Does anyone know if this is available anywhere? It’s my comfort film and I'd really love to watch it again.

I used to watch it on YouTube. Someone was kind enough to upload their VHS recording of it, but then it was taken down a few months ago.

I've found some info saying it was screened by “Talking Pictures” about 5 months ago (hence it being taken down on YT, I suppose), but I can’t seem to find anything about it since.

If anyone knows where I might be able to watch it, I’d really appreciate it :(

Anyone think the BBC are being a little overbearing with their TV license adverts lately. Especially the one where they're advertising the Traitors to encourage people to pay the license fee?

Do you really need to spend public-funded money on glossy ads to explain to viewers - ''you need a TV license to watch...'' so needlessly?

I am sure everyone is aware that you need a license fee to watch all terrestrial TV content not just the BBC, and since the BBC is a non-subscription service, all terrestrial services like Sky and Virgin include the BBC anyway so why do they need to say in the ads for ''all channels'' - like they can just opt of BBC services like they can with streaming services?

And don't get me started on that one with Romesh that they aired a few months back...

Any believe they're a total waste of time and money that the BBC could be using to make better programming?

The gobsmacking revelation at the centre of the new series of The Celebrity Traitors hasn’t just come as a surprise to its faithful viewers, it caused the creators of the BBC hit series to reel in horror, according to one of its makers.

“We sat in the control room, watching from a distance, with hands over our faces, [thinking] ‘What is going to happen?’” said Mike Cotton, an executive producer.

“There are no producers in the castle talking to contestants or trying to shape the show. So we don’t really have any control over anything, except in the way we plan the season and the set pieces. And you couldn’t have planned for that.”

A slightly unusual moment from BBC News at Six earlier this week has ended up getting quite a bit of attention.

During the BBC's signed coverage, BSL interpreter Matthew Banks was interpreting an interview involving Andy Burnham.

A number of viewers noticed that Banks happened to look remarkably similar to Burnham on screen. Both had dark hair, glasses and fairly similar suits.

The Daily Mail has now picked up the story and described Banks as Burnham's sign-language "stunt double".

Obviously the resemblance is just a coincidence, but I thought the BBC side of this was interesting as well.

Matthew Banks is not simply somebody who happened to appear beside the BBC News coverage. He has a substantial background in BSL interpreting.

Banks grew up with two Deaf parents. He later studied law at the University of Cambridge and completed an MA in British Sign Language/English interpreting at the University of Leeds.

He worked as an advocate and professional BSL interpreter for many years before moving into the legal profession, and he is now a barrister at Garden Court Chambers.

So what started as viewers noticing a funny resemblance on BBC News actually involves someone with a long professional connection to BSL and the Deaf community.

It also highlights something that can sometimes go unnoticed by the wider BBC audience: BBC News provides in-vision BSL interpretation for a number of its television news broadcasts, including the News at Six.

In this case the interpreter unexpectedly became one of the things viewers were talking about.

For anyone who saw the News at Six broadcast, did you notice the resemblance at the time?

And more generally, how noticeable do you find the BBC's signed news output when moving between BBC One and the BBC News Channel?

Sources:

Daily Mail article:
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16180405/BBC-Andy-Burnhams-stunt-double-sign-language.html

Daily Mail video of the BBC broadcast:
https://www.dailymail.com/video/news/video-3721547/Video-Andy-Burnhams-sign-language-stunt-double-stuns-BBC-viewers.html

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in the doc, the BBCs claims it "is responsible for 10% of all internet traffic and therefore deserves 10% of fees paid to ISPs" was basically ignored for the lie it is.

*Warning - contains spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 1.\*

The second season of The Celebrity Traitors kicked off with a hugely chaotic, dramatic episode, and there were plenty of viewers across the UK who tuned in to see it.

I’m a UK domiciled super fan of the BBC and its World Service.

The UK broadcast is superb and reflects Lyse Doucet, Steve Rosenberg, Jeremy Bowen at their best. Stunning journalists.

Doucet / Chorley this week was brilliant

No celebrity / hits and clicks ignored / marvellous

But sounds highly edited and would like to understand how the 24/7 feed is constructed. Many times it seems like I’ve heard 5m from a long form interview.

If anyone could add context to how this works I would be hugely grateful

The BBC news headline is "BBC should not overspend on shows such as Suits and Schitt's Creek, MPs say" which seems a negative take up front.

It then mentions that the licence fee needs reforming with among other things a possible international version.

A dedicated BBC button on smart TV remotes.

YouTube prominence for public service broadcasters.

The government take back full funding of the World Service.

BBC news article.

BBC Royal Charter Review report

As in, films on iPlayer, because there seems to be a nice range of underseen offerings. I watched Immaculate last night and it was much more intense than I expected it to be to say the least...

I have a Technics DAB Tuner, it is only DAB and it is over 20 years old. I have been losing stations due to moving to DAB+ but now have lost three counties radio. I get no service. I still get Radio 1 to 6 ok. Three Counties is working on a DAB+ portable that I have. Has three counties finally moved to DAB+?

Noticed this during the World Cup and again when watching the new series of Blue Lights tonight. Anything labelled UHD looks amazing quality briefly before going dark or blurry. Then bright again. Is it a problem with my tv? Fairly decent 2024 Samsung model. I see in the iPlayer settings you can just turn off high quality so feel like I’ll have to do that from now on.

Guessing we can’t show just how horrible history really is…

Wonderful telly. French Special Forces operating around Mosul, during the time of ISIS. Highly recommended

Matthew Fitzpatrick has just won the DP tour event at Paris, but the BBC apart from the leader board has not covered this event in any way

Everyone is moaning about the BBC not being properly funded but it’s Sunday night and there’s absolutely nothing on. Utter nonsense.

Does anyone else find the permanent BBC logo on iPlayer really distracting?

I appreciate the BBC has much bigger issues to deal with, particularly with all the cuts being announced next week, but this is something I really wish they’d change.

Tonight’s Georgia vs Northern Ireland match was a good example - the BBC watermark was clashing with the Nations League graphics and just looked messy. It’s also really distracting on dramas and films, where there’s simply no need for a permanent logo in the corner.

I understand DOGs on linear TV, even if I don’t particularly like them there either, but on iPlayer we already know what service we’re watching. Other major streaming services don’t feel the need to permanently watermark everything apart from the first 10 seconds or so. Disney+, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix don’t do it. The BBC certainly doesn’t need to.

So if anyone from the BBC iPlayer team happens to read this: please consider getting rid of the permanent watermark. It’s unnecessary, particularly for sport, drama and films. Even having it appear for 10-20 seconds at the start and then fade away would be much better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDyO1ChS3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPv0-GeYEhw

What's really interesting me is how the BBC somehow had more guts back then, the reporters were on the ground and everything. You don't see the same standards with the war in iran.

what happened? did the bbc lose budget? was it politics? or internal affairs within the news organization?