As a fervent supporter of the bbc and publicly funded tv in general, I just want to flag this up. ” Sir David Attenborough has voiced concern about the BBC’s future as he returns to film at the Great Barrier Reef, after nearly 60 years. ‘If you lose the BBC, then I certainly would have lost a very important element of my life,’ he says.” The beeb is facing atrocious cuts of £150m. I’d argue that if we lose it, or it becomes greatly diminished, we would loose a central part of british culture. Where else could you see beautiful programmes like David Attenborough’s, free to watch and without commercial interruption? Of course, the tories were always going to attack it – they hate anything based on the principals of sharing and fairness. It’s also why they loathe the nhs. To them, you should only get what you pay for; if you can’t afford it, tough. I’m just relieved we have a tv service as good as the bbc funded by the tv license. The question is, how much longer can it survive given our current government?