UK and USA : what is on TV ?

[Cuddles]

Beside poirot I would have to say the Sherlock programs are worth a watch. Then, if you like that BBC standard viewing, The Bodyguard got a lot of interest, but more on target would be Line of Duty, which has the viewers off gogglebox on the edge of their seats, with their heads spinning around. One woman is even taking notes to keep up.
You have watched gogglebox right? It's a program watching people watching TV. It doesn't get any better than that lol. Only Line of Duty gets the awards though. They were on a sub over christmas, where a procession of killers were killing killers to stop the truth being traced back. I saw it on gogglebox.

Line of Duty has been going a while now. Bodyguard was a short series. Sherlock are stand alone stories iirc

I like Sherlock Holmes too. I`ve downloaded a number of them incl the old black and white ones. Never watched Line of duty, maybe it´s worthlooking innto.

Is there any good comedy on? Or anything on Art and design?

 

[Cuddles]

I keep trying to find Tony Hancocks `Rebel´ to download but no luck so far. If it´s EVER on telly, please give me a shout!

 

[armedoldhippy]

I believe the lyrics I posted were from a Bruce Springsteen tune;

​​​​​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAlDbP4tdqc

The Pink Floyd reference does't ring any bells for me...

i was wrong in my quote. it was "i've got 13 channels of shit", not 65, from the song, "nobody home". hell, i only was off by 52...

 

[Switcher56]

I normally watch old classic and documentaries. I definitely don't care for "reality TV", period.

Over the holidays I watched 3 movies on "Paramount" since local programming was non existent until tomorrow, from the week before Xmas.

• God father pt1;
• Godfather pt2; and
• Road house

I don't remember the exact length of the movies (last week) but if I recall correctly, GF pt 2 was 5.5 hours. Wayyyyyyyy, longer than the original (which I have on VHS).

Basically it was/one scene at a time, followed by 5min of commercials. To further exacerbate the problem, it was mostly the same commercials, every commercial break.

If that wasn't enough... the movies were censored, read "mucho censored" regardless of the warning we are accustomed to, WRT may graphical content or foul language etc.... e.g when Wade Garrett was asked if he wanted to fight (scene at the "booze truck") Well I'm not here to suck your bleep (dick) or "that gal has too many brains to have a" bleep (ass) like that.

f-e I have a m8te in the UK that mentioned you have to have a TV license, to watch TV.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

I wonder how they get on detecting TV's in England now that they no longer have a line output transformer (flyback transformer for CRT TV's) which is what the detector vans picked up on to check on TV licenses?

 

[Cuddles]

I wonder how they get on detecting TV's in England now that they no longer have a line output transformer (flyback transformer for CRT TV's) which is what the detector vans picked up on to check on TV licenses?

Back in London when I was a student I once just had a knock onn my door from someone and was asked about my TV license. I told him I didn´t have one cause I didn´t have a television and let him have a quick look into my room to prove it. Couple of years later (still at college) I did get a TV but nobody ever came to check again. Got lucky I guess

 

[Gry]

BBC1
BBC2
ITV (independent=adverts)

Then we got a 4th. The cleverly named 'channel 4' (more adverts)

Later, we got a 5th. Guess what it was called. (more adverts. Only the BBC don't have adds, because we need a TV license to even use a TV, and that pays them)

There was no room for channel 5, so everyone's VCR needing moving elsewhere to free up space. A task channel 5 had to offer to do for everyone. Actual house visits. They must of had some money behind them..

Really it was just the 5 for ages. Ionica cabled us up so long ago, nobody remembers and it wasn't wanted. Then cable came again, and it stuck. Along with satellite.

Then the terrestrial broadcasters stepped it up again with freeview. It didn't start as free though. The early boxes took a card. Like a satellite box. Which flopped. Failed. Then was reborn as freeview. Which is intergrated into sets now. Carrying all the terrestrial channels as the analogue system that once carried 1-5 is gone. Making it simply 'digital TV'


Edit: No.. Ionica were fleeting, but not the first cable. Ionica used a phone line and dish. They did mobiles. Failed and the law bought the mobile phone infrastructure.
Redifusion? It's big black cables still found along the back of many a terrace.
Edit2: Rediffusion Cable TV in the 1930s.

Was neat as could be reading of Rediffuson. I had been unaware that cable had been used that early.

 

[f-e]

They presume every address needs a TV license. Write letters. Rattle letter boxes. Drive their staff welfare van around, covered in aerials and livery to make it look more than a mobile restroom. Mostly scare tactics, but beware, a TV lights up a room, and that pulsing light can be matched to the live broadcast that a license is required for. They are not a basic private company, they can force entry.

The TV license isn't a bad thing. The BBC don't make money from adverts. There are no adverts. They are more like part of the UKs infrastructure. Paid for by taxes. We started with BBC1 and BBC2, then came ITV (channel 3) which was the Independant Broadcasting Corporation. A private company, with adverts. The BBC is more like a public resource. That's why it's got the budget to make stuff instantly recognised as theirs. Sending people off on safari to film a rare butterfly isn't ever going to pay for itself. A 6 hour parliamentary debate can't have 30% of it's time devoted to adverts. The BBCs unique funding system makes things happen, that others can't do.

 

[GMT]

Actually f-e, they can't force entry without a search warrant and a couple of coppers to back them up. The guys knocking on your door are just salesmen spouting bullshit to earn a commission. You don't even need to open the door to them.

 

[buzzmobile]

Do you have to parallel park the TV to get a license?

 

[Sunshineinabag]

Nothing right meow

 

[Sunshineinabag]

I normally watch old classic and documentaries. I definitely don't care for "reality TV", period.

Over the holidays I watched 3 movies on "Paramount" since local programming was non existent until tomorrow, from the week before Xmas.

• God father pt1;
• Godfather pt2; and
• Road house

I don't remember the exact length of the movies (last week) but if I recall correctly, GF pt 2 was 5.5 hours. Wayyyyyyyy, longer than the original (which I have on VHS).

Basically it was/one scene at a time, followed by 5min of commercials. To further exacerbate the problem, it was mostly the same commercials, every commercial break.

If that wasn't enough... the movies were censored, read "mucho censored" regardless of the warning we are accustomed to, WRT may graphical content or foul language etc.... e.g when Wade Garrett was asked if he wanted to fight (scene at the "booze truck") Well I'm not here to suck your bleep (dick) or "that gal has too many brains to have a" bleep (ass) like that.

f-e I have a m8te in the UK that mentioned you have to have a TV license, to watch TV.

Ur addicted to swazyes hair

 

[shithawk420]

Huh? Tv license? You Brits yanking our chain or is that really a thing?

 

[944s2]

Huh? Tv license? You Brits yanking our chain or is that really a thing?

Yes mate,,,
TV License, and a fine if you caught using a tv without a license,,
It’s real and there been charging us for many decades,,,,
OAPs used to get a pass but I think they charge them now but not 100% on that,,,,

 

[armedoldhippy]

Yes mate,,,
TV License, and a fine if you caught using a tv without a license,,
It’s real and there been charging us for many decades,,,,
OAPs used to get a pass but I think they charge them now but not 100% on that,,,,

when i first saw this, i thought that was a really fucked up situation. then, i read that there are no ads on their tv. how much are these licenses ?

 

[Cuddles]

Yes mate,,,
TV License, and a fine if you caught using a tv without a license,,
It’s real and there been charging us for many decades,,,,
OAPs used to get a pass but I think they charge them now but not 100% on that,,,,

yes it´s true, I read about this some time ago. And disabled peoople too (???) There was a big outcry over this.

Don´t you need one for the radio too these days?

Where I live you have to pay for both. And it doesn´t come cheap - even though the quality of both is sh*t.

 

[Switcher56]

Do you have to parallel park the TV to get a license?

 

[f-e]

Actually f-e, they can't force entry without a search warrant and a couple of coppers to back them up. The guys knocking on your door are just salesmen spouting bullshit to earn a commission. You don't even need to open the door to them.

That's right. They use is as a threat, then they get the power to do it based on individual cases. No other service industry can do this.
They often use the cover of being from the post office, to get you to open up and confirm who you are. Licenses are in the hands of the post office. It's not a lie.
They do kick a door in from time to time. It's very rare, but their office works based on fear. They have to follow through sometimes. Generally it's TV and Radio licensing officers, doing a few a year. Lets clear that up though. The doors going through are the likes of pirate radio and illegal ham operators causing interference to the emergency services. Though it could easily be a grower with a bad 600 wiping out the local cable network that needs finding and stopping. It's all under their umbrella. The old RIS

 

[Switcher56]

Ur addicted to swazyes hair

You are aware of people who assume yes?

 

[f-e]

when i first saw this, i thought that was a really fucked up situation. then, i read that there are no ads on their tv. how much are these licenses ?

Suddenly looks like good value, hay?
About 200usd a year, to watch Clarkson on some ace holidays, with no adverts. It's a steal.