Of course, it’s not just Dr Who that’s Farage’s target. He would have the BBC stop producing any populist programming which draws an audience, arguing that this is going beyond the Beeb’s public service broadcasting remit. Without all this costly populist programming, he could then cut the licence fee. Wait a few years, and then the BBC would come under attack again for not drawing an audience because it only broadcasts dull-but-worthy content, justifying the defunding and closure of the BBC entirely. Such is the fantasy of the hard-core loony right, who view the BBC as a vast left-wing conspiracy.
Of course, it’s not just Dr Who that’s Farage’s target. He would have the BBC stop producing any populist programming which draws an audience, arguing that this is going beyond the Beeb’s public service broadcasting remit. Without all this costly populist programming, he could then cut the licence fee. Wait a few years, and then the BBC would come under attack again for not drawing an audience because it only broadcasts dull-but-worthy content, justifying the defunding and closure of the BBC entirely. Such is the fantasy of the hard-core loony right, who view the BBC as a vast left-wing conspiracy.