KT Dodge

Where have all our good dramas, sitcoms and programmes gone? Long gone are the days where I actually look forward to the next episode of a British drama or sitcom. It seems that our airwaves are just filled with ‘reality shows’, documentaries and ‘game shows’ as well as no end of repeats. In moderation all these shows are ok but it seems that they are the preferred option of programme makers because they are cheaper to make than a good drama or situation comedy. The Americans on the other hand are making some excellent series - Ugly Betty, CSI, Heroes, My Name is Earl, Medium and Dexter just to name a few.

I recently read an article which criticised the BBC for losing it’s way. It essentially said that they have forgotten that they should be making all types of programmes for all people. After all this is why we pay a licence fee to enable them not to be commerically viable. in fact it said they should not be trying to compete with the other Commercial TV stations especially after the quiz show fraud debacle. The BBC has a long way to go to regain the reputation they had when I was a child.