Post by Billy R on Sept 13, 2009 21:25:30 GMT 1
Do you remember back when the Leeds Piano Competition was on BBC2? Ah yes, the good old days. It was broadcast LIVE. The finals occured on Friday and Saturday nights from the Leeds Town Hall. We got three piano concertos on each of the two nights, live, as it was happening.
Then came BBC4. Last time (in 2006) the six concertos were recorded and shown the following week, one performance per night for the whole week.
Now look what we're reduced to: From Friday 18 September onwards, BBC4 will broadcast one concerto from each of the six finalists over six weeks. The times have not yet been confirmed.
What's going to happen in 2012? It'll go the same way as the cricket, Radio Three only. That's the way the BBC is going now, get the culture off television, make way for more low cost reality and fly-on-the-wall garbage. Last night, they were asking the question, would Britain be better off without the BBC? I'd like to think not, but when this sort of thing goes on and they continue to fund fat cat salaries for parasites, I begin to wonder. See yuz....Bill having a whinge!
Then came BBC4. Last time (in 2006) the six concertos were recorded and shown the following week, one performance per night for the whole week.
Now look what we're reduced to: From Friday 18 September onwards, BBC4 will broadcast one concerto from each of the six finalists over six weeks. The times have not yet been confirmed.
What's going to happen in 2012? It'll go the same way as the cricket, Radio Three only. That's the way the BBC is going now, get the culture off television, make way for more low cost reality and fly-on-the-wall garbage. Last night, they were asking the question, would Britain be better off without the BBC? I'd like to think not, but when this sort of thing goes on and they continue to fund fat cat salaries for parasites, I begin to wonder. See yuz....Bill having a whinge!