Not just TV - it also pays for national and local radio, educational programmes for schools and revision materials (when the schools were closed for Covid they put together a whole TV channel of curriculum-based programming within about 2 weeks, to help with home schooling), a couple of orchestras and choirs, The Proms, and a whole bunch…
Not just TV - it also pays for national and local radio, educational programmes for schools and revision materials (when the schools were closed for Covid they put together a whole TV channel of curriculum-based programming within about 2 weeks, to help with home schooling), a couple of orchestras and choirs, The Proms, and a whole bunch of talent-development programmes and technology innovation projects. That innovation arm has done incredible stuff - they invented streaming television with the Iplayer.
It’s easily the best-value cultural investment anyone makes, anywhere.
Not just TV - it also pays for national and local radio, educational programmes for schools and revision materials (when the schools were closed for Covid they put together a whole TV channel of curriculum-based programming within about 2 weeks, to help with home schooling), a couple of orchestras and choirs, The Proms, and a whole bunch of talent-development programmes and technology innovation projects. That innovation arm has done incredible stuff - they invented streaming television with the Iplayer.
It’s easily the best-value cultural investment anyone makes, anywhere.
I might have missed it, but I don't think the hosts mentioned the fact that the BBC is a governmental institution (unlike PBS). Big difference.