The BBC has made Bristol Welsh

Last year the BBC moved filming of Casualty from Bristol, where the programme is based, to Cardiff.

Since moving to Wales, most of the extras are now Welsh – presumably recruited from the local population.  We now have the ludicrous situation where, if you watch Casualty, you would be led to believe that most people in Bristol are Welsh.

When the filming of Dr Who was moved to the same studios in Cardiff, the Doctor suddenly found himself talking to an awful lot of Welsh people and spending a lot of time in Welsh towns and villages.  No doubt the new series of Upstairs Downstairs that is being filmed there will be based in a London full of Welsh people as well.

The BBC’s desperation to spread the British brand through the “nations and regions” has ruined one of its flagship programmes and frankly, I couldn’t care less if I never see Casualty again.

4 comments

  1. axel (1205 comments) says:

    was a lot of the Dr Who, from the 70s [Tom Baker] not filmed in Wales?

  2. axel (1205 comments) says:

    it was full of scousers last night, is that an improvement?

  3. Wyrdtimes (29 comments) says:

    Last year they moved some School drama based and filmed in Rochdale (can’t remember the name) to Scotland. The BBC needs winding down.

  4. Andy (20 comments) says:

    I stopped watching casualty many years ago when it dawned on me that almost every episode would feature a scene of a brutish and stupid white person(preferably male) being firmly put in their place by the superior wisdom and compassion of a black/asian person(pref female and if it could be shoehorned in there wearing colourful ethnic clothing to emphasize the diversity).
    The BBCs propaganda is so blatent it amazes me that more people dont see it and start switching over.

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