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The Peacock Committee, was a review into financing of the
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. It was initiated by the
Conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
government of
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
on 27 March 1985 and reporting on 29 May 1986. The committee was led by Professor
Alan Peacock
Alan Peacock (born 29 October 1937 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former footballer.
He spent the majority of his career at Middlesbrough, also playing for Leeds United and Plymouth Argyle. He joined Middlesbrough ...
. The other six members were
Samuel Brittan,
Judith Chalmers
Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers (born 10 October 1935) is a British television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme '' Wish You Were Here...?'' from 1974 to 2003.
Early life
Chalmers was born in Gatley, Cheshire. Her ...
,
Jeremy Hardie
Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie (known as Jeremy Hardie) (born 9 June 1938), CBE is a British economist and businessman.
Personal life
Hardie, the son of Sir Charles Hardie, was born in 1938 and went to school at Winchester College before studyin ...
, Professor
Alastair Hetherington,
Lord Quinton, and Sir Peter Reynolds.
The government had expected the committee to report that the
television licence
A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence ...
fee used to fund the BBC should be scrapped. However, the Peacock Committee favoured retaining the licence fee as they believed it was the 'least worst' option.
The immediate recommendations of the report
were:
*
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
and
BBC Radio 2 should be privatised.
* All
television
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receivers should be built fitted with
encryption
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decoders.
* The television licence fee should be indexed to
inflation
In economics, inflation is an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reduct ...
and the BBC should become responsible for the collection of the licence fee.
* The licence fee should be extended to car radios.
* Pensioners dependent on benefits should be exempt from the licence fee.
* Not less than 40% of the BBC's and
ITV’s output should be sourced from independent producers.
* The transmission space used by the BBC and ITV overnight should be sold.
* ITV franchises should be put out to competitive tender
*
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
should be able to sell its own advertising.
*
Censorship
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should be phased out.
References
British committees on broadcasting
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