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Originally Posted by Media Boy
I have been calling on this for years but I think BBC Three and BBC Four need to merge and rebrand as BBC Extra.
That way the BBC can get some money in by selling off two Sky EPG Channels numbers.
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At one time, when there were just two BBC TV channels, BBC1 was the entertainment and news channel and BBC2 was the cultural channel.* Then we went through the 'dumbing down' phase, as it was known, when quality really fell. Now we have BBC One and BBC Two but with less distinction between their individual purposes. We also have BBC Three, the 'dumb and dumber' channel, and BBC Four, the cultural channel like the BBC we used to know and love. So, there is definitely some overlap and room for a saving by redistribution of programming.
I can't see a merger of Three and Four as they are polar opposites. More likely marriages would be One with Three and Two with Four. I also find it hard to believe that there is any BBC Three content that is suitable for broadcast in the afternoon slots of BBC One and BBC Two to fill the void left by the reduction in original and imported daytime programming on those channels as has been suggested.
*Although wasn't the Young Ones shown on BBC2 or am I confusing the University Challenge episode with the real University Challenge?