tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post8650263828435576508..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: BBC's non-level playing fieldFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-19951250205889269472009-07-27T10:46:38.002+01:002009-07-27T10:46:38.002+01:00When I lived in Britain, I was occasionally too sl...When I lived in Britain, I was occasionally too slow to get to the off button when "Thought of the Day" came on. It is so clearly already a force for the destruction of religious belief with its meaningless blurbs of politically correct drivel from leftist and feminist clergy, that I can't imagine an openly secularist blurb could do any more damage.Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50476978932093103702009-07-26T16:12:05.733+01:002009-07-26T16:12:05.733+01:00Pelerin, Dot Cotton was always Anglican, not Catho...Pelerin, Dot Cotton was always Anglican, not Catholic. <br /><br />At first she was depicted as a sanctimonious village gossip who'd break into biblical quotations at the drop of a hat but over time the scriptwriters softened to her.Red Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858695355021361726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-73554830388699325612009-07-24T22:30:38.563+01:002009-07-24T22:30:38.563+01:00Shepherd points out that there are no Catholics in...Shepherd points out that there are no Catholics in the British radio soap The Archers.<br /><br />Unfortunately when a Catholic is introduced to a soap he or she is usually a figure of fun such as Dot Cotton in the BBC's Eastenders. She started off by being introduced as a Catholic character although I could not help noticing that when she recited the Lord's Prayer once she used 'which art' instead of 'who art'. She often quoted chapter and verse from the Bible - how many lay Catholics do that? and although I gave up watching it many years ago I think Dot eventually morphed into a rather holier than thou general Christian who was always at odds with all the other dysfunctional characters in the soap.pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-7470843184417065592009-07-24T22:03:03.630+01:002009-07-24T22:03:03.630+01:00There are some Christian comedians on the BBC. At...There are some Christian comedians on the BBC. At least, there's at least one evangelical protestant - the otherwise brilliant Milton Jones. Unfortunately, he was on the radio the other day saying that he could think of nothing worse than infant baptism.Simon Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196039882299400327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-57056914362263830322009-07-24T17:50:42.020+01:002009-07-24T17:50:42.020+01:00and there are no Catholics in The Archers!and there are no Catholics in The Archers!Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86575622564916712152009-07-24T08:55:56.411+01:002009-07-24T08:55:56.411+01:00Sandi Toksvig is the pro-secular humanist "co...Sandi Toksvig is the pro-secular humanist "comic" that gets my goat.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50549189003878084052009-07-24T08:46:12.291+01:002009-07-24T08:46:12.291+01:00I think that most of the presenters of 'TFTD&#...I think that most of the presenters of 'TFTD' do tremendous harm to religion. They lack credibility and George is absolutely right in what he says.<br /><br />However, BBC radio output, with the exception of some local radio stations, in general, is the best in the world and no other broadcaster comes within a whisker of its diverse output.<br /><br />As a radio insider, I can honestly say that there is a real effort to be balanced. There is a problem when a story unfolds which some people don't want to hear. They then attack the broadcaster in a misguided attempt to defend that which they would prefer to belive in. Some interviewees are clearly trying to be less than forthright with their answers and this will inevitably lead to more probing by the interviewer.<br /><br />Incidentally, Radio 3's 'Choral Evensong' is broadcast live on a Wednesday and usually repeated the following Sunday afternoon, both at 4pm. It is not a daily occurence although many years ago, there was a live broadcast on both a Wednesday and Friday afternoon.Dave from Leicestershirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34764986024035652572009-07-23T21:46:52.836+01:002009-07-23T21:46:52.836+01:00The BBC has long ago gone down the pan.Single Issu...The BBC has long ago gone down the pan.Single Issue Activists have taken over.<br /><br />People like Dawkins,Melchett,Tim Martin and the BARMY Ruth Lee have been granted millions of £££ of free advertising.<br /><br />It's about time a License Boycott was organised.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-22103707615418496552009-07-23T20:43:58.911+01:002009-07-23T20:43:58.911+01:00Geez, Fr. Ray -- YOU should apply to get a "t...Geez, Fr. Ray -- YOU should apply to get a "thought for the day" segment.<br /><br />I have no idea what you'd say, but I guarantee it wouldn't be "anodyne, prissy, dull religious programme."<br /><br />You take the cake!<br /><br /><br />I have to say it's hysterical watching the two faced media. Theyu will LIE out of one side of their mouth about filthy secular programs that are morally evil and then say "it's just entertainment and doesn't affect anyone." And out of the other side of their mouths tell their prospective advertisers "take out an ad spot -- what you say can induce people to buy your product/good/service."<br /><br />Oh, so which is it? TV programming has NO effect on people, or it does.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-90310819676973135922009-07-23T20:18:05.693+01:002009-07-23T20:18:05.693+01:00Fr Ray, whatever else you might expect from the BB...Fr Ray, whatever else you might expect from the BBC (Beelzebub's Broadcasting Corporation), one thing is for sure, when it comes to the Catholic Faith and Religion - their policy is as always "Fairplay, No way"!<br /><br />Leave 'em to the Secularists, Atheists, Agnostics, New-Agers, Satanists, Whotnots, Humanists and Whojamadoodads, they can suck up to the likes of Dawkins, Pullman and others and broadcast the worthless drivel that goes under the name of 'thought for the day', more like 'bore of the day', which invariably is liberal, love your neighbour, hug-a-tree, careful of your carbon footprint, ecumeni-nonsense! This does nothing for the Christian Faith except mock it.<br /><br />If I had my way, I'd scrap the licence immediately. Then perhaps they'd have to buck-up their ideas and produce some decent programmes as they would finally be on a competitive 'level playing field' and not in a priviledged 'cocoon' existence as they have been since Year Dot!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031618301013986930noreply@blogger.com