BBC 1

I do watch quite a lot of television and the channels I tend to watch the most are ITV1 and Channel 4, I also like ITV2 and BBC3. The channel I don't seem to watch very much is BBC1. There are some unmissable programmes that come from this channel but the majority of them just don't appeal to me. One of the biggest problems I have with this channel is this is one of the main reasons we pay our TV licence, to fund this channel. At over £130 a year I think I'd rather watch adverts than pay it. If you had the choice to either pay the licence or don't have BBC then I think I could definitely live without it. Compared to ITV I just don't think the ...  Read the complete review

TV is advancing. It seems that every time I have a browse through the umpteen channels available to me, there is another one that has popped up. This gives you more variety. Sure, most of these channels are onea I wouldn't even look at twice, but if I wanted to, they're there. So, where does this leave the thing that started it all: BBC 1? Well, this is one of the main reasons we pay our TV licence fee. Forget about all the salaries at the Beeb, as it is known: it's the funding of the shows on BBC 1 and other channels that our licence fee goes towards. So, this in effect makes it a channel that it costs to watch, right? Well, in a way. So, what does ...  Read the complete review

BBC1 is very much the flagship channel of the BBC. It's been around since the 1930s, and has an annual budget of (get this) over £1,200 million, funded entirely from the license fee. The channel is probably best known for its British TV shows such as EastEnders and Doctor Who, along with the annoying Strictly Come Dancing. For me, it's always been a respectable channel when compared to the likes of Channel 4, and there are limits it doesn't cross in terms of vulgar content which make it one of the more appealing family channels. For me, there is nothing on this channel that I now like watching. The main reason for this is the way it shows British TV ...  Read the complete review

Me and the BBC did not get off to the best of starts when I was old enough to be fully irritated by the fact that my license fee funds solely them. So perhaps I should take that into account when reviewing the channel. The BBC offers a very mixed bag of programmes to be honest. The morning part of the schedule is the usual mix of day time television but for some bizarre reason I actually find that I enjoy watching the house programmes. I have put this down to a blip in my faculties and thankfully normal service is resumed by the fact that I can't stand any of the offerings afterwards which include Cash In The Attic, Bargain Hunt, Murder She Wrote. ...  Read the complete review

It is time the BBC woke up to the fact that they are using the TV licences to finance overpaid Fat Cats and not enough on the quality of their entertainment. I watch the morning news and weather from 6 am each day with a cup of tea and find that within that hour they have covered the day's events twice. One of the most important issues being that of finance is only around a minute or two long. I would like to see some of the issues or headlines of interest given extra time, even if it only covered once. Some of these could be funny or just away from the grim politics for five to ten minutes. They could cover the latest fashions and ...  Read the complete review