“Fame Academy: Part of the BBC’s Public Service Agenda?”

But it does not need to be populist.

It has the money to give us something different.”

–Gerry Murphy, CEO Carlton Communications, speaking to Royal Television Society

Since its inception, the BBC, the British subsidized television and radio broadcaster, has made a vow to extend programming – both physically and in terms of content – to all viewers and to broadcast material that contributes to a unified sense of life. However, since the years of the original director general’s strict policies were set forth, the BBC has been leaning more and more towards entertainment controlling its airwaves, and has been found seeking to win bitter ratings battles against other stations, namely ITV1. This behavior would surely not be accepted by the original director general’s ideologies, nor does it fall under the BBC’s continued commitments to be a public service. So then how was the BBC allowed to launch its very first reality TV show this fall and provide blanket coverage across three of its television networks as well as one radio network for three days a week? Aren’t money-grabbing, ratings-hungry programs such as Big Brother and Pop

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