BBC.co.uk
reviews and complaints

This website got a whole lotta info, man! It's like one of the top five most visited sites in the whole UK, ya know? It's got a real tight web community and the content is super professional, like top-notch stuff. You can find all sorts of things on here, like news, weather, sports, entertainment, cookin' recipes, and even the whole shebang, man!
And get this, it's totally safe for everyone to check out. Like, no age restrictions or anything, ya dig?
I gotta be honest, I can't think of a single bad thing to say about it. It's just solid, ya know? Safe and reliable, through and through.

Man, let me tell you about BBC.co.uk. It's a real game-changer, you know? They got this awesome service where you can watch all the shows that aired on the BBC in the past week. It's like a time machine, man. And let me tell you, it's a lifesaver if you're a busy bee with a jam-packed social calendar.

But here's the deal, my friend. They've only gone and integrated it with the Playstation 3 and BT Vision. That means you can kick back and enjoy all those shows on your big ol' TV. How cool is that, right?

Now, here's the bummer. You can only use this bad boy if you're in the UK. I get it, I really do. It's funded by our license fee, so it's only fair. But man, wouldn't it be sweet if we could use it while on vacation? I mean, come on BBC, cut us some slack!

Overall, though, BBC.co.uk is a top-notch service. It's got its quirks, but hey, what doesn't? So if you're in the UK and need to catch up on some quality TV, this is the place to be. Just don't forget to bring your British charm along for the ride. Cheers, mate!

BBC.co.uk is a pretty basic news website, ya know? It's got some news and all, but honestly, the coverage is kinda thin, especially when it comes to UK news. They don't go into much detail, which is a bummer. And get this, they like to make a big deal out of their reports, like they're super important or something. But let me tell ya, they're not all that.

They try to act all politically neutral, but in reality, they just report on the same old mainstream stuff and avoid anything that might stir up some controversy. It's like they're playing it safe, you know what I mean? And let me tell ya, a lot of their reports are just plain boring. Like, seriously, how did those even make it past an editor?

But hey, here's the thing, mate. This ain't no newspaper site, so if you're looking for some real journalism, you better look elsewhere. But if you just want some quick and easy stuff to read, then yeah, BBC is alright. It's short and simple, so it won't take up too much of your time.

The BBC Australia shop, mate, let me tell ya, it's a real letdown. So, I reckon I ordered this thing on December 7, right? I was expecting it to show up before Christmas, but guess what? It never arrived, mate. And to top it off, I didn't even get an email about it. Can you believe that? No proper tracking advice either, which is a real bummer.

Now, get this, it's been a whopping five weeks and I still haven't laid eyes on my precious item. Can you imagine the frustration, mate? Finally, after a whole lot of hassle, I managed to get through to their Customer Service line. And what do they tell me? They had the audacity to say that the item wasn't even in stock, mate! Can you believe it? They never had it in the first place, and yet they had the nerve to advertise it. That's just plain illegal, if you ask me.

But wait, it gets worse. Their Customer Service, or lack thereof, is absolutely shocking. They didn't even offer to send it to me without any postage fees or make any sort of amends for their mistake and dodgy online behavior. I mean, come on, mate! That's just not on. It's downright terrible, if you ask me.

So, all in all, I gotta say, the BBC Australia shop is a real disappointment. They messed up big time with my order, mate. No communication, no stock, and no effort to make things right. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, mate. Save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere for your shopping needs. Trust me on this one.

BBC.co.uk is always following the leftist path when it comes to reporting on political and major world events. They tend to include a lot of meaningless junk as filler in between, which may be considered unbiased and factual, but ultimately useless.

Unfortunately, the British people are still forced to pay for the garbage produced by the BBC, even though it fails to represent the views of the majority of the public. That's why they disable and block comments on their content.

Hopefully, as their viewership continues to decline, they will realize the error of their ways and make a change for the better. But honestly, I won't hold my breath.

While everything seems fine and dandy for those outside the UK, us folks living here have to deal with a constant annoyance from the TV licence enforcers. These guys go around knocking on people's doors, banging on windows, and scaring the living daylights out of us. They threaten us with hefty fines of £1000 or even prison time, all because we don't have a TV licence. Can you believe it?

The BBC expects us to cough up £145.50 every year just for owning a TV, whether we watch live TV or not. It's absolutely bonkers! Even if all we do is use our telly to play video games on a console, they still want us to fork out for a licence. It's ridiculous, I tell ya!

I mean, come on now, I can already hear the laughter from those who don't live in the UK. They must be rolling on the floor, thinking this is some kind of joke. But let me tell you, it's no laughing matter. The BBC is nothing but a bunch of bullies. If you dare to own a telly without a licence, you're breaking the law, my friend.

So, while BBC.co.uk may have its fancy website and all, let's not forget the dark side of it. The constant nagging, the threats, and the outrageous fees they expect us to pay. It's enough to make your blood boil. Just a word of warning to all you non-UK readers out there, count yourselves lucky that you don't have to deal with this nonsense. Cheers!

The BBC is a terrible, immoral organization that is stealing from people over 75 by taking away their free TV licenses. The BBC made a deal with the Tory Government in 2015 where they could increase the cost of the TV license every year in exchange for keeping it free for people over 75. But now, they have gone back on their word and scrapped the free licenses for older folks while still raising the cost of the license. It's a total disgrace!

Boris Johnson needs to step up and do the right thing by bringing back the free TV licenses for people over 75. The UK is a wealthy country and can easily afford to give this small benefit to pensioners and war veterans who have served their whole lives. The decision about who should get a free TV license should be made by elected officials, not by some unelected group like the BBC. Boris Johnson is the Prime Minister and he should take responsibility for this issue.

Everyone in society, except for pensioners, has received financial help during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's the older folks who are most affected by the disease and yet they have been left with no financial support. It's outrageous! Immigrants who come to the UK illegally are treated better than people over 75 who have paid taxes their whole lives. The government needs to wake up and start treating older folks with respect and give them the free TV licenses they deserve.

The BBC is wasting millions of pounds of license payers' money on settling tax bills for some of its presenters and spending huge amounts on diversity and a new set for 'Eastenders'. It's a complete waste! They are taking advantage of and bullying older people, who are some of the most vulnerable in society, to pay for their wastefulness. The BBC employs way too many people for each job, it's ridiculous!

I urge all people over 75 to stop paying their TV license fee starting from August 2020. If there is a mass civil disobedience campaign, it will force the government to address this issue and bring about much-needed change in the corrupt BBC. If everyone refuses to pay, the courts won't be able to handle all the prosecutions and Boris Johnson will have to deal with it. The power of pensioners can put an end to the corrupt TV license fee. The BBC has been taking advantage of the UK population for too long, it's time for it to stop!

#DEFUND THE BBC - CANCEL YOUR TV LICENSE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE OVER 75 IN BRITAIN

Review:

Oh my goodness, The Public'. We won't have any of that here.

It's the BBC'. It's a big deal. It's funded in a special way. Don't question it.

Once upon a time, there was the BBC. And it was the only thing available. And people looked at it, and didn't know any different. It did TV, and radio. Then the internet was invented, and the BBC had lots of meetings. And decided it should have a website.

Someone told them it was a website' not presents, and they had more meetings, and decided that they should have a website, not presents.

The BBC usually does other stuff apart from the internet, but this online thing is getting popular. The beeb hasn't really figured out how to do audience participation (nor does it want to), although its news site does look nice and boring. (this is an organization that has 30 minutes of meetings every day to decide how to be cool)

Background

The BBC is: really full of itself (UIOA). The BBC makes the most interesting or potentially exciting articles boring, so you click back' after the first couple of paragraphs. It would be useful for the Beeb to have a time monitor on its pages. Not to see how many clicks an article gets, but to see how soon after the click, the reader gives up reading and clicks back'.

You are not good enough for the BBC. It is the BBC's job to educate you from your current pleb level. Unless you're retired, then you're better than other people, and maybe good enough for the BBC. The BBC is a safe space for you to learn about the dangerous parts of this world. Like "slang", and "the internet".

The BBC

Parts of the BBC are losing the plot as it seems in the media industry (depending on how much attention you pay to the media industry'). But they are the media, take it with a grain of salt etc.

They are funded by the government. The money comes from you, but the penalty for not paying is prison, and the government makes sure of that. So the BBC is funded by the government. Paid for by you, but ensured by the government. That means the BBC won't say anything mean about the government, because then, the government will say "oh no, we're not guaranteeing your income". The government also won't get rid of the license tax fee, because then the BBC won't say nice things about the government. You scratch my bank account, I scratch yours.

(moderately) Left wing that looks like right wing. A supposedly free love' organization, that has a perfect sensible image. The opposite of the Daily Mail. The Savile episode may be relevant for the fact that aunty is not as comfortable a relative as you might think. Moderately left wing, but slightly less annoying than the left-wing Huffington Post, which shadowcensors *

*shadowban/shadowcensor=log out, check your comment is still visible

The BBC is eager to point out that things you thought were bad, aren't bad. The BBC defines this as 'opening your mind'. It's also called being liberal'.

Lots of sentences the BBC prints, seem to be directed at people who have absolutely no idea what is going on, and have zero knowledge of anything related to the article they just clicked on. For example, caption on an online article: "social networks have faced criticism". I might write an article for the BBC. It will be a long, "in depth", moderately hard to read article on the Amazon rainforest. At the end, it'll have a picture of a tree. With the caption: "this is a tree".

The BBC's news flavor is positive. That's what you get when you know your income is guaranteed, and not dependent on ads, sales, or program quality. "It's ok. Everything is ok. We've got our money, so it's ok".

Comments

On most news sites, the only good information comes from user comments. There is a reason that on the BBC you can only comment on about 10% of the articles. That would mean. Allowing, THE PUBLIC you, the great unwashed to share their views. And that just gets messy, and is definitely not in line with the image the BBC wants to show. YES, you pay for it, but god, no, don't Have Your Say'. On some of the HYS's (which are hard to navigate, not like normal message boards'. And apparently You' is You, which is tricky if someone else decides to have the username of You'.) half the comments have been removed for breaking the house rules'.

The BBC website DOES:
-tell you when a comment has been deleted, unlike the Daily Mail, where there is no trace.

The BBC website DOESN'T:
-let you comment on most articles, and is also strict in that you can't submit a comment to an article if the comment is about a different article
-allow you to find your own comments. Go figure. (the BBC would never support something as crude as being able to find how upvoted/downvoted your OWN posts are)

Why is the BBC stricter on non-article related comments, while the Daily Mail is generally more lenient? Well, the BBC has its income guaranteed by the government (essentially a public-owned service). The Daily Mail relies on user engagement' to sell its product. The BBC news site is also popular with retired folks, who have more time and are more likely to report "non house rule" comments (the BBC is popular with old people. This may be because, older people want to FEEL that their news source is reliable, whether it is or not. They don't want to have the effort of wondering if they should question it. Varied user comments would unsettle them)

If you're quick enough to have read them before they are removed, you'll realize that most of them are normal conversation, which the beeb deems to be "not up to standard" for their site. If you see them before they are removed, they are basically the good parts of a conversation at the pub. The pub is terribly' low-brow, though, not in line with the BBC cultivated image at all. It does explain why the flavor of the comments on the site is "above board" all the interesting comments get removed. If you want a chance at an off-topic comment remaining, try putting something positive about the BBC within the comment.

The Have Your Say section has its fair share of middle-class English folks, who use words like excellent' ("The BBC is an excellent source of news") and nonsense' a lot and the BBC website is more than prepared for them. If you want lively, energetic, varied debate, the BBC is not the place for you. As much as I hate to admit it, try the Daily Mail's website. At the BBC, we will have thoughtful, calm. BORING discussions specifically about the matters at hand.

We encourage discussion, but not "too passionate/enthusiastic" discussion. This is the BBC, of course. Your license fee provides enough moderators, thank you. There is more moderation on the net than you think.

HYS is only available on very select stories. It's quite telling that often many of the top-rated comments have been deleted by moderation. If you comment on a different story than the one the HYS is open on, expect a deletion. "You will comment on the story in hand". Said in Her Majesty's English, of course.

Dear BBC. Are. You. Aware. That when you remove a comment from your website, the internet has things called "other websites". Where the comment will probably get published. With stronger language. Possibly with the phrase "f__k the BBC" somewhere in the text. Possibly.

The lack of commenting could be quite annoying, to be honest. Journalists have been known to get their facts' wrong, and if there is no immediate way of correcting this, then I believe what you have is #fakenews. From the BBC of all places. And it's worth noting that the BBC slant on stories does NOT reflect public opinion. Income guaranteed by the government, it reflects the opinion that the government WANTS the public to have (just"be calm"). Left-wing slant, whatever you do, don't OFFEND anyone. (someone can be stupid, just don't CALL them stupid. The beeb definitely doesn't call a spade a spade). The BBC is quite influential, you see. Can't have it saying the wrong' thing. No no.

To the users, be NICE. Remember, it's ok. We've got our income guaranteed.

Brexit has shown just what a propaganda machine the British Propaganda Corporation is. Propaganda that you obviously can't comment on. Because most of the "articles" don't have comment sections on them.

Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Gary Glitter, and loads more of them folks from their production crew are all getting exposed now. It's a real shocker, innit? I mean, who would've thought that these big names in the entertainment industry had such dark secrets? It's a real eye-opener, mate.

But let's not let that overshadow the fact that BBC.co.uk is still a top-notch website for all your news needs. They've got it all covered, from politics to sports to entertainment. You name it, they've got it. And they've been doing it for donkey's years, so you know they're reliable.

Now, I ain't gonna lie, sometimes their articles can be a bit hard to understand. They use them fancy words and phrases that make you scratch your head and go, "What the bloomin' 'eck does that mean?" But hey, that's just how it is, right? They gotta cater to all them posh folks too.

One thing I really like about BBC.co.uk is their layout. It's clean and simple, none of them flashy ads or pop-ups that make your eyes go all wonky. You can easily find what you're looking for without getting lost in a sea of clickbait articles. And trust me, there's plenty of them clickbait articles out there, but BBC.co.uk ain't one of 'em.

Another thing worth mentioning is their video content. They've got some cracking documentaries and news clips that keep you hooked. It's like watching telly, but on your computer or phone. And let's be honest, who doesn't love a good telly binge?

Now, I gotta be honest with ya, mate. BBC.co.uk ain't perfect. Sometimes their website can be a bit slow, especially when there's a big news story breakin'. It's like everyone and their nan is tryin' to access it at the same time. But hey, that's just a minor hiccup in the grand scheme of things.

All in all, BBC.co.uk is still a top-notch website for all your news needs. Yeah, they've had their fair share of scandals, but that don't mean they ain't worth checkin' out. So go on, give 'em a visit and see for yourself. You won't be disappointed, I promise ya.

BBC.co.uk is a pretty good website, ya know? But, gotta say, it's got less stuff than other news sites like CNN and all that jazz. It'd be cool if they made a separate section just for Brexit, 'cause it's hogging up too much space and honestly, it's getting kinda dull.

If you're looking for a website that truly understands the struggles of the elderly, then BBC.co.uk might not be your cup of tea. It seems like they're more interested in saving money than showing empathy towards those over 75. And let me tell you, this lack of care has definitely pushed away their loyal viewers.

One of the biggest issues with BBC.co.uk is the low quality of their programs. It's like they don't even try anymore. But it's not just the big things that bother me, it's the little things too. Take, for example, their inability to update simple text. They make errors of fact left and right, and don't even get me started on their misplaced geographical postings. It's clear that they just don't give a hoot.

And let's not forget about their total failure to monitor obvious inaccuracies. It's like they don't have anyone double-checking their work. I mean, come on! How hard is it to fact-check before publishing something? It's just plain lazy.

Overall, BBC.co.uk is a disappointment. They've lost touch with their viewers and it shows. If you're looking for a reliable and accurate source of information, I suggest you look elsewhere.

BBC.co.uk is a website that's all about making news instead of just reporting it. They love to pat themselves on the back and show off, but they're definitely not fair to everyone. They've got a clear bias against certain groups of people who don't agree with everything they say. It's like they want to spread hate and make people feel left out if they don't have the same opinions. And if a news story doesn't fit their own agenda, they'll just hide it away like it never happened. Talk about being hypocritical!