Annoyed with TV

"Students at Uni are covered by their home license so they can have a TV in their accomodation without having an individual license." That's actually not true, but a misconception that gets people in to trouble! When I was at uni there we were always being cautioned that we had to have our own licence. The rule is something like one licence per building, but if it's share accommodation then you all need your own. There is a concession rate for black and white tv only (can you still buy one???!) and there is a MINUTE discount for blind people LOL!!!! It's an ongoing source of humour in the UK. The whole licence thing is a PITA there but I must admit that since I moved to Australia over 5 years ago I have barely watched television as I find the quality terrible, same goes for the radio actually. There have been a few fantastic drama series and miniseries - not all necessarily Australian - but it is far-outweighed by voyeuristic current affairs tripe, reality cash cows and soap operas on their death beds. One standout two-parter for me in the last five years is Jessica, based on Bryce Courtney's novel. Earlier today I met Baz Luhrmann after her spoke at Bowen's Queensland Week breakfast celebration. He spoke about us reaching a new era (in film only?) with the Government finally taking steps to encourage investors, including foreign investors, to not only use Australian production, and Australian actors, but to also create Australian stories. He said that we have a vast canon of Australian literature and history to draw upon as we move in to this new era. Let's hope that we see the fruits of this in our television programming too! It surely can only get better.....???