BBC Repeats 75% of Daytime Shows

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Not for the first time an article concerning the number of repeats shown by the BBC, and that the number is increasing. How else could the BBC pay for its increasing number of managers, new properties, and renovations to its existing properties?

It also emerged an episode of Homes Under the Hammer, first shown in February last year, was repeated three times in just five days last month. Clearly one of its highly paid managers overlooked the output. It's not as if anybody notices.

The BBC’s new daytime controller, Damian Kavanagh, recently defended the corporation’s decision to air repeats.

He said in the Mirror: 'For us to continue to do the distinctive programming that we aspire to do, we have to play some repeats.'

He added: 'If we didn’t play any repeats, we wouldn’t be able to afford to do any original drama in the afternoons and we wouldn’t be able to afford to continue doing campaigning shows.'

'Distinctive programming that we aspire to do'.
We'll get around to real quality, sometime soon, it's in the offing, trust in us.

BBC repeats 75% of daytime shows with one episode of Homes Under the Hammer shown three times in five days

• A massive 14 BBC2 shows were repeats on Thursday
  
• Just ten new programmes shown on BBC1 and BBC 2 - and four of those were news bulletins
  
• Corporation says policy allows it to fund new programmes

By Daily Mail Reporter

BBC viewers could have been forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu this week after it emerged a massive 75 per cent of the corporation's programmes were repeats.

On Thursday, 14 shows on BBC2 and six on BBC1 had been seen before.

Only 10 new programmes were screened on both channels, of which four were news bulletins.

Deja-vu: Ann Robinson on the The Weakest Link and Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander on Homes Under the Hammer. The shows were among the most repeated on the BBC this week, leading to criticism from viewers

Yesterday’s schedule was only slightly better with four re-runs on BBC1 and eight on BBC2.

Among the repeated shows broadcast this week were Coast, Animal Frontline, Saints and Scroungers, The Weakest Link and Great British Railway Journeys.

Next Thursday is a similar story with eight repeats on BBC1 and 13 on BBC2. Daytime viewers will get to see only seven new shows.

It also emerged an episode of Homes Under the Hammer, first shown in February last year, was repeated three times in just five days last month.

The BBC’s new daytime controller, Damian Kavanagh, recently defended the corporation’s decision to air repeats.

He said in the Mirror: 'For us to continue to do the distinctive programming that we aspire to do, we have to play some repeats.'

He added: 'If we didn’t play any repeats, we wouldn’t be able to afford to do any original drama in the afternoons and we wouldn’t be able to afford to continue doing campaigning shows.'

Mr Kavanagh admitted a 'mistake was made' after the Homes Under The Hammer debacle and added: 'We will try and ensure that never happens again.

'I am happy to give a guarantee that we will leave a gap of at least six months between a repeat of any programme on the same channel.'

The BBC’s reliance on repeats is down to its money-saving plans after it was forced to freeze the annual licence fee at £145.50 until 2017.

Last July, the broadcaster’s annual report revealed 55% of all BBC2 shows were repeats – up from almost 50% the previous year.

BBC1’s re-run rate was 33.1%, compared to 32.5% the year before.

During peak time, 8.4% of BBC1 shows and 31% of BBC2 programmes are currently re-runs.

A BBC spokeswoman said: 'BBC2 now gives our audiences a chance to watch classic content including David Attenborough’s full collection.

'Repeats are often scheduled to reach different audiences and are rarely shown in the same slot.

'On BBC1, for example, over 91% of programmes in prime time have never been shown before.'

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Latest figures show the number of repeats shown still increasing.

The justification given here by the BBC is ridiculous. They make it sound they're doing the public a favour.

Almost two thirds of BBC programmes are repeats
Almost two thirds of the shows aired on the BBC last year were repeats, figures show.

BBC staff have complained about the revamped £1billion headquarters, saying the canteen food is 'awful', the stairs too narrow to walk up and that they 'dream' of returning to White City.

Statistics released under Freedom of Information legislation show that an average of 63% of programmes broadcast across BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four in the year 2011 to 2012 had already been shown previously.

The figure was up two per cent on the previous year, fuelling accusations that the BBC is becoming reliant on archived material.
BBC One showed 2,793 repeats in 2011-12, accounting for a third of all the shows on the flagship channel.

This represents a significant rise compared with 2006, when 30.8% of shows on the channel were repeats.
BBC Two also saw a leap in repeats, with 4,423 of its shows last year having been aired previously.

On BBC Three, some 3,196 (85%) of the shows broadcast last year were repeats, while on BBC Four a total of 2,604 (78%) of the programmes were not being shown for the first time.

Matthew Sinclair, the chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Viewers will be left wondering why the licence fee is not coming down when they are being subjected to more and more repeats.
"What is the point of keeping a channel like BBC Three going when there clearly aren't enough new programmes to sustain it?
"BBC bosses should focus on giving licence fee payers far better value for money."

A BBC spokesman said: “Repeats on the BBC are carefully scheduled to reach different audiences.
"On BBC Two, many of its repeats are of classic shows, for example we have recently shown Dad’s Army and The Good Life, chosen to offer viewers an alternative to what the other channels are showing.

"In peak time, over 90% of programmes on BBC One and 70% on BBC Two have never been seen before and while the flat licence fee agreement and the resulting efficiency savings mean that much of BBC Two’s daytime output is made up of repeats, the channel’s prime time schedule is alive with a wide variety of new programming including this week The Many Faces of Helen Mirren, The Secret Life of the Sun, Rick Stein’s India and The Route Masters: Running London’s Roads.”

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If you have a feeling of deja vu this Christmas, if you're watching BBC it's not a religious experience, just LOADS of repeats.



Does it make you wonder just where that £3.7 Billion goes?

Not again! TV's Christmas reheats: Almost half of BBC's festive schedule will be repeats... and rivals don't fare much better

• The BBC has been accused of 'fobbing us off' with re-runs as almost half of its schedule will be repeats
  
• Among the tried and tested family favourites will be Miranda, the Vicar of Dibley and old episodes of Flog It!
  
• Biggest clash of the new dramas comes on Christmas Day as Downton Abbey goes head to head with Eastenders

By Alasdair Glennie

Christmas is usually a time for nice surprises – but not if you tune in to the BBC.

The corporation has been accused of ‘fobbing us off’ with old programmes after it emerged almost half of its TV schedule over the festive period will be repeats.

During Christmas week, viewers will be presented with nearly 300 hours of reruns on the four main channels, including vintage hits such as Dad’s Army, Morecambe & Wise and ’Allo ’Allo!



The worst offender is BBC2, where seven out of ten programmes will be repeats – prompting accusations the corporation is failing licence fee payers by not providing enough new shows.

Last night Tory MP Philip Davies said: ‘The BBC needs to think long and hard about showing so many old programmes, because the licence fee payer will question why they are handing out £3.5billion for new material.

If they continue to fob us off with the same old shows people will start asking for their money back.’

Between Saturday, December 21, and Friday, December 27, 47 per cent of the output on the BBC’s two main channels will be repeats.

Of 186 shows scheduled to air on BBC1, 55 will be reruns – 10 per cent more than over the same period last year.

Among the tried and tested family favourites will be The Vicar of Dibley, Miranda, and old episodes of Flog It!

There is some good news, however – amid the glut of repeats, viewers will also be able to look forward to some new dramas.
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But because most of them have been scheduled at the same time on Christmas Day, it will be impossible to catch them all without using the record button.

The biggest clash will be between the BBC and ITV on the afternoon of December 25.

The much-hyped Downton Abbey special on ITV will be aired at the same time as EastEnders on BBC1, followed by Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Other highlights will be the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special and an adaptation of M R James’s chilling ghost story The Tractate Middoth on BBC2.

Viewers will also eagerly tune in to the Doctor Who Christmas special, which will see the departure of Matt Smith, the current Doctor, and the arrival of the new Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi. But fans of BBC1’s Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, will have to wait until New Year’s Day for the start of series three.

Those who switch over to Channel 4 in the hope of something new will be confronted by a schedule filled with reruns of The Simpsons and Father Ted. Almost 60 per cent of the broadcaster’s output will be repeats, compared with a relatively modest 28 per cent on ITV.

And viewers looking forward to blockbuster film premieres will instead have to make do with old favourites from the back catalogue, such as Finding Nemo and Emma.

Of 56 films to be shown on BBC1 and BBC2 over the period, only seven will be network premieres.

Those hoping to recover from their festive excesses by slumping down in front of the TV in the days after Christmas will be particularly disappointed.

On Friday December 27, BBC2 will show nothing but repeats between 7.30am and 7.30pm. In total, the main broadcasters will show 52 hours of second-hand programming that day.

A BBC spokesman said: ‘Well over 90 per cent of programmes in peak on BBC1 will be brand new, including the regeneration of Doctor Who, and the eagerly anticipated return of Sherlock for example.

‘In daytime, there are some carefully chosen family film favourites alongside more premieres than any other channel and much loved treats from Christmases past including The Gruffalo.’

Insiders said BBC2 would offer a ‘complementary schedule’ with ‘classic favourites’ shown alongside some new shows.