Heroes and villains of 2011Who were your heroes or villains of the last year, and why? Who inspired you? Who had you kicking the cat across the room? They don't have to be well known, you might even want to laud the achievements of your binman. (Note that "Nick Clegg nuff said" answers puts you straight onto our naughty list)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 15:05)
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Top Gear isn't paid for out of general taxation,it's paid for by the BBC, who derive their income from the license fee (not a tax) and the revenues generated by BBC Worldwide. This is all quite proper, and certainly not a terrible secret.
"Tax payers' money" is generally taken to mean money paid in tax, not any and all money spent by those who also pay tax.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 4 Jan 2012, 15:13,
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incorrect monster munch. The TV show Top Gear is paid for out of the licence fee. BBC Worldwide which handles the magazine division and online content is funded (or used to be funded) as you say by sales from BBC worldwide made products. My issue with Clarkson is the fact he has made a private company to syphon off profits from the fame of a tax payer funded tv show (although i do take on board hes a large part of that product). I dont lose sleep over it but i do think its hypocritical of Clarkson to moan as much as he does at the lengths he moans at when hes milking the pot as much as he is. Just for the record BBC Worldwide (Magazine Division) has actually now been sold to Immediate Media a private investment company. BBC (TV Show) magazines no longer contain the purple BBC logo's on them for this very reason (including Top Gear magazine) . BBC Worldwide now exists for online educational and white paper related content only, its been seperated recently for a good reason.
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