Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren has said that it is time for the BBC to consider other ways of funding itself as a debate rages in the UK about the future of the licence fee. In quotes w…
that the funding model will be scrapped in favor of a radical overhaul that will see the BBC become a subscription service.
Achieving this will be fraught with complication, however, given all of the BBC’s TV and radio channels sit on free-to-air platforms, such as Freeview. It could also be politically toxic for the government, given the BBC is the broadcaster of choice for millions of viewers and listeners every day.a petition to “save our BBC” had 100,000 signatures
. It now has nearly 150,000. Prominent Conservative MPs have also jumped to the BBC’s defense, while The Sunday Times’ sister paper, The Times, reported on Tuesday that prime minister Johnson is not as keen on revolutionizing the BBC as his top aide Dominic Cummings. Meanwhile, Mirren said she would “love” to work again for the BBC or ITV, where she won three BAFTAs for her role in police drama“The work that is being done in Britain on both the BBC and ITV, it is so good. I have seen a series of really such good work. Work on British TV is pretty amazing,” she said.
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