Licence Fee

March 25, 2020

Looking behind a BBC News Press Team Tweet

On March 23rd the BBC News Press Team put out this Tweet: The article by freelance journalist Ben Bo...

December 10, 2018

Accuracy and impartiality fails in Welsh language show on BBC iPlayer – part two

A staggering number of factual inaccuracies in a Welsh language programme promoted on BBC iPlayer....

December 9, 2018

Accuracy and impartiality fails in Welsh language show on BBC iPlayer – part one

A Welsh language show on BBC iPlayer breaches accuracy and impartiality guidelines. ...

November 16, 2017

How the BBC outsources its complaints system

Who answers your complaint about BBC content? ...

August 26, 2015

BBC licence fee payers fund more charter review PR

It was difficult to miss the BBC’s latest charter review PR efforts on social media on August...

August 12, 2015

Funders of BBC advert can’t find out how much it cost

Long-time BBC Watch readers will be familiar with the phrase “for the purposes of journalism,...

November 4, 2014

DCMS chair says BBC licence fee unsustainable

Towards the end of last week several UK media outlets reported on remarks made by John Whittingdale ...

April 3, 2014

BBC Two’s ‘Daily Politics’ airs an alternative view on the licence fee

Credit where credit is due: on April 2nd the BBC finally came up with an alternative view on the sub...

April 2, 2014

In praise of the BBC licence fee, by…the BBC

March 31st saw the appearance of a rather thinly-veiled ‘you’ve never had it so goodR...

March 11, 2014

Gloves are off in the BBC’s battle for the licence fee

Change and reform at the BBC has been the theme of quite a few recent media reports – including so...