I miss two things about the UK, a few friends, and the BBC.
See, the BBC is excellent, you pay a license fee every year, and for that you get commercial free television of the highest quality (5 or so channels, original series that are both funny and thought provoking etc), commercial free radio of the highest order (A wide range of diversity, you can listen to stuff that would never succeed on a commercial station, and Radio 5 live, which is by far the best sports/news radio station I have ever listened to, and I’ve lived in a lot of places) and the bbc.co.uk web space, which is the best news, sports and general info webpage bar none.
But now, it seems people think the BBC is too good at what they do. Apparently they have been told to stop being the best out there. It’s a joke, since the stuff that the BBC’s website gives you isn’t stuff that is commercially viable really anyway, that’s why they are so good at it, they can do good stuff that might not sell! When last did you hear of a website that really made money off advertising? Apart from google of course!
Personally I hope they don’t ruin bbc.co.uk, and maybe if I’m lucky they will start broadcasting the BBC television channels (And I don’t mean the stuff like BBC Prime in Israel or BBC Canada here, I mean the actual channels) here. Maybe with a time delay, so that shows would be on at decent times? OH MAN THAT WOULD ROCK.
P.S. Yes, the BBC also makes some crap (like the changing rooms craze), but lots of people like that, so it definitely has a place. It doesn’t change the fact that compared to public broadcasts in the other places I’ve lived (Ireland, Israel, Canada, and because I get lots of American channels, the USA) the BBC is amazingly good.