Why Britain loves the BBC – Hint: It’s not just about Sherlock

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Recognise the classic swimming hippos indent?

Enjoy watching hippos swimming in a circle? Maybe you’ll like the BBC.

While I was at home for the summer, I was reintroduced to the amazing concept of ‘television’. As a student who doesn’t have a living room in his flat and doesn’t have a TV, I often forget how great it is to just kill a few hours watching programmes live, without having to wait for a day before they appear online only to watch the hated word ‘buffering’ going around in circles on my screen.

You may be wondering – why do I always forget about television? After all, I can watch TV on my computer if I want to. I could subscribe to live TV like Sky Go if I wanted to, right?

Well, no.

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