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BBC Three
by cirsty
BBC 3 is a fairly new (in the last few years anyway) channel added to the BBC family. As you may or may not know the programmes in this channel are mostly directed towards the younger generation, probably 18-25s. As a mental health nurse, I'm deeply passionate and interested in societal issues and will watch programmes dedicated to ... discussion regarding the problems we, as a society face and I feel that BBC 3 offers me just that. Along with hard hitting, honest documentaries there are humorous, often tongue-in-cheek shows included such as Family Guy, American Dad and Britain Unzipped which feature well known comedians and actors/actresses.
The part that I like most about this channel is the availability of documentaries offered which allow insight to watchers into the lives of others. At present I'm hooked on Unsafe Sex in the City, which is a documentary about a sexual health clinic and its patients to show the nation that sexual health issues are on the rise and there are services provided to help you and advise you on safer intercourse in a sensitive yet honest programme. I feel that many of the documentaries are not sugar coated to bend the minds of others to think a certain way. I find that they are honest, frank and quite nail bitingly truthful, giving people the opportunity to view the full picture and really open their eyes to societal problems.
BBC 3 offers a variety of entertainment from hard hitting documentaries, humorous programmes and soap operas, showing popular well known shows such as Don't Tell The Bride or Snog, Marry, Avoid. BBC 3 also offers a 60 second news update giving the viewer a quick but informational update on what's happening in the world.
Conclusion: I love BBC 3 for its wide and varied choice of documentaries and informational programmes. I think the only downfall of the channel is showing things like snog marry avoid as this encourages the judgement of others and almost carrying the message that people should look a certain way just because other people don't like their dress sense. BBC 3 is definitely geared towards the younger generation and there is some material that others may find offensive, for example Britain Unzipped has a lot of sexual references throughout.
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BBC Three
by m_illie
BBC Three as you very intelligent people are probably able to guess is the third channel of BBC. Where BBC 1 offers various drama shows and discussions, BBC 2 offers culture and sport, BBC 4 documentaries, three is much more focused on comedy and interactive discussion shows.
TV Shows:
I must admit the main reason I ... frequent BBC Three is because I enjoy the cartoon 'American Dad' and it just so happens to offer a double bill of this pretty much every single night at around 11pm-12am. Other than this I am left much more disappointed/wanting. The shows themselves are not necessarily 'bad' per se but they are definitely not what I would call rich entertainment. For example, one particular show that is shown on the channel is called "Snog, Marry, Avoid" which is a kind of school ground fancy-test where people change their appearance for the sake of what would make them more ideal/attractive. The show usually ends to be a waste of time as when they reappear for the "let's see if they kept up their make-under" section of the show, more often than not they haven't. While, like I said, I don't particularly dislike this show it isn't really something I would regularly watch and a reason for me to revisit the channel over and over.
Recently, one good thing about BBC Three is that it has begun to show brand new shows as soon as they're released. A few examples of this include "The Revolution Will Be Televised", "Cuckoo" and "Unzipped" which are all very distinct quite creative shows. While they must not be to everyone's tastes, it must be applauded that the channel offers shows that are all quite unique from another. For example, the former is a satirical hidden camera show and the latter is an alternative census show that attempts to offer a unique new vision of modern Britain.
The show is on air from 7pm to about 2am which means that much of what it shows is after the watershed and so a little more adult than other shows on different channels. This means it is much easier to focus on adult humour and so the channel is very obviously adult orientated. Themes are often centralised around sex, politics and day-to-day living and so would be more difficult for a child to really grasp. Further due to the language on some of the shows its probably not appropriate to watch these shows with your children anyway.
There is lots of variety and the shows are always very current and modern. While not always to my taste I can appreciate while other people my age might enjoy them and as such I do think it is a pretty decent channel.
Conclusion:
BBC Three is a show that although it has one particular focus and one particular target audience, that is comedy and young adults respectively, it still manages to be quite engaging and creative. The shows are usually brand new and its the only place to see many of them as they aren't featured outside of the BBC name. This means you get cutting edge comedy talent all inclusive in one channel and provided you happen to enjoy the subject matter/presenter etc it is usually quite entertaining.
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BBC News 24
by Seven17
BBC news used to be my favourite news channel, i used to stick it on for a while, just drifting in and out when doing chores around the house but now, that's all stopped, and ive switched to Sky News. Why? Too much sport. WAY too much sport. They even introduced a sports day programme which occours every half hour and they just drag out ... every single little detail. If i go to the BBC news channel right now, doesn't matter what it is they will have sport on now, or within minutes.
The thing that i find absolutely disgusting is the fact that they even put sports into the main headlines, and prioritise them over soldier deaths. That to me is WRONG. They should be focusing on our Fallen hero's out there in combat, NOT focusing on how well Roberto Manchini is doing, and what Man City scored last match. This was the last straw for me and i have since stopped watching all together. How do they prioritise like that and get away with it? Truly disgraceful.
If i want sport i will watch sky sports new. Anyway. Onto the reports: reports on BBC news are entorely in SD and mainly consist of reporters travelling around the world to report on the latest breaking news, or current affairs such as Syria, but they spend so long on the main headline (10 mins) there is no time left for the other less significant stories such as the NHS reforms, and you dont even get strike dates anymore, just word of a strike, then theres more time for plenty of sport. Just going on and on thinking of stuff to say about sports topics. Enough is enough.
Their studio is clean, organised and simple with a red and white design but the business news reporter (when they get a brief minute to speak) has to stand up, and reports from a laptop on a small stand. Their weather reports are accurate and up to date but are only limited to short range, lasting a minute or two in many cases and only covering the UK unlike sky news. They also have weather warnings which isnhelpful.
They may as well call this BBC sports news, on news watch they get a vast number of complaints about the sports content, watch it andyou'll see for yourself. They are loosing viewers and guess what? They built a new sportsday desk and added MORE sport.
I am truly disgusted that a story about a football manager and match can prioritise over our fallen soldiers. NOT ON.
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