SciFiBoy said: re-post http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=87724&page=1 but yeah, the show was very good

Holy shit SciFi Boy, I think we just agreed on something.

Try On-topic discussion next time then maybe I wouldn't have missed it.

Pyro as Bill said: SciFiBoy said: re-post http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=87724&page=1 but yeah, the show was very good Holy shit SciFi Boy, I think we just agreed on something. Try On-topic discussion next time then maybe I wouldn't have missed it.

haha, okay

i watched this and found it funny, I can imagine some people hating it though.

Care to name some?

The only shows I watch are Top Gear and Family Guy.

I prefer to watch US TV.

Of course, public opinion, ratings and popularity are the only arbiters of quality.

BBC makes some excellent programmes as well as a lot of dross. However, there public funding ensures a vast variety of choice for people that like experiments and niche programming. Many shows would not even be made by a risk averse corporate system.

The BBC has a tendency to lean towards support of the government when it comes to foreign affairs. It is biased, but remains fairly central in its political leanings. It lives within the boundaries of popular dissent rather than dwell within the more interesting discourse of Chomsky.

Their nature programs are second to none, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Lost Land of the Jaguar/Volcano to name a few.

Mock the Week, Have I got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks are all great.

BBC's news coverage is far better than Sky.

They co-produce some great drama's with HBO like Rome.

Then they had the classics such as Fawlty Towers and Monty Python.

They also make great documentry/investigative shows.

Also, they have Newsnight, Question Time, University Challenge, Later with Jools Holland ect.

..............no comment.

Monty Python, Mighty Boosh, Day Today, Alan Partridge, Blackadder, Doctor Who, Mock the Week, Screenwipe, Newswipe, Radio 6 Music, Later with Jools Holland, Dragons Den, The Apprentice (though taken from an American idea), The Office, Have I Got News For You, Blake's 7, David Attenborough animal documentaries, In the Night Garden, Time Trumpet, Yes Prime Minister, Yes Prime Minister, The Thick of It to name a few.

You tell me a single broadcaster that even comes close to producing that much quality programming (and they were only the programs off the top of my head)

Charlie Brooker is great. He started off as a video game journalist.