by Jonathon Blakeley

The BBC has had a string of gaffs recently that seem to highlight the growing incompetence, arrogance and greed at the heart of the Beeb. The actual programming seems very wrong these days. The total obsession with lifestyle programming, reality programs and of course Eastenders. If there had ever been a program so full of cliché stereotypes and sick pathetic story-lines then Eastender must surely be it. It is shocking to think that Eastenders has been on the TV for over 25 years. But the problems at the BBC are not just limited to dodgy storylines on Eastenders.

Programs on

• Cooking
• Property
• Makeovers
• Elimination programs
• Celebrity programs
• Talent programs
• Period dramas

Other BBC controversies

• The Bod Geldof Bandaid slander
• The Russell Brand & Jonathan Ross telephone pranks
• BBC presenters say the C**T word twice in a day.
• Eastenders Cot death baby swap plot
• The furore of BBC final pensions
• The gross excesses of BBC staff
• The blatant bias towards ISRAEL
• The Panorama investigation in FIFA that scuppered the World Cup Bid
• The BBC’s desire to become a global Website
• The Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles fallout
• BBC Correspondent Nick Robinson loses the plot and smashed someones plackard
• Upsetting the Queen 2007 (NB ITV was offered to interview Will and Kate Middleton, not the BBC)

BBC loses the plot

GOWR Ball

Eastenders has been beset with controversy of late. The BBC soap seems to have lost the plot with increasingly desperate attempts to attract audiences back firing horribly. Derek Martin who plays Charlie Slater in Eastenders, appeared today on ITV’s ‘this morning’ (7/1/11), trying to calm the furore.

The latest gross mistake was the cot death baby swap plot. Even die-hard fans have been appalled at the plot. Derek Martin; is King Rat of the Grand Order of Water Rats; an entertainment brotherhood based in London. Derek shrugged off the criticisms with the comment “People have different opinions.” & “We have had hard hitting story lines in the past, rapes etc”…Eamon Holmes quipped “and aren’t you leaving the show soon?” Since the new exec producer at Eastenders had come on board rumours have circulated that 6 members were to go > Martin who has been on the show since 04.09.2000 is due to go next week. “Yes but I hope to come back” Martin replied.

Even EastEnders actress Samantha Womack is leaving the show, although apparently it is not related to the sick plot. A case of rats leaving the sinking ship perhaps…

The Grand Order of Water Rats also has a sister organisation; the Grand Order of Lady Ratlings. Ostensibly GOLR is a charitable sisterhood, formed from the entertainments industry.

In the same ITV show Derek Martin bragged that ‘I stole £150,000 of meat’ back in the 60’s. “He had got caught, went to trial and just got off.” One of the jurors said afterwards that Martin was natural born actor and from that day on, he decided to work in the entertainment industry.

World Cup bid: BBC receives 387 complaints about Panorama investigation

by Jonathon Blakeley

The Corporation was heavily criticised for broadcasting a Panorama investigation into corruption within football’s governing body in the days leading up to the vote.

David Cameron, who personally travelled to Zurich to try to swing the decision in Britain’s favour, said at the time that the timing of the programme was “frustrating”.

And several Fifa members have confirmed the British media played a part in the bid’s rejection.

via World Cup bid: BBC receives 387 complaints about Panorama investigation – Telegraph.

Interestingly enough I was watching the TV this morning. Daybreak with Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley. They were interviewing a famous footballer (whose name I can’t remember), about the British bid and asked him what he thought had gone wrong.

He Looked at Adrian and said,

“Well FIFA call themselves a brotherhood, and we know what connotations that has. ” He said knowingly, but not saying anymore.

My research from the internet seems to indicate that the “Knights of Malta” and their related orders are in control of various sports games (Ball Games).

1. Football
2. Rugby
3. Cricket
4. Tennis

Knights of Malta is generally synonymous with the medieval Order of Knights of Malta also known as Knights Hospitaller or, among other names, Order of St. John.

It may also refer to:

1. Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Rome-based successor of the Knights Hospitaller, widely considered a sovereign subject. In 1834, the Order established a new headquarters in Rome. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), is a Roman Catholic religious order. Its sovereign status is recognised by membership in numerous international bodies and observer status at the United Nations and others. However, its claim to sovereign status is disputed by some scholars^. The Order maintains diplomatic relations with 104 countries, with numerous ambassadors. It issues its own passports, currency, stamps and even vehicle registration plates. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta has a permanent presence in 120 countries, with 12 Grand Priories and Sub-Priories and 47 national Associations, as well as numerous hospitals, medical centres, day care centres, first aid corps, and specialist foundations, which operate in 120 countries. Its 13,000 members and 80,000 volunteers and over 20,000 medical personnel – doctors, nurses and paramedics – are dedicated to the care of the poor, the sick, the elderly, the disabled, the homeless, terminal patients, lepers, and all those who suffer. The Order is especially involved in helping victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by providing medical assistance, caring for refugees, and distributing medicines and basic equipment for survival.
2. Venerable Order of Saint John, an English order of chivalry, parent body of St John Ambulance, at some time considered to be a langue of the Knights Hospitaller
3. Order of Malta (Freemasonry), a Masonic order closely associated with the Masonic Knights Templar

via Knights of Malta (disambiguation) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Grand Order of Water Rats is also a brotherhood, but instead of sports its focus is entertainment.

The Speculative Society is another brotherhood this one specialises in legal matters….

more on this later