SAVE STORYVILLE FROM EXTINCTION Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Position, Company	Comments
301	Clothilde	Editrorial Assistant, Channel 4	We need to keep our documentary strands alive to communicate real voices to society, if this is not a principle BBC role I don't knwo what is!
302	Alex Whittaker	Principal Programmer, Eidos
303	Amanda Theunissen	freelance	Storyville is almost the last single doc. strand and certainly the last one with a truly international feel. It would be a dereliction of the BBC's public service remit to cut it back and so weaken its standing and access to independent film makers
304	Anonymous	Anonymous	Good television is under enough threat without being underminded by one of the world's primary broadcasters
305	Robbie Allen	Development Executive
306	Charlotte Morton	MD	We need good documentaries.
307	Ameneh Enayat	Project Leader, Highland Lives, BBC Scotland
308	Lisa Hallatt	freelancer
309	melanie Bliss	Blissfields
310	Alex Tait	Principal Programmer
311	Annette Simpkins	Freelancer
312	Kate Haddock	Producer, freelance
313	Honor Harger	co-founder, radioqualia
314	Sue Collins	Production Manager, Century Films	At a time when documentary as a genre is threatened on all sides by the encroaching culture of reality TV, it would be tragic if the BBC were to abandon their commitment to what has become a beacon of quality international documentary-making
315	Lou Bolch	NA	this can't be allowed to happen. we need more programmes that show us life outside the narrow domestic terrain of most British TV not less.
316	Marcelo de Oliveira	Freelance Sound Recordist
317	Rudolf Kremers	Game Designer, BGS
318	Simon Scott	N/A	I am baffled why, in a period where feature length documentaries are frequently getting worldwide theatrical releases, the BBC wishes to further choke the production of its own documentary strands, let alone Storyville, which ought to remain an environment in which innovative non-fiction programming can blossom.
319	Bruce Morton	2 Kittens Ltd.
320	James Price	Independant Filmmaker	"Storyville" remains the one place in the BBC's factual output where quality programming is the first priority rather than the pursuit of viewing figures. The BBC is doing itself and us a grand disservice by this relentless drive to becoming a parody of their commercial competitors. In the process of so doing they lose the respect which they had justly earned over the years for their output in Documentary and Current Affairs. Instead of protecting their brand identity for the coming of "on demand" internet tv, they are consistently weakening it in the pursuit of viewing figures which will only give it temporary respite. What better than to prepare itself for the future by making its name once again synonymous with quality, a quality so well represented by "Storyville".
321	kath anderson	freelance writer	Storyville is one of the most interesting, entertaining and worthwhile strands of BBC programming. Its distinctive documentaries consistently surprise with all kinds of fascinating subject matter. With so much TV starting to look bland, safe, dull and inward- looking Storyville stands out for its quality, variety and the distinctive vision of its film makers. Please don't cut funding for this wonderful programme. Storyville upholds the ideals that set the BBC apart and I would like to see its position strengthened with additional funding. Storyville is a strand the BBC should be proud of; don't spoil one of the very best things you do.
322	Amber Ringsell	Student
323	Josh Key	Freelance
324	Andrea Taverna	CEO, XYZ	Don't give up the fight. Education must be delivered , no matter what. Regards, Andrea taverna 0780 975 9229
325	Lee Reading	Researcher, Freelance
326	Ritchie Cogan	Media Consultant	Is this cut a step towards fulfiling the BBC's purpose remit to bring the world to the UK??
327	Derek Murray	Producer/director Inspiral Films	Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!
328	Anonymous	Anonymous	You only have to read the reviews that Storyville receives in the press and from viewers on its website to see that Storyville embodies so much of what the BBC is meant to stand for. It is a great shame that the corporation wants to destroy this
329	laura rees	producer
330	Laure Vermeersch	Director, Sculptingskies	Storyville is inspirational and risk-taking, it produces films that have guts, appeal and style. This is where the BBC will find inspiration and create the future. Documentaries are getting high profile support in cinemas because they re-invent our views of the world. Without Storyville the BBC is abandoning such aspiration. Create a cross-platform arm to Storyville if you wish, don't kill the spirit and give up on vision.
331	Anonymous	Anonymous	Please reconsider.
332	Anonymous	Anonymous	this is an excellent strand and should not be cut at all - increased if anything!!
333	Anonymous	Anonymous	If these are the sort of cuts planned - add more people to the list of those who don't trust the BBC anymore.
334	Christine Harris	viewer	There is so little worth watching on the BBC these days (let alone the rest of the channels) that it is utter madness to do this. There is a continuing need for a platform for original, creative and thought provoking documentaries. Dont kill Storyville!
335	Caterina Monzani	student
336	Graeme Burnet	Factual Development, Hopscotch Films
337	Andrea Cornwell	Producer	I am currently producing a film that was due to go ahead with Storyville - and hence is now looking like it will have a very difficult financing route out of the UK. There simply is nowhere else that seems placed to fill the void for intelligent, creative international stories. Whenever I talk to people in and out of the industry, Storyville is held up as a marker for some of the best work on British television. I agree that not only should Storyville not be allowed to disappear as a producing strand - it should be strengthened.
338	Brian Welsh	Editor	Surely storyville is one of the few strands of intelligent factual programming left. The nation is obese with a diet of gross "reality" t.v. fodder. These choices make me us all seriously question the integrity of the decision makers. We are tired of being told how to tidy our homes by pseudo educated bimbo's and moron's. I'm sure the voice over artists will be happy.
339	Gary Sanctuary	Student Composer @ NFTS	Do we pay a license fee so we can get the same cheap drivel that's on the other channels?
340	David McDougall	Freelance	This is the final tipping point, after what can only be described a monumentally catastrophic year for the BBC, now this. Which headless chicken took this decision? Nick Fraser has long been recognised amongst the Independent sector as one of the true champions of documentary film-making and Storyville a cornerstone of BBC4's output. By halving his budget to a £1mn you are effectively cutting him (and us) off at the knees. Colleagues I've just told about this are furious. Shame on you Mark Thompson, Jana Bennet and the rest of the BBC Executive Board.
341	Orna Yarmut	CoPro-Documentary Marketing Foundation
342	Jean-Louis Schuller	NFTS student
343	Faisal A. Qureshi	Filmmaker
344	Nathan Carr	Research
345	Aaron Rosenthal	Researcher, Target TV
346	Natasha Dack	MD - Tigerlily Films	Where else is there to go in the UK to watch (and in our case to get funding to produce) thought provoking, intelligent films with international subject matter? Please reconsider this proposed cut.
347	Anonymous	Anonymous	Please do not dumb down our TV any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!
348	NIKKI PARROTT	TIGERLILY FILMS	without Story ville how would we get to see different views of the world. Storyville makes television worth watching.
349	Lil Cranfield	Dare Films
350	yariv mozer	mozer films ltd.