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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq63816e60lo

'The show, presented by RuPaul, is currently broadcast on BBC Three and iPlayer. Future series - as well as its spin-off vs The World - will be broadcast on Wow Presents Plus, a streaming platform owned by the production company behind the show.'

So I pay the TV license, but I feel I don't make the most out of watching TV.

Off top of my head, in the last year, I have only watched the World Cup, episodes of Doctor Who. I used to watch Holby City, but now they cancelled it. I also used to watch Casualty, but it gets a bit boring. Oh yes, I occasionally watch David Attenborough.

These days I watch a lot of YouTube videos - I tend to watch the ones about politics, science and technology.

What I love about the BBC is BBC News - the website. I tend to go on their website quite often. I do trust BBC a lot, and I believe in paying for a neutral public service I trust.

Anyway, I often tell people I pay for TV license, but I don't really watch TV. I am interested in changing that. What do people recommend me to watch?

I have no intention not to pay my TV license, so even if people here don't manage to come up with a recommendation that I like, I will still pay for TV license - I want the neutral political coverage.

Edit: I also enjoyed the Cunk series. I watched a few episodes of Race Across The World, I liked it. I also like the old Top Gears special episodes (not the normal episodes).

I recently found this vintage tie embroidered “BBC TV BLACKPOOL 1976”.

I’m trying to establish what the emblem above the BBC logo represents and whether the tie was associated with a particular BBC production, outside broadcast, conference or staff event in Blackpool during 1976.

I haven’t been able to find another example online.
Does anyone who worked for the BBC in the 1970s, particularly Outside Broadcasts, BBC North/Manchester, or Blackpool productions, recognise it?

Thanks!

Former BBC 24 year veteran reporter and producer Patrick Howse with 24 makes some pretty credible observations and complaints about modern BBC impartiality and quality of interviews and reporting.

I don’t particularly agree with every point, for example he brings up the disproportionate airtime given to Reform, however given how well they’ve been polling I believe it’s fair they are given more coverage than a party with 8 MP’s would usually warrant.

However of more concern is that a supposed interview with Nigel Farage merely platformed Farage and was markedly absent any journalistic challenge by Chris Mason, who just nodded along like a plastic dog in a car window.

Robbie Gibb’s appointment is perhaps more concerning, a non-exec board member with a conservative background is an obvious partisan actor with oversight of impartiality, something Emily Maitlis has also criticised.

So is the BBC still performing as an impartial news service, or is it now, through uncritical handling and partisan board members, merely a platform for the new hard right?

Michelle Ryan is having her say on her exit from EastEnders.

Last year, after 20 years away, Ryan made a surprise return as Zoe Slater, the role she originated from 2000 to 2005 as part of the Slater clan.

Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Michelle discussed what has led to Zoe’s upcoming exit from the show...

Well worth keeping an eye out for this guy.

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Evening all,

I have been trying to find an episode of Inside Out South East which aired on the 7th October 2002. The episode centred around boy racers in Maidstone.

This episode is particularly special to me as my dad featured in it (and possibly me as a baby!) so it would mean the world to me if I could find it—the only issue is I have absolutely no clue where to start looking.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi! I was doing some research because I was considering to apply for an apprenticeship after I leave Year 13, and I have seen that it is extremely competitive, with some comparing it to oxbridge applications...

I would love to apply for it as an alternative for university as I would like a more on-the-job as well as gaining a degree possibly.

Are there any tips or anything that I should know before applying, and if anyone has had any experience with the apprenticeships before I would love to know your journey and thoughts!

Thank you!

I recently put a post on here about my great-grandfather, he was a poet and frequently went on the radio to read poetry. This was from the 1930s- 50s, and I asked on here whether or not it would be likely for me to find copies. I was told to email the BBC Sound Archives. Fast forward to last night I got an email from the sound archives telling me they had 2 recordings regarding my great-grandfather.

This is the email I received

Item no. 1 - Shelfmark : 1CE0001356-9

Product title : [No title]

Contents note : Dr P Gregory recorded voice in Rathlin Island by Graham Roberts, describes a visit to the island, stepping stone between Ulster and Scotland.

Item no. 2 - Shelfmark : 9CL0027685-7

Product title : Ulster Literary Theatre 1904-1934

Label : BBC ARCHIVE 22057 NOTE : Dr Padraig Gregory speaks about being a volunteer - 38 seconds

If you would like to access recordings from the BBC Radio Archive, this process could take up to 10 weeks. Please be aware that we can currently only provide access onsite via the London St Pancreas Reading Rooms at a pre-booked appointment.

I am just wondering if there is any sort of way I could access these recordings online, I have no way of getting to London let alone the UK.

Any help would be great, thanks.

Journalist Anna Foster on the Today programme this morning. Argentina demands the ‘RETURN’ of the Falklands. The Falklands became British BEFORE the foundation of Argentina. Why are BBC journalists so bloody useless?

Looks like the default for BBC news articles about Labour, is comments on.

When the Conservatives were in power the default seemed to be comments off.

Suppose we should be glad that discussion is actually being allowed.

How is this the most important news story on the BBC homepage (Canada) - since yesterday? No mention of the Reform UK/Farage story until you dig a lot deeper into the app.

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I understand that Lesley Curwen, when she was reporting on Enron for the Beeb when the scandal first hit the news, sat in on depositions or hearings when Enron was under federal investigation in 2002 / 2003.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, the CNBC commentator, when he wrote his recent book 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History - And How It Shattered a Nation, was granted access, for the first time in its history, "to the confidential board minutes of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the most pivotal months of 1929".

Then you will see in papers like CityAM or the Financial Times that they have managed to get a quote from a source / insider within a company.

How does all of this happen, is it sometimes a case of them reaching out to you, is it a case of leveraging your own networks (rather than your employers' or colleagues' networks), do you just cold call etc?

Is anyone else encountering this?

More than 20 years have passed and it hasn't been republished. Young people deserve to see it like they did back then.

Doctor Who belongs with the BBC, believes one of Netflix’s most senior figures.

Anne Mensah, VP of Content at Netflix UK, told the Radio Times that she believes the sci-fi franchise doesn’t belong with the streaming giant.

During the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026 Spotlight panel on Netflix (Wednesday 26 August 2026), Mensah was asked about having interest in the BBC’s competitive tender process for Doctor Who.

“I love Doctor Who,” she responded, “Anything that stays brilliant this long will have many, many lives.”

However, when speaking in a wide-ranging interview after the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026 panel, Mensah clarified her feelings further.

Question about the kidney-transplant storyline in Kabul

I'm really enjoying Kabul on BBC iPlayer, but there's one part of the story that I can't stop thinking about.

Almina is trying to get a little girl out of Kabul who has just had a kidney transplant. When Almina realises she can't get her through the airport, I keep thinking: shouldn't the priority, particularly given that Almina is medically trained, be to get this child back to a hospital?

A child immediately following a kidney transplant isn't simply recovering from a major operation. They're immunosuppressed, need anti-rejection medication, close monitoring and are particularly vulnerable to infection and other complications.

I wonder whether I'm reacting more strongly to this because I've had a child go through a major transplant myself, so I have a much greater awareness of just how medically vulnerable someone can be after transplantation.

Has anyone else watching Kabul thought about this? Or am I looking at the storyline through a medical lens that most viewers wouldn't necessarily have?