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I was deeply saddened to tune in to A Point of View on Sunday morning, a practice I have enjoyed for many years, only to discover the Howard Jacobson’s melancholy musing the week before was the last programme. We are told that this for “re imagining” or cost cutting of BBC programming. This imagination must be in service of an intellectual minnow minded populist. This is yet again a further step toward the lowest common denominator by which the BBC is consistently ‘imagining’ itself. A Point of View sits with a number of other endangered programmes against a barrage of ephemeral chat shows and thoroughly weak ideas.
A Radio essay of this sort is unique. Its form allows a contemplation that doesn’t exist in other formats. The opportunity to share the current considered thoughts of some our leading writers is a source of intellectual stimulation and often great comfort in knowing that there are other quality thinkers who are not led by sound bites and click bait.
The person/committee responsible for this decision may well despise programmes like Point of View and In Our Time but they should recognise that these serve a constituency just as significant as the needs of other listeners. Many of us who listen to these more considered programmes are hardly served at all by general programming and yet we continue to loyally pay our licence fees. A populist driven agenda is never going to foster genuine diversity of thought that is the healthy foundation of liberal democracy.
I call on the BBC to reinstate A Point of View and to fulfil its role laid down by Lord Reith to continue to inform and educate and not just to entertain.
Geoffrey a soutenu : Bring back Radio 4's Show "A Point of View"As an American, I know for a fact my Anglophilia was started in childhood due to exposure to BBC series (Wallace & Gromit, Mr. Bean & Teletubbies most prominently) and it has continued through my adult life primarily through BBC Radio/BBC Sounds.
My tweets were featured on Chris Hawkins' Radio 6 show when I was 22-24 (I'm 32 now) and I love Jo Wiley, Craig Charles, numerous Radio 4 Books of the Week and I've been a dedicated listener of The Archers for 5 years. The various stations have gotten me through some rough times in my life and add joy to my days.
Apart from me, though, as other commentors have said, Britain's biggest tool to promote itself globally is the worldwide availability of its radio stations.
Even radio from the smallest countries can be heard via the Internet so for the BBC to cut off its enormous global radio audience by disconnecting BBC Sounds would be nothing short of cultural vandalism and certainly not within the best interests of the Corporation.
Tom a soutenu : Prevent the BBC from Ceasing Worldwide Broadcast of Radio StationsMy trust in the integrity of BBC News was severely eroded by the report of Rafi’s censorship. I trust BBC News more than American news outlets because I believed a state supported entity would not be as susceptible to corruption as ad funded news. The Palestinian genocide is the story of the century, the world needs fair and balanced reporting so we can not repeat the mistake of the Holocaust.
Sumanth a soutenu : Suspend Raffi Berg from BBC for Pro-Israeli Bias in ReportingThis matters as it is local to me and i use it quite often, i started using to send ebay items and receive parcels, mainly i use post office to bank money since lloyds bank closed i deposit money here instead of trying to get to driffield lloyds bank everytime, bridlington council have got this nasty hadit of closing places down this town has gone to the dogs we need a proper council this town is dying
Darren a soutenu : Save Bridlington Post Office From ClosureI use this branch at least once a week, rather than the only other one I know of which is further away. I'm part of the aging population in Bridlington who regularly need local, easily accessible services such as the post office. To close this branch is yet another example of how cost-cutting affects older people.
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