"Lawrence Jenkins" wrote in message
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"Billy No Mates" wrote in message
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ps.com...
This is the BBC's page about it...
BBC NEWS | UK | The Sky at Night enters 50th year
"Sir Patrick Moore is to present the 650th episode of BBC One's
astronomy programme The Sky at Night, nearly 50 years after the show
first aired."
The rest here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6238447.stm
Sir Patrick has just been interviewed on BBC News 24 and is NOT a happy
camper. As he pointed out the dopey woman controller forgot last months
show altogether (how on earth do you manage that) which is why it went
out a week late.
Here's why I think the BBC doesn't really care about the Sky at Night any
longer
1. It's presented by an old man (not very "youff" friendly) who has some
very un BBC like political views
2. The BBC is run by left wing liberal arts graduates who can't stand
science for the most part (unless it's Global Warming of course)
3. Astronomy is seen by the BBC as being a mostly white, male, middle
class hetrosexual interest.
None of the above may be true of course, (just my suspicion) but note the
BBC are pushing a news series on food, whcih is being presented by some
BBC news reader dolly bird and going out at 9pm on BBC 2. No 3am there
then.
Perhaps if Sir P did a Sky at Night on "Lesbianism in Astronomy" or
"Buggery and the Telescope" it might even get a kids slot.
I've often wondered why Sir P hasn't looked at doing a monthly show for
say the Discovery Channel or even Channel 5, who do the excellent Gadget
Show?
Spot on Billy the BBC has become a quagmire of unlikely bedfellows.
Social Marxist (white self loathing middle classes) Ethnic self interest
groups and sexual minorities who verge on the deviant. A sort of commie
feudal group of shirtlifters. Now I have been deliberately crude and harsh
with my choice of words only because that's the truth as I see it and
many others apparently.
The once objectivity of the BBC is now marred by the self-interest
self-hating with their political ideology all financed by the license fee.
I would finally say I have no truck with any of the aforementioned groups
only that they selfishly try and impose their view of the world on the
rest. I don't want kids to see gay kissing on a soap I don't want kids to
see any kind of (as that dick head richard Curtis calls it )snogging on
mainstream TV. It's totally inappropriate and unnecessary; and that's just
scratching the surface.
And don't forget the animal sex either :-)