Save BBC 4! Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-bbc-4.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:48 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Anonymous [Signature #2219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23647644?utm_medium=rss Please keep BBC 4 as it is.
No dumbing down thank you.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:02:58 UTC 23647644 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #2218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23628208?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 May 2020 03:15:22 UTC 23628208 mr Peter Shelton [Signature #2217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23616446?utm_medium=rss I know that the BBC is targeting younger viewers & wants to use the money from scrapping BBC 4 to achieve this but I don't think the majority of youngsters have a long enough attention span to watch much tv whereas us older viewers love BBC4 & watch it more than any other channel, also we are probably the biggest audience segment.

]]> Thu, 21 May 2020 11:51:41 UTC 23616446 Anonymous [Signature #2216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23612605?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 May 2020 02:48:51 UTC 23612605 mr Patrick Forsyth [Signature #2215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23610755?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 May 2020 11:45:21 UTC 23610755 mrs Sheila Epps [Signature #2214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23610742?utm_medium=rss Would be devastated without the valuable, intelligent and enjoyable range of BBC4. No where else can we find such quality

]]> Mon, 18 May 2020 11:36:57 UTC 23610742 Mrs Judith Johnston [Signature #2213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23610699?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 May 2020 11:20:07 UTC 23610699 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #2212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23610665?utm_medium=rss Why would anyone want to take away such an excellent channel and why is the aim to gain a younger audience.? Why shouldn't we have a channel with the time to look at things in more depth? Why is it shameful that the average age of the audience is 60? There are millions of us.

]]> Mon, 18 May 2020 10:04:55 UTC 23610665 MRS Anonymous [Signature #2211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23609854?utm_medium=rss It would be terrible if BBC4 was to disappear from our tv screens. The variety and quality of the documentaries shown is outstanding. So what if it's a niche market, that doesn't mean get rid of it!

]]> Sun, 17 May 2020 02:42:51 UTC 23609854 Mr Stephen Reynolds [Signature #2210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23608653?utm_medium=rss As loyal licence fee payers we should be consulted before a valued and cherished channel that dares to be different, quirky and unique is axed. Often quality of enjoyment is in inverse proportion to popularity.

]]> Sat, 16 May 2020 05:41:02 UTC 23608653 Dr Rod Crichton [Signature #2209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23607787?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is the jewel in the Corporation crown. It has managed the balancing act of being both relevant to today's world with a breadth of vision in its arts, music, science and drama coverage, whilst remaining true to the premise upon which the BBC was founded to inform, educate and entertain. Do the governers not value programming that gratifies at a level beyond the immediate stimulus of the senses and emotions? Do not let this precious flower die and leave us with just the weeds growing in the toxic garden of mainstream tv.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 07:59:56 UTC 23607787 Kevin Hunt [Signature #2208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23607731?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 May 2020 04:49:51 UTC 23607731 Mrs Louise Keeling [Signature #2207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23606445?utm_medium=rss Why is money being poured into BBC3 when BBC4 viewers are more likely to watch. Why is there is this need to chase audiences

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 08:09:42 UTC 23606445 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21594718?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:05:19 UTC 21594718 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #2205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19995206?utm_medium=rss BBC4 provides one of the most distinctive offerings available to English speaking viewers. The best foreign serials are presented here on Saturday evenings, and have a devoted following. I would argue too that they have helped to shape a new movement in British TV drama, and that the effect of foreign drama spreads far beyond its initial audience. Don't cut off this source of entertainment and knowledge about other languages and cultures.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 09:17:18 UTC 19995206 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19995048?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2016 08:26:44 UTC 19995048 Ms Anonymous [Signature #2203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19296880?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:02:05 UTC 19296880 Mr David SMITH [Signature #2202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19284056?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:44:40 UTC 19284056 Mrs RITA KING [Signature #2201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19284006?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:28:37 UTC 19284006 mrs rachel mclauglin [Signature #2200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19272412?utm_medium=rss Absolutely love all the content of BBC4, Saturday night would not be the same with all the excellent foreign dramas that are shown. Unmissable. I cannot wait to see what they are going to show next.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:52:52 UTC 19272412 Mr Peter Baker [Signature #2199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19263350?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2015 01:21:57 UTC 19263350 Ms Frances Tye [Signature #2198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19262981?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:17:49 UTC 19262981 Mrs Julie Wheeler [Signature #2197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19260119?utm_medium=rss I heard that BBC is planning to axe this channel to save money to compete with American drama. American drama is the very worst TV please stick to the quality I love from the BBC and don't bother 'competing' with such drivel! Please!

]]> Sun, 6 Sep 2015 02:49:49 UTC 19260119 Mr Mikael Learmonth [Signature #2196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18253984?utm_medium=rss Without BBC4 and all the marvelous educational programmes it emits for children + adults, well, what will be the point of owning a television anymore - even my kids agree !

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 01:22:49 UTC 18253984 ms Emma Fowler [Signature #2195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16958244?utm_medium=rss save ourchannel

]]> Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:47:25 UTC 16958244 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #2194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16957568?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Mar 2014 09:04:01 UTC 16957568 mr robert kendal [Signature #2193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16949645?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Mar 2014 02:35:19 UTC 16949645 Mr Leigh Morgan [Signature #2192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16938765?utm_medium=rss To be consistent with the BBC's charter BBC4 should be the LAST channel to be axed. It is the only BBC channel worth watching. If it goes I'll get rid of the TV, save myself the licence fee and read even more.

]]> Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:20:34 UTC 16938765 j hughes [Signature #2191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16935532?utm_medium=rss Do,nt you dare get rid of my favourite BBC4

]]> Tue, 4 Mar 2014 01:10:47 UTC 16935532 Mr Steve Farquhar [Signature #2190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16930970?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:02:58 UTC 16930970 Jon Williams [Signature #2189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16930079?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Mar 2014 07:28:13 UTC 16930079 Mrs Sarah Mann Yeager [Signature #2188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14954163?utm_medium=rss Truly the only reason I pay my license fee

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:33:38 UTC 14954163 Jason Regan [Signature #2187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13640581?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:13:26 UTC 13640581 Ms Victoria Liebrecht [Signature #2186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13630283?utm_medium=rss How shall we Germans learn about comedy, if we can't hear in on BBC4 any more!!! Pls keep it.
Thx
Victoria

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:34:44 UTC 13630283 Ms Alison Phillips [Signature #2185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13628040?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is my favourite channel - please save it!

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:15:28 UTC 13628040 Ms Anna Glegg [Signature #2184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13627794?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:38:57 UTC 13627794 Mr Paul MOran [Signature #2183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13627614?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:16:03 UTC 13627614 Mr Nick Askew [Signature #2182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13627584?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:12:22 UTC 13627584 Mr Jonathan Pagden [Signature #2181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13627335?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is almost the only television I watch. The cuts are already showing: far from being increased, they should be reversed. BBC4 is part of what makes the BBC unique.

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:34:39 UTC 13627335 Mrs Nicola Davis [Signature #2180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13626894?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:23:48 UTC 13626894 Ms. Niamh Taylor [Signature #2179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13626725?utm_medium=rss BBC4's content should remain untouched as it is utterly different but equally valuable to that of other BBC stations. The foreign-language drama is a particurlar highlight, I have enjoyed drama from Italy, Denmark, Sweden etc and it would be a tragedy if it were to be dropped.

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:59:59 UTC 13626725 Ms Ann Mulvany [Signature #2178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13626610?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:41:12 UTC 13626610 Mr William Egleton [Signature #2177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13625768?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:15:40 UTC 13625768 Miss Marion Black [Signature #2176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13625610?utm_medium=rss If you must save money, cut BBC3. We need programming that makes us think

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:44:46 UTC 13625610 Ms Anonymous [Signature #2175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13599584?utm_medium=rss This channel is such a refreshing change in amongst all the "reality tv" and soaps. It is a valuable channel which should not be axed

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:11:58 UTC 13599584 miss Anonymous [Signature #2174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13599003?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:32:02 UTC 13599003 mr Luke Bewick [Signature #2173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598700?utm_medium=rss Its one of the most important, informative, historicly challanging channel. And after watching programs on this channel feel more educated learing new wonderful things each and every day.
Making way for more commercial aspects of tv such as pannel shows and reality tv is a big nono and will result in the nation transforming even more into social zombies. NOT Good.

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:31:49 UTC 13598700 miss sophie woolnough [Signature #2172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598633?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:20:21 UTC 13598633 Mr Paul Rawnsley [Signature #2171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598472?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:51:32 UTC 13598472 Miss Lucy Unsworth [Signature #2170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598286?utm_medium=rss It doesn't make much sense to get rid if a channel that provides interesting and educational programming, at a time when most other channels seem content with dumbing down and getting ratings.

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:14:26 UTC 13598286 Mr Alastair Goodman [Signature #2169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598155?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:53:43 UTC 13598155 MISS KAREN MACFARLANE [Signature #2168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13598130?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:48:50 UTC 13598130 Joshua Murphy [Signature #2167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13597940?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:00:23 UTC 13597940 Mrs Rebecca Reid [Signature #2166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13597937?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:59:29 UTC 13597937 Miss Claire Rawlinson [Signature #2165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13597934?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:59:06 UTC 13597934 Miss Rebecca Christian [Signature #2164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13597887?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:45:15 UTC 13597887 Ms Corina Doran [Signature #2163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13597877?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:43:02 UTC 13597877 Mr Tomáš Kulhánek [Signature #2162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13437180?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:24:12 UTC 13437180 philip corker [Signature #2161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12967445?utm_medium=rss Leave it alone, we love it.

]]> Fri, 1 Jun 2012 03:39:28 UTC 12967445 Ms Anonymous [Signature #2160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12490132?utm_medium=rss WHY WHY WHY? BBC4 is one of the gems in the BBC crown.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 03:22:42 UTC 12490132 Mr Laurence Epstein [Signature #2159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12461296?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:50:11 UTC 12461296 Mrs Liudmila Kornysheva [Signature #2158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12459464?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:00:43 UTC 12459464 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #2157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12452522?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:49:03 UTC 12452522 Mr Ronald Scott [Signature #2156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12272350?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:08:41 UTC 12272350 Miss Evie Kness [Signature #2155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11990459?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:35:45 UTC 11990459 Elliot Katz [Signature #2154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11904339?utm_medium=rss BBC 4 is the BBC at its best, doing what it was set up to do. This is why I am happy to pay my licence fee.

]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:57:08 UTC 11904339 Anne Mason [Signature #2153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11904001?utm_medium=rss I particularly value the documentaries
and I watch at least one programme per evening on BBC 4. If you must make cuts I would suggest a look at BBC 3 where there is plenty that replicates other stations.

]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:26:09 UTC 11904001 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11837586?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is one of the finest channels on TV and should not be cut.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:54:23 UTC 11837586 Mrs Elaine Greenhalgh [Signature #2151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11828364?utm_medium=rss BBC Four is by far the best channel on TV for drama, music, foreign import shows and intelligent documentaries. Viewers need BBC Four - the only antidote against tedious reality programmes. BBC executives should be rewarded and not facing stringent budget cuts.

]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:00:36 UTC 11828364 Dr Anthony Rathbone [Signature #2150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11819908?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 01:11:10 UTC 11819908 Mr. Alan Smith [Signature #2149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11808394?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:43:05 UTC 11808394 Ms Valerie Atkinson [Signature #2148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11804817?utm_medium=rss How could the Trustees be even considering axing BBC4? Along with BBC2 it is probably the only source of intelligent drama and documentary on television (David Attenborough's BBC1 programmes being the exception). A pearl among the swine of reality shows and over-weening over-paid so-called celebrities.

]]> Tue, 6 Dec 2011 08:25:54 UTC 11804817 Mrs Sue Hall [Signature #2147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11803883?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Dec 2011 05:47:33 UTC 11803883 Mrs Margie Fridd [Signature #2146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11792821?utm_medium=rss BBC original programing is best in the world. Use and sell the quality. Don't import rubbish. Inhance people's lives. Don't lower listeners to the lowest level. We pay for public TV to stimulate imagination and educate.Let the comercial stations show the rubish.

]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2011 02:57:36 UTC 11792821 Mr Peter Vanderburg [Signature #2145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11785788?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:47:04 UTC 11785788 Ms Marina Hudson-Cook [Signature #2144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11785577?utm_medium=rss BBC4 has the most intelligent, informative and high quality programmes of all the channels available. From history to science, I learn more from BBC4. Documentaries are top-notch, especially Storyville, covering so many fascinating subjects.
Presently, I'm hooked on 'The Slap' and looking forward to 'Timeshift: the Golden Age of Trams'. I recently enjoyed 'America in Pictures' about Life magazine, America on a Plate and '1941 and the Man of Steel', an excellent profile of Stalin.
I need BBC4!

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:29:34 UTC 11785577 Ms Ray Mayhew [Signature #2143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11766705?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is our last refuge from soaps, reality(!) TV and patronising waffle.

]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 05:12:21 UTC 11766705 Dr Eleanor Wasley [Signature #2142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11763860?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:17:52 UTC 11763860 Mr Michael Wasley [Signature #2141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11763857?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:17:03 UTC 11763857 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11737342?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:47:51 UTC 11737342 Mr Neill Bisiker [Signature #2139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469038?utm_medium=rss I appreciate the diversity and quality of the programs you make. I would be saddened to loose that.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:45:43 UTC 11469038 Mark Fisher [Signature #2138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11460084?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:58:21 UTC 11460084 Mr Michael Peters [Signature #2137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398341?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:11:17 UTC 11398341 Kaile Lucas [Signature #2136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11393231?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:01:42 UTC 11393231 Miss Elena Duff [Signature #2135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11295084?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:49:54 UTC 11295084 mr Bernie Hughes [Signature #2134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11197372?utm_medium=rss bbc 4 should be treasured as a valuable part of the BBC. It would be shameful to be without such a great service.

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:04:14 UTC 11197372 Ms Mo Tingey [Signature #2133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11177628?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:41:55 UTC 11177628 Mr Gary Fisher [Signature #2132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11174970?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:05:07 UTC 11174970 Mr Colin Foster [Signature #2131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11172771?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:56:00 UTC 11172771 Ms Anonymous [Signature #2130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11172759?utm_medium=rss It's 6music all over again. We have to fight for bbc four. I watch regularly and they produce fantastic stuff.

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:54:13 UTC 11172759 Mr David Laude [Signature #2129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11171146?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is one of my favourite programmes. Before deciding what to view, I always look at what BBC4 has to offer first. I am rarely disappointed.

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:22:04 UTC 11171146 Mr John Shepherd [Signature #2128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11170267?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:07:45 UTC 11170267 Mr Robert Clark [Signature #2127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11167089?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:15:21 UTC 11167089 Mrs Chris Lowry [Signature #2126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11166433?utm_medium=rss Enough of dumbing down! Some of us watch very little TV because it doesn't add to our enjoyment of life, so BBC channels (including BBC4) are just about the only ones I ever watch. BBC4 adds breadth and variety to what's available elsewhere, and is rare therefore. Not only will viewers miss out, so I suspect will the less mainstream performers and arts.

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:45:30 UTC 11166433 Mr. Mark Sampson [Signature #2125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11165686?utm_medium=rss BBC4 is the last bastion of what the BBC was and should still be about. If it goes, I for one won't be wayching the Beeb any more.

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:50:45 UTC 11165686 Mrs Helen Nind [Signature #2124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11165565?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:21:07 UTC 11165565 Kelly Hignett [Signature #2123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11164280?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:43:49 UTC 11164280 MS Linda Daniels [Signature #2122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11162130?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:52:31 UTC 11162130 Mr Francis Hedley [Signature #2121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11159846?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:46:37 UTC 11159846 Mrs Pat Hickson [Signature #2120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11158600?utm_medium=rss Not all TV viewers are fans of trivial programmes like "X Factor" and the American imports which clog the other channels. It seems as though we are being brainwashed into having to watch only dummed down 'entertainment' that neither entertains or amuses. The BBC is a service paid for by the viewer and this viewer wants the quality programmes that BBC4 is so well known for. As a service, surely the criteria should be to provide the best possible and not the cheapest.

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