Jeremy Clarkson vows BBC is ‘worth saving’ despite ‘pretty poor value’ licence fee

express.co.uk:

Jeremy said: “When I worked there, I was told to take down a poster of Mrs Thatcher because it was 'offensive' and once, I was not allowed into the 5 Live studios because I was carrying a copy of The Spectator which, said the producer, was an 'extremist publication'.He went on: “Comedy?

You mean like Harry and Paul and Fawlty Towers? Nah. “They can’t broadcast anything funny any more because there are too many rules.“And for Saturday evening entertainment shows, they have to guess what the ordinary people of Britain want because when you are living in the TV executive heartland of Camden, you have no idea what an ordinary person even looks like.” He concluded by saying: “But the BBC’s pitch-perfect coverage of the Queen’s death reminds us that this is an institution worth saving, which is why I’ve prepared this handy cut out ‘n’ keep guide for the senior management.” Earlier this year, the star went after BBC’s Doctor Who, saying the show had “lost its spark” with viewers.

It came after an episode in January accumulated underwhelming figures in ratings. The latest instalment of the sci-fi show, which was once one of the flagship programmes on the broadcaster, saw just 3.4 million tune in.And according to the Clarkson's Farm star, it was all due to the writers' decision to focus storylines around lecturing its audience instead of entertaining them."Doctor Who is no longer written to entertain or frighten kids," the 61-year-old wrote in his column for The Sun."It's used to lecture them about climate change and corporate greed and all the other go-to storylines in the BBC playbook."Actress Jodie Whittaker took over Peter Capaldi's role as the next incarnation of the Doctor, a character she has played since her first regular.