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  • Unknown
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    edited April 2021 #32
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  • huskydog
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    edited April 2021 #33

    And that’s what he got , a few hours of TV for 99 years of life .

  • Rufs
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    edited April 2021 #34

    Good luck with that, my guess is you will get the blanket response sent to everybody that complained, undecided

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #35

    The dictionary definition of 'few' is a small number. 

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #36

    I hope so ,but there was no need to open a special box? for complaints in the first placefrown

    Of course some will always find something to complain aboutundecided

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  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #38

    Quite correct and out of 99yrs it was minuscule

    Probably  the amount of complaints are about the same in comparison

  • Rufs
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    edited April 2021 #39

    "Probably the amount of complaints are about the same in comparison"

    You are probably right, it would be an interesting exercise to count all those complaints logged via the BBC re their coverage vs the millions who watched, have laid wreaths in various places, attended church services or just reflected on his achievements over 70 years of service to our country, i know which group will come out on top

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #40

    I will answer because your post is unnecessary, quite rude and totally inappropriate given the circumstances. I have no problem at all.

  • huskydog
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    edited April 2021 #41

    On Friday many people were watching history and many people were complaining about history, I like history cool

    History doesn’t have to be something that happened years ago .

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #42

    All of that, Rufs, and I’ll be one of those remembering his good works.

    The key, though, is balance.

  • davetommo
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    edited April 2021 #43

    Here we go let the arguments start again

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2021 #44

    I thought the amount of coverage OK but was surprised that it was the same across 3 channels. However, nothing I would complain about. I’m not sure why those without access to streaming or satellite channels couldn’t find something else to watch for a day. At least there are multiple channels freely available. I remember when President Kennedy  was assassinated all we got was music all evening as free view hadn’t been invented.

  • huskydog
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    edited April 2021 #46

    No argument on my side ,just giving my opinion which I believe is allowed in the T&C’s cool

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #47

    Depends who wants to hear any alternative to what their agender isundecided

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #48

    Which goes to show how different people are. I, and numerous others, found the balance wrong but I'm glad we have the freedom to exercise choice in our viewing.

    Your comment regarding an on/off switch, however, is personal and out of order.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #49

    I want my voice heard. If there’s enough complaining-social media suggest there is then it may affect a change👍🏻

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #50
    • I would think "numerous others" is as quoted earlier from the Oxford Dictionary a "few"or small number
  • huskydog
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    edited April 2021 #51

    So , next Saturday is his funeral, so no doubt the complainers will be back out that their tv viewing was disrupted undecided

     

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #52

    I have enjoyed reading a lot of the articles about Prince Philip, and have raised my awareness of his life and his devoted service to the Queen. It’s terribly sad as always when any loved family member dies.

    I just found it rather archaic in this day and age that a premier broadcasting outlet, (one that almost everyone has to pay towards in this country in some way shape or form if they own a TV) decides to blanket coverage the same event on every Channel they broadcast. I have no doubt that the Beeb were trying to be respectful, but shutting down everything was rather archaic. Apparently, commentators doing sports coverage had no idea that they had been taken off air, left wittering away to no one. 

    As I said, it’s rare we have TV on beyond University Challenge and Match of the Day, so it wasn’t a complaining issue for us, just a strange decision. Most of what we watch is on iplayer, we should have utilised this.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #53

    You & your little cohort are disrupting & attacking again. I take it you want this one locking too☹️

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #54

    It will also be watched across the world on many channelssurprised

  • Unknown
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  • MikeyA
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    edited April 2021 #56

    I just thought the same blanket coverage on all channels of the National Broadcaster was something I would expect in China but not in the UK.

     

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #57

    Of course Prince Philip’s funeral will be a National Event, rightly broadcast for anyone who wants to watch, pay their respect that way. It is a little bit of our history, the passing of a national figure head. But hopefully next Saturday will be a planned TV broadcast, not leaving lots of folks wondering what is going on, as it did Friday. That’s the difference. 

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #58

    Archaic? or a reminder to the nations of the UK and the millions of others that we still have the remnants of respect for those who have given so much to us , and many others around the world with their dedication, (even if at times it has been a outspoken method in some eyes)

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #59

    In the past it was what most of us was all we had, and i can remember the solemn music on all programmes when the queens father died,

    Our headmaster came to each class to tell us and we all stood in respect his words "The King has Died ,God save Her majesty Queen Elizabeth"

  • Unknown
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  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #61

    I have a lot of respect for Prince Philip, and the Queen. What the BBC decided to do is control the Nation’s choice over what they could and could not view, which is entirely different.
    Just because someone doesn’t sit absorbing the only information being relayed isn’t a lack of respect, it’s a personal choice, made for personal reasons. I seldom watch televised Royal Weddings, or such interviews as the Oprah Winfrey one last month, as I am not particularly interested.

    I do share in the sense of sadness that the Queen has lost her partner of many decades, and his family will be hit hard by his passing. But it’s a loss not personal to me. Others have a deeper love for our royalty, want to be a tiny part of perhaps sending flowers, watching a carriage drive by, catch a glimpse of another still slightly mysterious world, and they are doing no harm if it gives comfort.  No lack of respect on my part. 

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