some of the documentaries are
outstanding.

We have a radio news prog that airs at 5pm weekdays here called 'PM' and
is fronted by a very dry Scotsman, the up and coming Eddie Mair. It's
worth a listen to see how a lot of Brits hear their news:

Listen live online (1700 GMT):

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/>

I think he's a scream.




Cheers,
  Cotty


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