I would tend to agree.

The problem, though is of their own making. They want to compete with commercial stations whilst remaining a public service broadcaster. In this day and age, it's difficult to have it both ways.

Personally, if BBC One wants to compete with ITV, when it should allow adverts, and not allow any license fee to be directed that way. Same goes for Radio 1 and 2 and their digital channels. There should be a severe rationalisation in their local radio stations too, or again, they should bring in adverts to pay for them.

The public service element (for instance, say a rebooted BBC Two and Radio 4) should indeed be license funded and should indeed keep on producing minority interest and educational/documentary programming. I'm not suggesting that this should be negalected or even shut down at all - just suggesting that the license fee should be used wisely.

I actually applied for - and got - an audition for the forthcoming ITV series "Superstar", where they're trying to find a new Jesus for the forthcoming "Jesus Christ Superstar" arena tour.

I didn't go. Why? We were playing Castleford away

BGT - some good entertainment.

Ashley and Pudsey - 10/1 seems like good odds to me for the best dancing dog ever

And Zippy for No. 1 with the "Where's me watch, where's me mobile" song

On The Voice - interesting opportunity to double your money -

If you assume that the winning coach will be either Will.I.Am or Jessie J then at the moment each is available at 3/1

So £10 on each costs you £20 and returns you £40, for a nice 100% £20 profit.

The Voice was summed up for me last night when none of 'em wanted the guy who belted out 'Livin' On A Prayer' yet fawned over some Adele wannabe and some posh upper-crust Dido-a-like

Why you no listen?
''Where me keys, where me phone?''

No, that's HIS version, mine is unique, and not at all copied off him

do you recall the good old days of the BBC World Service ? I mean,when it really was the top wireless broadcasting medium ?

can't explain what listening to an episode of the Men From The Ministry or The Clitheroe Kid in the middle of a stormy South China Seas did for the system....

the GB edition of the world atlas still had bits of pink on it !

ahh,the good old dzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Wasn't paying much attention to the show but the girl who sang Purple Rain on Britains got talent

Watched the first few BGT shows of the series but lost a bit of interest, felt a bit 'samey'. Had a good laugh at that old girl doing the poetry while that fat idiot pranced around behind her, and the German guy with the wings - think they were both on the same show .

David Walliams has been terrific so far, much better than McIntyre and Hasslehoff.


My girlfriend always bangs on about The Voice. Watched a bit of it, thought it was OK, but only really watch X Factor if I'm with her on a Saturday night so can't see me watching this on my own either.

If the self-styled Rock God had bothered to try a bit of singing rather than just belting every line at the top of his voice he might have got somewhere.

Instead he came across like some sort of Spinal Tap-esque parody of a rock frontman, with everything turned up to 11.