The Beeb’s Alright
In light of the publication of its annual report, the BBC is sitting pretty in fifth place on our leaderboard, with a score of +81. The report shows that the BBC has cut overall spending on presenters, journalists and musicians, and is on target to reduce senior management pay by 25% by the end of 2011 (the figure currently stands at 18.3%).
Tygs include…
“+…we must protect this great institution”
“+ £40 a month for Sky? No thanks, I’ll have my BBC for £145 a year ta!”
“-…it was far better [in the past]”.
As part of our wider Sunday Times poll, YouGov spoke to 2,741 British adults on their opinions of the annual licence fee and the standard of television programmes on BBC channels. Your views are broadly in line with those of our nationally representative sample.
The majority of respondents (54%) believe that the standard of television programmes on BBC channels has worsened. This is compared to 19% who think that standards have improved. The majority of respondents in the North think that standards have worsened- 60% think this, compared to 45% of Londoners. Perhaps the move to the North of England will be good for the BBC.
We asked which, if any, television and radio channels should be closed in order to save money. BBC Radio 6 came top, with 37% of respondents thinking that it should be closed. The channel was followed by BBC 4 (29%), BBC Radio 3 (18%), BBC 3 (18%), BBC Radio 5 Live (16%), BBC Radio 4 (16%), CBeebies (13%), CBBC Channel (13%), BBC News 24 (12%), BBC Radio 1 (8%) and BBC Radio 2 (7%).
Interestingly, our results show that almost a third of the British public (31%) do not want the BBC to close any of these channels. So although 65% of British adults think that the licence fee is not good value for money, they are still rooting for it. Judging by your tygs, so are you.
Keep tygging!
All the best,
The TellYouGov team
