But I can list several shows on the BBC that I enjoy whereas I can name just one on ITV so that's my justification for praising the BBC.
yeah, but itv is total shite (now, anyway- some of its older shows were good).
and just because it makes an odd good programme doesn't necessarily mean it's great. but it certainly has a lot more good programmes than itv. though itv does show mission impossible, the world is not enough, (help me out here philly, i can't remember any others!) etc. about every 3 weeks :lol:
I think commercial owned media has it in for the BBC, and to some degree I think the government does also.
oh yeah, of course, and i don't really give their arguments any credence. At least, I might accept that they might have a slight point, but that they're also going to be extremely biased.
Might it be that the whole thing was kind of shooting backwards as both, the originally intended xmas #1 and the actual RATM are signed under the same label: Sony
not really, the stated aim was to stop x factor getting the christmas #1, with a fairly symbolic song, and it succeeded. When trying something which everyone says is impossible, you sometimes have to make sure you win to prove a point. Next year we can try some tiny unsigned band and see how far that gets... ;)
