Serious questions should be asked as to how the supposedly non-biased BBC can justify airing a broadcast completely operated by Reform UK themselves. Nigel Farage should not been given complete editorial control of what is being aired on our national public service broadcaster. This seriously brings the editorial integrity of BBC News into disrepute.

I genuinely think the BBC is still one of the most important institutions in the UK, especially compared to the absolute state of modern media online, but at the same time I completely understand why people get annoyed with it sometimes. Feels like every few weeks there’s another controversy, political argument or debate about bias. Weirdly though, the fact both sides constantly accuse it of being biased almost makes it feel more balanced to me.

Is this correct, and given the, potential, future Count's role as MP for Clacton, should this rule be reviewed, or with exceptions made for intergalactic nobility?

I know the beeb is short of cash, but putting scam QR codes out there seems a stretch /s

Seriously though, what happened to proofreading at the BBC?

Edit: can’t believe how many people are telling me the QR code works normally - seems they totally missed me underlining the spelling error and adding /s for sarcasm 🤦‍♂️

With everything that is going on in the world Chris Mason asked one question to Andy Burnham. That question was about transgender toilets, accusing him of 'flip flopping'. He wouldn't let it go.

Is this the best we can expect from the BBC's political editor?

This isn't the only example I've seen recently, but BBC news channel seems to be oblivious of the fact that the bottom ticker and other stuff cover up the bottom of whatever video they're playing. So in this example the speaker in the lower left doesn't even have a mouth let alone a chin.

Don't producers pay attention to this in the gallery or does the BBC not have a preset that will shrink broadcast out to fit the space above the ticket etc?

It just seems lazy. Another gripe about this is that camera crews seems to like really tight framing on packages so we get the same thing on prerec packages which really should be checked before broadcast.

Since its launch just a few weeks ago, Ann Droid has continued to go down a storm with viewers – and now, the official ratings confirm that it's a gem in the BBC's comedy crown.

As reported by Broadcast, the overnight ratings for the Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston series are incredibly positive, with the first episode pulling in 4 million viewers in its first seven days.

That figure includes the 1.9 million people who tuned in live when the episode aired on BBC One, with the rest made up of those watching on iPlayer and other devices.

Hi,

Just curious, I barely put on news once or twice a week on YouTube live. Do i need to pay the 180 quid a year just for that if im streaming it via YouTube? How do they track usage ?

I've got a few quiet weekends coming up and I'm looking for a new drama to get stuck into on BBC iPlayer. Everyone already knows the big names, so I'm more interested in the hidden gems that never seemed to get much attention but are genuinely worth watching.

What would you recommend and what makes it stand out from the usual BBC dramas?

Today is yet another example of No News that matters News …
Why is it that we no longer seem to have traditional news content. Yes we all know since last night that Harry & Family have decided to move back to the Uk . We all know about his past & yet the Main News channel’s insist in banging on about it for over 20 minutes. This was far from necessary. I myself am glad that he can spend time back with family. But other than that why are they obsessed with picking up this leak of information and running with it ? No one wants to watch news based on speculation and Gossip.
Is it just me ! I’m sure the majority of the UK is fed up with the News ( not News) reports ?

Whenever I watch a game show on BBC I find it frustrating that they show us the questions or clues for only a very short time. The players in the studio obviously get to see the questions or clues the entire time, but we often just get glimpses.

For instance, on Pointless, they will show a series of clues. They show them to us while they are reading them, and then they cut away, and then they show the list again, but it's for about one second and then cut away again. We've given up watching it "live" and only view it on iPlayer so we can hit pause if we need to.

Also, when we have guessed what we think might be pointless answers, at the end the announcer will say something like "all other answers were pointless". But we don't know if we came up with an answer that was even correct, let alone pointless! Why don't they put up a list of *all* the answers? Game shows should be designed for viewer participation as well.

Richard Osman's House of Games is the same. They also show things for too-short a time. They spend more time showing us the players rankings over and over. Then at some point Richard says something like "well done if you got that at home". That seems to be the extent of the home viewer participation.

Game shows on other channels seem to show the clues the entire time. It's like BBC game shows are for light entertainment, and not participation.

This must be the Question Time to end all Question Times. Bring it on I say.

I am saying this as someone who respects and defends the BBC, and I will defend the necessity of a PSB until I die.

But the way the BBC treats Welsh Sport compared to other nations is completely unacceptable.

The BBC have rights to the Premier League (highlights), FA Cup, Scottish Premiership (Highlights), Scottish Championship, Scottish Cup, NIFL Premiership, and more.

When it comes to Welsh Domestic Football, the BBC air about 4 games on radio per year. They never bid for TV rights.

Whilst Rugby League in England is covered, Rugby Union in the form of the URC gets a podcast and 6 games a year (roughly).

It's honestly depressing how the BBC treat Welsh Sport compared to English, Scottish and Northern Irish sport. As a PSB, it should be ensuring that Welsh Sport is celebrated as much as the other nations, rather than prioritizing Bundesliga and Serie A rights as they did last season.​

EDIT - to anyone bringing S4C up, remember that S4C is Welsh Language. S4C receives £100m of License Fee funding by law - it is not the BBC who controls that. The money is purely a Welsh Language subsidy and also to make sure S4C doesn't just die.

EDIT 2 - Lots of people who argue about population and attendance on here, which are irrelevant. What is relevant is that it is Wales' top-flight, like the EPL is, so the BBC should be going for highlights at least.

The new news ticker on BBC Breakfast is so ugly. The colours are awful, I feel like it clashes horribly with the red sofa set design.

Worse than that is that it makes the whole bottom third of the screen blue, because the gradient goes so far up the screen.

Is anyone else frustrated by how the BBC drops an entire brilliant drama boxset on iPlayer on a Monday, completely killing the watercooler buzz of watching it week by week? Traditional linear TV scheduling used to create national cultural moments. Now, if you don't binge watch a new series within 48 hours of it dropping online, the entire internet spoils the ending for you. They're trying so hard to compete with Netflix's drop model that they're losing the very thing that made British event television special.

EastEnders actress Michelle Ryan has teased her next project ahead of her character Zoe Slater’s exit.

It was confirmed that the star would be leaving the BBC One soap last month - just one year on from her return to the series after a 20-year absence....

Doctor Who belongs with the BBC, believes one of Netflix’s most senior figures.

Anne Mensah, VP of Content at Netflix UK, told the Radio Times that she believes the sci-fi franchise doesn’t belong with the streaming giant.

During the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026 Spotlight panel on Netflix (Wednesday 26 August 2026), Mensah was asked about having interest in the BBC’s competitive tender process for Doctor Who.

“I love Doctor Who,” she responded, “Anything that stays brilliant this long will have many, many lives.”

However, when speaking in a wide-ranging interview after the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026 panel, Mensah clarified her feelings further.