Whether you like it or not Netflix, Amazon, Disney and so on are the competition. This isn't the 1980s where the only US TV we might see is if the BBC or ITV buy some episodes of Dallas, Columbo… (View Post)

You only have to recall the snooty dismissive comments when Clarkson et al. went to Amazon to see how many people do not get it. (View Post)

FPT: It may be worth reminding people that the first season of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series on Amazon will cost Amazon more money (£340 M + £182 M for rights) than the entire BBC spends on d… (View Post)

When that story broke I said he should be sacked that night. I could not understand why Johnson was so reluctant to ditch him, as politically it would be the easiest and most effective action to take… (View Post)

Unless they have a death wish I can't think of a worse argument than "well here's the funny thing, it turns out that the rules never applied to us in the first place." (View Post)