Frinton's MP is calling for the BBC licence fee to be shared between media firms following a controversial documentary which angered hundreds of residents.
Mark Issacs' documentary The Curious World of Frinton-on-Sea, part of BBC2's Wonderland series, received more than 160 complaints from viewers.
The film, which was shown in March, depicts Frinton as a ghost-like town of eccentrics and focuses on the its fight to save its level crossing gates.
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Tory MP Douglas Carswell is now backing a campaign to force the BBC to share its licence fee.
Posted by: Boris fotherington-smythe, Frinton on 10:14am Mon 12 May 08
We shall punish all dissenters! You wait and see Frinton shall take control of the BBC and bring back the good old days. When presenters spoke in a proper English fashion and were from the right schools and background. A town of eccentrics indeed!
We shall punish all dissenters! You wait and see Frinton shall take control of the BBC and bring back the good old days. When presenters spoke in a proper English fashion and were from the right schools and background. A town of eccentrics indeed!
Posted by: cGinsters Dragon, Wivenhoe on 11:35am Mon 12 May 08
Spot on Citizen 139.... I'm sure Mr Russell - the King of the meaningless local media soundbite - is cursing the fact that Frinton doesn't fall within his constituency!
And a big hello to Boris, how's the campaign to bring a Mayorship to Frinton coming along!?
Spot on Citizen 139.... I'm sure Mr Russell - the King of the meaningless local media soundbite - is cursing the fact that Frinton doesn't fall within his constituency!
And a big hello to Boris, how's the campaign to bring a Mayorship to Frinton coming along!?
Posted by: Yorkshire Man, Essex on 1:32pm Mon 12 May 08
Well I come from the North and I am appalled that programmes such as Coronation Street show us being beer swilling pub folk in odd hats. In light of that can ITV share the funding it receives from advertisers with the BBC?
Well I come from the North and I am appalled that programmes such as Coronation Street show us being beer swilling pub folk in odd hats. In light of that can ITV share the funding it receives from advertisers with the BBC?
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