I had often wrestled with the idea of Britishness. And then I came across the Blackpool comedy carpet. It's absolutely brilliant. It's impossible to be British and walk across it without AM… (View Post)

Well up to a point. But my parents at my age consumed hours and hours of BBC. Horizon, documentaries about WW2, Ryder Cup golf, One Foot in the Grave, things featuring Terry Wogan. When I was 15 it f… (View Post)

But that argument has basically given it immunity from any sort of quality control standards. If we say we're never going to get rid of the beeb under any circumstances, it just gets gradually w… (View Post)

I drifted away from UC about 5 years ago, and OC about 2 years ago, found I didn't really misss them, and am now left with nothing at all on the BBC. Richard Osman's House of Games is cheer… (View Post)

It's already fucked with. There's practically nothing left worth saving. It's a shadow of what it was even five years ago. (View Post)