Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 14, 2011 22:14:12 GMT
Presumably the title of the topic will make clear what the article below will detail. However notice the comment in it by the BBC in response:
However, a BBC spokesman last night said the number of repeats had declined. She said official figures show that in the current schedules only 28 per cent of programmes at peak time were repeats, compared with 32 per cent two years ago.
But she added: ‘We have made it clear recent efficiency cuts mean we will focus on the heart of the schedule, which may see an increase in repeats. What we have worked hard at is keeping them down in peak time.’
So from the first paragraph, assuming it's true and not just twisting statistics, we can deduce that the BBC was feeding us more repeats before they were involved in having to make cuts.
Also the 'recent efficiency cuts' doesn't seem to require that their executives, some earning at least twice that of the Prime Minister, reduce dependency on taxis for example.
Is it any wonder those running the BBC today couldn't attract the type of creativity they would need not to have to show repeats?
However, a BBC spokesman last night said the number of repeats had declined. She said official figures show that in the current schedules only 28 per cent of programmes at peak time were repeats, compared with 32 per cent two years ago.
But she added: ‘We have made it clear recent efficiency cuts mean we will focus on the heart of the schedule, which may see an increase in repeats. What we have worked hard at is keeping them down in peak time.’
So from the first paragraph, assuming it's true and not just twisting statistics, we can deduce that the BBC was feeding us more repeats before they were involved in having to make cuts.
Also the 'recent efficiency cuts' doesn't seem to require that their executives, some earning at least twice that of the Prime Minister, reduce dependency on taxis for example.
Is it any wonder those running the BBC today couldn't attract the type of creativity they would need not to have to show repeats?
Nine hours of repeats a day on BBC2 and some days you must wait until 8pm to see an original show
By Chris Hastings
Last updated at 3:44 PM on 14th August 2011
Publicity campaigns might suggest that BBC2 is dominated by such high-profile new programmes as The Hour – but in fact the channel is showing up to nine hours of repeats every day.
Schedules are so jammed with repeats on a channel held up by the Corporation as a flagship for innovation that viewers may have to wait until as late as 8pm to see an original programme.
This total of nine hours does not even include old films which are a staple part of the channel, or children’s programmes from CBeebies and CBBC.
The BBC2 schedule for last Wednesday, August 10, highlights only too clearly the dispiriting choice for viewers. It began at 6am with five-and-a-half hours of transmission from CBeebies and CBBC.
At 11.35am viewers were treated to The Moon Is Blue, a film starring David Niven made in 1953. After it finished at 1.15pm, there were back-to-back repeats until 8pm.
Viewers hoping for vintage classics among those shows would have been disappointed. Beginning with Diagnosis Murder – a US crime drama which was axed in 2001 – they continued with a pedestrian mix of daytime reality TV shows and quiz shows, including The Weakest Link, presented by Anne Robinson and Antiques Road Trip.
The ‘freshest’ repeat was an episode of Rick Stein’s Spain at 7pm, which was originally shown the previous Sunday. There were then two hours of original programmes, but apart from Newsnight at 10.30pm the remainder of the evening consisted of repeats of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Fake Or Fortune and costume drama The Tudors.
The schedule for this Wednesday contains a little less than nine hours of programmes which are repeats, including programmes previously shown on another BBC channel.
On an average weekday, BBC2 shows seven-and-a-half to eight hours of repeats. The situation could get even worse as the Corporation, which has had its licence fee frozen for the next six years, prepares for another round of spending cuts.
However, a BBC spokesman last night said the number of repeats had declined. She said official figures show that in the current schedules only 28 per cent of programmes at peak time were repeats, compared with 32 per cent two years ago.
But she added: ‘We have made it clear recent efficiency cuts mean we will focus on the heart of the schedule, which may see an increase in repeats. What we have worked hard at is keeping them down in peak time.’
By Chris Hastings
Last updated at 3:44 PM on 14th August 2011
Publicity campaigns might suggest that BBC2 is dominated by such high-profile new programmes as The Hour – but in fact the channel is showing up to nine hours of repeats every day.
Schedules are so jammed with repeats on a channel held up by the Corporation as a flagship for innovation that viewers may have to wait until as late as 8pm to see an original programme.
This total of nine hours does not even include old films which are a staple part of the channel, or children’s programmes from CBeebies and CBBC.
The BBC2 schedule for last Wednesday, August 10, highlights only too clearly the dispiriting choice for viewers. It began at 6am with five-and-a-half hours of transmission from CBeebies and CBBC.
At 11.35am viewers were treated to The Moon Is Blue, a film starring David Niven made in 1953. After it finished at 1.15pm, there were back-to-back repeats until 8pm.
Viewers hoping for vintage classics among those shows would have been disappointed. Beginning with Diagnosis Murder – a US crime drama which was axed in 2001 – they continued with a pedestrian mix of daytime reality TV shows and quiz shows, including The Weakest Link, presented by Anne Robinson and Antiques Road Trip.
The ‘freshest’ repeat was an episode of Rick Stein’s Spain at 7pm, which was originally shown the previous Sunday. There were then two hours of original programmes, but apart from Newsnight at 10.30pm the remainder of the evening consisted of repeats of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Fake Or Fortune and costume drama The Tudors.
The schedule for this Wednesday contains a little less than nine hours of programmes which are repeats, including programmes previously shown on another BBC channel.
On an average weekday, BBC2 shows seven-and-a-half to eight hours of repeats. The situation could get even worse as the Corporation, which has had its licence fee frozen for the next six years, prepares for another round of spending cuts.
However, a BBC spokesman last night said the number of repeats had declined. She said official figures show that in the current schedules only 28 per cent of programmes at peak time were repeats, compared with 32 per cent two years ago.
But she added: ‘We have made it clear recent efficiency cuts mean we will focus on the heart of the schedule, which may see an increase in repeats. What we have worked hard at is keeping them down in peak time.’