Post by spaceflower on Apr 10, 2014 16:26:42 GMT
The BBC should be producing more home-grown dramas and comedies if it is to justify the continuation of the licence fee, David Cameron has suggested.
With the corporation's Royal Charter due for renewal in 2016, the Prime Minister said he remained a supporter of the TV licence as the means of financing the BBC.
However he made clear that it needed to maximise its own output and avoid becoming over-reliant on imports like Borgen, The Bridge and The Killing.
"I'm in favour of the licence fee, but I'm in favour of making sure they get good value for money," he said during a question-and-answer session in Birmingham on Heart, Capital and Smooth Radio.
"I often wonder why is it we make something amazing like The Office and we just make eight episodes. You've got Modern Family and they're churning out series seven or something.
"So, let's try and make sure we produce the hits of the future, rather than having to brush up on our Danish and read the subtitles."
With the corporation's Royal Charter due for renewal in 2016, the Prime Minister said he remained a supporter of the TV licence as the means of financing the BBC.
However he made clear that it needed to maximise its own output and avoid becoming over-reliant on imports like Borgen, The Bridge and The Killing.
"I'm in favour of the licence fee, but I'm in favour of making sure they get good value for money," he said during a question-and-answer session in Birmingham on Heart, Capital and Smooth Radio.
"I often wonder why is it we make something amazing like The Office and we just make eight episodes. You've got Modern Family and they're churning out series seven or something.
"So, let's try and make sure we produce the hits of the future, rather than having to brush up on our Danish and read the subtitles."
www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/cameron-bbc-should-move-away-from-danish-imports-and-make-more-british-programmes.1396558176
I won't hurt Brits to read more subtitles, so that they don't get too insular. I'm thinking of Ukip.
Anyway, I see a lot of British films and serials in Sweden, so how can there be too few? Downton Abbey, and many others. I've recently watched Trial & Retribution, but they must be a rerun.
But Danish series are simply the best. ever since Matador, which I have watched thrice. I've never seen one I did not like. There is a reason some are remade (for those who don't want to read subtitles).
So have you seen any of these:
Borgen
Broen Bron The Bridge (American Remake The Bridge, British-French remake The Tunnel)
Forbrydelsen Brottet The Killing (there is an American remake too)
Rejseholdet Mordkommissionen Unit 1
Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé Örnen The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Den som dræber Den som dräper Those who kill
Arvingerne Arvingarna The Legacy
I submitted the Swedish titles too, so that you can see the similarities of Danish and Swedish. For some reason Forbrydelsen (The crime) was translated to The Killing - more dramatic so?
Generally I think thrillers and dramas go best down abroad. I've seen British comedies too but sometimes they are too much to stomach (I will never forget Mr Creosot). But I think they are popular with younger people. The latest I've seen is Vicious though this is not a BBC production.