I will check it out ....although I don't really watch BBC3 ....I prefer BBC 4 

I like them both for different reason, probably two of my most watched channels Baz. There is a bit of writing to do if you complete it and you can ignore questions if you so wish.

Ok ...ta  

Yes, I can't say I've seen too much of BBC3 either 

Sorry EC, I can't remember watching anything on BBC3.

I love BBC4 though.

Was 'In the Flesh' on BBC3? In which case, save the channel because I'd never amble around on-line looking for it. 

I think it was. There is a lot of first run comedy on the channel too as well as some more youth orientated documentaries.

I am the same where ITV is concerned, I never watch it.

They really do need to egt it back to what it used to be, all the trash stuff needs to go, that experiment hasn't worked, but I suppose because they felt the need to change the original format(that I liked) didn't work either.

I watch BBC3 but I won't want to save it as it is now.

Yes, save BBC3.  It's got a good record on original UK comedy and IMO, wipes the floor with E4, IMO. 

By the way, what is the difference between between ITV2 and ITVbe?  Seems both stations have more or less the same content remit.

That is, apart ITV2's endless repeats of the trilogies of Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and The Mummy

I for one am pleased to see the campaign is making some positive steps.

Another positive step forward

Jono Read

Holt, United Kingdom

13 Feb 2015 — I've some really good news. After I announced on Tuesday that there will be a rally next week in London I've heard from the BBC Trust - the people who will make the final decision about BBC3. They've agreed to take the time to meet #SaveBBC3 campaigners on Tuesday and to accept our petition of over 270,000 names. Now we need to make sure our voices are heard.

I've set up this Facebook event - http://on.fb.me/1MjKE1p - so you can confirm if you can make it to BBC Broadcasting House on Tuesday at 10am. As it's half term holidays we're hoping a lot of young supporters can join us. There you can bring banners and posters in support of BBC3, and we've invited along some BBC3 supporting speakers. As it's outside where the BBC managers work we want to make sure there's a good showing, so please think about joining us. There will be photographers.

The most important thing you can do before then is to make sure you've signed the consultation. This is something different to the petition that you've already signed up to. It only takes a couple of minutes to do, and all responses goes straight to the BBC Trust. We've only until Tuesday to get as many people as possible to sign-up: http://bit.ly/1C1JjEh. It's Valentine's Day tomorrow so don't forget to share the love for BBC3!

I hope to see some of you next week - thank you for your support.

Jono Read
#saveBBC3 campaigner
jono@savebbc3.com

Perhaps slightly O/T for this thread, but in the interests of supporting BBC3 programmes, and seeing as this is nominally a Reality TV forum...

Sunday sees the launch of two TV drama "big beasts" at 9pm: The Casual Vacancy" on BBC1, and "Indian Summers" on C4. However there's another new series starting at 10pm on BBC3: the mock-reality show "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse".

It's set in the days following a zombie epidemic, where 10 contestants have to survive a week in a shopping centre under attack. As is common for zombie shows nowadays, it's a cultural satire. Perhaps worth a look?

 That tickled me as my first thought was "yes, there are so many zombie shows on Tv these days".

I will try and remember to catch it to see what it's like  

Heheh; well I wasn't just thinking of TV shows, but consider "In the Flesh", "Shaun of the Dead" and "Dead Set" (another "zombie-meets-reality TV" mix) - all satires of sorts. And only this week BBC1 showed the Daddy of all zombie satires (complete with shopping mall!) - "Dawn of the Dead".,,

The losing contestants will be evicted from the shopping centre and will be "interviewed" by Davina McCall:

(or I may be wrong )

Pictures from the rally in London today.

http://savebbc3.com/campaign-n...-broadcasting-house/

I did a couple of the other surveys on that site EC  

BBC3 closure and move to online only delayed from the autumn to after Christmas while the BBC Trust consider the proposals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32427973

Small steps

Well at least they seem to be listening  

Jono is still giving it his all trying to save BBC Three 

As can be seen below.

Monday Night

Jono Read

Holt, United Kingdom

17 May 2015 — The BBC Trust are expected to make a decision on the future of BBC3 staying on television very shortly. As I wrote recently, this whole process has been very frustrating with the BBC seemingly dismantling the channel in front of our eyes without a mandate to do so. Some speculate the Trust might approve the closure of the channel, but now a group in the media industry are showing there is a third outcome which could happen. They are looking to buy the channel to keep it on television and to continue to invest in the channel at a time when the BBC is proposing taking it off our screens and cutting the budgets.

We all agree the best outcome would be for the BBC Trust to reject the BBC's plans for BBC3, and I will not stop fighting for that to happen, but I am interested to hear more about Hat Trick Production's proposals for the channel that would keep it on our television screens. Tomorrow night (Monday) we have an opportunity to do this at an event hosted in London. I am keen to get some of our campaign supporters there to learn more.

That's why Hat Trick Productions have opened up the invitation to myself and #SaveBBC3 supporters. Taking place at 7pm, the event will be hosted by the Guardian's Steve Hewlett, and will be an open discussion about what BBC3 could become if the BBC Trust were to consider the alternative options. Hat Trick's movement is growing with a number of agents, producers, production companies, and BBC3 stars backing it.

So if you're in London tomorrow night and would be interested in attending to represent our campaign please get back to me ASAP via jono@savebbc3.com with some detail about who you are and why you support the campaign. We will then select a handful of people to go along in the next 24 hours.

If you can't make the event you can find out more information about their proposals at www.yourbbcthree.com, and I will keep you updated as we enter an important time for the campaign. Remember to keep expressing your views on social media using #savebbc3!

Best Wishes
Jono Read
jono@savebbc3.com

www.savebbc3.com
www.twitter.com/savebbcthree
www.facebook.com/save3

Hundreds of celebrities including Daniel Radcliffe, Olivia Colman and Jack Whitehall have signed a letter calling for plans to move BBC Three online to be shelved.

The letter, which is due to be delivered to BBC bosses on Tuesday June 9, says the move will hinder the chances for new talent.

It features around 750 names, including writers, agents and off-screen talent.

The BBC is still awaiting final sign-off for the move from the BBC Trust.

It says: "Disastrously, the closure and move online will remove at a stroke a vitally important outlet for new talent and innovative ideas, where some of the most successful and influential names currently working in British television were given their first chance."

Aidan Turner, Russell Howard and Rob Brydon have also signed the letter.

It continues: "Either the BBC can continue to cater predominantly for an increasingly elderly audience or it can take the lead and safeguard its position as a beloved and relevant public broadcaster by investing in the talent and the audiences who are the building blocks of the future."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/...ng-to-save-bbc-three

Thanks El. 

I usually get regular updates from Jono, but he seems to be busy (probably protesting) and not yet sent email out.

What just happened? #SaveBBC3

Jono Read

Holt, United Kingdom

30 Jun 2015 — When the BBC management announced plans to close BBC Three over eighteen months ago we knew it wouldn’t be an easy task to convince them to change their minds. Like an episode of W1A they had been won over by a series of buzzwords in the offices of New Broadcasting House, with no understanding of the little appetite there would be for their plans.

I truly believed the chair of the BBC Trust when she said the viewers would be put at the heart of decision making at the BBC Trust – it’s why we kept fighting. The BBC Trust had already concluded last year the corporation was not doing enough for young people, and their last analysis of these proposals found with television still a powerful medium that audiences would end up with ITV2, E4, and Sky. Even bosses admit viewership will drop.

It is disappointing today that the BBC has not truly listened. The BBC management did not engage significantly with the future licence fee payers over this matter, probably because they knew what their response would be.

How can they try to launch a new service to rival the likes of BuzzFeed and VICE with a reduced budget rather than investment? And what incentive is there for new talent work with an online-only BBC3?

Today’s choices did not have to be a clear cut as yes or no. There were other options on the table. I am a big fan of keeping the BBC public, but when it comes to axing a channel off television there should have been more thought given to the offer to buy. With the BBC losing the rights to the Olympics this week it will also potentially leave a big pot of money unspent that could have been used to invest in young people.

Instead the Director General’s priority has been a BBC1+1 (now rejected) that would bring no further additional viewers than the innovative service he has chosen to axe from the TV screens. He proposed doing this because he said he didn’t want to “salami slice” the budget, but I can only conclude today that he will do just that. The online service - with fewer viewers – will not offer the value for money this exercise was meant to achieve.

The #SaveBBC3 campaign will keep fighting. We believe the BBC needs to inspire a generation rather than losing one. A 28-day consultation now follows, and we plan to make our voices heard as loudly as possible. The BBC Trust today hasn’t listened – we plan to make sure by the end of this consultation they do.

We'll update you on the 28-day consultation period when it opens soon.

Despite the inevitable, the BBC still seem to want to play the charade of public consultation. Here is their latest...

Just a quick request

Jono Read

Holt, United Kingdom

23 Jul 2015 — I've just seen the BBC and BBC Trust are looking for the opinions of its viewers again. It's our chance to again remind them they've not listened to us over BBC Three on TV. 

They can't keep asking us for our opinions only for them to be disregarded. So take time out to tell them this.

It's easy to make some noise. They're taking responses on Twitter. Just reply to this tweet -https://twitter.com/TomorrowsB...s/623824527236198400 - or tweet @tomorrowsBBC. 

You can also email your views to tomorrow@bbc.co.uk.

Thanks everyone.

Jono Read
@savebbcthree

I wonder how the government would react if the BBC announced that it was closing down the BBC Parliament channel to save costs.

If you are a supporter see this:

http://savebbc3.com/response/

I've just done the second consultation bit EC  

Cheers Baz 

I'm actually on their mailing liSt EC  

Probably clap their hands and get Murdoch to do it 

* UPDATE *

Future of BBC3 to be decided in a week's time

 

Jono Read

Holt, United Kingdom

3 Nov 2015 — It's been reported the BBC Trust will make their final decision on BBC3 next week. We hope that the BBC Trust takes the decision to fully listen to the thousands of you who contacted them last month about the move. Even more as there have been some developments since I last wrote.

Danny Cohen, the Director of BBC Television, announced unexpectedly he was leaving the BBC last month. Danny was the architect of plans to make BBC Three online-only and to slash the channel's programming budget in half. Commentators have said if BBC Three stayed on TV it would be a big blow to Mr Cohen - with him gone it makes it a little easier to reverse the decision.

Moreover VICE has announced they are planning to launch a television channel. VICE is the internet service that BBC bosses repeatedly referred to as being what they wanted BBC Three to become when it moves online-only. VICE, however, now wants to be on television to rival channels like E4 and BBC Three, making it all the more questionable what the BBC is doing. Even ITV are criticising the move to pour money into television expensive series like The Voice while cutting distinctive services like BBC3.

Whether the decision turns out to be a 'done deal' or not I assure you that the campaign will not stop there. We will do our utmost to hold those responsible for BBC Three closing on television if it happens, and we’ve got a lot more fight left in us yet. 

In the meantime the BBC Trust want to know what you think of the BBC launching a whole host of new initiatives and services at the same time it cannot find the money to fund BBC Three on TV. If you've not responded to this you can do so online here - http://savebbc3.com/tomorrow/ - alternatively tweet @tomorrowsbbc. The consultation closes at 11.59pm on Thursday.

Fingers crossed for next week.

Let's hope some of that is a glimmer of hope. 

Yes How are things with you ?  

I'm always tired at the end of a week. Week after next I am at De Montfort Uni on a course so a couple of weeks hard work and no gagajoyjoy. 

But not too bad thanks, hope your OK. 

Oooo......unless it's cancelled again EC