Sunday 4 July 2010

The BBC - The argument in favour of those massive salaries (and expenses... and pensions).

Here is the viewing guide for next Saturday July 10. It provides conclusive proof that the BBC is worth every penny it gets. Remember: There might be a lot of repeats, but (most of) the shows were good first time round. And when it comes to sport, it requires enormous imagination to leave a camera running then to broadcast the footage for up to three hours at any one time. As for cookery shows and gameshows, it could be worse. The alternative might be some so-called Doctor examining someone's stools - as happens on Channel Four (which also receives public money).

BBC1

10.00 - 11.30 - Saturday Kitchen (Some whacky people doing some cooking)

11.30 - 12.00 - Delicious Miss Dahl (A celeb doing some cooking)

2.30 - 5.15 - Golf (Men in pink sweaters hitting their balls around the countryside)

5.30 - 5.30 - Total Wipeout (Gameshow)

6.30 - 7.30 - 101 Ways to leave a Gameshow (Quiz show about gameshows)

7.30 - 8.25 - National Lottery (Includes quizzes and gameshows)

10.20 - 10.50 - Question of Sport Uncensored (Repeat of whacky 'out-takes')

01.45 - 01.50 - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Repeat of interviewer asking famous people whacky questions.)


BBC2

1.00 - 2.30 - Golf (Men in pink sweaters etc.)

4.30 - 7.30 - Athletics (Camera follows people running around a field)

10.00 - 10.40 - Have I Got a Little Bit More News for You. (No you haven't! This is the tenth repeat of the show)


BBC3

7.30 - 11.00 - T in the Park - (Camera left running whilst pop stars do their concert acts.)


BBC4

8.00 - 9.00 - Century of Fatherhood (Programme that no fathers actually bother watching)