Patrick Barwise

Mar 28, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patrick Barwise

THAT SO MUCH of the debate on the BBC is about funding is a tribute to its enemies’ success in making a mountain out of a molehill. The cost of a TV licence (£169.50/year in 2024 with a range of easy payment options, equivalent to £3.25/week) is trivial for the great majority of households that have to pay: less than the cost of one takeaway coffee a week for the whole household.

Dec 15, 2023 | theguardian.com | Armando Iannucci |Jane Martinson |Pat Younge |Sophie Chalk |Patrick Barwise |Peter York | +2 more

Armando Iannucci Take the fight back to WhitehallOnce again, the government comes to clip what it sees as the BBC’s unfettered wings. Governments in a panic do that, sooner or later, and it’s up to the BBC’s new chair to call them out on this. They’ve reneged on an agreement to fund the BBC properly: the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years, but was set to rise in line with inflation from 2024.

Jun 13, 2023 | pressgazette.co.uk | Patrick Barwise |Peter York

By Patrick Barwise and Peter York On Tuesday 6 June, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer : “I am definitely a supporter of the BBC… but it does need to understand its duties in relation to impartiality.” Questioned by Conservative MP Simon Jupp, she added: “I think that the BBC on occasion is biased, yes.” But she refused to give any specific examples. Many Conservatives’ criticisms of the BBC are much stronger than Frazer’s.

Feb 17, 2023 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Patrick Barwise |Peter York

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