They’ve obviously had a lot of complaints. I wrote to them a few months ago and got a long email back about why BBC Sounds was for licence fee payers.
So now they’ve added that list to the FAQs - which is good. But def not as convenient
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If you’re looking for a replacement to play the streams, give an app called Broadcasts a try. I’ve been using it for a while now on CarPlay using the 192k bbc streams.
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yeah I was vocal about it to their complaints line too lol!
I’m happy they’re giving us the streams, but gonna miss Sounds of the 80s and Sounds of the 90s podcasts…
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Honestly, I was surprised I was able to download it outside of the UK. Unpopular opinion, but why should the rest of the world get free access to it when the home market pays for it through the licence fee?
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But:
The review said it had seen no evidence “to support the suggestion that the narrator’s father or family influenced the content of the programme in any way”.
It added the narrator’s scripted contribution to the programme did not constitute a breach of due impartiality.
The report concluded that the use of the child narrator for this programme, while not a breach of editorial guidelines, was “not appropriate”.
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An over exaggeration by a union, nothing new!
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Not an exaggeration at all - literally the job of a union to fight thousands of job cuts. And one thing which is quite clear to see from it’s usage so far is AI is generally no substitute for the jobs it can replace, especially in creative industries.
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The BBC have now, amazingly, stumbled into having to edit even more out of their version of Masterchef.
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Is Fawlty Towers Making A Return To Streaming For It’s 50th Anniversary?
You’re assuming allot here. All the BBC are doing is outsourcing a small part of iplayer to someone who obviously has the expertise. That’s what any business does when it needs to expand.
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Clearly a different situation to Gregg which arguably shouldn’t have been dragged up considering it was was a one off incident which led to an immediate apology and John was horrified by what he said, with the person involved clearly saying it was not intended as a slur. People need to be allowed to make mistakes - that sort of incident is probably a verbal or written warning at most, not a dismissal. Being asked to resign for it 7 years later is ridiculous.
Gregg on the other hand had a pattern of behaviour which whilst it might mostly fall into the “unwise but not illegal” category is clearly unprofessional and nobody should have to put up with that in the workplace. However the BBC have done themselves no favours here by their head of compliance coming out last week and saying they could no longer work with him because they don’t believe Gregg was capable of changing his behaviour and then this week the report from Banijay (who employed him) actually stating most incidents (of which there are dozens) date back to prior 2018 and there has only been one incident upheld against him since, which perhaps suggests he has improved his behaviour.
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The BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 published today (15 July) reveals that we are informing, educating and entertaining 94% of UK adults on average, every month, and we remain the number one brand for media in the UK.
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Never ones to miss the opportunity to turn a crisis into a catastrophe the BBC have now forced Banijay to let John Torode go as well - seemingly over a single remark said years ago for which he apologised immediately.
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So, he doesn’t recall the incident, but he recalls apologising immediately? 
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