Attn Swedish Baggie, Anti Vaccination Movement and the BBC

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Heard the first part of a BBC Radio 4 prog yesterday about Scandinavia with Sweden the 1st country featured. It covered everything from the Swedish Empire of the 17thC to modern day attitudes to wearing masks to future plans to unify the 5 Nordic countries as one by 2030 all in 30 mins. Next is Norway. If you can listen here's the link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08y05r1

It was preceded by 'The Long View of The Anti Vaccination Movement.' At the end of the 19thC Small pox vaccination was compulsory. There was a movement against it and the Leicester Anti Vaccination League was set up and got the compulsion removed. Interesting listen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pffk

This brings me to the much maligned BBC. Whilst I agree the standard of BBC TV journalism has plummeted and so much licence payers money is wasted no one has mentioned

1. The £billions the BBC brings in from sales abroad. Is there a country you can't get Eastenders? The BBC is possibly the most recognised symbol of the UK around the World.

2. The quality of BBC Radio. I get my morning news from the Today Prog and my evening from PM. I miss genial John Humphreys and especially Eddie Mair who for me were on a par with Neil when interrogating MPs. But it's still the best around.

I'm not aware of any other country having this sort of quality available on a national radio station. I certainly get my moneys worth.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Forgot to mention SB. Got introduced to the Swedish word largom. Care to explain what it means.

[SwedishBaggie]

Heard the first part of a BBC Radio 4 prog yesterday about Scandinavia with Sweden the 1st country featured. It covered everything from the Swedish Empire of the 17thC to modern day attitudes to wearing masks to future plans to unify the 5 Nordic countries as one by 2030 all in 30 mins. Next is Norway. If you can listen here's the link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08y05r1

It was preceded by 'The Long View of The Anti Vaccination Movement.' At the end of the 19thC Small pox vaccination was compulsory. There was a movement against it and the Leicester Anti Vaccination League was set up and got the compulsion removed. Interesting listen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pffk

This brings me to the much maligned BBC. Whilst I agree the standard of BBC TV journalism has plummeted and so much licence payers money is wasted no one has mentioned

1. The £billions the BBC brings in from sales abroad. Is there a country you can't get Eastenders? The BBC is possibly the most recognised symbol of the UK around the World.

2. The quality of BBC Radio. I get my morning news from the Today Prog and my evening from PM. I miss genial John Humphreys and especially Eddie Mair who for me were on a par with Neil when interrogating MPs. But it's still the best around.

I'm not aware of any other country having this sort of quality available on a national radio station. I certainly get my moneys worth.

Cheers 923, interesting. But I don’t know about one Nordic nation in 10 years though...

I have always thought that there are lots of high quality BBC productions.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Cheers 923, interesting. But I don’t know about one Nordic nation in 10 years though...

I have always thought that there are lots of high quality BBC productions.

Most people in the world consider the BBC do lots of high quality TV compared to their own. Just here some think differently. It is of course true outfits like Netflix are raising the bar and the $billions they spend make it difficult to compete.

[SwedishBaggie]

Forgot to mention SB. Got introduced to the Swedish word largom. Care to explain what it means.

I think you mean ”lagom”. 😊

It is in fact hard to translate with accuracy, but, something like: moderate, not too less/not too much, not in excess, average, medium.

[Albionic68]

Forgot to mention SB. Got introduced to the Swedish word largom. Care to explain what it means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhcl...IS-StudyAbroad

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhcl...IS-StudyAbroad

Sounds good to me I'll have to try it.

[SwedishBaggie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhcl...IS-StudyAbroad

Nice one Danny. 👍

It does not always apply to when consuming alcohol. 😎

[Albionic68]

Nice one Danny. 👍

It does not always apply to when consuming alcohol. 😎

I was thinking the same myself Thomas ......