Re: Content is king
The content is certainly King with Netflix, by that I mean "The Crown", fabulous, a fair 'warts and all' portrail of the Royals, the long monologues over images were the best bits.
Loved it, just the sheer exuberance of the sets. Breathtaking.
Series like Netflix's "The Crown" are blurring the lines between the BBC and Netflix. You feel like you should be watching the BBC, when you are in fact watching a commercial channel.
Now, the celebrity dross seems to be on the BBC, the self referencial back slapping self promotion on the BBC has become so annoying. The One Show (and it's presenting style) being the epitome / embodiment of such dross. To watch Paul Merton lower hiimself to this, is just so depressing.
Graham Norton show is just one big advert/film flunk juncket, rarely are the guests not picked from the usual rabble of 50 Celebrities, its so predicable/boring 'safe'.
So watching Netflix's "The Crown", takes me back to what I sort of expect the BBC to make, but sadly doesn't and seems incapable of producing such content now.