Broadcaster Dan Walker has defended the BBC licence price, saying it’s “43p per day”.
A bunch of well-known faces, together with the sports activities broadcaster Gary Lineker and the comic Nish Kumar have proven solidarity with the company after Tradition Secretary Nadine Dorries indicated the licence price could be axed.
In a tweet, Ms Dorries, 64, stated the following announcement in regards to the price “would be the final” amid reviews it is going to be frozen for the following two years.
The annual fee, which usually modifications on April 1 annually, is predicted to be stored on the present charge of £159 till April 2024.
BBC Breakfast host Walker, who appeared in Strictly Come Dancing 2021, shared a picture on Twitter of the totally different BBC TV and radio channels alongside the caption “43p per day”.
In a later tweet, Walker, 44 clarified: “I’m properly conscious that the BBC makes errors and wishes to vary, however the media panorama could be a lot poorer with out it.
“These three letters are trusted and revered all over the world.”
The TV presenter was despatched dwelling from the BBC One dancing collection after his quarter-finals tango with companion Nadiya Bychkova didn’t earn him a spot within the semi-finals.
Equally, former England soccer star Lineker retweeted a picture from the BBC press workplace that exhibits the content material viewers get after they pay the licence price.
The 61-year-old later wrote: “Sure the BBC brings you one of the best in information, in sport, in drama, in music, in kids’s, in science, in historical past, in leisure, in present affairs and Sir David bloody Attenborough….however aside from that what has the BBC ever accomplished for us?”
He later retweeted a video from the 1986 TV licence advert “what has the BBC ever accomplished for us”, including: “The BBC is revered, revered and envied all over the world.
“It must be essentially the most treasured of nationwide treasures. One thing true patriots of our nation must be happy with.
“It ought to by no means be a voice for these in Authorities, whoever is in energy.”
The comic Nish Kumar, 36, additionally tweeted: “I do know that it looks like completely everybody hates the BBC proper now, and there are good causes for that, however ending the licence price is unhealthy information.”
The comic Rachel Parris, 37, wrote on Twitter: “Only a reminder that the BBC licence price doesn’t simply pay for Strictly.
“CBeebies, GCSE Bitesize, The Proms, Radio 6 music, Popmaster, Attenborough, and the World Service in addition to ‘the information the place you might be’…”
The author, producer and director Armando Iannucci additionally commented on Twitter to answer Ms Dorries.
Over a number of tweets, Mr Iannucci, 58, stated: “I believe it’s extra prone to be your final fairly than the BBC’s.
“First you come for @channel4 since you don’t like its reporting of occasions.
“Now you come for the BBC since you don’t like its reporting of occasions.
“Have you ever ever thought-about whether or not it’s the occasions themselves which are the issue?
Ms Dorries indicated she wished to discover a new funding mannequin for the BBC after the present licence price funding deal expires in 2027.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
