Axe BBC licence fee for Sky-style subscriptions service, 40 per cent of viewers tell poll

The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found. Forty per cent of those polled backed subscriptions, compared with 37 per cent who favour the present £157.50 annual charge. The survey, commissioned by the Defund The BBC pressure group, also found 15 per cent of viewers say they … Read more

Axe BBC licence fee for Sky-style subscriptions service, 40 per cent of viewers tell poll

The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found. Forty per cent of those polled backed subscriptions, compared with 37 per cent who favour the present £157.50 annual charge. The survey, commissioned by the Defund The BBC pressure group, also found 15 per cent of viewers say they … Read more

Eamonn Holmes bids final farewell to This Morning viewers and thanks fans after axe

Eamonn Holmes has said he and wife Ruth Langsford are ‘going to get on with their lives’ after their final Friday hosting This Morning.  It was revealed last month that the couple, who fill in for Holly and Phillip on Fridays, had been cut from their weekly slot to be replaced with Alison Hammond and … Read more

Eamonn Holmes bids final farewell to This Morning viewers and thanks fans after axe

Eamonn Holmes has said he and wife Ruth Langsford are ‘going to get on with their lives’ after their final Friday hosting This Morning.  It was revealed last month that the couple, who fill in for Holly and Phillip on Fridays, had been cut from their weekly slot to be replaced with Alison Hammond and … Read more

This Morning viewers left BAFFLED as John Torode cooks scallops in the pouring rain

‘This sums up 2020!’ This Morning viewers left BAFFLED as John Torode cooks scallops in the pouring rain during ‘bizarro’ segment in Scotland By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 14:15 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 14:23 GMT, 17 December 2020 This Morning viewers were left baffled on Thursday as John Torode hosted a bizarre … Read more

Vicar of Dibley viewers slam ‘lecturing’ BBC for BLM knee scene

Furious Vicar of Dibley fans switched off last night as they slammed the ‘lecturing’ BBC for using comedy to promote ‘political’ causes over a scene where Dawn French takes the knee for Black Lives Matter.  Viewers criticised series writer Richard Curtis for using a comedy show to promote a ‘Woke’ agenda, with one tweeting: ‘I’m … Read more

The Wheel viewers poke fun at Maura Higgins

Maura Higgins was relentlessly mocked by viewers of The Wheel during Saturday night’s episode, after losing a contestant a whopping £10,00. The Love Island star, 30, was left red-faced while appearing on Michael McIntyre’s new BBC game show, after getting a question about her native Ireland wrong – especially after claiming it to be her … Read more

Strictly’s Jamie Laing claims viewers prejudged him as a ‘posh blond idiot’

He went into this year’s Strictly Come Dancing confident he could win. But after finding himself in the dance off three times, the odds are firmly stacked against Jamie Laing lifting the coveted glitterball trophy next weekend. The Made In Chelsea star, 32, told the Daily Mail on Friday that his stint on the reality … Read more

Emmerdale divides viewers as Laurel decides whether to terminate pregnancy

Emmerdale has left viewers divided as Laurel Thomas struggled with the devastating decision to terminate her pregnancy after learning her unborn baby has Down’s Syndrome. In moving scenes that aired on Thursday, Laurel faced an inner turmoil after doctors revealed the diagnosis, clashing with friend Rhona after admitting she was considering a termination. The scenes … Read more

BBC defends Vicar of Dibley as viewers brand first Christmas special episode an ‘abomination’

The BBC has defended the Vicar of Dibley after viewers branded the first of three Christmas special episodes an ‘abomination’.   The criticism of the first episode, which aired on Monday, comes ahead of the controversial Black Lives Matter episode set to be released next week. The show will see Dawn French, 63, take the knee … Read more