From its initial broadcast of Wuhan in Lockdown ten days before the UK’s own lockdown, to the trusted reporting of an unprecedented year, interrogation of politicians’ response to COVID-19, through to the provision of resources for children’s learning throughout varying degrees of lockdown, the BBC has maintained and excelled in its Reithian remit.Īs a public service broadcaster, ongoing questions remain about the utility of its funding stream through the licence fee, especially given the demographics of its audience. During the present situation of the pandemic, where entire systems of education, work and leisure are defined through and by the screen, the BBC’s pursuit of these principles has rarely been more salient. These are the values John Reith used as the foundation for the BBC’s inception in 1922.
Posted 26 March 2021 The Principle of the BBC This post positions the BBC within its founding principles of inform, educate and entertain and argues that its unique location in public discourse encourages debate about utopian visions that would otherwise be disavowed. Nevertheless, its position as a publicly funded broadcaster allows it to portray visions of the future that other networks cannot or do not want to touch upon. This may well be of its own making, both in terms of its content and its strategies. The BBC, like many established institutions is experiencing a moment of existential crisis.
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