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Originally Posted by Pierre
I would normally agree, however we are at a stage where BBC output has never been of lesser quality and you're now getting ITV beating the BBC at their own game with Downtown Abbey, whereas the BBC are quite happy to let teenagers be ridiculed and laughed at in the likes of Junior Apprentice.
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That is a disingenuous argument. You have selected what is the peak of ITV's quality against the low end of the BBC. ITV isn't exactly shy about reality programming and you should compare like for like.
BBC is still producing good programming. At the moment we have Frozen Planet which, as is typical for their nature programming, has been very well received. It is an example of a show that the BBC can do as they don't need to worry about advertising. I can't think of any dramas airing at the moment on the BBC but apart from their long-running ones they tend to do one off commissions which also go down well, and are more original. Downton Abbey was a rare risk taken by ITV, normally obsessed with crime dramas, and they will milk that till it's dry.
They still do more comedies than ITV as well.