Is the BBC still worth the licence fee tax ?
Sadly, over recent years I believe that the BBC has slowly lost the ability to provide wide ranging and good quality TV and Radio programmes which have wide appeal.
Take comedy for example, at one time the corporation could say with justifiable pride that their comedy output was both high in quality and was watched by a large cross section of the British public.
But when was the last time a BBC sitcom was produced which had appeal to a wide section of people across all age groups and backgrounds ?
The comedy programmes which create most affection in the memory were made a long time ago.
Now all the BBC produces in comedy is “topical” comedy quiz shows, with the same half dozen people seemingly doing and endless round of guest appearances. That’s the way is seems.
Have I got news for you was probably the first and best of this type of programme, and now all we get is endless rehashed versions of this format.
Not everyone likes this kind of snide, sneering humour.
But the people at the BBC love it, so that’s all they are interested in commissioning.
The drama output focuses on wife beating alcoholic drug addicts on council estates, want something uplifting or thought provoking ? Best avoid the Beeb at all costs.
Its got to be “gritty” and make people feel bad about themselves, god knows why.
As for news and current affairs the BBC is the place to go to be depressed, take one example, Afghanistan, the BBC will only report the most negative aspect possible of any situation.
Want to hear about the sense of duty, courage and sacrifice of British forces, the BBC aren’t interested in saying anything about that.
It might suggest something is going right, not nearly dreary enough for them.
Even Andrew Marr, the leading BBC political correspondent has admitted that the BBC is biased.
In defence of the BBC people will put forward David Attenborough and the still excellent documentaries he has a major role in producing, but Attenborough isn’t getting any younger and when he is no longer around there will be precious little to defend the BBC with.
Maybe David Attenborough represents the an older generation of BBC types who had a genuine commitment to quality entertainment.
The current lot seem to be smug, self important over-age student types who are more interested in their own agenda than the needs or interests of the people who are forced by law to pay the over-priced licence fee tax to keep them in their very well paid and comfortable lifestyles.
The only positive thing they seem to think of Britain as a country and the British public,is as an endless cash machine.
While whole sections of that same British public have been marginalised and are ignored.

Should the BBC licence fee tax continue ?
On balance, the answer has to be no.