BBC will im größten Personalabbau seit 15 Jahren bis zu 2.000 Stellen streichen
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/15/bbc-cut-jobs-downsize-matt-brittin-tim-davie
Von Skavau
BBC will im größten Personalabbau seit 15 Jahren bis zu 2.000 Stellen streichen
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/15/bbc-cut-jobs-downsize-matt-brittin-tim-davie
Von Skavau
31 Kommentare
BBC revenue has remained pretty constant for years, undoubtedly it will reduce since younger generations do not want to pay but they’re not doing a good job of living within their very adequate means.
I feel for those who are due to be out of a job but sadly this is just the BBC adapting to the new reality, competition is fierce so it was inevitable they would have to downsize.
Although I’m not on a full “scrap the BBC” as there’s inarguably some usage of a nationalised broadcaster, I don’t see any reason it can’t be significantly scaled down.
The reality is we still get all of the benefits of a national broadcaster without paying high profile superstar actors and presenters.
This is part of the Tory dismantling of our institution and Labour are complicit in not rectifying the problem. It’s in trouble, clearly. It needs a lot of work, clearly. But once it’s gone, we are totally screwed.
The old idea that you need to pay superstar wages for basic TV presenters has been shown to be totally at odds with the success of online streaming which often doesn’t have a celebrity name attached to it. If the show is good then the presenter can be fairly average. I think the average person would be able to better identify with the BBC if it wasn’t staffed by opinionated multi-millionaires.
The BBC has a massive library of content. Imagine if that was put online, in a Netflix style UI.
As hosting prices drop, they’d make a killing in monthly subs.
> The BBC has been drawing up radical plans to save £100M through outsourcing thousands of non-content jobs — including HR, finance, legal, and operations — to private sector companies
I’m not saying the BBC can’t be made leaneer, but has this *ever* worked for anyone? It just seems like the usual short sighted „make number on spreadsheet look better now“ bullshit that completely ignores the long term effects because how of absolutely fucked the systems are.
Feels like it’s just Labour being complicit once again in Tory dismantling of the country’s institutions.
I watch pointless and richard osman house of games, thats it. If it went subscription only tomorrow I wouldn’t care.
Bet the nonces stay and the least nonciest people are top of the list to go
Hope piss poor journalists such as Laura Kunnesberg, Chris Mason and Henry Zeffman, are amongst them.
23.8m households still paying the license fee? that’s 80% of UK households.
I honestly can’t believe it’s that high. That figure certainly doesn’t correspond to all the comments online of people not watching any BBC content these days, instead watching Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, etc…
Inevitable with constant real terms loss of revenue. Governments are clueless as well, none of them seem to know what they want in the future.
5Live sometimes seems crazily over staffed. Presenter. News reader. Sports reporter. Travel reporter. Weather reporter. And then there’s the daft amount of outside broadcasting away from the studio on all channels and mediums. Here comes the world cup and Wimbledon. How many staff they sending on jollies? Who pays for the accommodation and catering? It won’t be Motels and burgers. Thank christ Glastonbury isn’t on this year, regardless of me liking it. And the WC
I love the BBC but I do wonder about the proliferation of channels on both TV and radio. If we just look at radio there is Radio 1, 1 extra, 1anthems, 1 dance, 2, 3, 3 unwind, 4, 4 extra, 5, 5 extra (1&2) and finally 6. I make that 14 in all, do we really need that many?
Sounds like a stupid idea, especially when you consider their master plan is to outsource many of these jobs to agencies or private firms.
A software manager I worked with lost their job with the BBC recently, as their role was removed, so putting two and two together it sounds like they’re doing more than just cutting operational roles.
Turnover, especially in London, is similar to the private corporate sector. If the BBC wanted to downsize there was likely ample opportunity to cut hiring and let attrition handle it.
They need to be producing more cinema like Industry with HBO
Maybe they should stop sending out all those pointless threats, must spend a fortune on stamps and paper.
The BBC model just isn’t sustainable. The idea of threatening people to cough up ought to have died decades ago but somehow it still prevails.
Young people simply aren’t watching it and the vast swathes of older people who have had their brains rotted by decades of guzzling on billionaire-controlled media.
I like the BBC. I like the idea of it and I like a lot of what it does. I’ve had issues with how they do politics over the past decade and a half which is a bit like claiming to see rain.
If it were me, I’d abolish the licence fee and just have it funded from general taxation as is done in some other countries. Public service broadcasting is worth protecting and the BBC needs to evolve if it is to survive.
I assume the people that host Children in Need etc are also taking a pay cut?
Cross fingers it’s Cris Mason and Laura Kuenssberg.
About six years ago, I landed a job at the BBC as a payroll system specialist.
I did six weeks of quite literally nothing.
Others may have rubbed their hands at such an opportunity, but I like to keep myself busy and my brain active. I had enough and walked away during my probation period.
Read into that what you will.
It’s no real surprise. Pretty much every-time the BBC is mentioned, people shout with glee how they aren’t paying their licence fee.
Good good, if they are so confident in their output then they would go subscription based surely?
In 2000, the BBC walked out of the East and West Midlands permanently when they closed all broadcast facilities here. The last thing being produced in Birmingham was „The Clothes Show“ it was so long ago. Even Peaky Blinders was filmed in Yorkshire. This was all fueled by a long standing belief by BBC execs that people in the Midlands were unintelligent and that we wouldn’t care about what was being taken from us.
What that did in 2000 is take away a lot of opportunities for people. People stopped paying the licence fee and stopped encouraging their children to watch BBC programmes. I became a parent and my children have never watched BBC content. BBC support in the Midlands is the lowest nationally despite the BBC generating the most income from here in licence fees.
The BBCs downfall was entirely predictable and the sooner it goes to a subscription model, the better. I’m not afraid of Capita bullies but not everyone feels able to stand up to them and they end up paying £13 a month for something they never use anyway.
If I’m not paying for the BBC then it shouldn’t bother me what they do. But the moment you make me pay for an organisation that believes I am mentally subordinate, you will know about it. I’d rather burn money than give a penny to the BBC. The BBC’s hate towards us, and our hate towards them, is mutual.
They’d save even more money if they’d stop sending me those „You need a license“ letter, when i don’t watch live TV or iPlayer
BBC needs to focus on providing content that the private sector does not provide, documentary and news for example.
i hope they get rid of laura kuensberg and naga munchetty
It’s all over for the BBC. It’s been over for years. The fact that they are limited to serving just one midsized country while competitors like Netflix and YouTube have the whole world to profit from is just untenable for them. They can’t compete with the efficiencies of scale of a global corporation. Either the BBC is run as a government charity or it goes away, it’s simple as that.
in the words of Jeremy Clarkson „oh no!…. anyway…“
Almost every quango is being hit, it’s kinda weird.
In the words of the great Jeremy Clarkson
Oh no
Anyway