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When it was announced earlier this year that BBC Three would cease broadcasting as a channel, the media response was predictable. Some of it focused on the better end of the channel’s output- including documentaries such as Our War, or comedy like Him & Her- but most of it attacked its worst excesses, in the form of lifestyle programmes like Snog Marry Avoid.
The thing about BBC Three is that it was an easy target. As a channel for young people, it was never going to have the critical admiration of its loftier sibling, BBC Four, and most of its critics were not equipped to understand the appeal of a bitchy supercomputer that gives fashion tips. That critical perception of the channel wasn’t entirely accurate, but it did make it seem like the obvious choice to shunt online.
That said, there were more than a few occasions when...
When it was announced earlier this year that BBC Three would cease broadcasting as a channel, the media response was predictable. Some of it focused on the better end of the channel’s output- including documentaries such as Our War, or comedy like Him & Her- but most of it attacked its worst excesses, in the form of lifestyle programmes like Snog Marry Avoid.
The thing about BBC Three is that it was an easy target. As a channel for young people, it was never going to have the critical admiration of its loftier sibling, BBC Four, and most of its critics were not equipped to understand the appeal of a bitchy supercomputer that gives fashion tips. That critical perception of the channel wasn’t entirely accurate, but it did make it seem like the obvious choice to shunt online.
That said, there were more than a few occasions when...
- 3/23/2014
- by Allan Johnstone
- Obsessed with Film
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