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So how would you explain EastEnders being shown by the BBC?

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not to mention the importation of Neighbours :D :D

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not to mention Home&Away, Corronation Street ... The Biwl ...

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And those renovating/makeover shows......

(we got BBC 1 and 2 in Holland)

:D :D


(pssst, H&A is another channel)

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What's to explain? It's made by the BBC. Or do you mean EastEnders' plots even escape you! Why am I not surprised....

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Quinkana - it's about time you spent some time with your dictionary.

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I didn't say and would never say that the BBC isn't better than 2, 7, 9 or 10, but the BBC does have it's fair share of dross, which is why I consider it to be generally good. As others said how do you account for East Enders being on BBC and their top rating program (you could have a new game show - who can watch EE's and not feel suicidal BTW). It's not surprising the BBC gets a compulsory donation of well over £100 from over 25 million willing donors so no wonder the ABC can't compete. (BTW, have a look at the credits at the end of your brilliant BBC documentaries and see how many are part funded by the ABC, Canadian BC etc.

I think it's kettles and black pots Mike because it seems to me that much of UK TV is wall to wall game shows, big brother, pop idol, reality crap, makeovers etc so I would say the Brits get what they deserve too. One now overhears such scintillating conversations to the effect that it should have been Justin not Priscilla who got evicted, blah, blah, blah.

P.S. Ukraine, I think, has more golds than GB - do we hear about it anywhere but the UK(raine)?

OzTennis :)

And BTW, everyone who saw The Producers when we were in Melbourne said Bert Newton was brilliant in it - including discerning Brits as well as undiscerning Aussies. :)

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The BBC gives far better coverage of any international event than Oz - even if Ukraine is excluded.

In fact, the BBC World Service is regarded as the the only (as in, only in world) radio station to provide totally balanced coverage.

'Tis true that dross also exists on BBC. But, a lot of the home-grown stuff is good. The equivalent on Oz TV is often of the 'Oz city girl - who is unluckly in love - moves to the bush to meet a big, hairy bloke who wrestles snakes, puts out bushfires with his bare hands, but is still in touch with his feminine side' dross, ie still more Oz myth-making.

PS Well done! You have now quadrupled the number of people - outside Oz - that have heard of Bert Newton :)

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I find it quite hard to believe that anyone can heap such praise on the BBCs Olympic coverage. It's amazing to hear how negative the commentators are about the athletes. Today in the round up the announcer said, "and Mike Parsons (decathlon - I think that's his name) let everyone down by falling 40cm short of his life time best in the pole vault". The poor bugger is competing in a very difficult event and is accused of letting everyone down. Throoughout the swimming the commentators were constantly criticising the GB team and its the same in every sport. And they do it to every country.

Watching Spain beat GB 5-1 in the hockey was another perfefct example. Spain score 5 cracking goals and all the commentators discuss is how poor GB's defending is. Not once did they compliment the spnish players.

Ch 7 shows so much of Australian athletes because they're broadcasting in Australia. Makes sense doesn't it? The BBC shows lots of the British athletes as well. I can't imagine the NBC showing little of the US team.

Finally, as for the quality of TV, British free to air telly is nothing to write home about. Unless you invest heavily in property and want about 40 different ideas from 40 different home makeover shows for your 40 houses then there is little to watch. Add to this numerous soaps that make Neighbours look like award winning stuff and re-runs of Waking the Dead then its not so great is it.

Its also impossible for the likes of the ABC to consistently produce quality TV as it has about 5% of the funding the BBC is given.

Now excuse me as I flick between Emmerdale, Corrie, some rubbish show on channel five and some British comentators slagging off more British athletes.

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Thought I'd do some research - watch EastEnders to catch some Pom Kulture. Flicked to UK-TV - up pops EastEnders about 3 minutes before the dis-credits.

From my limited viewing - it is an infomercial for a chronic manic depressives' recruitment group, right?

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Sounds about right. BBC produces tonnes of dribble but every now and then produces some gems.

Frankly I am amazed at the amount of people who say they are here for the outdoors lifestyle for their kids yet they sign up to Foxtel to get UKTV. :confused: .

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Glad to have you back OzT.

For what's it worth, I see Brit TV as pretty much the same as Aussie TV. I don't miss Eastenders. Sure the BBC make some real gems. Fantastic - we get to see many here as well.

BM

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Hmmm we appear to have wandered miles off topic, but seeing as we are now discussing free to air broadcasters and not Kelly Holmes win in the 800m...

is there actually a finer broadcasting organisation than the BBC. Taking BBC1, BBC2, and Radios 1-5 into acount. Can any other broadcasting organisation hold a candle to them.

I'd venture not.

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Per channel I always found channel 4 under Michael Grade excellent, especially when you consider the output from Film 4. For the resources SBS does a good job. BBC is unique in size and remit and therefore comparisons are difficult. On the radio front I found radio 1 daytime as good as today FM. It was only in the evening they picked up with the Sessions and other programs. I like JJJ and prefer their daytime output despite their tendancy to play amateur local rock.

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I'd forgotten about Film4...excellent stuff. Why did they stop?

Your points re the others are valid, though I was thinking in terms of quality + range. eg CBS might be a massive broadcaster, but it mostly broadcasts tat. A&E on the other hand broadcasts and makes quality stuff, but only on the one channel.

I think BBC news superior to CNN, Fox, SKy, but would say the BBC World Channel is horrible to watch as it has a non ad and that dreadful jingle every 5 minutes